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We're making a few changes to our site layout for the 50th which we think you'll love. This won't mean much if you've never been to Greenbelt at Boughton House before, of course (you're very welcome...

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...

Longterm Greenbelter Sam Pittam-Smith is the new Chair of the Greenbelt Trustee Board. Sam takes over from Steve Baker, who has stepped down after seven years at the helm. Sam has been coming to the...

Get Involved

Greenbelt is made by many hands, and there are countless ways to be part of it. Whether you want to volunteer at Greenbelt Festival, perform, cater, trade, or exhibit, there's an opportunity for...

Festival Info

Some of us have been coming here our whole lives. Some of us are back after a break, and some are brand new to the party. Whether it's your first time, or your 15th, here's all the Greenbelt...

Right To Roam

Like a modern-day Woody Guthrie, Nick Hayes wants us to rediscover that 'this land is our land'. Find out how to cut through centuries-old power and privilege and reconnect with the countryside that...
Speaker(s): Nick Hayes

How to Consume the News While Staying Sane

24 hours of news a day, but only one human body to process it all – come and learn how to manage your consumption, engage meaningfully and maybe even learn to hope about the future of the dreaded...
Speaker(s): Leena Norms

Church – The Two Thousand Year Experiment

If you've ever been part of a church then you've been part of a long-running mass experiment which many say has now run its course. Have we learned all we can from this extended test of faith? Is...
Speaker(s): Jane Shaw, Linda Woodhead, Brian McLaren

Genz, Explained

Drawing on recently-completed research, Linda and Jane offer a portrait of Gen Z (born after 1995), the first generation who grew up with social media and mobile devices. They are intensely concerned...
Speaker(s): Jane Shaw, Linda Woodhead

The Selfish Green?

"More science and more technology are not going to get us out of the present ecological crisis until we find a new religion, or rethink our old one." So wrote Lynn White in 1967. Join this Faraday...
Speaker(s): Faraday

…and now, the weather…

For our 2022 festival communion, we met to express the planet's fear and distress, to give words to creation's grief, and to ask for God's mercy. It was a service about climate care and climate...

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...

Studio Aindow

Award winning hand embroiderer Naomi Aindow-Clark is the founder of Studio Aindow, a small business that hopes to keep the art of hand embroidery alive. Naomi creates bespoke hand embroidered...

Grove

Greenbelt's outdoor gathering space, The Grove is for all ages and offers sessions designed to help you connect with God in nature and to enter into all things Forest Church. As well as planned...

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...