The wait is over: Here’s our full 2024 Texas Tribune Festival lineup

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Today we announce the full program for the 2024 Texas Tribune Festival, with more than 100 must-see conversations featuring the most influential voices in politics, policy, the media, technology and beyond.

This year’s TribFest promises to be our most timely and riveting one yet. When we gather by the thousands in downtown Austin from Sept. 5-7, we’ll find ourselves on the verge of one of the most unpredictable presidential elections in recent history.

There’ll be a lot to cover. Joining our lineup of more than 300 speakers are, among so many other big names, Nancy Pelosi, speaker emerita of the U.S. House, D-California; Lyle Lovett, Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter; Janet Yellen, U.S. treasury secretary; Maryland Gov. Wes Moore; Sterlin Harjo, co-creator and showrunner of “Reservation Dogs”; Jen Psaki, MSNBC host and former White House press secretary; Daniel Lubetzky, founder of KIND Snacks and Builders; GOP state Reps. Brian Harrison, Shelby Slawson, Ryan Guillen, Ken King and Jeff Leach; historians Garrett Graff, Max Boot, H.W. Brands and Douglas Brinkley; and journalists Katharine Viner, Margaret Sullivan, Mark Leibovich, David Folkenflik, Julie Rovner and Melanie Zanona.

They join an already impressive roster that includes voting rights activist Stacey Abrams; Laura Barrón-López, White House correspondent for “PBS NewsHour”; Preet Bharara, a former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York; former U.S. Sen. Bill Bradley, D-New Jersey, who’s now a managing director of Allen & Company; George Conway, a contributor at The Atlantic; Anthea Butler, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania; former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming; U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Houston; U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pennsylvania; Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic; U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-San Antonio; screenwriter and novelist Noah Hawley; former U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-North Dakota, who’s now the director of the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics; state Sen. Phil King, R-Weatherford; Academy Award-nominated director and screenwriter Richard Linklater; NPR President and CEO Katherine Maher; U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Austin; Susan Page, Washington Bureau chief for USA Today; Katie Phang, host of “The Katie Phang Show” on MSNBC; and Avik Roy, president of the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity.

We’ll get started on Thursday, Sept. 5, with 10 sessions at the Omni Hotel downtown (where you can pick up your Festival badge), and then head over to the Paramount Theatre for our opening keynote. On Friday, Sept. 6, we have a full program day of nearly 40 events across eight venues in downtown Austin. That evening, we present a special screening of the documentary “Bill Bradley: Rolling Along” (former U.S. Sen. Bradley will be in attendance and host a Q&A) and political trivia emceed by Austin radio personality Andy Langer. And on Saturday, Sept. 7, we go all out with an even bigger slate of programs that spills onto Congress Avenue with the free street party we call Open Congress, followed by our closing keynote that evening at the Paramount. We’re excited to share even more in the next few weeks, with the announcement of our opening and closing keynote conversations, along with some other special experiences for students, Texas Tribune members and executive pass holders.

There’s a lot to talk about. All that’s missing is you. Get your tickets now.

Disclosure: Paramount Theatre and Daniel Lubetzky have been financial supporters of The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that is funded in part by donations from members, foundations and corporate sponsors. Financial supporters play no role in the Tribune’s journalism. Find a complete list of them here.