Thursday 25 June 2026
07:45
Hay Festival Global
Future Ambitions
We will be joined by Jay Hunt and Julie Finch, Chair and CEO respectively, following the 2026 Hay Festival (21-31 May). They will be discussing future plans for this remarkable festival which brings together diverse voices to listen, talk, debate and create, tackling some of the biggest political, social and environmental challenges of our time.
Hay Festival is a charity providing global festivals of stories, ideas, and new possibilities. Through one-of-a-kind festivals, in unique locations around the world – plus forums, digital platforms and learning programmes – Hay Festival Global celebrates and inspires different views, perspectives, and points of view. In 1987, the Festival was dreamt up. Thirty-seven years later, Hay Festival Global runs events and projects all over the world, from the historic town of Cartagena in Colombia to the heart of cities in Peru, Mexico, Spain and the USA, reaching a global audience of millions each year.
Hay Festival is a charity providing global festivals of stories, ideas, and new possibilities. Through one-of-a-kind festivals, in unique locations around the world – plus forums, digital platforms and learning programmes – Hay Festival Global celebrates and inspires different views, perspectives, and points of view. In 1987, the Festival was dreamt up. Thirty-seven years later, Hay Festival Global runs events and projects all over the world, from the historic town of Cartagena in Colombia to the heart of cities in Peru, Mexico, Spain and the USA, reaching a global audience of millions each year.