Earth Day – The Future is Sparkly
Earth Day 2018 – Ending Plastic Pollution. A Greenbelt Act of the Imagination. Each year Earth Day asks people around the world to come together and think about how we can be better at protecting...
Simon Mayo: Mad Blood Stirring
To longterm Greenbelters, Simon Mayo needs no introduction. He is a dear friend of the festival and has been a much-loved and valued contributor to its life over decades. So much so, that we have...
Go on a life changing journey
A guest blog from our Associate USPG https://player.vimeo.com/video/144247349 ‘I wouldn't swap the experience for anything,' says Rebecca Boardman, who spent ten months in the Philippines...
Да! We’re bringing Pussy Riot to Greenbelt
We're beyond excited to reveal that Russian activist-artists Pussy Riot will be in residence at Greenbelt this summer – an English festival exclusive. Ура! Booking them has been a real...
Lauri Love
Lauri Love is a British-Finnish computer scientist with a long history of political activism. Earlier year, Lauri won a landmark legal victory when the High Court ruled that he could not be...
We Are Scientists
We Are Scientists, the Brooklyn, New York based power pop troupe are set to return with their sixth album. Titled ‘Megaplex' and released via 100% Records on April 27th, the infamous duo,...
The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band
Southern Indiana-bred singer-guitarist Reverend Peyton is the bigger-than-life frontman of Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band. He has earned a reputation as both a singularly compelling performer and...
The Welcome Wagon
The Welcome Wagon is a married couple, the Reverend Thomas Vito Aiuto and his wife Monique, who execute a genre of gospel music that is refreshingly plain. Their hymns are modest and melodic,...
Pussy Riot in residence
Radical, activist, spiritual, feminist, challenging state and church, standing up to the powers that be, railing against the patriarchal status quo, a beacon of inspiration and sign of bravery for...
Robyn Travis
Robyn Travis is author of Prisoner to the Streets – an honest and hard-hitting memoir about being caught up in the ‘London Postcode Wars' – and Mama Can't Raise No Man – a debut novel...
Ozomatli
Since its inception in 1995, innovation and creativity have defined Ozomatli. Hailing from Los Angeles, the group found a way to represent the city's eclectic culture through music that appeals to...
Lynne Segal
Lynne Segal has engaged in Left and feminist politics since arriving in London in the early 1970s. She teaches in Psychosocial Studies at Birkbeck, University of London. Her books include Is the...
Malak Mattar
Palestinian artist Malak Mattar, age 22, paints powerfully expressionist faces, figures, and semi-abstract designs. She first started painting at age 13, during the 51-day Israeli military assault on...
Michael Eavis
Michael Eavis is an English dairy farmer, and is best known as the founder of Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, which takes place on his farm in Pilton, Somerset. It all began...
Jon McGregor
Jon McGregor is the author of four novels and a story collection. He is the winner of the IMPAC Dublin Literature Prize, Betty Trask Prize, and Somerset Maugham Award, and has twice been longlisted...