David Gibb
David Gibb is on a one-man mission to make brilliant, engaging and high quality music for grown-ups and children.
The Big Shift
From way back when, Greenbelt has made room to engage with the impacts of Climate Change. In the early 1990s, Midnight Oil thundered through a set on the mainstage, with Peter Garrett, their lead...
Sewing some hope: news from Embrace
A guest blog from associate partners, Embrace the Middle East ... Salwa is 43 years old and comes from the city of Manbej in northern Syria, not far from the Turkish border. She fled to Lebanon last...
Greenbelt 2017: A few of our favourites things.
Just as we head into Easter weekend, we thought we'd share a few festival favourites who will be gracing the bill this summer for our 44th festival, The Common Good. It's good to have a degree of...
Peter Bazely & Friends
Peter describes his act as stand-up comedy, but others simply label it a cry for help.
An Altar in the World: worship & spirituality at Greenbelt 2017
As we gather at Boughton House for our fourth Greenbelt there and our 44th festival overall, we look forward to what Corrymeela leader and poet Pádraig Ó Tuama describes as his "annual sacrament of...
Listen up! Recorded talks back online.
We are really excited that our recorded festival talks archive is now back online. All 1,000 or more talks from Greenbelt 2014 and earlier are now absolutely free to download, stream and share –...
Salvation And The Inconvenience Of Other People
Salvation And The Inconvenience Of Other People Jesus said ‘where two or more are gathered, I will be with you.' But what if the second person gathered with you is totally annoying? Sara Miles...
Speaker(s): Nadia Bolz-Weber, Sara MilesCan We Re-Imagine Marriage?
A conversation with Linda Woodhead, Adam Dinham, Sara Miles and Robert Song – hosted by Vicky Beeching Is marriage as an institution so inherently straight and patriarchal that it can't be the...
Speaker(s): Robert Song, Linda Woodhead, Sara Miles, Vicky BeechingCommunion
With Rev. Becca Stevens, Thistle Farms and the Sisters of Magdalene, Mpho Tutu, Marcus and Levi Hummons Travelling light means we travel together, bearing one another's burdens and joys, and...
Speaker(s): Psalm Drummers, Becca Stevens, Thistle Farms (and the Sisters of Magdalene), Mpho Tutu, Marcus Hummon, Levi Hummon, Matt BeckinghamThis House Believes The 2015 Election Will Make No Significant Difference To The Future of Britain
Motion: This house believes the 2015 Election will make no significant difference to the future of Britain. For: Martin Newell (Catholic Worker Network) and Louise Donkin (SPEAK) Against: Gavin...
Speaker(s): Louise Donkin, Andy FlannaganWe’re Not An Issue, We’re A Gift
A conversation with Tracey Byrne, Pádraig Ó Tuama, Karl Rutledge hosted by Rachel Mann As the church has tied itself in knots over matters of sexuality, the casualties have often been LGBT people...
Speaker(s): Rachel Mann, Rev. Richard Coles, Pádraig Ó TuamaPolitics In Your Village, Not The Westminster Village
While 38 Degrees, Change.org and WriteToThem.com make it easier than ever to give politicians our views, engagement with mainstream politics is at an all-time low. Explore the background to our...
Speaker(s): Joe Walker, Sarah HuttPoor TV?
With Owen Jones, Kieran Smith (Director of Benefits Street) and Lily Caprani (The Children's Society) Chaired by Rhian Roberts When Benefits Street hit our screens it provoked responses from...
Speaker(s): Owen JonesThe Future Of Campaigning
With Mpho Tutu, Hannah Lownsbrough, Al Roxburgh (Christian Aid) and Tom Baker (BOND) Chaired by Ben Hewitt Defending funding for rural schools in Thailand. Stopping the US President fast-track...
Speaker(s): Ben Hewitt, Hannah Lownsbrough, Mpho Tutu, Alasdair Roxburgh, Tom Baker