Ibibio Sound Machine
Fronted by London-born Nigerian singer Eno Williams, Ibibio Sound Machine is a clash of African and electronic elements inspired in equal measure by the golden era of West African funk, disco, modern...
2018 Lineup
We're busy working on the 2019 lineup. But as a reminder the bill for our 2018 festival was one of our best ever. From world-changing ideas to jaw-dropping theatre. It's all here. Dig in.
Church Times’ Festival of Faith & Lit
A guest blog from our partner Church Times Bloxham Festival: Friday 16 – Sunday 18 February 2018 A literary festival with a difference, the Church Times' Festival of Faith and Literature...
The Top 10 Reads from #gb17
Our Christian media partner Church Times reveals your Top Ten Reads from #gb17 ... Drumroll please ... from G-Books (the festival bookshop), here are the ten best-selling books at Greenbelt this...
Charles Handy at Greenbelt 2017
A personal reflection on the great man's visit to Greenbelt 2017 from Paul Northup, Greenbelt's Creative Director … If you're of my vintage (clears throat: half a century or so on this...
9 ways to hang on to that festival feeling
The Greenbelt weekend – with its reams of talks, art and conversation – can be a pretty mind-altering, life-changing experience. But even the most intense experiences fade over time as summer...
Why Culture Matters
Abid Hussain (Arts Council), Syima Aslam (Bradford Litfest), Luqman Ali (Khayaal Theatre), Randa Ghazy (Writer / Producer) A conversation on the importance of culture, cultural leadership and the...
Speaker(s): Abid Hussain, Syima Aslam, Christian-Muslim Storytelling: Stories of shared faith from history presented by Khayaal Theatre, Randa Ghazy, Asad Ali Jafri, Luqman AliPlease Bring a Body
The Festival Communion service at Greenbelt 2017 put access and inclusion at its heart. Here you'll find all the words from the service to download and share and use – along with the story and...
7 reasons to try some ‘Milk & Honey’ at Greenbelt
There are many reasons to pay a visit to Greenbelt's very own grocery store. Here are just seven. It's convenient You already have enough to think about when coming to Greenbelt. Did you pack...
A greener festival
Over the last few years we've got rid of allllmost all our single-use plastic (we're still coming for you, cable ties) and managed to halve our festival fuel consumption. Each year we measure our...
From Mindfulness to Soulfulness
Is there a danger that mindfulness can just help people become better adapted cogs in a still-toxic model of work and life? Brian Draper challenges us to live not just mindfully but soulfully – to...
Speaker(s): Brian DraperChristina Welch
Christina is a lecturer and researcher at the University of Winchester, where she leads the masters degree in Death, Religion and Culture; a distance learning programme. A Religious Studies scholar,...
XLP
After the success of XLP's first X-Mobile recording studio, they are returning to Greenbelt with a brand new, never been used before, X-Mobile studio. The X-Mobile Project is an amazing youth...
Savi Hensman
Savitri Hensman was born in Sri Lanka in the early 1960s and lives in London. She is a writer and activist and works in the voluntary sector. Her book Sexuality, Struggle and Saintliness: Same-Sex...
Akanksha Mehta
Akanksha Mehta is a lecturer in international relations at the School of Global Studies, University of Sussex. She teaches courses on gender, sexuality, race, postcolonial theory, and political...