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Over 200 events, 80 debates and talks, and 100 music and performance events. HowTheLightGetsIn Festival returns to Hay-on-Wye next May! On the edge of the Black Mountains, alongside the River Wye, you'll find the world's leading thinkers debating cutting edge ideas as well as an inspiring programme of music, comedy, culture and performance. We've just announced our first selection of next year's debates, tackling everything from cultural appropriation to the existence of We're also delighted to announce our first speakers, including intellectual heavyweight Terry Eagleton, Hawking collaborator Roger After a spectacular debut in London, we're returning to our first home in Hay-on-Wye for a festival as magical as ever before. A limited number of Earlybird tickets have just been released. Sign up to our newsletter to keep up to date with all the latest! Set on the edge of the Black Mountains, alongside the Wye in the famed book town of Hay, HowTheLightGetsIn occupies a magical location. But There is a crack in everything...that's how the light gets in, goes the Leonard Cohen song from which the festival gets its name. And HowTheLightGetsIn brings its own special form of magic to everyone. There is no other place on the planet where you can meet as many of the world's leading thinkers, discover the most cutting-edge ideas, and party and dance late into the night. At HowTheLightGetsIn Hay 2019 you can join a debate about the nature of the universe with the world's top scientists, laugh until your sides hurt with the UK's best comedians, dance by the river to the finest beats, dine with our speakers in Open Platform events or indulge yourself with six course long table banquets.                                                                                      HowTheLightGetsIn is not just another festival. There's something special in the air. It's alive with ideas in every field of endeavour.