Name: HowTheLightGetsIn 2015
Start: 2015-05-21
End: 2015-05-31
Location: various venues

HowTheLightGetsIn 2015

Thursday 21st to Sunday 31st May 2015
various venues, Hay-on-Wye, Powys, HR3 5BZ, Wales MAP
early bird £80 for 11 days

Daily capacity: 2,000

Last updated: Thu 23rd Apr 2015

HowTheLightGetsIn is an annual philosophy and music festival offering over 500 events in total, with around 180 speakers and 300 acts. The event, now in its sixth year, is held at Hay-on-Wye in Powys, Wales from Thursday 21st to Sunday 31st May 2015.

HowTheLightGetsIn, the world's largest philosophy and music festival, is back and this year's theme is 'Fantasy and Reality'. The music programme covers seven stages, with bands, singers and acoustic artists, along with comedy and film-screenings.

Line-up

1st weekend Thursday 21st May - Monday 25th May
Rae Morris, Stornoway, East India Youth, Patrick Wolf, Serafina Steer, Najmar Akhtar, Spiro, Elder Island, Sam and the Womp, The 2 Bears (Raf Daddy), Bright Light Bright Light, FEMME, Ewan Pearson, Tankus The Henge, Justin Robertson, Skinny Lister, Crazy P, Kalakuta Millionaires, Afriquoi, Lyndsay Evans, Jamie Woon, Beans on Toast, Paper Aeroplanes, Emma Stevens, Robyn Sherwell, Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman, Alison Levi, Kizzy Crawford, Will Varley, Sion Russell, Jonny Pelham, The Most Ugly Child, Ian Smith, Pierre Novellie.

Midweek Tuesday 26th May - Thursday 28th May
Fiona Bevan, Baila La Cambia, Undercover Hippy, Climbing Trees, Alasdair Roberts, Polly and the Billets, Violet Skies, Ru Robinson, Gemma Rogers and The Mil Men, Son of Dave, Kimberley Anne, Retro Vacation DJs, ArHai, Mark Stephenson, Vanity Bites, Grainne Maguire, Mat Ewins, Viv Groskop, Katia Kvinge.

2nd weekend Friday 29th May - Sunday 31st May
Lianne La Havas, Molotov Jukebox, Maria McKee, Mike Skinner, Cara Dillon, Moulettes, Luke Sital-Singh, Liam Bailey, Kish Mauve, Alejandro Toledo and the Magic Tombolinos, Ahir Shah, Pat Cahill, Ivo Graham, Mista Trick, Rory O'Keeffe, Stuart Laws, Mike Wozniak, Ben Target, Luke Daniels, The Correspondents, Sarah Gillespie, That Pair, RSVP, Blaenavon Male Choir.

Tickets

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An early bird 11 day ticket is priced at £80, an early bird first weekend ticket (Thursday to Monday) is priced at £48, an early bird mid week ticket (Tuesday to Thursday) is priced at £28. An early bird second weekend ticket (Friday to Sunday) is priced at £28.

Please note: These tickets do not provide access to the programme of talks and debates.

Camping

There is camping and parking available within a few hundred yards of the festival site, with on-site toilets, showers and security. Riverside Festival Accommodation nearby offers glamping options.

There will be more information here when available.