Michael Leunig
Michael Leunig is an Australian cartoonist, writer, painter, philosopher and poet. His commentary on political, cultural and emotional life spans more than forty years and has often explored the...
Old Man Luedecke
Old Man Luedecke is the recording and performing name of multiple award-winning, Canadian roots singer-songwriter Christopher Luedecke. Born in Toronto, but now based in Nova Scotia, from the...
Nakhane
One of the glorious things about pop music is the way that singular talents can come from anywhere. Born 30 years ago in Alice, a small town on the eastern Cape of South Africa, Nakhane has a...
J.P. Bimeni & The Black Belts
A royal refugee turned soul survivor with a remarkable story of resistance having fled Burundi's civil war after three attempts on his life, landing in Wales as a teenager. On his debut album Free...
Miatta Fahnbulleh
Miatta Fahnbulleh is the Chief Executive of New Economics Foundation. Miatta has a wealth of experience in developing and delivering policy to empower communities and change people's lives. She...
Brass Against
In a politically challenging era, it's our time to stand up against the machine. Brass Against's first and foremost goal is to make exceptional music. Yet we would be remiss to not also note...
Samana
Samana was realised in the heart of an Austrian forest surrounding a secret lake 3000 meters above sea level, during a journey the pair undertook across the natural wildernesses and distant cities of...
Riot Days – Speaking Truth to Power
A guest blog from our Partner Christian Aid Pussy Riot headlined Greenbelt 2018 with the live show of Masha's book, “Riot Days”. It's a powerful piece which dramatises Masha's account of...
Best. Greenbelt. Gig. Ever.
A guest blog from longterm Greenbelter Peter Barrett... It all started with a rumour. At Friday's Angels Reception someone mentioned that Pussy Riot had been holed up in a Brighton studio...
G-Books: Your top pics from #gb18
A guest blog by our lovely friends at Church House Bookshop who run G-Books, our onsite book shop... We hope you've returned from Greenbelt refreshed and with somewhere drier to curl up with one...
Science and Religion: Exploring the Spectrum
If you believe the news, you'd think that science and religion are locked in eternal conflict. Religious believers are often portrayed as irrational and dangerously "anti-science" . But beyond the...
Faith on Campus in the 21st Century: Universities and the Future of Religion in Britain
Dr Mathew Guest considers the future of religion in the UK, with a special focus on what happens to faith at university. Does academia undermine faith or provide contexts for its creative...
Speaker(s): Mathew GuestCome away to come home
We're just about to welcome festivalgoers to the 45th edition of Greenbelt. And once again, I find myself in reflective mode – in the midst of the inevitable and relentless rush of last-minute...
Blessed are the peacemakers?
A guest blog from our associate partner, Oasis Trust At Oasis, we challenge the assumption that ‘peace' has outgrown us, becoming an unachievable ideal: a complicated, fleeting idea that has...
Photo Gallery
Here are just a few highlights from the festival, you can filter by type or click the 'view more' to see the full flickr gallery.