Hay Festival Winter Weekend 2025

Join local musical duo Kairos, musicians Anna Lockett and Jill Horner, for a heartening and uplifting performance as they take over Hay Castle’s Great Hall. Expect beautiful harp, flute and recorders together with romantic, folk, baroque and contemporary musical arrangements – so make sure you don’t miss this musical interlude.

As both a former British deputy prime minister and president of global affairs at Meta, Sir Nick Clegg has the authority and expertise to understand the ever-uncertain world we’re rapidly heading towards: online and offline.

In his book How to Save the Internet, Clegg looks at what is happening to the internet as democracies seek to rein in the power of Big Tech, and the most powerful tool ever created for bringing the world together risks being dismantled.

Clegg speaks to acclaimed journalist and broadcaster Decca Aitkenhead about the relationship between governments and big technology. With behind-the-scenes insights at Number 10 and at Meta, Clegg offers up a clear understanding of our online future, from why we need to keep the internet’s openness and whether Big Tech can be reformed, to how to stop AI and political conflict from stymying progress. Join us for this unmissable conversation as we open Winter Weekend 2025.

Join local musical duo Kairos, musicians Anna Lockett and Jill Horner, for a heartening and uplifting performance as they take over Hay Castle’s Great Hall. Expect beautiful harp, flute and recorders together with romantic, folk, baroque and contemporary musical arrangements – so make sure you don’t miss this musical interlude.

Kick off your Hay Festival Winter Weekend in style with an intimate night of conversation and stories under the stars with 90s rap rock legend Huey Morgan.

Grab a glass of mulled wine or a warming hot chocolate, and listen as the Fun Lovin’ Criminals’ frontman and Radio 6 Music presenter tells tales from his remarkable career.

Morgan’s memoir The Fun Lovin’ Criminal brings the grit and glamour of 1990s New York to life, as he tells the story of his ascent to stardom, the trials and triumphs of touring, and his life after leaving the Fun Lovin’ Criminals.

Morgan talks to journalist and broadcaster Nuala McGovern.