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Greenbelt’s 50th anniversary was a landmark moment that offered us a chance to reflect, take stock and glimpse the future ahead. In a world on fire, we’re still somewhere to believe in. 

Greenbelt Festival
Thu 22 – Sun 25 August 2024
Boughton House, nr Kettering

What is Greenbelt?

We’re somewhere artistry meets activism, the secular meets the spiritual, politics meets positivity. We’re somewhere to come together once a year, where we’re just as likely to dream up a better world as we are to dance and debate, to pray and to party (ideally all of those things at the same time).

We’re somewhere artistry meets activism, the secular meets the spiritual, politics meets positivity. We’re somewhere to come together once a year, where we’re just as likely to dream up a better world as we are to dance and debate, to pray and to party (ideally all of those things at the same time). We’re Greenbelt.

Find out why we’re somewhere to believe in
What is Greenbelt?

Our manifesto

We’ve been down in the darkness with Bryony Kimmings and up on the highest mountain with Mavis Staples. We’ve protested and partied with Pussy Riot, and built Jerusalem with Billy Bragg. Find out what we’re all about by reading our manifesto.

We’ve been down in the darkness with Bryony Kimmings and up on the highest mountain with Mavis Staples. We’ve protested and partied with Pussy Riot, and built Jerusalem with Billy Bragg. Find out what we’re all about by reading our manifesto.

Read our manefesto
Our manifesto

Our values

We’re somewhere lots of us have a stake in. We’re made up of a small band of people who spend all year dreaming up and delivering the best festival we can. Then there are our trustees, a family of hundreds of volunteers, a host of generous festival Angels, and a rolling sea of artists, activists, thinkers, dreamers and doers who make Greenbelt happen each year.

We’re somewhere lots of us have a stake in. We’re made up of a small band of people who spend all year dreaming up and delivering the best festival we can. Then there are our trustees, a family of hundreds of volunteers, a host of generous festival Angels, and a rolling sea of artists, activists, thinkers, dreamers and doers who make Greenbelt happen each year.

Learn more about our values

Who we are

Greenbelt is powered by a group of passionate and dedicated folk who lovingly create a festival that strives to be an inter-generational celebration, inclusive and accepting of all, regardless of ethnicity, gender, sexuality, background or belief.

Greenbelt is powered by a group of passionate and dedicated folk who lovingly create a festival that strives to be an inter-generational celebration, inclusive and accepting of all, regardless of ethnicity, gender, sexuality, background or belief.

Meet the team

Who we work with

We proudly work with a handful of partners, associates, sponsors and funders at the festival and beyond. From our main partners Christian Aid, who strive for social justice and pursue our vision of a world without poverty; to charities like Trussell Trust who support a network of more than 1,200 food bank centres.

We proudly work with a handful of partners, associates, sponsors and funders at the festival and beyond. From our main partners Christian Aid, who strive for social justice and pursue our vision of a world without poverty; to charities like Trussell Trust who support a network of more than 1,200 food bank centres.

See who we work with

Our story

We were founded a long time ago by a bunch of misfits in a field. We’re still in a field. And we’re still somewhere that welcomes absolutely anyone and everyone. Particularly those of us who sometimes feel like we don’t belong anywhere else.

We were founded a long time ago by a bunch of misfits in a field. We’re still in a field. And we’re still somewhere that welcomes absolutely anyone and everyone. Particularly those of us who sometimes feel like we don’t belong anywhere else.

Discover the story of Greenbelt
Our story
The Greenbelt manifesto