Greenbelt Festival | |
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Mainstage at Greenbelt 2007.
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Genre | Mixed |
Dates | August Bank holiday weekend |
Location(s) | Prospect Farm Charsfield (1974) Odell Castle (1975–1981) Knebworth Park (1982–1983) Castle Ashby (1984–1992) Deene Park (1993–1998) Cheltenham Racecourse (1999 – 2013) Boughton House (2014-) |
Years active | 1974 – present |
Website | |
greenbelt.org.uk |
Greenbelt Festival is a festival of arts, faith and justice held annually in England since 1974. Greenbelt has grown from a Christian music festival with an audience of 1,500 young Christians to its current more inclusive festival attended by around 20,000 - Christians and those from other faiths and none.
The festival regularly attracts the biggest names of Christian music and many mainstream musicians. Those that have played the festival in the past include both new and established musicians, mostly playing rock, folk and pop music. This list encompasses U2, Moby, Cliff Richard, Bruce Cockburn, Martyn Joseph, Steve Taylor, Daniel Amos, Phatfish, Servant, Midnight Oil, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Over the Rhine, Iona, Amy Grant, Miles Cain, Lamb, Kevin Max, Lambchop, Goldie, Jamelia, After the Fire, Larry Norman, Randy Stonehill, Asian Dub Foundation, The Polyphonic Spree, Aqualung, Dum Dums, The Proclaimers, Daniel Bedingfield, Eden Burning, Duke Special, Why?, Athlete, Sixpence None the Richer and Delirious?.