Hay Festival Winter Weekend - Hay on Wye
About This Event
Hay Festival Winter Weekend brings writers and readers together for a year-end wonderland of in-person events, 23–26 November. Launching the best new fiction and non-fiction, offering creative solutions to some of the biggest challenges of our time, and spreading festive joy in conversations, candle-lit storytelling, comedy, music, and workshops. Explore the full programme, out now, at hayfestival.org/winter-weekend
Speakers include actors Stephen Fry and Hugh Bonneville; farmer Helen Rebanks; lexicographer Susie Dent and Sarah Ogilvie; comedians Matt Lucas and Reginald D Hunter; historian David Olusoga; writers Sebastian Faulks, Louis de Bernières, Kim Sherwood, Ava Glass, Miranda Aldhouse-Green and Daniel Morden, poet Nii Ayikwei; politicians Chris Bryant, Rachel Reeves and Lisa Nandy; journalists James O'Brien, Jennifer Nadel, Afua Hirsch and Louise Minchin; geographers Tim Marshall and Danny Dorling; cyclist Lee Craigie; sailor Suzanne Heywood; scientist Adam Rutherford; Welsh former international rugby union referee Nigel Owens; Everyday Sexism founder Laura Bates; biologist Lewis Dartnell; historian James Holland; wildlife cameraman and Strictly winner Hamza Yassin; broadcaster Kate Humble; mathematician Marcus du Sautoy; classicist Adam Nicolson; food writer Grace Dent; wine writer Oz Clarke; the Booker Prize 2023 shortlist; and more…
Admission / Ticket Info:
All events are individually priced starting at £5. Discover more at hayfestival.org/winter-weekend
Disabled Access:
Both venues have wheelchair access. Please call the Box Office on 01497 822 629 if you have a particular accessibility requirement, and we will do our best to make your visit as easy as possible.
Disabled Facilities:
Disabled access toilets are available at Hay Castle and parking is available in the main Hay-on-Wye car park. For more information about facilities please visit https://www.hayfestival.com/winter-weekend/accessibility.
