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Onsite Extras
Onsite Extras Friends Café
Great English Outdoors
A hub activity during the Festival, where you’ll catch those sold-out events relayed live from the Barclays Pavilion on screen. The café is open early from your first shot of coffee through to the call for last orders. Join your friends or make new ones here.
The Great English Outdoors is back on site with an exhibition Textile Connections: African & Welsh Textiles. We will be selling old Welsh blankets, textiles, handmade leather products and useful but beautiful objects for the house and garden. Visit us on our stand, in the shop or online www.greatenglish.co.uk.
Festival Bar Real ale, local cider or a glass of chilled fizz. Enjoy a drink in the festival bar and gardens.
EXHIBITORS Art Meets Matter Award-winning design company Art Meets Matter is thrilled to be back at the Hay Festival for its seventh year running. This year we’ll be featuring our classic products based on Penguin paperbacks as well as a fantastic range of other designs. Hay visitors will also be the first to get their hands on our brand new items created in collaboration with Time Out.
Bowie Gallery Brings the best in contemporary ceramics, jewellery and prints to its gallery on site during the Festival. You can also visit our main gallery in the centre of Hay or browse the online gallery at www.hayclay.co.uk. Follow us on facebook or twitter @bowiegallery for offers and promotions. The Bowie Gallery, 5 Market Street, Hay on Wye HR3 5AF 01497 821026 gallery@hayclay.co.uk
Christ College, Brecon An HMC Independent Boarding and Day School for Boys and Girls aged 11 - 18 years. At Christ College, education is about learning with enthusiasm and enjoyment; living and growing in a culture where every individual counts and where staff and pupils are passionate about what they do. It is about challenges and adventures of every sort all conducted around our inspiring campus on the outskirts of Brecon. Please visit www.christcollegebrecon.com for details.
Gladstone’s Library Britain’s finest residential library is delighted to be part of this year’s Hay Festival. Founded by William Gladstone in 1894, the Library offers comfortable accommodation, a quarter of a million books, galleried reading rooms, delicious homemade food and comfortable leather armchairs. We are the perfect getaway for booklovers.
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Jonathan Oddy Bespoke Fine Furniture In his Cwmcadarn workshop in the heart of the Black Mountains, Jonathan designs and makes exquisite contemporary fine furniture to commission. Jonathan will be exhibiting some of his furniture and making a beautiful hardwood box, demonstrating his skills and techniques. Come and visit Jonathan and commission or buy a unique piece of furniture. www.jonathanoddy.co.uk
Hay & District Chamber of Commerce Volunteers from the Hay & District Chamber of Commerce will be on site from 10am to 6pm daily with all you need to know about Hay and the surrounding area.
Hay Festival Shop Situated next to the Box Office and full of fabulous Festival merchandise.
Hanes Cymru – History Wales Hanes Cymru-History Wales is a partnership between some of the leading heritage organisations in Wales, including Cadw, Amgueddfa Cymru-National Museum Wales, Historic Houses Association and History Research Wales. Through the partnership, each organisation seeks to protect and promote the historic environment of Wales and encourage people to enjoy and learn about its heritage and people. Hanes CymruHistory Wales aims to show how the past can contribute to the social, economic and environmental wellbeing of people in Wales today.
Hollow Ash Huts Our Shepherds’ Huts, handcrafted in Herefordshire, are an attractive addition to any garden. Whilst retaining the charm and simplicity of traditional huts, modern features such as insulation and electrical fittings enable them to be used for many purposes, from home office to guest accommodation. See one of our Shepherds’ Huts on the festival site. www.hollowash.co.uk 01179819472
The Olmec Head We are deeply grateful to the Mexican Embassy in London and the Government of Vera Cruz for the gift of this contemporary artisan version of the Ancient Olmec scuplture, to sit on the festival site as a treasured gift from the people of Xalapa, the home of our Mexican festival.