Painting with Art By Clay
Clay Sinclair wrestles with the world and what it means to be fully human. His unique, reverse painting on to acrylic, challenges and comforts. Aided with a little humour and a splash of colour,...
Chris Saltmarsh
Chris Saltmarsh writes on environmental politics and the labour movement in Tribune, Jacobin, Novara Media, the Ecologist and Vice. His book, Burnt: Fighting for Climate Justice, is published with...
Fat and Frantic
Cobbled together from string and poster paint at Greenbelt 1985, legendary pop idiots Fat and Frantic were a seven-year fever-dream, moving incomprehensibly and uncomprehendingly from Fringe...
Claire Gilbert
After reading theology at Balliol College, Oxford, Claire developed expertise in medical ethics as a Research Fellow at King's College, London. She published The Manual for Research Ethics Committees...
New lineup names – 30 May 2023
Today's the day we make our second wave of lineup announcements, adding to the music, ideas, theatre, comedy and worship lineup we first shared back in March. We're really excited (but we're...
All Our Money presented by Stan’s Cafe
Each year Birmingham City Council spends £3bn. Where does it all come from and where does it all go? In 50 minutes, using 7,000 golden dominoes, staring a human size bear, this fast and funny...
Gordon Brown
Gordon Brown is the United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Since September 2021, he also serves as WHO Ambassador for Global Health...
Greenbelt Through the Decades: The 2000s
To celebrate our 50th anniversary, we've asked some of the folk who've helped bring Greenbelt Festival to life over the last 50 years to write a little something about their festival experiences....
Greenbelt through the decades: the 1970s
To celebrate our 50th anniversary, we've asked some of the folk who've helped bring Greenbelt Festival to life over the last 50 years to write a little something about their festival...
Genz, Explained
Drawing on recently-completed research, Linda and Jane offer a portrait of Gen Z (born after 1995), the first generation who grew up with social media and mobile devices. They are intensely concerned...
Speaker(s): Jane Shaw, Linda WoodheadMeat And Our Planetary Future
It is well established that burning fossil fuels is incompatible with a habitable future for humanity. But what about meat consumption? Should we treat meat like fossil fuels, given that globally...
Speaker(s): GreenpeaceGenz, Explained
Drawing on recently-completed research, Linda and Jane offer a portrait of Gen Z (born after 1995), the first generation who grew up with social media and mobile devices. They are intensely concerned...
Speaker(s): Jane Shaw, Linda WoodheadMeat And Our Planetary Future
It is well established that burning fossil fuels is incompatible with a habitable future for humanity. But what about meat consumption? Should we treat meat like fossil fuels, given that globally...
Speaker(s): GreenpeaceRichard Dawkins at Greenbelt 2022
Over the course of our festival weekend, a few people once again raised concerns with us on our social media over inviting Professor Richard Dawkins to Greenbelt. The same concerns were raised way...
10 teenage kicks at Greenbelt (so hard to beat)
At Greenbelt we want teenagers to go free-range and enjoy the run of the place. We've got a dedicated workshop venue and chillout space just for them, with events laid on all weekend but also you...