Balaklava Blues
Balaklava Blues are folk-noir trench-fighters on the cultural front of Ukraine's battle for democracy and freedom. They mix thousand year-old polyphonic traditions with personal stories, sounds of...
A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super Sad) presented by Silent Uproar
A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super Sad) presented by Silent Uproar A hilarious cabaret musical about depression that explains, sings and throws glitter about how it's OK not to be...
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...
Brass Against
In a politically challenging era, it's our time to stand up against the machine. Brass Against's first and foremost goal is to make exceptional music. Yet we would be remiss to not also note...
Fantastic Negrito
Fantastic Negrito is the incarnation of a musician who is reborn after going through a lot of awful s**t. In fact, the name Fantastic Negrito represents his third rebirth, literally coming back...
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...
IWD: reflection and celebration
Katherine and Paul, Greenbelt's Programme Manager and Creative Director, take time out to reflect on what International Women's Day means for them and for Greenbelt. Today is a day that we join...
Blessed are the Pink-Vested Peacemakers
How can we become peacemakers? In the Philippines, the church's radical mission of accompaniment and solidarity is landing its Bishops in jail, but it's also shining a light on the unjust...
Speaker(s): Father Chris AblonFather Chris Ablon
Father Chris is a priest and core group member of the Philippine Ecumenical Peace Platform, working on peace processes and conflict transformation.
Samana
Samana was realised in the heart of an Austrian forest surrounding a secret lake 3000 meters above sea level, during a journey the pair undertook across the natural wildernesses and distant cities of...
Protective presence in Palestine
A number of Greenbelters have at spent time in Palestine and Israel with the Quaker-run EAPPI project, observing, providing a presence, and helping Palestinians go about their daily life. Here, a...
Riot Days – Speaking Truth to Power
A guest blog from our Partner Christian Aid Pussy Riot headlined Greenbelt 2018 with the live show of Masha's book, “Riot Days”. It's a powerful piece which dramatises Masha's account of...
Who are we working with this year?
Each year at Greenbelt we are reminded that we are better together; that if we want to walk a long way, then it's good to make the journey with others. So, in a spirit of partnership, here's a...
2019 Lineup
The bill for our 46th festival edition is our best ever. From world-changing ideas to jaw-dropping theatre. It's all here. Dig in.
A Greenerbelt
Greenbelt has just gone an even more beautiful shade of green. Once again A Greener Festival has awarded us Highly Commended for our work making the festival as sustainable as we can. You'll know...