Greenbelt Festival – where arts, faith and justice collide: our favourite photos

One of the highlights of our year is photographing Greenbelt Arts Festival over the August bank holiday weekend; a weekend full of sunshine, rain, mud and fun it takes us away from our everyday work and challenges our creativity.  Baring an unfortunate motorbike accident in 2013 we’ve shot every year since 2006!

Greenbelt is an arts, faith and justice festival and that’s been running for over 40 years.  This year it’s at a new venue, Boughton House in Kettering which makes us doubly excited – a whole new site to explore with our cameras!

Getting excited, we’ve been looking back on past years and thought we would share some of our favourite photos with you.

And with less than a week until the 2014 festival kicks off, keep your eyes on our Facebook page for photo updates during the festival!

A view of MainStage from the middle of the audience at Greenbelt Arts Festival. It is dark and the stage glows in yellow and white lights

Athlete perform on MainStage at Greenbelt Arts Festival at Cheltenham Racecourse, silhouetted against orange and yellow lights

Groups of people play the drums in a circle at at music workshop held outside the tiny tea tent at Greenbelt Arts FestivalBalloon games in the Arena at Cheltenham Racecourse during Greenbelt Arts Festival, a group of participants run towards the camera holding bright red gallons that stand out well against the blue sky

The Greenbelt Arts Festival sculpture shot at night time with a slow shutter speed to show movement of people and clouds in the sky

The sun shines through a sculpture of the Greenbelt logo at Cheltenham Racecourse at the Greenbelt Arts Festival

Abandoned welly boots lie in a patch of mud at Greenbelt Arts Festival

Crowds of fans at the front of MainStage at Greenbelt Arts Festival held at Cheltenham Racecourse

Duke Special Perform in the Performance Cafe at Greenbelt Arts Festival

A band on MainStage at Greeneblt Arts Festival

A dance performance at Greenbelt Arts Festival. The stage is completely black and so the dancers in yellow and blue stand out brightly against the backdrop

A group of girls dancing to music at Greenbelt Arts Festival at Cheltenham Racecourse

A young couple hug with big smiles on their faces at Greenbelt Arts Festival

A graffiti artist paints on a board at Greenbelt Arts FestivalThe Sunday morning communion service held at MainStage at Greeneblt Arts Festival, the crowds hold ribbons which feed back towards the centre of the stage

Groups of people pose for photos at Greenbelt Arts Festival at Cheltenham Racecourse

Volunteers at Greenbelt Arts Festival, wearing fluorescent safety jackets

Just peace graffiti on the bottom of a door at Greenbelt Arts Festival

The campsite at Greenbelt Arts Festival, two people are cooking their dinner on a disposable bar-b-que against a backdrop of tents

Kids craft activities outside on the grass at Greenbelt Arts Festival

A DJ performs on MainStage at Greenbelt Arts Festival at Cheltenham Racecourse

Beverley Knight performs on MainStage at Greenbelt Arts Festival. Her arm is up in the air as she stands in front of a bright pink light

Hope and Social perform in the Performance Cafe at Greenbelt Arts Festival

A photograph shot from the back of MainStage at Greenbelt Arts Festival looking our over the crowds listening to The Unthanks perform at dusk

A group of people walk into the setting sun outside the big top tent at Greenbelt Arts Festival held at Cheltenham Racecourse

A steward stands outside a big top tent at Greenbelt Arts Festival holding a sign that says the end of the queue

You can find out more about Greenbelt Festival here!

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