Your Festival. All in one place.
Whether you're planning a packed few days of events, sharing the Festival with family and friends, or simply finding your way to your next talk, the Hay Festival App puts everything you need right at your fingertips – even when the signal in Hay is doing what the signal in Hay does.
Here's what you can look forward to:
Explore the full programme – Browse and search every event, filter by type or theme, and read all about it even when you're offline.
Your tickets, on your phone – Link your Hay Festival Website account and your tickets appear in the app, ready to show at the door. In a group, the organiser links the account for everyone. Simply sign in on Hay Festival Website from inside the app.
Your days, at a glance – Once your tickets are in, the app shows your Festival day by day, and lets you know if two events overlap.
Enjoy the Festival together – Create a group with friends and family, see who's going where, and have everyone's tickets available on every group member's phone – so if one battery dies, another phone can show the ticket.
Find your way – Use the Festival map to find every venue and, once you're in Hay, to see where you are. Before you arrive, it gives you directions to the car parks.
Never miss a moment – Switch on reminders and the app will nudge you before each of your events begins.
Be ready for anything – In the days before the Festival and while it's on, see the weather forecast for each day. Because the weather in Hay is the weather in Hay!
Getting started
Setting up takes a couple of minutes, and the app walks you through it:
1. Set up your profile – your name and email address. There's no password to remember; we email you a code instead.
2. Set up your group – everyone you're going with (or just you, if you're going on your own).
3. Link your Hay Festival Website account – the account you booked your tickets with. You sign in inside the app, and the app keeps your tickets up to date.
4. Assign your tickets – who's going to what.
Joining someone else's group? Use the code or link they send you, and they take care of steps 3 and 4.
One tip: open the app once at home, while you have a good connection, so the programme, your tickets and the map are all downloaded before you travel.
A little more time enjoying the Festival. A little less time organising it.
The Hay Festival App is developed in partnership with Changepond. We'd love to hear what you think and how we can improve it: support@festivaldata.net. Tickets are available on hayfestival.com.
Show more
