Overview

• The festival runs September 4–7 with programming in Querétaro city and in Tequisquiapan, Huimilpan and, for the first time, Pinal de Amoles in the Sierra Gorda.
• Organizers report about 147–150 participants from 17 countries, highlighted by Constelaciones, a series of 10 intergenerational conversations featuring figures such as Diego Luna and Carmen Aristegui.
• Accessibility measures include numerous free outdoor activities, tickets for conversations priced at 10 pesos, plus free live streaming via the Hay Festival website.
• Public funding totals 11 million pesos from the municipality and 4 million from the state, while sponsor Sura opened Casa Hay at Casa Mota as a new venue for meetings, signings and reading clubs.
• Photographer Daniel Mordzinski inaugurated a retrospective in Jardín Alameda and dedicated his remarks to the victims of the September 3 Lisbon funicular derailment, reported as 15 dead and 18 injured.