Hay Festival 2024 Programme

Main Programme

Events for Families

THU

MAY

Starts at	Global Stage	Discovery Stage	Wye Stage	Meadow Stage	Spring Stage	Exchange Marquee	Creative Hub	Writers at Work Hub – Hwb Awduron wrth eu Gwaith	Make & Take Hub	Bookshop Garden	Family Garden	Meeting Place on Festival Site	Meet at Wild Garden	St Mary’s Church	Located in the Bright Orange marquee opposite the Meadow Stage entrance
08:00							08:00 222. Morning Yoga with Hay Yoga Collective
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09:30												09:30 Sold Out 223. Discover Snodhill Castle
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10:00		10:00 226. Lemn Sissay Let the Light Pour In	10:00 225. Verity Harding, Jennifer Nadel and Akshat Rathi talk to Bronwen Maddox The News Review	10:00 224. Joseph Coelho, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Cressida Cowell and Freddie Fox The Queen’s Reading Room at Hay Festival: Children’s Literature for the Ages	10:00 F50. Ed Vere The Elephant and the Sea	10:00 F51. Hartigan Browne Cluedle: The Case of the Dumpleton Diamond	10:00 Sold Out W49. Ready, Steady, Music! Workshop	10:00 227. Gaby Sambucetti, Juan Toledo and Erna von der Walde talk to Oscar Guardiola-Rivera Latinx Writers in the UK	10:00 MT16. Make & Take Crafting Thursday Morning Session		10:00 Sold Out W50. Pizza-making Workshop Kitchen Garden Pizza				10:00 Sold Out 406. The Art of Decision-Making in the Face of Climate Change A collaborative, real-world simulation
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11:00											11:00 Sold Out W51. Pizza-making Workshop Kitchen Garden Pizza
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11:30	11:30 229. Sue Kent and Sarah Raven The Gardener’s Year	11:30 F52. Andy Stanton & Carrie Quinlan Ask the Nincompoops	11:30 230. Sarah Bernstein and Eley Williams talk to Max Liu Fictions: Silence and Confusion	11:30 231. Mererid Hopwood and Jenny Mathers talk to Betsan Powys Inspiration for a New Generation: The Welsh Women’s Peace Petition	11:30 F53. The Repair Shop Teddy Bear Ladies Bartie Bristle and Other Stories		11:30 Sold Out W52. Illustration Workshop: Create Your Own River Spirit With the University of Worcester Illustration Department
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12:00									12:00 MT17. Make & Take Crafting Thursday Lunchtime Session
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13:00	13:00 417. Daisy Dunn The Missing Thread	13:00 233. John Vaillant talks to Katherine Rundell Fire Weather	13:00 F54. Jacqueline Wilson The Girl Who Wasn’t There	13:00 235. Akshat Rathi and Hannah Ritchie talk to Bronwyn Wake The John Maddox Conversation: Capitalism and the Climate	13:00 F55. Nia Morais Writing Ghost Stories	13:00 236. Welsh National Opera Recital	13:00 W53. Illustration Workshop: Wye Masquerade With the University of Worcester Illustration Department							13:00 237. Leonore Piano Trio BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 4
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14:00										14:00 238. Hay Community Choir					14:00 Sold Out 407. The Art of Decision-Making in the Face of Climate Change A collaborative, real-world simulation
14:15										14:00 238. Hay Community Choir
14:30		14:30 F56. Robin Stevens The Ministry of Unladylike Activity 2: The Body in the Blitz	14:30 240. Howard Jacobson talks to Georgina Godwin What Will Survive of Us	14:30 241. Joseph Coelho, Mererid Hopwood, Roy McFarlane and guests Memories of Benjamin Zephaniah	14:30 F57. Julian Sedgwick and Chie Kutsuwada 100 Tales from the Tokyo Ghost Café	14:30 242. Come and Sing with Welsh National Opera	14:30 Sold Out W54. Illustration Workshop: River Warriors With the University of Worcester Illustration Department		14:30 MT18. Make & Take Crafting Thursday Afternoon Session
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15:00											15:00 Sold Out W55. Pizza-making Workshop Kitchen Garden Pizza
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16:00	16:00 243. Danny Dorling, Hardeep Matharu, Adam Price and AC Grayling talk to Jennifer Nadel Towards Compassionate Politics	16:00 246. Verity Harding talks to Jonnie Penn AI Needs You	16:00 244. Daisy Goodwin Diva	16:00 245. Andrew O’Hagan and Sunjeev Sahota talk to Georgina Godwin Fictions: Pride and Privilege	16:00 F58. Danielle Jawando If My Words Had Wings	16:00 247. The TLS Podcast Live	16:00 Sold Out W56. Illustration Workshop: Save the River Wye! Protest Posters With the University of Worcester Illustration Department	16:00 403. Casi Wyn and guests Wales: a culture of peace			16:00 Sold Out W57. Pizza-making Workshop Kitchen Garden Pizza		16:00 248. Roy McFarlane Creative Writing Workshop
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17:30	17:30 249. Susie Dent and Rebecca Roache Curse and Curiosity	17:30 250. James Kinross talks to Hannah Critchlow Dark Matter	17:30 251. Andrey Kurkov talks to Daniel Hahn The Silver Bone		17:30 253. Andrew McMillan talks to Jackie Kay Debut Discoveries: Pity		17:30 254. Amy Forbes-Robertson & Monica Bhogal Relationships & Sex Education for Secondary School Parents* Workshop	17:30 Sold Out 255. The Hay Writers Live! Hay Writers’ Circle
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19:00		19:00 256. Bonnie Tyler talks to Roy Noble Straight from the Heart	19:00 258. Literary Death Match Featuring Richard Armitage, Viv Groskop, Andrey Kurkov, Joel Morris and Tiffany Murray		19:00 259. Larissa Behrendt and David Marr Massacre on the Australian Frontier
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20:30	20:30 260. Nitin Sawhney In Concert: Identity	20:30 262. Hollie McNish Lobster: And Other Things I’m Learning to Love	20:30 261. David Baddiel My Family: The Memoir
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