Greenbelt 2008 brings you the new improved Humanic!! Not only is the 14-17s programme moving to a larger, more flexible venue — complete with its own chill-zone open until the early hours — but we are putting together an amazing variety of concerts, workshops, debates, talks, performances and worship. There'll even be opportunity to contribute to the Humanic movie, being filmed and put together over the weekend.
We can't tell you any more yet – you might not be able to contain your excitement until August! But more details of the Humanic lineup will be appearing here soon... Watch this space.
Iain Archer
Ivor Novello award winner and Greenbelt inspiration to many a wannabe acoustic genius, Iain Archer is back with his lyrical witticisms and honey-soaked vocals.
Estelle
Queen of British Hip-hop and Mobo award-winner, Estelle is one of the hottest urban rap artists in the UK.
Whats Going On? The Marvin Gaye service / Ordo :: New Wave Byzantine
COTA (Church of the Apostles) describe themselves as an “urban, nu monastic, digital orthodox, multi-sensory café-curating, Jesus-following commnunity”. Hailing from an artistic quarter of Seattle on the west coast of the USA, COTA run an arts café that’s also a church. Come and see.
Gilles Peterson
Time Out magazine says he’s a "funky, jazzy, Latin-flavoured extremely groovy thing." Join Radio One DJ Gilles Peterson in his search for the perfect beat.
Life Interrupted
An exhibition of photographs on HIV/AIDS in Africa by world renowned photographer Don McCullin, brought to Greenbelt 2005 by Christian Aid and following up on Cold Heaven from 2003.
The Complete Works of Shakespeare (abridged)
This year we are pleased to welcome The Reduced Shakespeare Company to Greenbelt with their fabulous show The Complete Works of Shakespeare (abridged) That\'s right: all 37 Plays in 97 Minutes!
Create a book in 24 hours
The Between the Lines team will be creating a book onsite again this year. Using six specific images of trees as its inspirational image (Click here to see the six images of the trees to use as inspiration for this year\'s book), all work should be submitted by email to the BTTL team in advance of the festival or onsite at the BTTL venue by 10am on the Saturday.
Bill Drummond
In 1987, Bill Drummond\'s Justified Ancients of Mumu project caused a great deal of outrage and legal wrangling due to the inclusion of snippets from Margaret Thatcher\'s speeches, an Abba single and various BBC broadcasts. In 1992, his band the KLF exited the music business by machine-gunning the Brits audience with blanks. Two years later he burned one million pounds of the money he had made for an art project. He now makes soup across the UK and encourages people to prepare to die by organising their own funerals.
Communion Service
Sunday morning communion is always a event for the whole Greenbelt family: a bit like Christmas dinner, it\'s the one time we all come together to celebrate our unity and diversity.
For 2005, Gary Crosby has launched a brand new project, a new band and new album! The project, Motorcity Roots, embraces the legacy of the Motown label and its enormous contribution to the world of great music.
The Cross as the "Axis of the World"
In naming, subverting, and transforming the universal scapegoat mechanism, Jesus really was a turning point in history. How can we be a part of his tree of life?
What can help in the journey of faith beyond the church?
Spirited Exchanges began as a tentative response to faith outside church and has now become a proven resource. How does it all work?
Big Beasts and Little Prophets
On the margins of empires and markets, little Jesus communities have long practised radical interdependence and hospitality. New and ancient stories of folks becoming the church they dream of.
Bands in the Big Top
As well as the 24-hour Cafe, the humanic shows, the fashion show, the ceilidh and the academy workshops, there\'ll also be top-notch live music in the all-new youth big top.
Mainstage Saturday
Specifically aimed at under 20-year-olds.
If the words 'protest singer' conjure up worthy-but-dull diatribes listened to in reverential silence by men in chunky sweaters, take a look at Michael Franti and Spearhead and think again. Franti's music faces the demons of racism, militarism and globalization head on, whilst a Spearhead gig offers 'part booty-shaking funk jam session, part soul deliverance, part cosmic transformation, and part social activism assembly, all rolled into one sweaty, sexy, raucous good time'.
Andrew Motion
A prolific writer, Andrew motion was appointed as Poet Laureate in May 1999 and has received a host of awards, including the Whitbread Prize in 1994. He is Professor of Creative Writing at Royal Holloway, University of London and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. In The Blood A Memoir of my Childhood (Faber & Faber) is published in Sept06.
City of clay
This year the clay is back after a sabbatical. And all Greenbelters will be invited to build up a city of clay over the weekend. After the great successes of \'The Exodus\', \'The Ark\' and \'The Multitude\', this year the community arts project that everyone will want to be involved in is that little bit more architectural.
Taize
Comtemplative evening prayer and worship led by Brother Paolo of Taize.
Union Dance exists to explore and express an identity through dance which reflects the growing cultural fusion of contemporary society.
Nick Park
Nick is going to judge the Videoschool competition of video shorts made by young people over the weekend lookig at aid effectiveness and he will be interviewed by children before a showing of The Curse of the Were-Rabbit on the big screen!
God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It.
Religious fundamentalists scare us with their interpretation of faith and politics, while secular ones are scared of faith having any impact. One doesn't speak for us, while the other wants us to be quiet But there is an exciting alternative.
\'[rout] is in a constant state of flux, it is protean, adapts to circumstance and changes its shape as those involved at its core develop their ideas and approaches to music and performance. [rout] gives concert performances, creates installation work, and has made recordings both in conventional recording studios and from the inside of Paul Whitty\'s fridge.
God among her girls
When we think of disciples or heroes of faith, male names normally rise to the surface. Does this mean that females dont exist, or that they are all called Mary, or that it is time to air some conspiracy theories?
Bassline Circus is touring a new show, Advertigo. This is circus as youve never seen it before, cleverly combining mind-blowing high wire antics, genetically modified street arts and clowns with the infectious sounds of new skool beats.
A Conversation with John O'Donohue
'I would love to live like a river flows, carried by the surprise of its own unfolding...' Martin Wroe hosts your questions for the acclaimed Irish poet, philosopher and best-selling author of 'Anam Cara' and 'Eternal Echoes'.
How to ensure your funeral is well attended
\'Love,\' as Jean Vanier, once wrote, \'is to reveal the beauty of another person to themselves.\' How do we become love? How does our legacy in this life become a legacy of love?
Festival Communion
This year we'll be celebrating our Festival Communion service on Sunday afternoon rather than in the morning.
