Emma Thompson, Christopher Guest Talks Added to New Yorker Festival
The event, set to take place from Oct. 24-26, will also feature conversations with Demi Moore, Noah Baumbach and Amelia Dimoldenberg and Megan Stalter.
There will be performances from St. Vincent, Lucy Dacus and Rufus Wainwright and the NY premiere of Netflix documentary The New Yorker at 100.
Jon Stewart, Emma Thompson, Christopher Guest, Demi Moore and Noah Baumbach are among the artists set to participate in conversations as part of the 2025 New Yorker Fest.
The annual fall event has added conversations with Ken Jennings, Kate Berlant and Jacqueline Novak, Vivek Murthy, Danny Meyer and Amelia Dimoldenberg and Megan Stalter.
St. Vincent, Lucy Dacus and Rufus Wainwright are all set to perform.
The festival will also host the N.Y. premiere of the Netflix documentary, The New Yorker at 100, directed by Marshall Curry.
There also will be talks with authors Percival Everett and Ian Frazier and Jamaica Kincaid as well as a live taping of The New Yorker‘s culture podcast featuring Padma Lakshmi and roundtables about the internet’s role in public life (“The New Political Arena”), living in a tech-dominated world (“Recalibrating for the Digital Age”) and the Supreme Court and rule of law (“Justice on Trial”).
Master classes and interactive events set for the October edition include “The Art of the New Yorker Cartoon” with Roz Chast and Liana Finck, and a trivia battle between New Yorker editors and writers.
