Ozy Fest 2018: Who's Appearing And How To Get Tickets

CENTRAL PARK, NY – Called “part music festival, part TED talk, part food fair” by the New York Times, OZY Fest is returning to Central Park this month. And this time, Hillary Clinton will be the star of the show.

OZY Fest organizers announced that the former Secretary of State will be interviewed by nonprofit founder and thought leadership mogul Laurene Powell Jobs, widow of the late Steve Jobs, at the event on the weekend of July 21-22.

E!’s talk show host Chelsea Handler, the rapper and jack-of-all-trades Common, The Daily Show’s Hasan Minhaj and the LGBTQ+ community’s unfailing Hollywood hero Laverne Cox will also make appearances as featured headliners of the festival.

If those names don’t already garner your interest, feminist icon Roxane Gay, designer Isaac Mizrahi, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, comedian Michelle Wolf, and many more will also be speaking at the festival.

But that's not all – there are still speakers and performers to be announced closer to the event.

With spaces to dance, buy grub, shop boutique vendors and hear some of today’s most influential thought leaders share their insights, there’s something to satisfy your every sense and whim at OZY Fest.

Aside from the festival, OZY itself is a website that produces podcasts, news stories and opinion pieces from thought leaders in all areas.

General Admission one-day tickets start at $79 and VIP all-weekend tickets go up to $306. Peruse the full line up, figure out which parts of the show you absolutely need to see, and get your tickets here.

It will be held in Rumsay Playfield towards the east side of Central Park around 71st Street. The closest subway stop is the 4/5/6 stop at 68th street and Lexington, then you'll have to walk 11 minutes to the bandshell and enter the park at 69th and 5th Avenue.

The M72 bus can drop you off right at that park entrance, then you'll need to walk four minutes to the bandshell.

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