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Hay Festival
What is it?
• Hay festival is a festival of literature and arts
• It is an annual festival held in Hay-on-Wye for ten days from may to june.
About Hay
• It was devised in 1988 by Peter Florence
• It was described by Bill Clinton in 2001 as ‘the Woodstock of the mind’
• Since its inception, the festival was held at a variety of venues around Hay until 2005 when it moved to a central location just outside of the town.
• The festival is aimed at families
• There is a kids festival ‘hay fever’ which runs along side the main festival
• The main sponsor of the festival is The Guardian, which succeeding The Sunday Times in 2002
• The artistic policy is to share new visions of the world
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