The New Yorker Festival Offers a First Look at Its 2026 Lineup

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The New Yorker Festival, the magazine’s annual celebration of culture and ideas, will return October 23rd to 25th, in New York City. This year’s event features some of today’s most influential thinkers and entertainers, among them Gloria Steinem, Cole Escola, Wynton Marsalis, and Parker Posey, in conversation with the magazine’s writers and editors. Limited tickets went on sale Wednesday morning, exclusively for subscribers, with additional tickets to become available to the general public on July 23rd, at 10 A.M., E.T.

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Selected programming appears below, with many more guests and events to be announced on September 2nd. Ticket buyers have the opportunity to purchase a 3-Day Premier Pass, which grants access to every Festival event, along with other perks.

To receive early access to tickets, plus discounts and other benefits, become a subscriber. You’ll receive a free tote with annual plans.

This year’s New Yorker Festival events include:

• The writer and activist Gloria Steinem in conversation with The New Yorker’s Jia Tolentino

• The comedian, actor, and writer Cole Escola in conversation with The New Yorker’s Julian Lucas

• The actor Parker Posey in conversation with The New Yorker’s Michael Schulman

• The singer-songwriter King Princess talks with The New Yorker’s Amanda Petrusich and performs

• The trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis talks with The New Yorker’s Nick Trautwein and performs

• The authors and bookstore owners Ann Patchett and Louise Erdrich in conversation with The New Yorker’s Deborah Treisman

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• The clinical psychologist Becky Kennedy—Dr. Becky, to fans—and the parenting economist Emily Oster in conversation with The New Yorker’s Dhruv Khullar

• The comedians Atsuko Okatsuka and Chris Fleming in conversation with The New Yorker’s Emma Allen

• The artist Lorna Simpson in conversation with the curator Thelma Golden

• A roundtable on the meaning of America, featuring the New Yorker writers Jonathan Blitzer and Jelani Cobb, and the author Isabel Wilkerson, moderated by The New Yorker’s Michael Luo

• A roundtable on A.I. and democracy, featuring the New Yorker writers Jill Lepore, Gideon Lewis-Kraus, and Andrew Marantz, moderated by The New Yorker’s Joshua Rothman

• ​Marguerite Casey Foundation, an official Festival sponsor, will host a panel conversation on the politics of freedom, featuring the attorney and activist Michelle Alexander, the author and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates, and the activist Mahmoud Khalil