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	St Mary’s Church	Located in the Bright Orange marquee opposite the Meadow Stage entrance
08:00							08:00 Sold Out 264. Morning Yoga with Hay Yoga Collective
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09:30												09:30 Sold Out 265. Llwynberried Farm Walk A Sustainable Future for Food Production
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10:00		10:00 267. Tayshan Hayden-Smith, Kate Humble, and Paul Whitehouse talk to René Olivieri A Space For Everyone: Land and Nature	10:00 F59. Joseph Coelho UK Waterstones Children’s Laureate	10:00 266. Hannah Critchlow, Danny Dorling, AC Grayling and guests The News Review	10:00 F60. Mama G The Magic Bookmark	10:00 439. BBC Academy: The Traitors Uncloaked: Making a Hit Podcast	10:00 Sold Out W58. Ready, Steady, Music! Workshop		10:00 MT19. Make & Take Crafting Friday Morning Session		10:00 Sold Out W59. Pizza-making Workshop Kitchen Garden Pizza		10:00 Sold Out 269. Wayfaring Walk: The National Park and its Five Missions Helen Lucocq and Nick Jones		10:00 Sold Out 408. 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 W60. Pizza-making Workshop Kitchen Garden Pizza
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11:30	11:30 270. John Bailey and Paul Whitehouse How We Fish	11:30 271. Cat Bohannon talks to Adam Rutherford Eve	11:30 F61. Katherine Rundell Impossible Creatures	11:30 272. Gavin Bunting, Karen Morrow, Eurgain Powell, Jennifer Rudd and Stan Townsend Just Transition	11:30 F62. Laura Dockrill & Lauren Child Grey	11:30 440. BBC Academy: Constructing the Tardis	11:30 Sold Out W61. Make Art With Nature Workshop With Pippa Pixley
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12:00									12:00 MT20. Make & Take Crafting Friday Lunchtime Session
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13:00	13:00 274. Ken Follett and Kate Mosse Bringing History to Life	13:00 273. AC Grayling Who Owns the Moon?	13:00 F63. Adam Henson Curious Questions From Adam’s Farm	13:00 275. Pao-Yu Liu and James Read talk to Polly Russell Cultures of Fermentation	13:00 F64. Hanan Issa and special guests And I Hear Dragons	13:00 455. Stories For The Screen Rem Conway	13:00 Sold Out W62. Make Art With Nature Workshop With Pippa Pixley
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14:00										14:00 405. The Decis				14:00 Sold Out 409. The Art of Decision-Making in the Face of Climate Change A collaborative, real-world simulation
14:15										14:00 405. The Decis
14:30	14:30 276. Max Hastings Operation Biting	14:30 277. Katherine Rundell and guests in conversation with Miriam Robinson The Nibbies Salon	14:30 F65. David Baddiel talks to Carrie Quinlan The Parent Agency	14:30 278. Hari Kunzru talks to Toby Lichtig Blue Ruin	14:30 F66. Lauren Child in conversation with Julia Eccleshare Clarice Bean: Smile	14:30 456. BBC Academy: Richard Armitage	14:30 Sold Out W63. Creative Writing Workshop With Laura Dockrill		14:30 MT21. Make & Take Crafting Friday Afternoon Session
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15:00											15:00 Sold Out W64. Pizza-making Workshop Kitchen Garden Pizza
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16:00	16:00 279. Caitlin Moran in conversation with Adam Rutherford What About Men?	16:00 280. Aditi Mittal, Joel Morris and Julian Rhind-Tutt talk to Viv Groskop The Limits of Comedy	16:00 F67. Oliver Jeffers Begin Again	16:00 281. Tayshan Hayden-Smith and Alan Heeks Happiness in Gardening	16:00 F68. Casi Wyn Express Yourself		16:00 Sold Out W65. Creative Writing Workshop With Laura Dockrill				16:00 Sold Out W66. Pizza-making Workshop Kitchen Garden Pizza
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17:30	17:30 282. Hind Hassan, Dalia Hatuqa and Lindsey Hilsum talk to Roula Khalaf The Challenges of Covering the Israel-Palestine Conflict	17:30 283. Priscilla Morris and Elif Shafak talk to Paul Boateng Beyond Conflict: The Role of Libraries in Rebuilding Societies	17:30 284. Isabella Hammad and Claire Kilroy talk to Laura Dockrill and Kate Mosse Women's Prize for Fiction	17:30 286. Philip Lymbery and Ed Winters talk to Kate Humble The Meat of the Matter	17:30 285. Chigozie Obioma talks to Toby Lichtig The Road to the Country	17:30 442. BBC Introducing: Hereford and Worcester	17:30 Sold Out 287. Arvon Masterclass with Clover Stroud Writing Workshop: Memoir
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19:00			19:00 289. Nandini Das talks to David Olusoga Courting India	19:00 288. Aditi Mittal, Elif Shafak and Lola Shoneyin talk to Roula Khalaf On Democracy	19:00 290. The Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize 2024 Caleb Azumah Nelson talks to Jon Gower			19:00 291. Leo Vardiashvili talks to Viv Groskop Debut Discoveries: Hard by a Great Forest
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20:30		20:30 Sold Out 292. Julian Clary Stand-up: A Fistful of Clary	20:30 293. Craig Foster (Un)scripted: Amphibious Soul	20:30 294. Smokin Jo You Don’t Need a Dick to DJ	20:30 295. Viv Groskop talks to Toby Lichtig One Ukrainian Summer		20:30 296. Becky Holden and Hugh Padfield talk to Ned Palmer Cheese Nation
20:45	20:45 Sold Out 297. Jools Holland and his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra In Concert
21:00													21:00 Sold Out 298. Father Richard: Silent Film with Live Organ Accompaniment A Cottage on Dartmoor
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21:45			21:45 299. Garth Marenghi Incarcerat Live	21:45 300. Smokin Jo DJ Set
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