Hamza Akram Qawwal & Brothers
Hamza Akram Qawwal & Brothers, grandsons of the revered Munshi Raziuddin, have been acclaimed for their riveting interpretations of qawwali, the ecstatic improvisational Sufi vocal tradition. This...
Ilia Delio
Ilia Delio, OSF, Ph. D. holds the Josephine C. Connelly Endowed Chair in Theology at Villanova Universe. Her area of research is Science and Religion with interests in artificial intelligence,...
James Cary
James Cary is a bit of an odd mix. He is a writer of situation comedy for BBC TV (eg. Miranda, Bluestone 42) and Radio (Think the Unthinkable, Hut 33) and blogs about the technicalities of the...
Life Boat presented by The Institute for Crazy Dancing
Life Boat presented by The Institute for Crazy Dancing A participatory installation... and the slowest ride on earth... Rock gently, turn slowly, listen to the alphabet... Bang the drum, rattle the...
Memory Collectors presented by Same Difference Arts
Memory Collectors presented by Same Difference Arts Memory Collectors is a non-verbal, physical storytelling show about two sisters who are trying to bring their memories back to life. Riding in on...
Cut Capers
Cut Capers is a nine-piece band that formed in Bristol in late 2011, with a style based in live hip-hop and swing. They burst onto the UK circuit, playing gigs and festivals up and down the...
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...
Ghost Caribou presented by Thingumajig Theatre
Ghost Caribou presented by Thingumajig Theatre In Ghost Caribou, Thingumajig Theatre's new night-time street act, giant illuminated creatures, part caribou, part spirit, roam a mystical world...
Juana: A Story of Hope
A Story of Hope.... a guest blog from our Associate Partner, CSW Juana's world has fallen down around her. Since she was arrested and wrongfully convicted of terrorism, along with her husband...
Tom McLeish
Tom McLeish is an experienced and internationally-known academic leader in biophysics and the ‘Physics of Life', soft matter physics and interdisciplinary research, including radically...
Independent festivals say no to single-use tents
We are really fortunate at Greenbelt that our festival go-ers are a clean and tidy bunch who like to make sure they leave things as they found them (or even better). That's why we are so happy to...
Hopefully devoted
We've blogged about worship at Greenbelt quite a bit over the past few years – about how we're not a worship and teaching conference, but rather a festival that is shot through with a...
Holy Rebellion
Paul Northup, Greenbelt's Creative Director, reflects on Holy Week and the call to rebellion ... As we head into what Christians call Holy Week – the week when we remember Jesus' Palm Sunday...
Filipino priest “red tagged”
Greenbelt 2018 speaker and peace activist, Rev. Christopher Ablon has recently been included in a list of Filipino priests and human right defenders who have been ‘red tagged' (declared an enemy...
Christian Aid Week 2019
A guest blog from our partner, Christian Aid This May, Christian Aid week features the stories of expectant mothers Tenneh and Jebbeh and their nurse, Judith. These women are from Sierra Leone, the...