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Atlantic
25-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Atlantic
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:
Yahoo
12-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
The Atlantic Festival Expands to New York City this September
The Atlantic will expand its flagship event, The Atlantic Festival, to New York City for the first time this fall, and host a one-day festival event in Washington, D.C., this spring. The Atlantic Festival will take place from Thursday, September 18, to Saturday, September 20, and be anchored at the Perelman Performing Arts Center in downtown Manhattan, with other venues to be announced. Additionally, the event in D.C., On the Future, will be held Tuesday, April 29, at Planet Word. The speaker lineups are to be announced. The expansion to New York City follows 16 years of The Atlantic Festival being held in Washington, D.C., and the growth of the event in scale, ambition, and attendance. The festival is the preeminent live exploration of The Atlantic's journalism, bringing together more than 100 speakers to take part in events that examine the state of business and tech; culture and the arts; politics and democracy; and climate and health––all moderated by Atlantic journalists. The event will also host theatrical and musical performances, book talks with authors and essayists, exclusive film screenings, and podcast tapings. Interviewees at the festival in recent years have included U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Jamie Dimon, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Spike Lee, Kerry Washington, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nancy Pelosi, former Senator Mitt Romney, and dozens of sitting Cabinet secretaries, governors, and members of Congress. The festival has screened a number of films and series, including The Vietnam War, Boys State, and Lee, and featured live performances by Anna Deavere Smith, Yo-Yo Ma, Michael R. Jackson, and Chris Thile. Candace Montgomery, executive vice president of AtlanticLive, says of the move: 'We are thrilled to bring The Atlantic Festival to the cultural capital of the world. New York City is home to many Atlantic readers and subscribers and provides the festival with a global stage––giving us the opportunity to bring together fascinating speakers and build upon what has made the festival so successful.' Last year was the third consecutive year that The Atlantic was awarded the top honor of General Excellence by the National Magazine Awards; this year, the magazine is adding two more print issues, returning to monthly publication for the first time in more than two decades. The Atlantic is also hiring a number of writers and editors to grow its coverage of politics, defense, national security, and technology, in addition to health, science, and other areas. The 2025 Atlantic Festival is underwritten by Allstate, Destination DC, Genentech, and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation at the Supporting Level. Please reach out with any questions or requests: press@ On the Future: An Atlantic Festival Event April 29, 2025 D.C.'s Planet Word, and virtually The Atlantic Festival September 18–20, 2025 Perelman Performing Arts Center, and virtually Article originally published at The Atlantic
Atlantic
12-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Atlantic
The Atlantic Festival Expands to New York City this September
The Atlantic will expand its flagship event, The Atlantic Festival, to New York City for the first time this fall, and host a one-day festival event in Washington, D.C., this spring. The Atlantic Festival will take place from Thursday, September 18, to Saturday, September 20, and be anchored at the Perelman Performing Arts Center in downtown Manhattan, with other venues to be announced. Additionally, the event in D.C., On the Future, will be held Tuesday, April 29, at Planet Word. The speaker lineups are to be announced. The expansion to New York City follows 16 years of The Atlantic Festival being held in Washington, D.C., and the growth of the event in scale, ambition, and attendance. The festival is the preeminent live exploration of The Atlantic 's journalism, bringing together more than 100 speakers to take part in events that examine the state of business and tech; culture and the arts; politics and democracy; and climate and health––all moderated by Atlantic journalists. The event will also host theatrical and musical performances, book talks with authors and essayists, exclusive film screenings, and podcast tapings. Interviewees at the festival in recent years have included U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Jamie Dimon, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Spike Lee, Kerry Washington, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nancy Pelosi, former Senator Mitt Romney, and dozens of sitting Cabinet secretaries, governors, and members of Congress. The festival has screened a number of films and series, including The Vietnam War, Boys State, and Lee, and featured live performances by Anna Deavere Smith, Yo-Yo Ma, Michael R. Jackson, and Chris Thile. Candace Montgomery, executive vice president of AtlanticLive, says of the move: 'We are thrilled to bring The Atlantic Festival to the cultural capital of the world. New York City is home to many Atlantic readers and subscribers and provides the festival with a global stage––giving us the opportunity to bring together fascinating speakers and build upon what has made the festival so successful.' Last year was the third consecutive year that The Atlantic was awarded the top honor of General Excellence by the National Magazine Awards; this year, the magazine is adding two more print issues, returning to monthly publication for the first time in more than two decades. The Atlantic is also hiring a number of writers and editors to grow its coverage of politics, defense, national security, and technology, in addition to health, science, and other areas. The 2025 Atlantic Festival is underwritten by Allstate, Destination DC, Genentech, and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation at the Supporting Level. Please reach out with any questions or requests: press@
