Juana: A Story of Hope
A Story of Hope.... a guest blog from our Associate Partner, CSW Juana's world has fallen down around her. Since she was arrested and wrongfully convicted of terrorism, along with her husband...
Independent festivals say no to single-use tents
We are really fortunate at Greenbelt that our festival go-ers are a clean and tidy bunch who like to make sure they leave things as they found them (or even better). That's why we are so happy to...
Yvonne Battle-Felton
Yvonne Battle-Felton is a writer of fiction and creative non-fiction. In 2017 she was a recipient of a Northern Writers' Award for her debut novel Remembered, which was published by Dialogue Books...
Mr. Dilly’s World Of Wonder
Mr Dilly has performed to over 75,000 children in recent years. Bringing his bowler hat and world of wonder to life at music festivals and literary events, for charities, museums and schools –...
Jason Maverick
Jason Maverick is a multi-talented performer specialising in contact juggling, street theatre family shows and mime. Jason is a former international athlete, TV presenter (for 156 episodes of...
Marky Jay’s Monkey Magic Show
Marky Jay's monkey magic show is a rip-roaring kids' show aimed at the under-10s. Full of amazing circus, kids' participation, puppetry and banana-based magic, the Monkey Magic Show has been...
Hopefully devoted
We've blogged about worship at Greenbelt quite a bit over the past few years – about how we're not a worship and teaching conference, but rather a festival that is shot through with a...
Holy Rebellion
Paul Northup, Greenbelt's Creative Director, reflects on Holy Week and the call to rebellion ... As we head into what Christians call Holy Week – the week when we remember Jesus' Palm Sunday...
Dave Tomlinson
The Revd Dave Tomlinson Dave is chaplain to the St Ethelburga's Centre for Peace and Reconciliation and a writer whose books include How to be a Bad Christian and Black Sheep and Prodigals. He is...
Yassmin Abdel-Magied
Yassmin Abdel-Magied is a Sudanese born author, broadcaster, social advocate and digital influencer with a background in mechanical engineering. Yassmin founded her first organisation, Youth...
The Lottery Winners
Born in Salford and raised on romance, The Lottery Winners blend momentous guitar pop melodies with a humorous and wistful lyricism. Signed to Seymour Stein's legendary Warner/Sire imprint at...
Police Cops in Space
Police Cops in Space is an ‘80s low-fi sci-fi' set in the most dangerous place on Earth…Space. After his father is killed by an evil robot, Sammy Johnson, the last Police Cop in the universe,...
Gentlemen of Few
BBC Radio 2 Folk Award Finalists, Gentlemen of Few, play an eclectic blend of indie-folk and classic rock with skilful vocal harmonies and powerful lyrics. They perform their music with a raw...
Dave Hill
Dave is a comedian, writer, musician, and actor based in New York. He has appeared on HBO, Comedy Central (Inside Amy Schumer, @midnight), Cinemax, VH1, MTV and BBC-America, among others, and...
John Smith: a tribute
Former Greenbelt Chair of Trustees Andy Turner pays tribute to the late, great John Smith ... Friend and regular to the festival in the 1980s and 90s, Ozzie theologian and activist John Smith has...