Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] The sun is shining down here on a Saturday full of inspiration in the form of speakers like Brian Eno, Bonnie Greer, Gaia, Caroline Lucas, Chine McDonald – Author, speaker, broadcaster, Nadia Bolz-Weber, and performers like Ron Artis II and Jay Hulme. How is your Greenbelt going this…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Tomorrow is the big day. For those folk joining us for the whole weekend, your (not-so-annual) pilgrimage to Greenbelt will begin. Your tents will be going up. And we’ll be opening the festival gates for a long-overdue weekend of artistry, activism and belief. A few last minute reminders…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] The site here at Boughton is taking shape as we get everything ready for your arrival on Friday. Our vibing volunteers are working their socks off to dress the venues and site and the crew are busy rigging, fencing, tracking. We’re almost there. If you’ve not got your…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Glade stage is going up, beautiful structures are taking shape, and paths are being plotted – deep into the woods. Greenbelt is beginning to emerge. #3DaysToGo #GB22 [ad_2] Greenbelt Festival Source
Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] It’s Greenbelt week! And just a few days until we’ll be welcoming many of you back to the fields of dreams. In the meantime, we’re busy marking, stringing up bunting and constructing stages – building the place lots of us call ‘home’. #GB22 #GreenbeltFestival #GBWakeUp #Artistry #Activism #Belief…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Nestled among the trees (with the Blue Nun bar close at hand), The Canopy showcases a non-stop stream of stellar talent across the weekend. Featuring singer-songwriters, comedians, late-night artists, and an unending truckload of good vibes, no wonder some people don’t leave it all weekend. #GB22 #GreenbeltFestival #GBWakeUp…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] We want festivalgoers to think carefully about what they really need to bring to the festival. Especially as, at Boughton, and in line with most other festivals, you can’t drive your car to the place you’ll be camping to drop off your kit. With that in mind, here’s…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] In just one week the campsite will have opened, your tent may be pitched, and we’ll have opened the gates to the festival village – we’ll be beginning our long-overdue weekend of full-fat festival adventure. What are you most looking forward to? #GB22 #GreenbeltFestival #GBWakeUp #Artistry #Activism #Belief…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] The iOS Greenbelt Festival 2022 app has landed! (The Android version is still being reviewed. But, as we’d promised today, we wanted to release what was ready.) Created with you in mind, it puts the 2022 lineup in the palm of your hands – giving you access to…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] “The social science is totally clear on this: violence does not optimise the chance of successful, progressive outcomes. […] From all studies, the message is clear: if you practise non-violence, you are more likely to succeed.” – Roger Hallam Wake up (to non-violent protest) with Roger Hallam at…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] 10 DAYS TO GO! 🏕️ #GB22 #GreenbeltFestival #GBWakeUp #Artistry #Activism #Belief 26–29 August 2022, Boughton House [ad_2] Greenbelt Festival Source
Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] “Creating something that helps others forget about how hard life can be is the most beautiful thing we know.” – Stephen Lewis Wake up (to the groove) with Stephen Lewis and The BIG Band Of FUN at #GB22 #GB22 #GreenbeltFestival #GBWakeUp #Artistry #Activism #Belief 26–29 August 2022, Boughton…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] It’s just two weeks now until we all come back together in the lush grounds of Boughton. Perhaps it’s because the last few years have been so hard in so many ways for so many people, but the chance to kick out the jams and bring in the…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] “Truth makes love possible; love makes truth bearable.” ― former Archbishop Rowan Williams Wake up (to truth, love and poetry) with Rowan Williams at #GB22 #GB22 #GreenbeltFestival #GBWakeUp #Artistry #Activism #Belief 26–29 August 2022, Boughton House [ad_2] Greenbelt Festival Source
Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] For some of us, our faith is in the Jesus who spoke truth to power, challenged the religious institutions, and stood in solidarity with the oppressed; for others, your answers may lie elsewhere. But here’s the thing: no matter who you are, where you’re from or what you…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] With a non-stop stream of stunning speakers, thinkers and doers across the weekend, The Treehouse gives fresh perspectives on life, love, faith and justice. Introducing ideas for a better world, it promises to challenge your notions of what it means to be human. This year at The Treehouse…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Our festival ‘Make Week’ kicks off on 15 Aug and we’re looking for a few extra creative folk to join the fun. We’re looking for skilled carpenters, painters or large scale crafters to join our volunteer Site Vibing team and help create our festival decorations. This is an…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] In our Sunday morning festival communion this year we are going to play out two different scenarios. First, we will throw ourselves forward into the climate emergency of the next three decades. On behalf of creation, we will grieve for the damage we are doing to the planet…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] We’re looking for a few volunteers to join our festival Safeguarding team. If you’ve got experience in one of the below areas and would like to be part of a community that brings our much-loved festival to life, submit your application here: https://www.greenbelt.org.uk/volunteer/ 🫂 Qualified social worker 👮🏼♀️…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Over the next three weeks these fields will be transformed into the festival home we all love. We can’t wait to be together, dreaming up a better world as we dance and debate, pray and party. Let the festival build commence. #WatchThisSpace #GB22 #GreenbeltFestival #GBWakeUp #Artistry #Activism #Belief…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Part of the joy of making Greenbelt is that we do it in partnership with other organisations whose values and visions overlap with ours and who see our people as their people – and visa versa. We call them our ‘Festival Friends’. Here’s an overview of the organisations…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Glade is our mainstage and this year it steps out into the great outdoors, opening itself to sun and wind and the starry skies. No more in-crowd or outsiders. No more peering into the gloom of that cavernous big top. Instead, let’s stand in the light together and…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] “We are facing a species emergency. We can survive, but to do so will require a planned and deliberate migration of a kind humanity has never before undertaken. This is the biggest human crisis you’ve never heard of.” Wake Up (to how climate migration will reshape our world)…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] “We can’t all speak at the same time and have our voices heard, but we can sing together as one voice and be understood.” – Maddix, House Gospel Choir Wake up (to house music, gospel choir style) with House Gospel Choir at #GB22 #GB22 #GreenbeltFestival #GBWakeUp #Artistry #Activism…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] From Goth Eucharist to Franciscan monks, from Forrest Church to Sunday Communion: there are many ways to get spirituality and worship at Greenbelt. And bear in mind, that our faithfulness is as playful and provocative as our festival, so this year you’re as likely to meet a queer…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] In FOUR WEEKS we’ll be welcoming you to the rolling fields of Boughton House. It’s almost time for a long overdue weekend of magnetic music, amazing food, thought-provoking theatre, cracking comedy, inspirational ideas, adventurous activism, wild workshops and most importantly… YOU. Buy Tickets #GB22 #GreenbeltFestival #GBWakeUp #Artistry #Activism…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Bring your unwanted garments when you pack for Greenbelt this summer. You’ll need them for the Clothes Swap. How does it work? Simple. Bring your unwanted gems and swap them for free with someone else’s unwanted clothes. You’ll get a new look and the planet will thank you…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] The Hot House is our festival venue dedicated to facing up to the climate emergency. With provocation, inspiration, workshopping and more for all ages, this is where we work out our responses. We face an existential crisis. Let’s face it together. And, if all that sounds too much,…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Have you ever been to a club night DJ’d by a Poet Laureate? Well, add it to your bucket list and get ready to cross it off. Because, as well as gifting us with readings of his wonderful poetry, Simon Armitage will be hosting a ‘Guilty Grooves’ late-night…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] No matter who you are or what you believe, there will always be a place for you in our festival fields. So why not come to Greenbelt on Sunday 29 August? You’ll have the chance to bask in the sounds of Jeremy Loops, Ayanna Witter-Johnson, Guvna B, House…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Justice and activism have been fundamental parts of our DNA since the very beginning. We believe that by coming together, at Greenbelt and elsewhere, we can make a real difference. We think that one of the most powerful questions in the world is: ‘Now, what are you going…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] “I want to embody uncomplicated goodness The kind you only find in gods and strangers But all our past is part of us Even the pieces we’re ashamed of” – Giant Giant (Destruction Story), ME REX Wake Up (to “friendship, forgiveness, joy and dinosaurs”) with ME REX at…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] We’re excited to introduce a brand new venue in the woods at Greenbelt this year. It’s called the Rebel Rouser and its vibe is DIY and punk-inspired. The Rebel Rouser will be a venue that promotes radical ideas, music and thinking. Because established ways of working just aren’t…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] We’ve now shared all five of the beautiful original pieces that artists Jackson M Phoenix and Barney White have created for The Future We Choose. Now it’s over to you. Jackson and Barney need to hear from you in response to the work they’ve made and shared –…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] “People like me are considered to be ‘seriously handicapped’, but I think using that phrase for a clause in abortion law is so out of date. The United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities recently said that the United Kingdom should change its abortion law…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] We are committed to being part of making and fighting for life for the common good. For us, this means creating a space each year for us to really engage with the issues that matter, inspired and provoked to leave the fields with the tools we need to…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] There’s so much to look forward to on our first Saturday back in the fields together that it was hard to pick just a few highlights. But here it goes… Join us in the fields on Saturday 27 August to party with the likes of poet extraordinaire Kae…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] This year at Greenbelt take your family on a roller-coaster ride through a land of giant puppets, natural history, mobile theatre and high adrenaline circus with SEED, a theatre show presented by Pif-Paf Theatre. “Crazy, tuneful, soulful and dangerous. This is wonderful street theatre.” – Audience Member #GB22…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] For the final digital piece of The Future We Choose, artist Jackson M. Phoenix has drawn and written a response to Hannah Bristow’s short story ‘The Astronomer’. As Jackson reflects in the written response “The Astronomer is a story about love. The search for love and connection outside…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] At our small camping gathering last summer you told us loud and clear that you enjoyed having community events right on your (tent) doorstep. So this year, our Forge workshop venue is making a bold move out to the campsite and we’re renaming it the Village Hall. Expect…
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