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...
James Holloway: builder of Greenbelt’s foundations
A Tribute to James Holloway by former festival manager and Fat Band member Martin Evans James Holloway died at 3a.m. on Friday, the 18th October 2019 in Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge,...
Christian Aid urge us to keep the faith!
A guest blog from our partner Christian Aid... Many of you joined us in August at the festival to protest, to create banners and placards, to sign petitions and to learn from each other about what...
An act of faith
A guest blog from Greenbelt volunteer Katherine Venn from the XR / CCA protests in London this week ... Like a lot of the banners say, I don't want to be here – I really don't. I'm a...
Everybody Now – International Rebellion
We were excited to have members of Extinction Rebellion with us at the festival this summer. Here's what they've written to us ahead of their Everybody Now: International Rebellion action next week,...
An open door: reimagining the marketplace through social housing
A guest blog from Benjamin Rick, Co-founder and Managing Director at Social and Sustainable Capital, a partner of our sponsor CCLA. Good investment relies on good thinking, which is why we've...
Ending the need for food banks together
A guest blog from our associate partner, Trussell Trust... This year's Greenbelt Festival was, as ever, a fantastic experience. We're grateful to everyone involved in organising such a great...
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GREENBELT 2026 27 – 30 AUGUST BOUGHTON HOUSE
A Yearning For Learning: The State Of Education
“Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family. “ So said Kofi Anan. But what does education look like in the UK today?...
Speaker(s): Winchester University, Gurminder BhambraGreenbelt Communion
* Nadia Bolz-Weber's sermon starts at 41:52 * Ah Christmas time, mistletoe and wine... no, we're afraid Sir Cliff isn't joining us this year, but in his absence we're pulling out all our...
In conversation with Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby
Let's spend an hour with the head honcho of the Church of England! It's great to get the chance to check in with the Archbishop of Canterbury every now and then. Let's ask him how it's going?...
Speaker(s): The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin WelbyInterfaith Matters
Young laureates from this year's 21 For 21 Programme share an honest discussion about the joys and challenges of interfaith work. With Georgia May (Programme Director at Rose Castle Foundation),...
Speaker(s): Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers, 21 For 21Scripture and Violence: Challenging Assumptions
Join in a 'Scriptural Reasoning' session where we will explore the assumptions around passages in the Jewish, Christian and Muslim sacred texts that might seem to incite the very violence and...
Speaker(s): Scriptural Reasoning, Rabbi Debbie Young-SomersThe Laugh Temptation: Is Everything Funny? Or Are Some Things Off-Limits?
Forty years ago this autumn, churches were picketing Monty Python's Life of Brian. Now university campuses ask comedians to sign agreements not to touch on a range of issues before taking gigs. A...
Speaker(s): United Reformed Church, James Cary, Elf LyonsIs Protest Art Just Propaganda? Or Is All Art A Form Of Protest?
A group of leading arts activists at the festival chew the fat about whether art is just a reflection of life and the world in which we live, or a lens that can effect change in the world and in the...
Speaker(s): Michael Leunig, Balaklava Blues, Debbie Lewer