Mariam Khan
Mariam Khan is a writer and activist. She is a contributor to Nikesh Shukla's forthcoming anthology Rife: Twenty Stories from Britain's Youth, writing on the policing and politicisation of...
Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls
In 2016, Frank Turner was reading a collection of poetry by Clive James when one line stopped him in his tracks. It was from a poem titled Leçons Des Ténèbres: “I should have been more kind. It...
Grace Blakeley
Grace Blakeley is the New Statesman's economic commentator and a research fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR). She is the author of a forthcoming book on the...
Gurminder Bhambra
Gurminder K Bhambra is the author of the award-winning 'Rethinking Modernity: Postcolonialism and the Sociological Imagination' (Palgrave, 2007) She also wrote 'Connected Sociologies' (Bloomsbury,...
Gregory Alan Isakov
Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and now calling Colorado home, horticulturist-turned-musician Gregory Alan Isakov has cast an impressive presence on the indie-rock and folk worlds. With songs...
Hollow Hand
Hailing from Brighton, the project is spearheaded by Max Kinghorn-Mills. Occupying a space between Super Furry Animals and Soft Machine – Hollow Hand's debut album was released in October 2018,...
Extinction Rebellion
Rebel for Life. We are facing an unprecedented global emergency. The government has failed to protect us. To survive, it's going to take everything we've got. Extinction Rebellion is a...
Gentlemen of Few
BBC Radio 2 Folk Award Finalists, Gentlemen of Few, play an eclectic blend of indie-folk and classic rock with skilful vocal harmonies and powerful lyrics. They perform their music with a raw...
Danny Dorling
Danny Dorling works at the University of Oxford as a professor in the School of Geography and the Environment. He was previously a professor for a decade at the University of Sheffield, and before...
Balaklava Blues
Balaklava Blues are folk-noir trench-fighters on the cultural front of Ukraine's battle for democracy and freedom. They mix thousand year-old polyphonic traditions with personal stories, sounds of...
A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super Sad) presented by Silent Uproar
A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super Sad) presented by Silent Uproar A hilarious cabaret musical about depression that explains, sings and throws glitter about how it's OK not to be...
Dave Hill
Dave is a comedian, writer, musician, and actor based in New York. He has appeared on HBO, Comedy Central (Inside Amy Schumer, @midnight), Cinemax, VH1, MTV and BBC-America, among others, and...
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...
Fantastic Negrito
Fantastic Negrito is the incarnation of a musician who is reborn after going through a lot of awful s**t. In fact, the name Fantastic Negrito represents his third rebirth, literally coming back...
John Smith: a tribute
Former Greenbelt Chair of Trustees Andy Turner pays tribute to the late, great John Smith ... Friend and regular to the festival in the 1980s and 90s, Ozzie theologian and activist John Smith has...