Daoud Nassar
Daoud Nassar is a native of Bethlehem, a Palestinian Christian, fluent in Arabic, German and English, with a Degree in Biblical Studies from a Bible School in Austria, a BA Degree in Business from...
Lorna Goodison
Lorna Goodison was born in Jamaica, and has won numerous awards for her writing in both poetry and prose, including the Commonwealth Poetry Prize, the Musgrave Gold Medal from Jamaica, the Henry...
wormboys
wormboys are four people based across Leeds and Glasgow. Together they play an eclectic mix of noise-pop songs, yoking dreamy melodies to driving rhythms and fuzzed-out soundscapes. After building a...
Tim Lenton
Tim Lenton is Chair in Climate Change and Earth System Science at the University of Exeter, where he founded the Global Systems Institute. His research focuses on understanding how life has...
Victoria McCloud
Dr Victoria Cloud (Master McCloud) is a Former Master of the Senior Courts, Queen's Bench Division and later King's Bench Division. In 2024 she stepped back due to Gender Critical Ideological...
Seth Pinnock
Seth Pinnock is the founder and leader of the Symphony Collective, an organisation dedicated to empowering young people from underserved communities through arts, academics, and advocacy. Alongside...
Project Smok
Project SMOK is the indie-trad trio of Ali Levack, Ewan Baird and Pablo Lafuente, whose nonconformist and progressive style has set them apart since their formation in 2017. Known for their ability...
N’famady Kouyaté
Cardiff based N'famady Kouyaté has been building an enthusiastic UK audience with his unique musical style ever since he relocated to Wales from Guinea in 2019. His primary instrument is the...
Marie Howe
Marie Howe is the author of five volumes of poetry: New and Selected Poems (W. W. Norton, 2024), which won the 2025 Pulitzer Prize in poetry; Magdalene: Poems (W.W. Norton, 2017); The Kingdom of...
Ben Lindsay
Ben Lindsay OBE is the founder and CEO of award-winning charity Power the Fight, where he brings strategic leadership to the issue of violence affecting young people in the UK, working across the...
Andrea Coomber
Andrea Coomber KC (Hon) is the Chief Executive of the Howard League for Penal Reform, the world's oldest prison charity. Working towards less crime, safer communities and fewer people in prison,...
Tessa Khan
Tessa is a lawyer, campaigner and Executive Director of Uplift, an organisation that supports a just transition away from oil and gas production in the UK. Before founding Uplift, she was co-founder...
Joust
Come and play Joust, the tactical theatrical PlayStation game you play in a field, without any kind of screen. It's become a regular Greenbelt favourite. We'll hunt zombies, save the villagers...
Oli Frost
Oli Frost makes novelty songs, films and websites about the climate crisis. He's created a fake fossil-fuel ad company, a spoof climate wellness app, a divestment-themed video game, and a song that...
Paul Cookson
Paul has been to every festival since 1977 and performed at every festival since 1978. Curator or The Twist and Family Twist for over thirty years, Greenbelt has very much been an artistic home. The...