Greenbelt through the decades: the 2010s
To celebrate our 50th anniversary, we've asked some of the folk who've helped bring Greenbelt Festival to life over the last 50 years to write a little something about their festival experiences....
The Spirituals
The Spirituals, founded by music artist and Creative Director Junior Garr, along with Arranger/Conductor Marsha Morrison, emerged as a powerful response to the injustice surrounding the death of...
Sadia Azmat
Sadia Azmat is a British stand-up comedian, writer and published author of Sex Bomb. In 2018 Sadia launched her critically acclaimed BBC podcast ‘No Country For Young Women' which was named as...
Ben Okafor
The music of Ben Okafor moves effortlessly between the best of African Reggae, with its rich lyrical heritage, classic folk protest songs in the vein of Bob Marley's Redemption Song, and driving...
Fat and Frantic
Cobbled together from string and poster paint at Greenbelt 1985, legendary pop idiots Fat and Frantic were a seven-year fever-dream, moving incomprehensibly and uncomprehendingly from Fringe...
The Rabbitts
Norwich based duo 'The Rabbitts' are acoustic at heart but experimental in nature; they set out to avoid the well trodden path and instead define their own unique sound with creative harmonies,...
The Deep Blue
The Deep Blue delicately fuse their hypnotic harmonies with a thinly-veiled air of rebelliousness. Their socially-engaged lyricism and fluid melodies invite the listener to ask questions of the world...
Tawiah
Over the past decade, Tawiah has self-released two EP's; In Jodi's Bedroom (2007) and Recreate (2017) which she toured with Moses Sumney. In 2019 she released her debut album Starts Again,...
Straight Girl
Electropunk juggernaut ‘STRAIGHT GIRL' is the alias of Leeds-based composer and producer Remy Enceladus (non-binary | they/them pronouns). Heralded for their ‘magnetic and exhilarating' live...
Ruth Pearce
Ruth Pearce is a researcher, campaigner, and punk musician. Her work explore issues of inequality, marginalisation, power and political struggle from a trans feminist perspective. She is currently...
Rumba de Bodas
Rumba De Bodas is a vibrant Afro-Latin Funk band hailing from Bologna, Italy, and has been making waves since their formation in 2008. Renowned for their electrifying performances, they have mastered...
Rick Dove
Once voted “most likely to start the revolution” Rick is a progressive poet and activist from Southwest London. Arriving on the spoken word scene in 2015, Rick has performed across the UK and...
Problem Patterns
Problem Patterns, from Belfast, are not limited by age or ability or binary identities. They don't have a front person, they swap instruments and roles to ensure that each member of the group has a...
Philippa Zawe
Philippa Zawe is a Yorkshire based singer-songwriter. She is of Ugandan heritage and her songwriting is inspired by the rich stories that are told around her and that lie within her. Her songs are...
House of El
Originally a jazz trumpeter and multi instrumentalist, House of EL aka Kieron McIntosh furthered his creativity as he moved into producing and song-writing, quickly establishing his credibility and...