Akram Abdulfattah
Akram Abdulfattah is a young Palestinian-American violin master who combines jazz with middle eastern and Indian music. Akram is influenced by Hindu, Turkish, and Persian styles, reflecting the rich...
Run The Wall
Our Creative Director, Paul Northup, tells the story of Greenbelt's ties to the Palestine Marathon, and the origins of Run The Wall, a global event taking place this March that calls for you to run,...
The Fringe at Greenbelt 2024
We're excited to be opening up submissions to perform at this summer's Greenbelt. But this year, we're doing things a little differently. We're creating a brand new Fringe venue stage at...
Greenbelt 2024 – Dream On
Our Creative Director, Paul Northup, blogs about our festival theme for this year – Dream On. In those two long years of the pandemic, when we were unable to host a full-blown festival, it was...
Climate Assembly – Greenbelt 2023
Did you know? We hosted a participatory 'Climate Assembly' at this year's festival. Thanks to Jamie Kelsey Fry, Clare Farrell and co. Here are the most popular outcomes from the...
Palestine/Israel resources
We've created a sort of living wall of Greenbelt-produced and Greenbelt-connected inspiration and provocation related to the Palestine/Israel conflict. From voices and artists we've been...
A Beautiful Human Life: Remembering Pip Wilson
With the blessing of Pip's family and of the writer, Martin Wroe, here's an edited version of the tribute that Martin gave at Pip Wilson's funeral earlier this October. ‘They say you're...
Ending the cycle of violence
Top image: Art by Gazan artist Malak Mattar on display at Greenbelt Festival 2022 Paul Northup, Greenbelt's Creative Director reflects on the current situation in Israel-Palestine. We've been...
Remembering Pip Wilson
Love has no off-switch: it's not about like or dislike. Love can help us see that people are beautiful. We learned of the death of our dear Pip Wilson overnight (Friday 22 September). We will...
Theology For the End of the World
It feels like the world is ending. In the midst of apocalyptic times it's tempting to cling on tightly to what we still have. But what if our desire to save the world is part of the problem? Marika...
Speaker(s): Marika RoseIt’s Not Me… It’s You.
How come so many of us have broken up with church? We take part less and less often. Or not at all. It used to be part of our lives… until it wasn't. What's your story? Why did you call time on the...
Speaker(s): Marika Rose, Dave TomlinsonPalestinian Rights: an anti-Apartheid campaign
In 2022, joint reports from Amnesty International and Israeli and Palestinian human rights organisations B'Tselem and Al-Haq stated that Israel was pursuing apartheid policies - a view long held by...
Speaker(s): Diala Isid, Amos TrustHard Art: Democracy and Creativity
Join climate activist Clare Farrell and artist Brian Eno as, together, they discuss their shared commitment to mobilising change in the face of the climate emergency. Why do activists and artists...
Speaker(s): Brian Eno, Clare FarrellPalestinian Rights: an anti-Apartheid campaign
In 2022, joint reports from Amnesty International and Israeli and Palestinian human rights organisations B'Tselem and Al-Haq stated that Israel was pursuing apartheid policies - a view long held by...
Speaker(s): Diala Isid, Amos TrustIt’s Not Me… It’s You.
How come so many of us have broken up with church? We take part less and less often. Or not at all. It used to be part of our lives… until it wasn't. What's your story? Why did you call time on the...
Speaker(s): Marika Rose, Dave Tomlinson