Nazir Afzal
Nazir Afzal OBE, was Chief Crown Prosecutor for north-west England and formerly Director in London. Most recently, he was Chief Executive of the country's Police & Crime Commissioners. During his...
Maria Shehata
Multi-award winning Egyptian-American comedian Maria Shehata shares about her life in the UK after her engagement fell apart, unlikely flatmates, and the archaic wedding vows she narrowly avoided in...
Huw & The Greater Good
Assembled by members from each corner of the UK, alternative/indie/folk group Huw & the Greater Good came together in Leeds in 2017, bonded by a love of classic and contemporary groups, including...
Hurray for the Riff Raff
One of the reasons you started listening to music in the first place might have been in the hope of finding the kind of conviction and fierce rawness evident in Hurray for the Riff Raff's, aka...
Bonnie Greer
An advocate of free speech and higher education regardless of individual gender and cultural background, Greer is passionate about both the arts and science and is determined to see that the voices...
Black Water County
Over the past eight years of playing music together, we've grown up through angsty teenage years into angstier adulthood, with only our music to reflect our hurdles and triumphs. On the days where...
2022 Poster
Greenbelt Festival
Greenbelt Festival is somewhere artistry meets activism, where the political meets the practical. We're somewhere to come together once a year, where we're as likely to dream up a better world as...
2022 Festival Theme – Wake Up
To kick-start Greenbelt's 2022, our Creative Director Paul Northup muses on the theme for this summer's festival – Wake Up. Artwork by ratiotype Here at Greenbelt, it's almost as if we've...
Some Words To Believe In
Against a backdrop of inflation, soaring energy prices, empty shelves and supply chain issues, the approach of Christmas might feel more daunting than usual this year. But it's still the perfect...
Liz Chapman
Trustee Liz was born and raised in London, before the back pages of the NME inspired the live music lover to move to Manchester in her late teens. She never looked back. Liz is the UK Design...
God Is Not A White Man
Chine McDonald spoke at the first-ever Prospect Farm - a weekday and weekend camping Gathering at Boughton House in August 2021. A chance to gather and catch-up after two years of cancelled festivals...
No Normal
See the climax of an exciting project we've been working on with Muslim curator Asad Ali Jafri and the support of Amal.
Plan B
We couldn't gather physically this year because of Covid-19. But we still wanted to do everything we could to bring as many of us together as possible. So this was our very own Plan B – a great...
The Job of Paradise
This year, Greenbelt's annual service of worship and reflection takes a different form. And we're all ears.