Hay Festival Winter Weekend 2026

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PerformanceKairos

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Kairos

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–  Hay Castle – Great Hall
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Enjoy an uplifting performance by local musical duo Kairos – musicians Anna Lockett and Jill Horner – as they take over Hay Castle’s Great Hall. Expect beautiful harp, flute and recorders together with romantic, folk, baroque and contemporary musical arrangements. Be sure not to miss this warm and heartening musical interlude!

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ConversationAI: a bright new future or a risk to humanity?

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AI: a bright new future or a risk to humanity?

–  Castle Marquee
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Is AI the key to a fantastic future, or is it about to destroy us? Hear from a government representative live on stage discussing the impact AI is having on all our lives, and what steps need to be taken next in a changing world. Whether you rely on ChatGPT to answer all your questions or feel anxious at the mere mention of AI, this illuminating conversation is for you.
Price: £15.00
Booking fees are calculated at 5% per order, with a minimum charge of £3.50 and capped at a maximum of £10.
PerformanceKairos

Pop-up

Kairos

Pop-up Music

–  Hay Castle – Great Hall
Read more

Enjoy an uplifting performance by local musical duo Kairos – musicians Anna Lockett and Jill Horner – as they take over Hay Castle’s Great Hall. Expect beautiful harp, flute and recorders together with romantic, folk, baroque and contemporary musical arrangements. Be sure not to miss this warm and heartening musical interlude!

Free – drop in
PerformanceDavid Gray and Mary Colwell

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David Gray and Mary Colwell

Music and Conversation Connecting us to Nature

–  Castle Marquee
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Best-selling singer-songwriter David Gray and conservationist Mary Colwell come together in a unique collaboration celebrating our emotional connection with nature.

They’ll mix conversation with live music from Gray, focusing in particular on their shared passion for the protection and conservation of the curlew. David Gray’s album White Ladder remains one of the bestselling British albums of the 21st century. He’ll perform his own songs, including some well-known favourites, in this very special evening to celebrate the natural world.

This event will run between 75 and 90 minutes.

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PerformanceSilent Film with Live Organ Accompaniment

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Silent Film with Live Organ Accompaniment

The Phantom of the Opera

–  St Mary’s Church
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Experience the spine-tingling chills of the silent horror classic heightened by an electrifying live organ score, and thrill with suspense just as audiences did a hundred years ago.

The historic St Mary’s Church in Hay-on-Wye provides the atmospheric setting for this unique and immersive screening of The Phantom of the Opera, while organist and composer Father Richard Williams, former vicar of the church, provides a soaring live accompaniment on the Bevington Organ.

The film was first released in 1925, starring Lon Chaney as the phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House, causing murder and mayhem in an attempt to make the woman he loves a star.

There will be a 20-minute interval.
Price: £20.00
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Booking fees are calculated at 5% per order, with a minimum charge of £3.50 and capped at a maximum of £10.
Funded by UK Government
Powys Council
Growing Mid Wales