Greenbelt through the decades: the 1970s
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...
Get Involved
Greenbelt is made by many hands, and there are countless ways to be part of it. Whether you want to volunteer at Greenbelt Festival, perform, cater, trade, or exhibit, there's an opportunity for...
Festival Info
Some of us have been coming here our whole lives. Some of us are back after a break, and some are brand new to the party. Whether it's your first time, or your 15th, here's all the Greenbelt...
The Future Of Democracy
With an growing distrust in the workings of democracy and the rise of authoritarian 'strong men' on the one hand and increasing localism and community organising on the other, it might seem as if our...
Speaker(s): Rowan Williams, Paul MasonHow to Consume the News While Staying Sane
24 hours of news a day, but only one human body to process it all – come and learn how to manage your consumption, engage meaningfully and maybe even learn to hope about the future of the dreaded...
Speaker(s): Leena NormsDigital Busking: Crowdfunding, Online Community And Making Art in the New Economy
We know that the art that needs making, the stories that need telling and the best innovations don't always get funded by The Big Guys. Learn about self-funding your creative practice and building a...
Speaker(s): Leena NormsGreen Pop – In Conversation with Jeremy Loops
Before ever he was a global music star, Jeremy Loops was busking the streets of Cape Town to raise money for local environmental projects. As the co-founder of Green Pop – focussing on sustainable...
Speaker(s): Jeremy Loops…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...
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...
Lantern Making with Helen Turner
Helen has a background in Public Art, with a specialism in Textiles and Mixed Media, an experienced arts project manager often including community engagement. I have worked on several Arts and...
Studio Aindow
Award winning hand embroiderer Naomi Aindow-Clark is the founder of Studio Aindow, a small business that hopes to keep the art of hand embroidery alive. Naomi creates bespoke hand embroidered...
g-books: your official #GB22 bookshop
Our lovely friends at Church House Bookshop/Hymns A&M are back at Greenbelt once again, bringing our pop-up bookshop – g-books – to the festival site. Here's a guest blog post from them about...
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...
Science Adventures presented by Coppice Theatre
Disaster! Professor McGuffin's ground-breaking Sub-Nuclear Optical Transmitter (SNOT) has a catastrophic malfunction and needs a new power source! What a pickle! Enter the ACES – an elite team of...
ME REX
Having taken a break from music for a few years, South London's ME REX began life in 2018 in the home of songwriter Myles McCabe experimenting with shouty, electronic bedroom pop. Armed with a...