SELMA
A chronicle of Martin Luther King's campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965.
Song of the Sea
Starring Brendan Gleeson, Fionnula Flanagan, David Rawle, Lisa Hannigan, Pat Shortt & Jon Kenny. The enchanting Irish animation SONG OF THE SEA tells the story of Ben and his little sister Saoirse...
Desree Gumbs-Carty
By day, Desree devotes her time to theatre, arts marketing and community arts but after 6pm (let's say 7pm because of traffic), Desree is a poet. An advocate for community arts and youth...
An Evening With An Immigrant presented by Inua Ellams
Born in Nigeria, Inua Ellams is an award-winning poet, playwright and founder of the Midnight Run – an international, arts-filled, night-time urban walking experience. Identity, displacement and...
Kester Brewin
Kester Brewin is an author, broadcaster and teacher. A recent TEDx speaker and presenter on Radio 4, his writing has explored pirate culture, magic and the 60s counterculture, and earned him wide...
Harvest home
A guest blog from our associate partners, Embrace the Middle EastFadia and her family ran a successful business selling hummus, falafel and fool, a local breakfast delicacy, to restaurants in their...
Inside Out
Starring Amy Poehler, Bill Hader, Lewis Black Directed by Pete Docter, Ronnie Del Carmen Pixar Sudios Like all of us, Riley is guided by her emotions – Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness. The...
Love & Mercy
Starring John Cusack, Paul Dano, Elizabeth Banks Directed by Bill Pohlad LOVE & MERCY presents an unconventional portrait of Brian Wilson, the mercurial singer, songwriter and leader of The Beach...
Time We Started Counting!
The following is an extract from a High Profiles interview of Bill McKibben. You can read the whole interview by subscribing here.Bill McKibben made his name as an environmentalist in 1989 with...
Caterers and traders – a vital part of the festival
As we re-imagine our G-Source exhibition venue this year – bringing it out into the festival and making it feel like a street market – we thought it was time to take another look at our traders...
A safe place to call home
A guest blog from our partners Christian Aid.At Christian Aid, we're excitedly putting the finishing touches to our plans for Greenbelt 2016 and wanted to share a sneak peek with you. Christian Aid...
Steve Lawson
Steve Lawson is a musician, academic and writer who has spent the last 20 years exploring via his own music career how the role of music in the world can evolve from one where a handful of voices are...
#BlackLivesMatter at Greenbelt 2016
As well as our thread of refugee programming at Greenbelt this August (see the blog here), we will be looking at what Black Lives Matter means on both sides of the Atlantic, too.With our Sunday night...
Deep Talk
A collective of trained storytellers from all over the UK, who believe the inclusive and creative nature of Godly Play will nurture and nourish people of all ages on their spiritual journey. Around...
John Peck: Presente!
Greenbelt Trustee Martin Wroe remembers one of the great thinkers who helped to shape the festival ...Many years ago a group of us went on a walk in the Suffolk countryside led by John Peck, who in...