The New Yorker has released the full lineup of the 2025 New Yorker Festival, taking place October 24th through 26th in the magazine’s home city and featuring 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.

In addition to 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 Yorker writers against editors.

Below is the program lineup, in brief. Further details, and the schedule for the weekend, are available at newyorker.com/festival.

This year’s interviews include:

The comedian Jon Stewart in conversation with The New Yorker’s editor, David Remnick.The actor and producer Sarah Jessica Parker in conversation with the staff writer Rachel Syme.The actor and writer Emma Thompson in conversation with the staff writer Helen Shaw.The writer and “Jeopardy!” host Ken Jennings in conversation with the senior editor Tyler Foggatt.The former chair of the Federal Trade Commission Lina Khan in conversation with the staff writer Sheelah Kolhatkar.The writer and director Noah Baumbach in conversation with The New Yorker’s articles editor, Susan Morrison.The comedians Kate Berlant and Jacqueline Novak in conversation with the staff writer Rachel Syme.The former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy in conversation with the contributing writer Dhruv Khullar.The artist Rashid Johnson in conversation with the curator Thelma Golden.The actor, producer, and author Demi Moore in conversation with the staff writer Jia Tolentino.The restaurateur Danny Meyer in conversation with the staff writer Helen Rosner.The director, actor, and musician Christopher Guest in conversation with the staff writer Ariel Levy.The “Chicken Shop Date” host, writer, and producer Amelia Dimoldenberg and the comedian and actor Megan Stalter in conversation with The New Yorker’s cartoons editor, Emma Allen.The actor and writer Keanu Reeves and the actor and filmmaker Alex Winter in conversation with the staff writer Naomi Fry.The architect Annabelle Selldorf in conversation with the staff writer Rebecca Mead.

There will also be conversations accompanied by musical performances:

The actor Jonathan Groff talks with the staff writer Michael Schulman and performs.The musician St. Vincent talks with the staff writer Vinson Cunningham and performs.The musicians Lucy Dacus and Rufus Wainwright talk with the staff writer Amanda Petrusich and perform.

Discussions with authors of note:

The writer Salman Rushdie talks with The New Yorker’s editor, David Remnick.The writers Ian Frazier and Jamaica Kincaid talk with The New Yorker’s articles editor, Susan Morrison.The writers George Saunders and Zadie Smith talk with The New Yorker’s fiction editor, Deborah Treisman.The writer Percival Everett talks with the staff writer Jelani Cobb.The writers Garth Greenwell and Ocean Vuong talk with The New Yorker’s deputy fiction editor, Cressida Leyshon.The writers Yiyun Li and Miriam Toews talk with the staff writer Alexandra Schwartz.

Roundtables on a variety of subjects:

“Critics at Large Live”: A special live taping of The New Yorker’s culture podcast, featuring the producer, television host, food expert, and author Padma Lakshmi in conversation with the staff writers Vinson Cunningham, Naomi Fry, and Alexandra Schwartz.“The Art of the Profile”: A roundtable on building trust with subjects, revealing character, and capturing life on the page, featuring the staff writers Larissa MacFarquhar, Rebecca Mead, Ian Parker, Kelefa Sanneh, and Michael Schulman, moderated by the New Yorker executive editor Daniel Zalewski.“The New Political Arena”: A discussion on how the internet has remade political life, featuring the podcaster Saagar Enjeti and the commentator and influencer Hasan Piker in conversation with the staff writer Andrew Marantz.“Recalibrating for the Digital Age”: A roundtable on how A.I. and other digital tools can help us lead better lives in a technology-dominated world, featuring the contributors Charles Duhigg, Cal Newport, and Anna Wiener, moderated by the senior editor Tyler Foggatt.“Justice on Trial”: A roundtable on the Supreme Court and the American legal system under the second Trump Administration, featuring the writers Jeannie Suk Gersen, Ruth Marcus, and Amy Davidson Sorkin, moderated by the New Yorker executive editor Michael Luo.

And master classes and interactive events:

“The New Yorker Trivia Showdown: Editors vs. Writers,” featuring the editors Sharan Shetty, Jessica Henderson, and Leo Carey competing against the writers Clare Malone, Zach Helfand, and Gideon Lewis-Kraus in an onstage battle of wits, hosted by the cartoonist and writer Asher Perlman.“The Art of the New Yorker Cartoon,” a behind-the-scenes master class on how the magazine’s cartoons are conceived, edited, and published, featuring the cartoonists Roz Chast and Liana Finck in conversation with the cartoon editor Emma Allen.

As well as a special screening:

The New York première of “The New Yorker at 100,” the forthcoming Netflix documentary about the magazine. The screening will be introduced by the magazine’s editor, David Remnick, and followed by a conversation between the film’s director, Marshall Curry, and executive producer, Judd Apatow, hosted by the staff writer Jelani Cobb.

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