Hay Festival – The Sky Arts Experience

The Sky Arts team is very excited about this year’s Hay Festival. There are great guests to look forward to, hopefully some great weather too, but this year we’re bringing you closer to TV production than ever before. Think you should be taking Mariella’s seat as the presenter of The Book Show? Or is the rain pouring down and you wish you were in the Amazon? Well, you better read on…


Sky Arts studio tours
For the first time ever, we’re offering Hay Festival goers the chance to learn more about the magic of television with our studio tours! Sign up in the Sky Arts studio area for the tour and you could take Mariella’s seat to read the auto cue. Availability is limited so book early to avoid disappointment.

• Monday 31 May - Thursday  3 June 2010
• 20 minute tours at 2.30 in the Sky Arts Studio
• Available to the first 10 people to sign up on the day

Sky Rainforest Rescue
Come and visit the Sky Rainforest Rescue experience and enjoy the thrill of the Amazon. The Amazon rainforest is a unique natural habitat, home to thousands of amazing plants and has one of the highest diversities of life on Earth.

Sky Rainforest Rescue is a three year campaign in partnership between Sky and WWF to help save 1 billion trees in the rainforest of Acre in northwest Brazil. To kick start this project, our aim is to raise £2 million from the British public over the next three years, and Sky will match it to our campaign total of £4 million. Giving just £20 could help save 1,000 trees. Come and see why it’s important to preserve our vibrant rainforest.


Sky Arts Path
Join us in the Sky Arts Studio area where you can relax and browse through the variety of fascinating books that have been showcased on The Book Show this year. From there take the Sky Arts Path to discover intriguing spaces around the festival each with a different creative experience for you to enjoy. The path will finish back at the studio area, where you can contribute your inspirations and thoughts in a collective Sky Arts book. The first 200 people to complete the route will receive a limited edition bag, so be sure to join us early.


Sky Shuttle Bus
We will be running bus services on three routes this year linking up local villages to the festival site. The bus will call at stops including Llanigon, Glasbury, Llowes, Clyro, Clifford, Cusop and Brecon. 

Due to popular demand, we’ll also be running some new early morning and late evening bus services. To find out more go to hayfestival.com/shuttlebus.

• £2 Day tickets, charitable donation to Sky Rainforest Rescue