Come to HowTheLightGetsIn on the grounds of Kenwood House on Hampstead Heath in London for a weekend of magic and wonder on the 18/19th September. Expect headline music acts, debates with the world's leading thinkers, the hottest comedy, cabaret, and film, along with a host of extra experiences.

Less than 150 Festival Tickets are left!

As well as full festival access, this ticket gives you a 3 month free trial subscription to our online platform, IAI.tv. Catch up on festival events you missed and access a huge range of material - daily articles and videos, fortnightly live events and a library of 3000+ debates, talks, interviews and courses. Worth £30 and available here for just £4.

Students and Under-25s get 30% off Festival Tickets! This ticket gives you full access to a huge range of events over the whole weekend. Expect headline music acts, debates with the world's leading thinkers, the hottest comedy, cabaret, and film, along with a host of extra experiences and live music.

Please note, this ticket is only valid with a student card or appropriate proof of age.

In addition to the above, this ticket option gives you 3 month free access to the IAI Live tier of IAI.TV, worth £30 and available for just £2 on top of the festival ticket price!

A limited number of Day Tickets have just gone on sale. The Saturday Ticket grants you access to the full programme of events on the Saturday of the festival. See the Programme page for full details of events on this day including music legends, big debates, hand-picked comedy, and so much more.

The Sunday Ticket grants you access to the full programme of events on the Sunday of the festival. See the Programme page for full details of events on this day including music legends, big debates, hand-picked comedy, and so much more.

The Saturday Night Party Ticket gives access to all events after 6.30pm on the Saturday night. The ticket includes spectacular live music from the hottest bands, side-splitting stand-up comedy from multi-award winning comics, plus access to all debates, talks and cinema screenings taking place after 6:30pm. See the programme page for full event listings.

Can't join us in London? Join us from anywhere in the world with a streaming ticket. Includes access to the 70+ debates and talks streamed live over the weekend, accessed through our virtual reality platform.

Streaming Ticket + Subscription

In addition, this ticket gives you a 3 month free trial to our online ideas platform, IAI.tv, where all of the debates and talks will be uploaded after the festival.

Get access to 3000+ debates, solo talks, exclusive interviews and academy sessions as well as our online magazine, IAI News, updated daily. Worth £30 and available for just £4 on top of the festival ticket price, this offer is perfect if you want to catch up with any events you didn't catch over the festival and have access to the whole archive from previous festivals."