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Hay Festival Wales
Hay on Wye, UKDairy Meadows - Brecon Beacons
52.067983, -3.137156
type of festival
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literary, poetry, writers, political, art
other events
film: shorts; music: acoustic & instrumental; art: creative, visual arts & installations, multimedia; culture: world-class multigenre, arts & crafts; science: technology, physics, astronomy
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Hay Festival Wales: Woodstock for MindsHay Festival Wales, titled ‘The Woodstock of the mind’ by Bill Clinton, with poets, lyricists, comedians, novelist, scientist and environmentalists such as Carol Ann Duffy, Stephen Fry, Martin Rees, Nicholas Stern, Dara Ó Briain, David Frost, Martin Amis, Ian Rankin, Salman Rushdie and Boris Johnson coming together for conversations, lectures, readings, book signings and the amalgamation of great ideas. Started in 1988 in a place already known as ‘The Town of Books’ for its volume of bookshops, and expanding to include Hay Fever: a kids version, and HAYYA: for young adults, + pop-up bookshops, Lobster + Crab Shack, fish & chips, acoustic stars, & lots of bunting, teetering on the edge of the Brecon Beacons in Dairy Meadow at Hay on Wye, UK. |
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Hay Festival of Literature and the Arts Wales is one of 12 Hay festivals, ranging from Ireland to Peru and a couple of Shakespeare specials thrown in too – all of which have expanded from a single kitchen table in 1987. What separates Hay from other book bashes is its focus on, and celebration of, ideas within the community; bringing authors in from an eclectic mix of fields and muddling their ideas up together.
The other very special factor for bibliophiles is the volume of books for sale; the town alone was once known as ‘The Town of Books’ for its many bookshops, with Richard Booth, the ‘King of Hay’ opening up his first bookshop there in 1962 and turning Hay-on-Wye into a second-hand book utopia – and the event only heightens this – with books laid out on stalls, pop-up bookshops and books to be bought and signed by authors, fans will be leaving with plenty to be getting on with.
There are a range of big names and interesting folk doing talks, lectures, readings and book signings every year, but some of the most notable in the past have been essayist and YouTube philosopher Alain de Botton, former PM Gordon Brown, Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, comedians Bill Bailey, Rob Brydon, Jack Dee and Dylan Moran and one of The Times 50 Greatest Writers Since 1945 Martin Amis.
Over the years this Welsh take has grown in popularity and has made sure to keep it interesting for all ages, with the Hay Fever, the kids version, having its own site within the bigger site, and its own tents like The Mess Tent, Make & Take and the highlight, Shepherd’s Ice Cream, and HAYYA catering for the YA teen crowd, with their own lectures and events from YA authors and a showcase of The Bookseller YA Prize nominees.
Hay Festival Wales is an explosion of books & ideas in a Welsh country Dairy Meadow!
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Datesstart Thu, 25 May 2017end Sun, 04 June 2017 Wales Hay Festival Dates
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Season & WeatherSeason: Spring
Temperature: 7 to 17 °C
Hay on Wye weather in May, being at the edge of the Brecon Beacons region in southern Wales, is sunny with mild maritime temperatures and very little chance of rain, or as Hay-star comedian Dylan Moran might say, "it’s fierce mild!" That being true, fierce-mild and not-cold are not the same things, so although it may not pour rain or change from hot to cold in a second, Hay can be chilly in May, so hay-goers who plan on camping should prepare with woolly socks, comfy footwear, snugly jackets, cosy sleeping bags and nice warm blankets. |
Hay Festival of Literature & the Arts Ltd.: The Drill Hall, 25 Lion Street, Hay on Wye.
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