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...
greenbeltrun
Inspired by parkrun, who organise free weekly runs in local parks around the world, greenbeltrun is a 5km run around the beautiful grounds of Boughton House. Run, walk, jog, volunteer or spectate:...
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...
Joshua Coombes
When Joshua Coombes started cutting hair for people experiencing homelessness, he found a way of making a difference by doing something he loved. Now, his viral social campaign...
Christian Aid
At Christian Aid we have a vision: an end to poverty. United by hope, we work with churches, organisations and communities of all faiths and beliefs to fight the causes of poverty, to respond to...
Christians Against Poverty
At Christians Against Poverty (CAP UK), we won't sit back and let poverty destroy lives. We're a UK-wide charity that equips local churches with the tools and expertise to support people in their...