Our 2025 survey results are here! After the festival each year we ask you to tell us how we did. And each year TONS of you do just that (1137 of you, to be precise). If you’re one of them then thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts and feelings with us. Here are a few of the headlines…

Greenbelt favourite Lee Bains is back from across the pond for one week only. Catch him while you can.

Greenbelt trustee @chinemcdonald.bsky.social's Thought For The Day from this morning "Human fragility and commonality pierce through political polarisation..." www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

We were so humbled and happy to welcome Bishop Rose Hudson-Wilkin back to Greenbelt this summer. Here she is talking to us about the urgent need for more justice, compassion and activism in our lives. Preach, Bishop Rose!

We’re always on a mission to create new ways to showcase performing arts. That’s why we introduced the Commons: a brand-spanking-new outdoor venue, where all the family can enjoy acrobatic feats to blow the mind. No queuing. No limits. Just park up, settle in and marvel at circus spectacles.

Inspirational author and naturalist Dara McAnulty main passion right now is…WOLVES. Here he is in this summer at Greenbelt, chatting to Molly Boot about their awesome powers for good (and more besides).

We’ve frozen all our ticket prices for 2026. Buy yours by 31st October and get a 10-month payment plan to spread the cost, completely interest-free.

Did *you* find one this summer? Artist Rachel Ho left her gorgeous scarred pots around our festival site for Greenbelters to find and delight in. Here she is explaining her process and showing off her beautiful pots scarred with gold, inspired by kintsugi.

We love spending time with LeenaNorms. It’s always a joy to welcome her to Greenbelt for a taste of her heart-filling, stress-reducing, half-arsed approach to life. Like she says - you never have nothing!

Thank you for the overwhelming number of positive messages we’ve had in support of our decision to begin looking for a new festival home. We’re proud to be stewards of this glorious, faith-restoring festival that we all love. Here’s to the future. And making the road by walking, together.

This summer we gathered together a wonderful panel of writers and theologians and asked them: “Do you still go to church?” The full talk is on our website, along with 60 other talks from this year’s festival and more than a decade’s worth of previous Greenbelt talks. Dig in! buff.ly/WR8yXTR

Author Tim Winton joined us from Australia this summer to talk about hope. Our No Fly Zone stage also welcomed Brian Eno and Liz Slade to talk art and religion. You have just two weeks to get your NFZ pass and enjoy 21 filmed shows, talks, conversations and performances. noflyzone.greenbelt.org.uk

“We can come together as communities and build a better world.” We were so lucky to have the inspirational author and naturalist @dara_mcanulty at this year’s Greenbelt. We love him SO much and (it seems) the feeling is entirely mutual.

The No Fly Zone stage had daily shows from our friends like @padraigotuama and @harrybaker all weekend. Here’s Pádraig talking Dante with Jamaican poet laureate Lorna Goodison. You can still buy an NFZ pass and enjoy all these shows until the end of October. noflyzone.greenbelt.org.uk

We loved welcoming Carla Denyer to Greenbelt this summer. Here she is doing three of our favourite things. Speaking truth to power, hymning the power of protest and reciting poetry.

We love Anna’s answer (and dungarees). What keeps *you* coming back to Greenbelt?

“What a beautiful thing it is…” Thank you for making it so. Let’s do it all again next year.

Here’s a taster of the deeply fascinating conversation between writers Hannah Silva and Alice Wroe, at this summer’s Greenbelt. They talked about why AI isn’t a) artificial b) intelligent and c) so much more besides.

Happy #NationalPoetryDay to all the verse lovers out there. To mark the day, here’s the wonderful Georgie Jones giving us her poem ‘In Praise of Platonic Love’, recorded at this year’s Greenbelt.

Next year we're going to say bye-bye to Boughton with a huuuge party you won't want to miss. Bag your tickets for 2026 now, before the end of September, and use our interest-free payment plan to spread the cost out over the next 11 months.

By now we hope you’ve had some time for the news that we’ll be leaving Boughton after Greenbelt 2026 to sink in. We’ve absolutely loved our time there, and this film shows why it’s such a special place. We hope you’ll join us next year to give our seventh home a glorious send-off.

Greenbelters, we've got some biiiig news to share with you. Grab a seat. Next year’s festival will be our final one at Boughton, as we begin the search for a brand new festival home. It’s a lot for a post isn’t it? Sorry. The link below has everything you need to know...

Quick tour of Greenbelt anyone? Courtesy of AlexBakerPhoto

Adjoa Andoh covered it all in her conversation with and Chine McDonald at Greenbelt: God, acting, cigarettes, cow-milking, motherhood. Plenty of inspiration, provocation, and laughs. Here are a few gems. Listen to the full talk on our site: £3 for this one, or £60 for all 2025 talks. Link in bio.

Every picture tells a story. For example, you might have seen pictures from last weekend’s march in London. They tell a story about – amongst other things – the far-right’s recent co-opting of a version of Christianity.

Stream your heart out. Catch up on 21 shows from the Greenbelt 2025 fields for £35. Available until the end of October. Special discount code for all 2025 ticket buyers and volunteers. Check your inboxes. In partnership with @christianaiduk.bsky.social

At the end of a difficult weekend, Greenbelt trustee @chinemcdonald.bsky.social is “disappointed”. Join her in her disappointment, but also in her determination to stand for compassion, welcome and our common humanity. www.instagram.com/reel/DOlsgLx...

“I think right now is a powerful moment of history, where people are coming together to speak out.” Greenbelt artists Brian Eno and Malak Mattar speak about the 'Together for Palestine' event next Wednesday at Wembley Arena. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...

Ever wondered what you look like from the stage? Pretty great, actually. Video by The Longest Johns

Advocacy and hope at Greenbelt 2025 This year’s Greenbelt Festival brought together art, activism and hope, and stood for justice and solidarity with Palestine amid global turmoil By Jonathan Stirling @yorkshirebylines.co.uk @greenbeltfestival.bsky.social

Here’s to you. To us. To being “gorgeous” together.

Our 2025 talks are now available for you to browse and download. That’s over 60 talks featuring fascinating, provocative, and useful conversations from activists, artists, thinkers, and theologians. Individual talks are £3. Or get the complete All Talks bundle for £60. buff.ly/VIPUvQ4

A huge thank you to our brilliant team of volunteer photographers, who spend the whole weekend roaming the fields of Greenbelt capturing the magic as it unfolds, day and night. Official photos will land in a few weeks, but for now here’s a first look at some of the moments they caught this year.

Here’s what a few of you lovely lot had to say about Greenbelt 2025. What did you think? Let us know in the comments, or fill out our post-festival survey. buff.ly/wwTr5lh

*lies down in darkened room*

Doughnut Economic Circus 2025 is now on tour - with the Battle for the Biosphere, Nature vs Finance - including having massive fun @greenbeltfestival.bsky.social this past weekend, with none other than Brian Eno playing Finance.

That’s a wrap on another @greenbeltfestival.bsky.social! It was an absolute joy to spend a weekend with so many people committed to making the world a better place ✨ A big thank you to everyone who came along to find out more about opening their home to those in need ❤️

Thank you @greenbeltfestival.bsky.social

Three days immersed in a community of people who dare to long for a world that embodies love, compassion, light and hope. Thank you @greenbeltfestival.bsky.social

Well @greenbeltfestival.bsky.social it’s been a blast. Highlights include being half-arsed, unexpected, if fleeting community making elf gauntlets, rest as resistance and fantastic studies and hymn singing, plus a bit of folk music. Fabulous.

As the very last campsite tents come down, what’s left behind is more than clean fields – it’s the love and respect you show for our festival home. Thank you, Greenbelters, for caring for this place – and one another – so beautifully. 🌱 #LeaveNoTrace

Greenbelters you were magnificent this weekend. We hope in the making and the singing and the dancing and the praying and the listening and the absolute Somewhere to Believe In of it all, that your heart is full.

This morning, as we do each year, we came together for an act of communion. To remind ourselves that hope is something we need to keep choosing and practising. And to celebrate the strength of Jesus’ resurrection and the power of God’s promises. You can give online here: buff.ly/ELhruHy

Welcome to the fields Sarah!

We had a fantastic time worshipping together at @greenbeltfestival.bsky.social last night - the #Tenebrae service of light is a very special experience.

Last night was a PARTY. K.O.G brought the energy. And you Greenbelters kept the dancefields alive until the early hours of the morning. Bring on Sunday.

The kids are alright. Not just the kids either. Greenbelters of all ages came together today. Hope is in the making, and we’re making it together in the fields. Let’s do it all again tomorrow!

Okay, hands up. Who's managed to find one of Rachel Ho's gorgeous hidden treasures?

Our Friday headliner @nadineshah was simply sensational last night. As were the rest of you Greenbelters, all day long and well into the night…

Lovely Joust session at @greenbeltfestival.bsky.social. Come at 7pm behind the Skateramp for more video-less gaming fun with Playstation controllers.