Events

10 - 1pm, Third Sunday of each Month. Join us for a fun and therapeutic Lego-building session hosted by The Therapy wise Foundation and ELSA. Parents can relax with food or drinks nearby while remaining available if needed. Let’s create, share, and enjoy together!

Every Tuesday (except every 3rd Tuesday) 7pm - 8:30pm. Open to all, whether you're a professional singer or you've never sung before. Come together to sing songs for the earth! Globe at Hay.

The Ciderhouse Rebellion-Magical in-the-moment music from a virtuoso duo. Masters of improvisation The Ciderhouse Rebellion sees virtuoso musicians Adam Summerhayes and Murray Grainger combine to produce incredible spontaneous tapestries of sound. 8pm start. The Globe at Hay.

2-5pm | Free. Join Kids Kitchen to cook over an open fire and consume what you have made afterwards. A celebration of local food and learning to use produce. No experience necessary, families welcome.

The Globe at Hay. Join us for sacred songs and circle dances inspired by the spiritual traditions of the world. 7:30 - 9:30pm.

Doors 7pm | Start 7:30pm. Teams of up to 6, £5 per person. This includes a plate of chips and entrance to our 'heads or tails game.' The Globe at Hay.

8pm | Suggested donations of £5. A quiz night sprouting with silliness! Bring your friends, your best guesses, and a sense of humour. It’s all for a good cause, with every penny raised going to Hay Regenerative Soils CIC, helping create a carbon-neutral, community-led food system for Hay-on-Wye.

10 - 1pm | Free. Join local author and forager Liz Knight from Forage Fine Foods on a masterclass to help you preserve and pickle seasonal food - including mushrooms! Booking: Email tim@clan-cic.org

Hear Marlow Renton of Wild Food UK describe and introduce wild edible fungi and answer your questions.

Duos come and duos go, and some nurture and fine tune their art and watch it grow into something totally original and captivating. For three decades Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman’s partnership has proved personal, permanent and pivotal.

Bringing our 2025 season to a lively finale, the exciting Mikeleiz-Zucchi Duo of saxophonist David Zucchi and Spanish accordionist Iñigo Mikeleiz-Berrade perform a series of dance and traditional music. Music by Bach, Couperin, Granados, Piazzolla, Sweeney and Paxton amongst others. Vist website

Vera Van Heeringen and Brooks Williams present “Song Roots,” a night of songs, stories and masterful guitar playing. Audiences will be treated to duets as well as solos in this variation of the “songwriter in the round” sessions made famous in Nashville in the early years of Folk/Americana.

Join Hay Festival Winter Weekend from 26–30 November 2025, taking place in the grounds of Hay Castle in the renowned booktown of Hay-on-Wye. Immerse yourself in events showcasing over 70 acclaimed writers and performers taking part in over 60 events, launching the best new fiction and non-fiction, offering creative solutions to some of the biggest challenges of our time, and spreading festive joy in conversations, candle-lit storytelling, comedy, music, and workshops. The full line-up of artists will be revealed at noon on Tuesday 23 September.

Hay Festival welcomes writers, readers, thinkers and dreamers of all ages for 11 days of events and activities. Launching the best new fiction and non-fiction, while offering insights and debate around significant global issues, the programme sees writers, policy makers, pioneers and innovators take part from around the world, offering big thinking and bold ideas. The site is free to enter with on stage events ticketed individually, with more than 600 in-person events, there’s something for everyone.