Richard 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...
Life begins at 50
Greenbelt turns 50 next year: a landmark moment that offers us a chance to reflect. To take stock but also to glimpse the future ahead. So in 2023 we'll be making two changes to Greenbelt that...
Trans and non-binary – inclusion, support and programming at Greenbelt 2022
When we announced our lineup, concerns were raised about the inclusion of some speakers on the bill who it was claimed had shared gender critical views as part of their public and platformed...
To bring or not to bring? That is the question.
When we first moved to Boughton and away from Cheltenham Racecourse back in 2014, our festival theme was ‘Travelling Light'. We wanted festivalgoers to think carefully about what they really...
Space to Breathe
Space to Breathe are a Sheffield based Wellbeing organisation bringing the creative arts, simple spirituality and positive psychology to conversations about Mental Health and Wellbeing. Space to...
Revolting Christians
Our friends from the United Reformed Church will be at Greenbelt Festival again this year. Here's a blog they've written about what they'll be doing and how you can get involved. It's written by Roo...
New for 2022: Greenbelt Quiet Communion
Do you find the big festival communion service a bit overwhelming? Do you want to share bread and wine, but can't quite face the noise and the crowd? We've got some good news for you. Greenbelt...
Amos Trust
Amos Trust is a small creative human rights organisation. We challenge injustice, build hope and create positive change, working with vibrant local partners around the world. Street Justice – On...
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...
g-books: your official #GB22 bookshop
Our lovely friends at Church House Bookshop/Hymns A&M are back at Greenbelt once again, bringing our pop-up bookshop – g-books – to the festival site. Here's a guest blog post from them about...
7 suggestions for spirituality and worship at Greenbelt
From Goth Eucharist to Franciscan monks, from Forrest Church to Sunday Communion: there are many ways to get spirituality and worship at Greenbelt. And bear in mind, that our faithfulness is as...
Elle O’Rourke
Elle O'Rourke is a political economist, writer and gender theorist living in Manchester. She is co-editor, with Jules Joanne Gleeson, of Transgender Marxism (Pluto Press, 2021), a provocative and...
7 ways to make a difference this Greenbelt
Justice and activism have been fundamental threads of our DNA since the very beginning. We believe that by coming together, at Greenbelt and elsewhere, we can make a real difference. We think that...
Festival Friends at Greenbelt 2022
Part of the joy of making Greenbelt is that we do it in partnership with other organisations whose values and visions overlap with ours and who see our people as their people – and visa versa....
Sheena Cruse
Painting and drawing from observation have always been at the heart of my art. My work includes landscape, portraiture and the human figure. As a practising artist I painted painted murals on...