Saturday 1st December: Union Chapel, London

Tickets are now available for an inaugural one-day festival, ADVENTurous, to be held at the wonderful Union Chapel, Islington.

This much-anticipated festival of ideas, artistry, spoken word and live music will aim to help all those attending imagine how we got to where we are and how we might move on towards a 'new place' – all through three prisms: faith, ecology and the economy.

In the midst of struggling global economies, political transition and the apparent end of the world (according to the Mayan calendar at least!), the Christian season of Advent can be viewed as a sign of new arrivals, a world re-imagined, cultures disrupted and paradigms well and truly shifted.

Bringing together thinkers, activists and artists from different faith traditions (and none) for a day of exploration, debate and wonder, ADVENTurous is an event hosted jointly by Greenbelt and Union Chapel, drawing on a number of creative partners from a range of different networks – all with an interest in trying conspire hopefully towards a better tomorrow.

As well as contributions from renowned thinkers and speakers Mike Frost, Ann Pettifor, Ann Morisy, Abdul-Rehman Malik and Ruth Valerio, there will be artistry woven throughout the set-piece talks, panels and debate from Harry Baker by day, followed by an evening of great musicality with  Iain Archer and Hope & Social.

And as if that wasn’t enough to wow your senses, there will also be a great visual arts exhibition hung around the venue – curated for us by Engedi Arts, who had to narrow down submissions from nearly 100 artists for this exhibition.

Early bird tickets available until 30th October 
Tickets for ADVENTurous are available at a reduced price until the end of October. Block your diary and book your tickets now at via the Greenbelt Box Office