The⁢ New Yorker Festival 2025: A Thorough ⁤Guide

The New Yorker has released the full lineup of the 2025 New ‍Yorker festival, ⁣taking place October 24th through 26th in New York City. The festival will feature appearances and performances by leading voices in literature,film,comedy,television,politics,and ⁣medicine. Luminaries including Salman Rushdie, Percival Everett, Demi Moore, Jon Stewart, Lina Khan, Jonathan Groff, Keanu Reeves, Sarah Jessica Parker,⁣ zadie ⁢smith, and Padma⁢ Lakshmi will join New Yorker ⁤ writers and editors for an invigorating ⁤range of conversations, screenings, and more, part of the magazine’s yearlong celebration⁣ of its hundredth anniversary. Tickets ⁤are now on sale for all events, ⁣with exclusive discounts for subscribers.

Along with interviews and panels,‍ the Festival will host ⁤the New York première of ⁣”the New Yorker at 100,” an upcoming Netflix documentary that delves into the magazine’s first century and follows⁤ staff members as they assemble the landmark hundredth Anniversary Issue. the film débuted ⁣last week at the Telluride Film ⁢Festival and was⁣ directed by Marshall Curry, an ⁤Academy Award winner for the 2019 best Live action Short “The ⁣Neighbors’ Window.” Judd Apatow,an executive producer of the New Yorker documentary,will appear alongside ⁢Curry for a discussion ⁢after the screening.

The 2025 ‍Festival will also feature a podcast taping,roundtables on a range of political and ‍cultural topics,a cartooning master class taught by two of the magazine’s beloved artists,and an onstage trivia contest⁢ pitting new