Up until shortly before our April 2015 festival, I would have said that Lyrids is pronounced like the word Lyrics replacing the “c” with “d”. However, when finding interesting tidbits of information to send to all of you, I discovered that in fact the correct way to pronounce Lyrids is [LYE-rids].  Don’t believe it? See for yourself here or in the dictionary or Google for more… hmmm… there are some sources that pronounce Lyrids the other way… However you say it, Lyrids is an awesome festival and I promise not to bug you about its pronunciation.