John Bell
John Bell first came to Greenbelt expecting it to be an advanced judo course where he might learn some new moves. He has been moving ever since. During the pandemic he learned how to right click and...
Jo Musker-Sherwood
Jo has experienced multiple burnouts throughout her adult life both as an activist, and as a human who feels things deeply. After a decade of campaigning for change, both from within and outside of...
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School of Noise
Celebrating its 10th year, the School of Noise returns to Greenbelt Festival with their collection of musical instruments and science of sound equipment for all ages to explore. Try your hand at the...
Sara and Gracie
Sara and Gracie will be bringing their fun crafting back to the festival. Create a string of beautiful paper beads, transforming your choice of old wrapping paper, maps or sheet music from the...
Indigo Ephemera
Indigo is a young artist with a particular interest in the potential of art to bring communities together, start discussions and become a tool for social justice. Indigo is an experienced workshop...
Junk Jodie
Junk Jodie is an Award-winning environmental storyteller and workshop leader. Transforming waste into art, and encouraging imaginative play through adventures with recyclables. She is Passionate...
Paul Kerensa
Paul Kerensa is a writer, comedian, broadcaster and broadcasting historian, working in TV, radio, print and the stage. Winner of the BBC Radio Entertainment Contract Writer Bursary, Paul has been on...
Crudi Dench
Crudi Dench is a drag queen comedian known for her quick wit, wacky humour and bearded face. She started out producing and hosting the trailblazing cabaret/clubbing spectacular ‘Lip Sync...
Sorvina
Sorvina, New York-born now Berlin-based, is an artist whose music is as dynamic and evolving as her life story. Raised in a (relatively) quiet suburb of NYC, Sorvina first found her voice in the...
The Twistettes
The Twistettes released their debut Jilt the Jive in 2016. They quickly gained momentum and a reputation for their powerful live sets. Follow-up album A Strange Play was released in 2018 on the back...
Touki
Amadou Diagne has centuries of West African music at his fingertips. Cory Seznec is a musical wanderer and uncertified ethnomusicologist. A chance encounter while busking in Bath planted the seeds of...
Maddie Morris
Maddie Morris is an artist who strives to make a difference in the world. Bold, insightful and refreshingly unique, they take traditional song in new directions to shine a light on contemporary...
Mya-Rose Craig
Mya-Rose Craig is a 22-year-old British-Bangladeshi birder, race activist and environmentalist campaigning for equal access to nature, to stop biodiversity loss and climate change, and to ensure...
Marilynne Robinson
Marilynne Robinson is the recipient of a 2012 National Humanities Medal, awarded by President Barack Obama, for "her grace and intelligence in writing." She is the author of Gilead, winner of the...