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....
6 things you might change your mind about at Greenbelt
Let's face it, in a world of fixed opinions and firmly-held views, being able to change your mind is almost a superpower. Creating spaces for Greenbelters to encounter something (or someone) new...
Children & Families
Greenbelt is an inter-generational festival, and we enjoy the company of plenty of children (and their parents and carers) onsite. Discover everything Greenbelt Festival for families - from babies to...
All Our Money presented by Stan’s Cafe
Each year Birmingham City Council spends £3bn. Where does it all come from and where does it all go? In 50 minutes, using 7,000 golden dominoes, staring a human size bear, this fast and funny...
Gordon Brown
Gordon Brown is the United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Since September 2021, he also serves as WHO Ambassador for Global Health...
Greenbelt Through the Decades: The 2000s
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....
Communities for Ukraine
To mark Greenbelt's 50th anniversary, we've teamed up with Citizens UK to recruit 50 new hosts for Ukrainians fleeing war and invasion as part of their pioneering Communities for Ukraine...
Greenbelt Through the Decades: The 1990s
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....
50 years of partnership
We're pleased and proud to be able to share with you the wonderful array of partner organisations who will be present with us this year at our 50th anniversary gathering in various ways. Here's a...
The Chosen Haram presented by Sadiq Ali
The Chosen Haram presented by Sadiq Ali produced by Turtle Key Arts Expect a heady mix of love, drugs and Islam. This unique and complex take on circus, performed on two Chinese poles, is...
Ru Callender
Ru Callender is author of the recent book What Remains: Life, Death and the Human Art of Undertaking. He was moved to become an undertaker through his experience of bereavement and its aftermath. He...
Laura Mvula
10 years on from the release of her highly-acclaimed debut album Sing To The Moon, we are so excited to welcome stellar songwriter, composer and performer Laura Mvula to headline our Saturday night...
Kathryn Mannix
Kathryn worked as a palliative care doctor in hospices, hospitals and patients' own homes for 30 years before she turned her attention to promoting better public understanding and discussion of...
Grief Moves: The Loss Project X Annie Frost Nicholson (Fandangoe Kid)
London based creatives, multidisciplinary artist Annie Frost Nicholson (formerly The Fandangoe Kid) and The Loss Project announce their forthcoming joint venture, the ‘Grief Moves...
Bruce Cockburn
“My job is to try and trap the spirit of things in the scratches of pen on paper and the pulling of notes out of metal.” One of Canada's finest artists, Bruce Cockburn has enjoyed an...