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...
Your giving from Greenbelt 2018
Following the 2018 festival, from 50% of the generous giving you made at the communion service, we were pleased to be able to give away almost £20,000 in total to five great organisations. The...
Oh come let us adore – Christmas 2018
Our Partner, Associates and other friends of Greenbelt have lots of events on celebrating Christmas over the next few weeks. We've listed just some of them here for you, so you can find something...
We’re making a list….
Christmas is coming and, with so many good things available from Greenbelt friends, we thought we'd give you some top tips for Greenbelt-y gifts. Greenbelt, by Malak Mattar 19 year-old Malak...
Be a peacemaker this Christmas
A guest blog from our partner Christian Aid Will you be a peacemaker by supporting Christmas Aid – our Christmas Appeal to help people recovering from conflict worldwide? Violence...
Wit and Wisdom – some initial theme thoughts
As we approach our earlybird deadline, Paul Northup, Greenbelt's Creative Director, shares some initial thoughts on Greenbelt's theme for 2019, Wit and Wisdom. Wit is a different way of seeing...
Christian Aid: Campaign update
A blog from our partner Christian Aid As the autumn nights draw in Greenbelt 2018 is starting to seem like a distant memory for many of us. Christian Aid had an amazing time and we were delighted...
Room for More: Quaker Week leads to Quaker year!
A guest blog from Gill Sewell of our associate Quakers in Britain Did you visit the ResisTENT venue during Greenbelt 2018? If so, you'll have met some Quakers and maybe heard something about...
One body: We’re all in this together
A blog from Natalie Gibbs, our associate partner URC's Youth Moderator-elect Those of us who are fortunate enough to have been to Greenbelt Festival will understand what I mean when I say that...
G-Books: Your top pics from #gb18
A guest blog by our lovely friends at Church House Bookshop who run G-Books, our onsite book shop... We hope you've returned from Greenbelt refreshed and with somewhere drier to curl up with one...
Image and Imagination: Divine and Human Creativity
What does it mean to be made in the imagination of a Creator God, and how might our imaginations help us sound the mystery of God's love? Malcolm uses golden moments from English poetry as a...
Speaker(s): Malcolm GuiteCommunion: Windrush and Carnival
When the "Windrush generation" arrived in the UK in 1948 they found themselves excluded from much of the social and economic life of Britain. Many experienced horrific racial violence and injustice....
Speaker(s): Winnie Varghese, Soul Sanctuary Gospel Choir, Chine McDonaldThe Gender Agenda
With Steve Chalke, Claire Birkenshaw and Toby Draper. This panel discussion will explore the lived experience of transgender people and consider the theology of gender identity, reassignment and...
Speaker(s): Steve ChalkeLife at the intersections: What is intersectionality and why is it important?
Intersectionality has become a buzzword, but what does it mean in practice? Hear a panel of people living life at the intersections share about how having intersecting marginalised identities impacts...
Speaker(s): Shani Dhanda, Broderick Greer