NEW YORK, NY.- The New Yorker Festival returns for its 23rd edition, featuring conversations with Bono; Quinta Brunson; Ben Stiller; Chloe Bailey; Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., and more, and will run from Oct. 7 to Oct. 9.

Bono, the Irish rock star and more recently the motorbike-riding lion in “Sing 2,” will be in conversation with The New Yorker’s editor, David Remnick, about his new memoir and his decades as an activist and musician. The book, “Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story,” will be released in November.

“Like so many memoirs that I’ve read, the most intriguing part is how someone becomes himself or herself,” Remnick said in an interview.

Quinta Brunson, who plays the chirpy yet clumsy elementary school teacher in “Abbott Elementary,” will speak with the magazine’s television critic, Doreen St. Félix. And Bailey (of R&B sister duo Chloe x Halle) will perform live at the festival after a conversation.

Remnick said that politically driven conversations can be had by artists, authors and actors, as well as lawmakers. Raskin, a member of the Jan. 6 House select committee, along with three of the magazine’s writers, will join a live taping of The New Yorker’s “The Political Scene” podcast.

The political conversation will continue with a talk about Asian American culture and representation, with chef David Chang, filmmaker Lee Isaac Chung, writer Min Jin Lee and actor Sandra Oh. And climate activists Sara Blazevic and Molly Burhans, and climate expert Leah Stokes will delve into the future of the environment.

“All of these people in cultural life are also in many ways connected to the political,” Remnick said.

Writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie will return to the festival, where Hari Kunzru, Elif Batuman, Gary Shteyngart, Rachel Kushner and Ottessa Moshfegh will also appear.

As for comedy, Molly Shannon and Vanessa Bayer, the actors and comedians who star in the Showtime series “I Love That for You,” will chat with Susan Morrison, an editor at the magazine. And comedians Hasan Minhaj, Phoebe Robinson, Billy Eichner and Jerrod Carmichael will also participate in festival conversations, along with directors Stiller, the duo Daniels, Sharon Horgan and Maggie Gyllenhaal.

Remnick said that with the return to theaters and the arrival of vaccine boosters, he feels confident sharing a room with readers, thinkers and performers, and the festival will hold select events virtually.

“Part of cultural lifestyle was taken from us, and now it’s bounced back,” he said.

A full lineup is available at newyorker.com/festival.

This article originally appeared in The New York Times.