Greenbelt at ‘magical’ new site
COMMUNITY UNDER CANVAS THE camping fields surround the festival site, and are just a
short walk away from the action. These serene fields are tended
lovingly by Boughton House's gardens teams, but over the August
Bank Holiday weekend they will be buzzing with typical Greenbelt
campsite activity. This gate leads directly to the Glade, and is
one of the key entry points to the festival.
COMMUNITY UNDER CANVAS THE camping fields surround the festival site, and are just a
short walk away from the action. These serene fields are tended
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"COME with an open mind, and wrap up warm": that's the advice
for everyone travelling to this year's Greenbelt Festival, which
gets under way today, writes Tim Wyatt.
For the first time, the annual celebration of arts, faith, and
justice is being held at Broughton House, near Kettering. Paul
Northup, Greenbelt's creative director, said on Wednesday that
preparations at the new site had gone well. "So far we are where we
need to be," he said. "There's a magic to the landscape itself -
which Cheltenham racecourse never really had. Greenbelters will
find it inspiring."
Among the headline acts this year are Sinéad O'Connor; the
singer-songwriter Luke Sital-Singh; the Revd Mpho Tutu (daughter of
Desmond); the political commentator Owen Jones; and the writer Anne
Lamott (Features, 15 August).
Mr Northup said people should arrive ready to be challenged.
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