The Atlantic Festival, September 18–20 in New York City, Announces First Speakers and Tickets on Sale
Today The Atlantic is announcing the first slate of speakers who will take part in The Atlantic Festival, its flagship event. Tickets will go on sale starting Thursday. The festival is making its New York City debut from September 18–20, following 16 years in Washington, D.C., and will be anchored at the Perelman Performing Arts Center and other venues around the city.
The festival's 2-Day Premium Passes will go on sale this Thursday, June 12, at 11 a.m. ET. Atlantic subscribers receive an exclusive 30 percent discount on festival passes.
The Atlantic Festival is the preeminent live exploration of The Atlantic 's journalism, and this year expands to a new stage for big ideas in the cultural capital of the world. Events will bring together more than 100 speakers––influential business leaders and technologists, cultural and media figures, and U.S. and global political leaders—along with film screenings, book talks, and performances. Events will be led by editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg and many of The Atlantic 's writers and editors, including Adrienne LaFrance, Tim Alberta, Anne Applebaum, Elizabeth Bruenig, Sophie Gilbert, Jemele Hill, Shirley Li, Ashley Parker, and Clint Smith.
Participants being announced today are IBM CEO Arvind Krishna; Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Ayad Akhtar; New York Liberty owner Clara Wu Tsai; Lieutenant General (ret.) H. R. McMaster, a former national security adviser to President Donald Trump; CRISPR-gene-editing Nobel laureate and founder of the Innovative Genomics Institute Jennifer Doudna; directors and producers Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein with historian Annette Gordon-Reed as part of a premiere screening of their PBS documentary series, The American Revolution; business mogul and entrepreneur Mark Cuban; activist and host of the podcast Reclaiming, Monica Lewinsky; Waymo co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana; host, filmmaker, and comedian W. Kamau Bell; and many additional speakers still to be announced.
The 2025 Atlantic Festival is underwritten by Microsoft at the Title Level; CenterWell and Eli Lilly and Company at the Presenting Level; and the Annie E. Casey Foundation, Destination DC, Diageo, Genentech, Gilead Sciences, Hauser & Wirth, KPMG, and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation at the Supporting Level.
The Atlantic Festival
September 18–20, 2025
Perelman Performing Arts Center, and Virtually
For Passes: https://theatlanticfestival.com
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