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HowTheLightGetsIn is returning with more ideas, magic, music and wonder than ever before. And we've now got tickets that will give you access to everything, just like we promised.
In the magical setting of Hay, there's something special in the air. There is no other place on the planet where you can meet as many of the world's leading thinkers and dance until your feetache.
Discover ground-breaking ideas, find the bands you've never heard of, contribute yourself and your thoughts, and help create a place where everyone's imagination can flourish.
Visit howthelightgetsin.iai.tv/ for more information.
Live Music
- Ghostpoet
- Gilles Peterson
- King Charles
- Zero 7 (DJ Set)
- Eska (1)
- Fairport Convention
- Tom Robinson
- C Duncan
- Nerina Pallot
- Annie Nightingale
- Stealing Sheep
- Gemma Hayes
- Gwenno
- Yael Naim
- Slow Club
- Spiro
- Jane Weaver
- The 2 Bears
- Sam And The Womp
- Justin Robertson
- The Correspondents
- Crazy P
- Rachel Sermanni
- Kish Mauve
- Bourgeois and Maurice
- Jim Eldon
- Is Tropical
- Kate Simko
- London Electronic Orchestra
- Orlando Seale And The Swell
- Roving Crows
- Abigail Collins
- Blaenavon Male Voice Choir
- Dele Sosimi & The Afrobeat Orchestra
- This Is The Kit
- Colm Mac Con Iomaire
- Maribou State
- Ruth Gordon
Ideas
- Natalie Bennett
- Maajid Nawaz
- Roger Scruton
- Nancy Cartwright
- Marcus Du Sautoy
- Frank Wilczek
- Ken Livingstone
- Anatole Kaletsky
- Stephen King
- David Chalmers
- Peter Hacker
- Susana Martinez-Conde
- Owen Jones
- Laura Mersini-Houghton
- Erik Verlinde
Ghostpoet
Ghostpoet (aka Obaro Ejimiwe) is a softly-spoken vocalist with a gentle presence, muddling through the treacle of modern life. He has received…
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Gilles Peterson
Best known as a radio presenter on Saturday afternoons on BBC 6Music and as an international club DJ, Gilles Peterson is also an avid record…
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King Charles
King Charles is an extraordinary man. He doesn't look like anyone you know, he doesn't think like anyone you know and he doesn't make music like…
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