Star-studded Hay Festival 2025 line-up announced
Now in its 38th year, the festival will take place in Hay-on-Wye, Wales, from May 22 to June 1, 2025.
The festival will see more than 600 artists, policymakers, pioneers, and innovators from around the world take part in events that explore key global issues and launch the best new fiction and non-fiction books.
Guests include Stacey Dooley, Brian Eno, Miranda Hart, Jacqueline Wilson, Poet Laureate Simon Armitage and many more. Click here to see the full list.
Hay Festival global chief executive, Julie Finch, said: "Over the past 12 months, we've seen the speed at which our world can change and the high stakes for our times.
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"Here's a Hay Festival programme to tackle our shared challenges head-on with purpose and hope, celebrating new ideas and the power of storytelling to improve our lives.
"Woven throughout you'll find our core themes for 2025 – the impacts of AI, health and wellbeing, new political orders and intergenerational exchanges. This is a festival for everyone. Join us in a world of different ideas."
The festival will also feature several special projects and new initiatives, including The Platform, which spotlights young creative talent, Hay Festival Green, which proposes innovative solutions to the climate crisis, and The News Review, which engages with the day's top headlines.
Nights at the festival will be filled with music, comedy, and entertainment, while free pop-up activities and performances will take place between sessions.
Events will be hosted across eight stages at the free-to-enter festival site, which includes a bookshop, wild garden, make and take tent, and a family garden.
Collaborations with organisations including Arts Council England, the BBC, and Black British Book Festival make this one of the most accessible festival editions yet.
The festival will also be streamed live online, with a selection of sessions continuing the commitment to digital accessibility.
Tickets are on sale now to Hay Festival Members, Patrons, and Benefactors on the hay Festival website, with general sale beginning at noon on Friday, March 14.
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