Wednesday, March 16, 2016

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2016 lineup taking shape

We're excited to release a fuller lineup today. There's still much more to announce, but this gives you a broader sense of the festival we have in store. Packed with fresh names and fresh ideas, Greenbelt 2016 : Silent Stars promises to be a belter.
Photo: Nahko of Nahko and Medicine for the People, from Oregon

Music

Headliners
 FRIDAY: KITTY, DAISY AND LEWIS | SATURDAY: THE HOT 8 BRASS BAND | SUNDAY: NAHKO & MEDICINE FOR THE PEOPLE | MONDAY: HOPE & SOCIAL,
A BAND ANYONE CAN JOIN
 
Music bill ... so far
PAT THOMAS & KWASHIBU AREA BAND | AKALA | BETH ROWLEY |MIKE PETERS | LISTENER | ELLA & THE BLISTERS | TANKUS THE HENGE | SHE MAKES WAR | SEA & AIR | REGIME | NGAWANG LODUP | LEWIS AND LEIGH | ECHO TOWN | SETH BYE AND KATIE GRIFFIN | EASY STRIDE BAND | TONGUES | RICHARD NAVARRO
 
Photo: Comedian Josie Long

PERFORMING ARTS and COMEDY

AL SEED, OOG | PIF PAF, PLANETARY | SAM HALMARACK & THE
MISERABLITES | CRAFT THEATRE, DANTE’S INFERNO | VAMOS THEATRE WALKABOUT | JACK DEAN, GRANDAD & THE MACHINE | ACTORS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, ASYLUM MONOLOGUES | HALF MOON THEATRE, FAIRYTALES GONE BAD | THIRD ANGEL, 600 PEOPLE | STREET THEATRE ​|
STAND-UP FROM JOSIE LONG
Photo: The Hot 8 Brass Band, from New Orleans

IDEAS 

NADIA BOLZ-WEBER ON EVERYDAY SAINTS | BILL MCKIBBEN ON CLIMATE CHANGE | ELAINE STORKEY ON GENDER JUSTICE | SATISH KUMAR ON BEING AT PEACE | ELIZABETH OLDFIELD ON EUROPE | MARK OAKLEY ON THEOLOGY AND POETRY | CATRIONA ROBERTSON ON MUSLIM-CHRISTIAN RELATIONS | BRODERICK GREER ON BLACK LIVES MATTER | MAGARET HEBBLETHWAITE ON SIMPLICITY | MARK YACONELLI ON DISAPPOINTMENT | JUDE WANGA ON RACISM | JOHN SWINTON ON DEMENTIA | EVE POOLE ON CAPITALISM​ | MARK RUSSELL ON POLITICS | MEG WARNER ON ABRAHAM | JUSTIN WELBY ON BEING ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY
Photo: Khulud Khamis, from Haifa

LITERATURE 

LEMN SISSAY | HARRY BAKER | KHULUD KHAMIS | ANTHONY WILSON
JAN CARSON | BREIS | VAL BLOOM | FRANCIS SPUFFORD | FR. BEGNINO BELTRAN | REBECCA DE SAINTONGE | PAUL COOKSON | MICHAEL RAMSEY PRIZE

PLUS 

YOUTH, CHILDREN & FAMILY PROGRAMMES | WORSHIP VISUAL ARTS | MOBILE PLANETARIUM | WORKSHOPS | GIANT INFLATABLES | CLIMBING WALL | CAMPFIRE | CAMPING IN GRADE 1 LISTED PARKLAND
AND MUCH MORE YET TO BE ANNOUNCED
See our blog for more here. And more on our music headliners here.
 
"What a beautiful peaceful festival, filled with sensitive spirited folks. Count me in!"

Tim DeLaughter,
Polyphonic Spree