Hamza Akram Qawwal & Brothers
Hamza Akram Qawwal & Brothers, grandsons of the revered Munshi Raziuddin, have been acclaimed for their riveting interpretations of qawwali, the ecstatic improvisational Sufi vocal tradition. This...
Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock MBE is a space scientist whose passion is presenting science to a general audience and demonstrating that you ‘don't need a brain the size of a small planet' to...
Matt Sowerby
Matt Sowerby is an 18-year-old spoken word poet and activist. In the last year he's been named a National Youth Slam Champion and performed at the Poetry Society and the Houses of Parliament. His...
Memory Collectors presented by Same Difference Arts
Memory Collectors presented by Same Difference Arts Memory Collectors is a non-verbal, physical storytelling show about two sisters who are trying to bring their memories back to life. Riding in on...
Make it GlobalVision this Saturday, 18th of May
We know that for many, the Eurovision Song Contest finals night is an annual party gathering designed to celebrate just how music can bring we Europeans together. Or just a downright kitsch and...
Independent festivals say no to single-use tents
We are really fortunate at Greenbelt that our festival go-ers are a clean and tidy bunch who like to make sure they leave things as they found them (or even better). That's why we are so happy to...
Holy Rebellion
Paul Northup, Greenbelt's Creative Director, reflects on Holy Week and the call to rebellion ... As we head into what Christians call Holy Week – the week when we remember Jesus' Palm Sunday...
Dave Tomlinson
The Revd Dave Tomlinson Dave is chaplain to the St Ethelburga's Centre for Peace and Reconciliation and a writer whose books include How to be a Bad Christian and Black Sheep and Prodigals. He is...
Safia Minney
Safia is an award-winning social entrepreneur and the founder of People Tree, which has pioneered sustainable and fair trade fashion. She is recognised by the World Economic Forum as an Outstanding...
Stables
Stables - The indie-folk duo formed by Matthew Lowe (Keston Cobblers Club) and Daniel Trenholme. Stables was formed in January 2016 during late night drinks between Matthew and Daniel in London....
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...
Moonlight Benjamin
Moonlight Benjamin (real name), is born in 1971 in Haiti and grew up in a protestant orphanage, learning how to sing at church. But quickly she left Church songs and gospel to a more personal musical...
Josh Okeefe
In 2012, Derby, England native and folk-singer Josh Okeefe dropped out of school, traveled across the Atlantic and arrived in Nashville, TN in search of the places his idols Hank Williams and Johnny...
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...