Tony Law
“Imagine if Harry Potter was a Canadian non-wizard who writes very funny jokes with his big hands, that's Tony Law” – Sean Lock Tony Law is a three-time Chortle Award winner, Amused Moose...
Lots Holloway
Multi-instrumentalist Lots Holloway is a talented artist who produces, writes and creates all her own music. Since being signed to indie label Why I? Records in 2016, Lots has gone on to release a...
Ibibio Sound Machine
Fronted by London-born Nigerian singer Eno Williams, Ibibio Sound Machine is a clash of African and electronic elements inspired in equal measure by the golden era of West African funk, disco, modern...
Trussell Trust
The Trussell Trust supports a network of more than 1,200 food bank centres, who give emergency food and support to people in crisis across the UK, where one in seven people face hunger. In the...
2018 Lineup
We're busy working on the 2019 lineup. But as a reminder the bill for our 2018 festival was one of our best ever. From world-changing ideas to jaw-dropping theatre. It's all here. Dig in.
Hope is still being born in Palestine
This year at the festival we had more programming than ever that focussed on the stories and struggles of those working for peace and equal rights in the land some call Holy – Palestine/Israel. We...
Church Times’ Festival of Faith & Lit
A guest blog from our partner Church Times Bloxham Festival: Friday 16 – Sunday 18 February 2018 A literary festival with a difference, the Church Times' Festival of Faith and Literature...
The darkest hour …
A response to the latest Trump card played – from Paul Northup, Greenbelt's Creative Director. They turned the lights off on the Christmas Tree in Manger Square in the little town of Bethlehem...
For the children of Palestine the second Balfour century has already begun
This article was written by Greenbelt friend and speaker Robert Cohen and originally published on the Patheos website on the 1 November. It is republished here in its entirety with kind permission...
On winning the AIF ‘Act of Independence’ award
This is what we said at the AIF awards do in Cardiff on Monday 30 October 2017 ... "We're honoured to receive this award. It's a big deal for us to be noticed. Especially when our internal...
Acts of the Imagination
A first few thoughts on the theme for Greenbelt 2018 from Creative Director Paul Northup. Since we moved to our new festival site in 2012, our themes have been quite practical – about our...
The eight weirdest things in Greenbelt storage
It takes a lot of stuff to fill the Greenbelt site and make it work as it should. And once the festival's over, all that stuff has to go somewhere. Thankfully, our friends at Safestore gave us a...
First steps to a happy future in the West Bank
A blog by our Associate Embrace the Middle East ... The first steps to a happy future in the West Bank… By the end of the Greenbelt this summer, festival-goers had sponsored 215 Olive Trees,...
T-shirt replacements
When we heard that some of our lovely Greenbelt '17 t-shirts lost their print in the wash, we cried. But then we picked up the phone, told the t-shirt printer, and they offered to print new t-shirts...
Greenbelt wins ‘Act of Independence’ award
Continuing our award-winning streak in 2017, we've just bagged the prestigious independent festivals ‘Act of Independence' award for our showcasing of Muslim art and culture in partnership with...