Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Dial down the hassle and dial up the comfort and convenience with our pre-pitched tents. We’ve got three options – depending on your budget and preference. ⛺ CampLight Recycled Tents – all shapes and sizes 🛖 YippeeTents Bell Tents – with inflatable airbeds 🎪 Hearthworks Tipis & Yurts…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] “It is the job of Paradise to comfort those who’ve been left behind, to think that all those loved and lost would live on there like tiny gods.” ― Roger Robinson, The Job of Paradise Wake Up (to the poetry of paradise) with Roger Robinson at Greenbelt Festival…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Our Manifesto. Why we exist. The space we create. In case you didn’t know. ❤️ #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] There’s not long to go now until our first proper Greenbelt in *checks notes* THREE WHOLE YEARS. More than anything, we’ve missed the chance to bring our community together. Of course there are the people you come with and hang out with for the four days. Your own…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] In making Greenbelt, we try to tread as lightly as possible on this good earth. That’s why, this year, we’re subsidising the shuttle bus from Kettering station to the festival site, making it completely free for you to use. For other ways to travel light – including car-sharing…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] “Truth doesn’t live in a book, you find it in the little surprises The Good Book is only a lens to focus the view ’Justice for all’ is composed of the ugliest compromises You can’t only look at the lens, you gotta look through” – Truth Doesn’t Live…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] The Playhouse says something important about Greenbelt. It says we’re not just another music festival, but an ambitious multi-arts event. Make no mistake, producing a pukka theatre programme in a field isn’t easy. But it’s well worth it. Step into a different world. Let the drama unfold this…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Our first evening back in the fields together this August looks set to be a cracker. We’ll be diving into climate politics with Caroline Lucas, debunking the link between race and science with Angela Saini, reminiscing with The Magic Numbers, bathing in the sounds of Anaïs Mitchell “one…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] “The Dead Sea Used to be alive She had a woman and a child And she couldn’t live at home she said She wandered lost She wandered west To the place where the bibles Spoke of gods” – Desert, Rasha Nahas Wake up (to Palestinian artistry and beautiful…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Meet the Pagoda, our flagship ideas venue, where great thinkers and doers share their ideas for a better world with you. From keynotes to panels and from conversations to provocations, the Pagoda is where we’re inspired to imagine new ways forward. Speakers do their thing from slap-bang in…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Greenbelt Festival ticket prices go up at midnight tonight, so bag yours today to make the most of the savings. Today is also your last chance to buy your ticket using our instalment payment plan. Buying your ticket today means you can choose to spread the full cost…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] This snippet – taken from a short film by Barney White as part of The Future We Choose – is an exploration of disconnection and isolation. Featuring samples from one way broadcasts known as Numbers Station, the film speaks to our often frustrated attempts to reach out and…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] If like us, you spent the weekend on iPlayer marvelling at Glastonbury’s glorious return, then perhaps you’ll understand our joy at watching thousands of people being able to come together after three years away, and celebrate being alive at the same time in the same place. And if…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] “Those lacking power kick back through music. If their reality included secure and happy home lives, bountiful opportunities, and money and respect then that would be reflected in what they chose to put out. The negative themes in drill and grime aren’t the cause of violent youth crime,…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] A friendly reminder that Greenbelt Festival ticket prices go up in just one week. So if you plan on joining us, Kae Tempest, House Gospel Choir, Bonnie Greer, Brian Eno, Shaparak Khorsandi and the rest of this year’s Greenbelt gang get your tickets sooner rather than later. Buy…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] We wanted to take a moment to salute the mothership of all festivals, back once again this week with the renegade master himself, Michael Eavis. It’s so wonderful to see people able to come together in the fields of Glastonbury again, isn’t it? Being free of sponsorship, founded…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Our Creative Director Paul was interviewed for the ‘Travellers’ Tales’ programme on Premier Radio last weekend. You can listen again here to his whistle-stop tour of his journey of faith and the way it connects to Greenbelt’s mission, vision and values. Travellers’ Tales: Saturday 11 June 2022 5:30:00…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] “This guy said he wanted to understand my culture. I said: ‘Well, I’m from Ealing, what are you going to do? Memorise the Central Line?’” – Shaparak Khorsandi Wake Up (to side-splitting comedy) with Shaparak Khorsandi at Greenbelt Festival 2022 #GreenbeltFestival #GBWakeUp #Artistry #Activism #Belief 26–29 August 2022,…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] You have just two weeks to get your Greenbelt Festival tickets before prices go up at the end of June. And if you buy now, you can still spread your payments across two instalments. We can’t wait to see all you beautiful people in the fields this August.…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] There are just one or two spaces left in some of our volunteer teams (listed below). If you’re looking to try something new and bag yourself a free Greenbelt Festival ticket – as well as a heap of other benefits – apply now. https://www.greenbelt.org.uk/volunteer/ 🎸 Canopy – Stage…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] If you want the full-on festival experience but don’t want to buy your own tent, you can rent a tent at Greenbelt Festival using Camplight. Camplight was set up in a direct response to campsite waste. All the tents they hire out have been abandoned at other UK…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] “I really believe that, when someone else does us harm, we’re connected to that mistreatment like a chain… Maybe retaliation or holding on to anger about the harm done to me doesn’t actually combat evil. Maybe it feeds it. Because in the end, if we’re not careful, we…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] “We often forget that we are nature. Nature is not something separate from us. So when we say that we have lost our connection to nature, we’ve lost our connection to ourselves.” – Andy Goldsworthy Set aside 5 minutes today to watch this video – created by Barney…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Buried deep in the heart of the lush Boughton estate, Greenbelt is a magical place for children, parents and carers to spend a few days living together outdoors. The starry night skies, the roaming wildlife and the absence of traffic are just parts of the reason our festival…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] We’ve got an abundance of love for Black feminist punk band, Big Joanie. Sadly, because of circumstance beyond their control, they’re no longer able to join us in the fields – at least for this year – *cries*. The band are particularly gutted because Kettering – our festival…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Thank you to all our volunteers for the incredible work you do to make Greenbelt Festival happen. We couldn’t do it without you ❤️. If you’re interested in volunteering at Greenbelt this August, you can apply here: https://www.greenbelt.org.uk/volunteer/ #VolunteersWeek #GreenbeltFestival #GBWakeUp #Artistry #Activism #Belief 26–29 August 2022, Boughton…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Save up to £15 on Greenbelt Festival tickets by getting yours before midnight on 30 June. Buying in June also means you can take advantage of our instalment scheme and spread the cost of your ticket across two payments – one now, and one in July. As ever,…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Greenbelt is a handmade festival in the best sense of the word. We’re planned and programmed by a small full-time festival team, but we’re only able to create our festival with the support of hundreds of volunteers. If you’d like to be right at the heart of making…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Whether it’s the toll climate change is already taking on some of the poorest people in the world, or the motivating reason we partner Palestinian music festivals, fighting for social justice is a huge part of why Greenbelt exists. But we never lose sight of the fact that…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] We’ve been promising it for a while now and here it is: our spirituality programme for August. Our new blog below digs into what’s in store for you, and we can’t wait for you to see yourself. At Greenbelt we don’t really think of worship as something that…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] The second of six original pieces created especially for Greenbelt by artists Jackson M. Phoenix and Barney White as part of ‘The Future We Choose’ has just landed. And this time, we’re asking you to immerse yourself in ‘Wonderment’ and join us for 40 minutes of guided meditation.…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] He’s been on our Dream Booking list for way too long. So we’re delighted that Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno will be joining us at Greenbelt this year for the very first time. Wearing just some of his many (metaphorical) hats, first…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] At this point of global disruption, we are at a place where a change of direction is essential, and we find ourselves in the handful of generations who have the chance to make this our legacy. It is clear we need to rethink our direction of travel as…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Solas Festival was birthed out of the fertile soil of Greenbelt back in the noughties, along with Wild Goose Festival in the USA. We’re pleased to be part of a ‘family’ of festivals. And even more pleased that, after two years without a festival, Solas returns to the…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] One of the things that often surprises new festivalgoers is our top-notch theatre programme. You’d have to travel a long way to find a festival of our size so ambitious about and committed to producing the range and diversity of performing arts that we do. We seek out…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] For the first time in a generation, global poverty is rising. The combined effects of the pandemic, conflict, and climate change are robbing communities of the power to provide for their children. It’s unjust. Please give generously this Christian Aid Week and help turn hunger into hope. https://www.christianaid.org.uk/appeals/key-appeals/christian-aid-week…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] We aspire to be an open and generous community (as well as to make a brilliant festival!). Working with incredible artists, activists, priests and poets, we also make plenty of room for our festival-goers to co-create and participate, so that together we can dream new dreams, becoming more…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Today, we’re thrilled to be able to share the first of six original pieces being created especially for Greenbelt by artists Jackson M. Phoenix and Barney White as part of ‘The Future We Choose’. In this first 7-minute film, Barney White has worked with performer Stephanie McMann, creating…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] As you walk into the Greenbelt Festival village, the first faces you’re likely to see are those of our stewards – and they’re just one part of the mighty cohort of high-vis-wearing volunteers that make the festival magic happen. Stewards are usually the first point of contact for…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] “The mess we are living in is a deliberate one. If it was created by people, it can be dismantled by people, and it can be rebuilt in a way that serves all, rather than a selfish, hoarding few.” ― Reni Eddo-Lodge Wake Up (to rebuilding a more…
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