Sep
12
to Sep 14
THE HAY MUSIC FESTIVAL 2025
Welcome to our Festival Page!
The Festival theme of ‘Exiles and Émigrés’ brings an interesting focus to the works in the programme, showcasing composers across the centuries who have experienced exile or as émigrés and the impact it has had on their music.
For general information, please follow the link below.
Sep
12
EVENT 1: KURDISH MUSICIAN ZANYAR HESAMI PLAYS MUSIC FOR THE SAZ
Richard Booth’s Bookshop Cinema, Hay-on-Wye, HR3 5AA.
Tickets: tba
Sep
12
EVENT 2: FILM SHOWING OF ‘THE KITE RUNNER’
Richard Booth’s Bookshop Cinema, Hay-on-Wye, HR3 5AA.
Tickets: tba
Sep
12
EVENT 3: AN INTRODUCTION TO CHARLOTTE BRAY’S ‘UNGRIEVABLE LIVES’ WITH ARTIST CAROLINE BURRAWAY
St Mary’s Church, Hay-on-Wye, HR3 5RB.
Tickets: free as part of the evening concert.
Sep
12
EVENT 4: OPENING CONCERT BY THE FITZWILLIAM STRING QUARTET
St Mary’s Church, Hay-on-Wye, HR3 5EB.
Tickets: tba
Sep
13
EVENT 5: COFFEE CONCERT WITH SINFONIA CYMRU: ‘SEASCAPES’
St Mary’s Church, Hay-on-Wye, HR3 5EB
Tickets: tba
Sep
13
EVENT 6: KURDISH MUSICIAN ZANYAR HESAMI PLAYS THE DAF PRIOR TO THE FOLLOWING DISCUSSION
The Castle, Hay-on-Wye, HR3 5DG.
Tickets: included in ticket for the following discussion.
Sep
13
EVENT 7: ‘EXILES AND ÉMIGRÉS - THE PLIGHT OF REFUGEES’: A DISCUSSION HOSTED BY PETER FLORENCE
The Castle, Hay-on-Wye, HR3 5DG.
Tickets: tba
Sep
13
EVENT 8: CONCERT WITH SOPRANO ALYSIA HANSHAW AND PIANIST JAY CARROLL
St Mary’s Church, Hay-on-Wye, HR3 5EB.
Tickts: tba
Sep
13
EVENT 9: JAZZ CONCERT WITH THE McQUAID QUARTET
The Castle, Hay-on-Wye, HR3 5DG.
Tickets: tba
Sep
14
EVENT 10: FILM SHOWING OF 'KESULAT' (FIELDS OF WAR)
Richard Booth's Bookshop Cinema, Hay-on-Wye, HR3 5AA.
Ticket: tba - includes Q & A session with Alan Trow and Jimi Tihofsi after film screening.
Sep
14
EVENT 11: Q & A SESSION ON THE MAKING OF THE FILM ‘KESULAT’
Richard Booth’s Bookshop Cinema, Hay-on-Wye HR3 5AA.
Tickets: included in ticket for ‘Kesulat’.
Sep
14