Hay Festival 2014

Thursday 22nd May to Sunday 1st June 2014
various venues, Hay-on-Wye, Powys, HR3 5AD, Wales MAP
early bird £6 to £28.50

Last updated: Thu 17th Apr 2014

The 27th Hay Festival of Literature & Arts is an annual literature festival held in Hay-on-Wye, Powys, in Wales for ten days from Thursday 22nd May until Sunday 1st June 2014.

Line-up

There are hundreds of events including David Pountney and Mona Siddiqui, Roy Bailey, Billy Bragg & friends, Ben Watt talks to Sarfraz Manzoor
Romany and Tom, Suggs, John Eliot Gardiner, Natalie Dessay talks to Clemency Burton-Hill, Philippe Sands, Laurent Naouri (bass-baritone) and Guillaume de Chassy (piano), Toumani and Sidiki Diabaté, Lavinia Meijer, Tracey Thorn talks to Sarfraz Manzoor, Ray Davies talks to Dylan Jones, Gruff Rhys, Hugh Masekela, Philip Moore and Simon Crawford-Philips, Alfred Brendel, Rachel Sermanni and Sam Lee, The Doric String Quartet, Tom Poster, Mewn Bws & Cerys Matthews, Gwilym Bowen Rhys, Ellen Jordan, Catrin O’Neill, Francesca Simmons, Mari Morgan, Huw Evans, Craig Chapman, Leon Ruscitto, Gwen Mairi Yorke, Angharad Jenkins, Richard Watkins and Julius Drake, Ben Salfield, Jon Salfield and Simon Stanton, The Alegria Trio, Alan McGee talks to Dylan Jones, Afro Celt Sound System, James Rhodes, Viv Albertine talks to Dylan Jones, Bob Stanley and Mark Ellen talk to Bethan Elfyn, and Bill Bailey.

The first guests to be announced were Stephen Fry, Toni Morrison, Judi Dench, Ariana Huffington and Jennifer Saunders.

Names released for Hay Fever, the festival for children and young adults, include Francesca Simon, Jacqueline Wilson, Cassandra Clare and Julia Donaldson.

The festival has expanded in recent years and now includes musical performances and film previews. A children's festival, 'Hay Fever', runs alongside the main festival.

Tickets

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Early bird ticket prices vary depending upon event, and and are priced from £6 to £28.50.

Accommodation

This event does not have camping but there are a number of hotels, hostels and guest houses in the area.

More information will be here when available.