The Year Without A Summer?
Here's the first of our guest blogs as part of our #GBWildAtHome digital summer here at Greenbelt ... This one is written by Chine McDonald. Chine is a Greenbelt trustee and head of Media & PR at...
Simon Armitage
Poet Laureate Simon Armitage was born and grew up in West Yorkshire. He is the recipient of numerous prizes and awards, including the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry and the PEN Prize for Translation....
What’s new for 2020?
In a couple of weeks' time we'll be making our first lineup announcements. We can hardly wait. In the meantime, we thought we'd let you in on some of the feverish tinkering we've been doing to...
2020: Wild at Home digital lineup
Wild at Home features two main livestreams from the Canopy and Pagoda, plus a heap of other spaces to meet in and encounter great content in on Saturday 29 plus a lunchtime picnic on Sunday 30.
Talks
Explore Greenbelt Festival Talks, recorded live at the festival. Access nearly 20 years of insight, inspiration, and provocation – all available to listen to online, download, and share. With over...
Christmas around the world
A guest blog from our partner Christian Aid Christmas is nearly here and we cannot wait to roll out the tinsel and dust off the nativity scene! This Christmas, we're highlighting the...
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GREENBELT 2026 27 – 30 AUGUST BOUGHTON HOUSE
Personal Spirituality with Michael Leunig
“Give unto Caesar what is Caesar's but give your art to God” Cartoonist, artist, philosopher and poet Michael Leunig often explores the idea of an innocent and sacred personal inner world. Join...
Speaker(s): Michael Leunig, Modern ChurchThe John Peck Lecture: A Tribute to John Smith
Anthony Wilson reflects on John's legacy at Greenbelt, placing his work in the tradition of the prophetic imagination. Tracing the connection between his vision and Greenbelt's, where the arts...
Speaker(s): Anthony WilsonLove in the face of Empire
The Festival Communion service at Greenbelt 2019 put the story of Christmas at its heart. Here, you'll find all the words from the service to download and share and use – along with the thinking...
Sam Bright
Sam Bright is a lawyer with ClientEarth where he leads their legal campaign against coal plants across Europe and beyond. ClientEarth is a charity that uses the power of the law to protect the...
Statements
7.1.2026 With regret and apology from us, Helen Lewis will no longer be speaking at this year's festival. Following her inclusion in our first lineup names, we received some pushback from our LGBTQ...
Chris Read
Chris Read is a jazz-comedy-folk-musical-theatre-balladeer-multi-hyphenate songwriter and performer from London whose musical journey has taken him from being the youngest ever licensed busker on the...
The Hot House
The Hot House The Hot House is a brand new venue at Greenbelt, designed to help each of us think and care more deeply about our relationship with the planet. With Extinction Rebellion in residence...
Greenbelt presents…
The best things in life aren't things. And some of the best programming at festival are ideas and events that have grown up from within the Greenbelt community itself, over years of passion and...