Open Michael
Grass-roots talent abounds at Greenbelt. So Open Michael is your chance to take the stage! Sing a song, recite a poem, limbo dance through your partners' legs, do a magic trick — all are...
Eric Fewster
Eric is a Passivhaus Consultant specializing in retrofit and uses robust Passivhaus modelling to guide people who want to integrate high-performance energy efficiency measures into whole house...
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Part of the joy of going to a festival is discovering new things. New things about yourself. New things about the world. New things about other people. And, of course, new artists and ideas you...
YMCA
YMCA is the largest and the oldest charity working with young people in the world. We focus on young people and help them play an active and fulfilling role within their communities. We call this a...
Sweetcornbread
Sweetcornbread have deep and diverse musical roots that go back over 20 years of playing together, with a core writing duo who have been close friends from birth. They blend vocal harmonies over...
TURYA
Turiya is a Sanskrit word, meaning a state of pure consciousness, and in subtler terms, the silence one experiences after sound. It forms the inspiration for T U R Y A's name. Born Nicki...
Liz Lawrence
Moments of self-awareness were the germs of the ideas of what would become Pity Party, Lawrence's first album in seven years. Through a combination of personal experience and exploring what is...
Chainska Brassika
This mischievous rabble from London have been causing mischief since school, spreading their contagious horn driven ska anthems across the UK, mainland Europe and beyond. On 24th November 2017 the...
Greenbelt Reading List 2019 . . . Part 3
By now you should have seen the first two parts of this years' pre-festival reading suggestions, courtesy of our friends at Church House Bookshop who run our festival bookstore, G-Books. If you...
Small acts of rebellion
We live in unprecedented times. And it seems only right that, in spotlighting the concerns we have as a festival around issues like climate emergency, migration, UK poverty and inequality and...
Young Identity
Young Identity (YI) is an arts organisation and a charity (charity no. 1181088). Formed in 2006 by the writer and CEO Shirley May and actor Ali Gadema. Young Identity delivers dynamic poetry and...
Sona Jobarteh
The Kora, a west African harp is traditionally played by male griots, or hereditary musicians, and never by women. This is the woman who decided to change the rules. She stands as she plays,...
Elf Lyons
Elf Lyons is an award winning red-hatted comedian, actor and writer. She has written for and starred in her own BBC Three short and appeared on BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 4. Known for her...
Feminist Knitting with Rosina Godwin
Inspired by the body, explore using simple knitting techniques to create tubes, slits, holes, and other experimental pieces! Suitable for all abilities, there will be demonstrations (flat and 3D...
Anjula Devi
Chef Anjula Devi is best known for her extensive knowledge of spices and for creating delicious authentic Indian cuisine. A respected food writer and author, Anjula started cooking with her father...