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...
Can we talk about tickets for 2023?
When we first dreamed up our brand new approach to ticket prices, we knew it wasn't without some real challenges. After all, there's a reason that festivals use the familiar, deadline-driven...
In the Bleak Midwinter
This episode of Greenbelt's ‘Somewhere To Believe In' comes in the form of a one-off Christmas reflection; brought to you by our friend Beloved Sara Zaltash, a ‘non-denominational...
Speaker(s): Beloved Sara ZaltashGreenbelt welcomes its new Chair of Trustees – Sam Pittam-Smith
Longterm Greenbelter Sam Pittam-Smith is the new Chair of the Greenbelt Trustee Board. Sam takes over from Steve Baker, who has stepped down after seven years at the helm. Sam has been coming to the...
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...
Decolonizing Gospel Music: A Practical Guide
Is the lyrical content of Black British gospel music – from choral music to Christian hip-hop – colonial? Does it express ideas of God shaped by the necropolitical Christian categories imposed...
Speaker(s): Robert BeckfordRight To Roam
Like a modern-day Woody Guthrie, Nick Hayes wants us to rediscover that 'this land is our land'. Find out how to cut through centuries-old power and privilege and reconnect with the countryside that...
Speaker(s): Nick HayesChildren, Activism and Our Hope on the Horizon
How childhood experiences of activism and storytelling put Onjali Q Raúf on the road to writing the modern classic, The Boy At the Back of the Class, and her first non-fiction guide for children,...
Speaker(s): Onjali RaúfLosing Eden: Why Our Minds Need the Wild Sunday
For centuries, we have acted on an intuition that we need communion with the wild to feel well. Now, as we migrate away from the rest of nature, scientific evidence is emerging to confirm its place...
Speaker(s): Lucy JonesThe Lightless Sky: An Afghan Refugee Boy’s Journey of Escape to a New Life in Britain
Former child refugee Gulwali Passarlay tells how he miraculously survived the harrowing year-long journey from Afghanistan to the UK on his own. Young and old alike will come to understand the...
Speaker(s): Gulwali PassarlayThe Bright Side Of The Apocalpyse
Speaker(s): Baroness Lola Young
Dwellbeing: Finding Home In The City
Sustainable futures expert and wellbeing advocate Claire Bradbury passionately believes city dwellers need wilderness in all its forms to thrive. From guerrilla gardens and rooftop farms to the...
Speaker(s): Claire BradburyWhy The Climate Crisis Is a Racist Crisis
Wake up! Climate change, although something which will affect us all, is a deeply racialised phenomenon. As highlighted in Christian Aid's landmark 'Black Lives Matter Everywhere' report, black and...
Speaker(s): Christian Aid, Robert Beckford, Chine McDonaldThe Power Of One
Does being the UK's first and only ever Green Party MP really make any difference? Come and hear from the widely respected Parliamentary representative for Brighton Pavillion, Caroline Lucas, about...
Speaker(s): Caroline Lucas, Less Waste Laura