This year our Quiet Communion (our simple, less crowded alternative to our main gathering in the Glade) will be held and hosted by the Wild Goose Resource Group, with John Bell celebrating.

Stand-up historian & writer Paul Kerensa (BBC’s Miranda, Not Going Out) whizzes through 180 years of transmitting God, from the first telegram (Numbers 23:23) to The Chosen, via Queen Vic’s church-streaming and the prayer that launched the BBC. Are you sitting comfortably? Let’s begin, in the beg...

A show inspired by a critically acclaimed folk album, Grace Will Lead Me Home tells the story of two men whose lives followed similar paths, but whose experiences were astoundingly different. One was a slave trader. The other was a slave.

Featuring Angeline Morrison, Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne, ...

Festival favourite poet and theologian Pádraig Ó Tuama brings us a taste of his Poetry Unbound podcast, welcoming some of the finest poets from the other side of the Atlantic to join him for conversation and readings.

In Marie Howe’s 2017 classic ‘Magdalene’ she imagines the everywoman as a Magd...

We’re international baby! Not content with showcasing the UK’s finest wordsmiths onsite, World Poetry Slam Champion Harry Baker now brings the best poets IN THE WORLD to the best audience in the world (that’s you) for a performance/conversation/magical moment to remember.

Len Pennie is a poet wh...

Where does the Pulitzer-Prize winning author of the Gilead sequence find hope? What role does fiction play in building a better world? Marilynne Robinson explores the relationship between self, society and spirituality at play in her work. 

Marilynne will be in conversation with Professor of Eng...

Festival favourite and troubadour Martyn Joseph gathers together some of the best singer-songwriters – in person and online – digging into their creative mindset and craft.

A true luminary in the Canadian folk music scene, multi-award winner Dave Gunning’s musical roots took hold in his teenage ...

There's probably nothing more 'Greenbelt' than Harry Baker's spoken word showcase, Woken Spurred. And his show as part of our online Wild at Home festival had an infectious energy to it that was truly memorable – and that still shouts loudly today. Harry gathered poets Erin Bolens, Helen Seymour,...

After joining us live at the festival to make her Greenbelt debut in 2018, Wallis Bird had already won a place in our hearts with her tenacious tenderness and exquisite songwriting. (We think Wallis fell in love with Greenbelt, too.) So it made perfect sense to invite her to perform online for us...

The irresistible band in blue, Hope & Social, closed out our Wild at Home digital festival back in 2020 and, as usual, they blew the bloody doors off! Always going the extra mile, the band arranged a local rent-a-crowd (all within Covid guidelines), a multitrack recording set-up and then played t...