Greenbelt through the decades: the 2010s
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....
6 things for in-betweener-greener-belters
Not all young people are the same. We get that. Each young person is unique. We love that. Some older teens still really value the support and security that our youth programming and venues provide....
6 things you might change your mind about at Greenbelt
Let's face it, in a world of fixed opinions and firmly-held views, being able to change your mind is almost a superpower. Creating spaces for Greenbelters to encounter something (or someone) new...
Children & (Festival) Families
Greenbelt is an inter-generational festival, and we enjoy the company of lots of children (and their parents and carers) onsite. From babies to grandparents, toddlers to teenagers, children to...
Problem Patterns
Problem Patterns, from Belfast, are not limited by age or ability or binary identities. They don't have a front person, they swap instruments and roles to ensure that each member of the group has a...
Fishermen’s Chapel Gospel Choir
The Fishermen's Chapel Gospel Choir are based in The Fishermen's Chapel in Old Leigh, Essex – an art and music venue as well as an active church. Run by a Grammy-nominated arranger and a...
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...
Going back for more
Our friends from the United Reformed Church will be joining us at Greenbelt Festival this year for our 50th anniversary festival. In this guest blog, URC's Deputy General Secretary – Revd Adrian...
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....
Communities for Ukraine
To mark Greenbelt's 50th anniversary, we've teamed up with Citizens UK to recruit 50 new hosts for Ukrainians fleeing war and invasion as part of their pioneering Communities for Ukraine...
Become a Host: Communities for Ukraine
Like us, Citizens UK believe that small ripples of community and solidarity can create waves of positive change. It's one of the many reasons they're one of our partners, and why, together, we're...
A new shape of days for our 50th
For our fiftieth anniversary year, Greenbelt Festival is shape-shifting. Slightly. Beginning and ending things differently so we can create a better festival experience for audience and...
Greenbelt Through the Decades: The 1990s
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....
50: A festival lexicon
We're crowdfunding a large-format hardback book for Greenbelt's 50th. The festival's story in 50 reflections and tales, poems and prayers.
Love imagines something different
On this Good Friday, Greenbelt trustee Marika Rose reflects on the vexed legacies of love we have inherited; how love has so often become inextricable from violence, control, fear and...