Communion: …And Now, the Weather…
Every day on the news there are stories of doom and destruction; wars and rumours of wars; poverty, child abuse, corruption … and then a smiley soul slides on to tell us what the weather will be...
Speaker(s): Azariah France Williams, Pip Herbert, Electric Cabaret, Peter Graystone, Christian Aid…and now, the weather…
For our 2022 festival communion, we met to express the planet's fear and distress, to give words to creation's grief, and to ask for God's mercy. It was a service about climate care and climate...
Richard Dawkins at Greenbelt 2022
Over the course of our festival weekend, a few people once again raised concerns with us on our social media over inviting Professor Richard Dawkins to Greenbelt. The same concerns were raised way...
Life begins at 50
Greenbelt turns 50 next year: a landmark moment that offers us a chance to reflect. To take stock but also to glimpse the future ahead. So in 2023 we'll be making two changes to Greenbelt that...
On Location
Amos Trust has been developing links and building relationships with the visual arts community in Gaza since 2015. On Location is their new project which promotes, supports and celebrates the power,...
Pickwell Foundation
The Pickwell Foundation collaborates with charities working with displaced people and with those combating climate change. They support our dedicated climate change-focussed venue and programme in...
7 suggestions for spirituality and worship at Greenbelt
From Goth Eucharist to Franciscan monks, from Forrest Church to Sunday Communion: there are many ways to get spirituality and worship at Greenbelt. And bear in mind, that our faithfulness is as...
Kapil Seshasayee
Kapil Seshasayee is a protest musician, guitarist and visual artist from Glasgow, Scotland. His work fuses Contemporary R&B, Indian Classical and Experimental Rock music. Singles released from his...
Jo Bega
Jo discovered her passion for community singing after becoming a mother, creating a welcoming space for musical connection that quickly blossomed into a thriving choir. With experience spanning...
Elle O’Rourke
Elle O'Rourke is a political economist, writer and gender theorist living in Manchester. She is co-editor, with Jules Joanne Gleeson, of Transgender Marxism (Pluto Press, 2021), a provocative and...
Lola Olufemi
Lola Olufemi (she/they) is a black feminist writer and Stuart Hall foundation researcher from London based in the Centre for Research and Education in Art and Media at the University of Westminster....
Everything earthy, ethereal, embodied
Pictured above: Jon Bilborough of Wilderthorn With a mix of the familiar and comforting, alongside the new and (possibly) unnerving, today we're pleased to be able to say a bit more about our...
Somewhere to see world-class theatre
There are many things that make Greenbelt different to most other festivals. But one of the things that's perhaps most distinctive (and that we're most proud of) is the quality of theatre we're able...
Gaia Vince
Gaia Vince is a journalist, writer and broadcaster, and an honorary senior research fellow at UCL. She writes for publications including the Observer and Guardian, and presents programmes on BBC R4...
Nick Hayes
Nick Hayes is a bestselling author, illustrator, and a co-founder of the Right to Roam campaign. His new book, The Trespasser's Companion is published by Bloomsbury.