The John Peck Lecture: A Tribute to John Smith
Anthony Wilson reflects on John's legacy at Greenbelt, placing his work in the tradition of the prophetic imagination. Tracing the connection between his vision and Greenbelt's, where the arts...
Speaker(s): Anthony WilsonGhost Trees
This is a talk about connections: in time, in space, with other species and in community. Illustrated by stories, Bob explores the importance of attentiveness in observing nature, understanding our...
Speaker(s): Bob GilbertLove in the face of Empire
The Festival Communion service at Greenbelt 2019 put the story of Christmas at its heart. Here, you'll find all the words from the service to download and share and use – along with the thinking...
Zena Edwards
Raised in Tottenham, North London, Zena Edwards has become known as one the most unique voices of performance poetry to come out of London. She is published in several anthologies including Dance...
Statements
Greenbelters will know that Jason Arday spoke movingly and powerfully at Greenbelt in 2024. He contacted us about a month ago (in mid-July 2026) to ask us to remove references to him and his talk...
Festival Friends
We're blessed as a festival to have lots of great friends. And these friendships add richness and diversity to the space we make and the programme we offer. The content that our Festival Friends...
Allotment Gallery
The Allotment Gallery is back for its sixth year. Our pop-up gallery space is housed in a garden shed and it can be found in The Wilderness, playing host to eight fantastic mini-exhibitions across...
Greenbelt presents…
The best things in life aren't things. And some of the best programming at festival are ideas and events that have grown up from within the Greenbelt community itself, over years of passion and...
Seven Words from the Holy Land
We asked trustee Ben Solanky to blog about his experience of going on the Greenbelt-Oasis Trust alternative pilgrimage to Palestine-Israel with Amos Trust in May. Here's his story, in seven images...
Advice for a Greenbelt Newbie (from a Greenbelt newbie)
Here's some wisdom from our new trustee Molly Boot, who came to Greenbelt last year for the very first time. On her own! Thinking of coming to Greenbelt on your own, or for the first time? Last...
The Foundry
Thanks to the generous support of The Methodist Church, The Foundry is our brand new cafe-conversation venue, serving up strong coffee and mint tea by day and a non-alcoholic soft drinks in the...
ESA
ESA is a 19 year old producer from South East London who has been coming to Greenbelt Festival from an early age. Drawing inspiration from the environment that surrounds him, he has been known to...
Repair Café
The textile Repair Café is hosted by Penn, Jane and Carey, all with the experience to help you create what you want to achieve. Penn got the Mend and Re-use bug back in 2016. She started out as a...
Citizens UK
Citizens UK is a people power alliance of diverse local communities working together for the common good. Our mission is to develop leaders, strengthen civic organisations and make change. Citizens...
Trussell
Trussell supports a network of more than 1,200 food bank centres, who give emergency food and support to people in crisis across the UK, where one in seven people face hunger. In the last year food...