All day, any age, no ticket required

Hands-on Zone
Circus Tent
Get your hands dirty in this exciting activity area for all ages. Marvel at optical illusions, ride disco bikes, make goo and instant ice cream, have fun with cabbages (yes, it is possible!), become a surgeon with our giant Operation game. There are more experiments for everyone than we can list. Come and try them.

The Sun is Waking Up!
On the Piazza
Come and see the surface of the Sun through specialist solar telescopes operated by Guildford Astronomical Society.  You should see sunspots and solar prominences, where there are magnetic storms on the surface of the Sun.  With this kind of specialist equipment it is perfectly safe, but please remember never to point an ordinary telescope anywhere near the Sun, as serious eye damage could result.

Camera Obscura
On the Piazza
Step inside a giant pinhole camera and see your friends outside without being seen. Used by Renaissance artists, Victorian entertainers (and now you), the camera obscura is a dark room with a small hole in one of the walls.  Whatever is outside can be seen on the other wall, but upside down and back to front.

LightTAG Exhibition
Lewis Elton Art Gallery
Tine Bech (University for the Creative Arts (UCA)), Kathryn Harkup (University of Surrey) and South East Physics Network (SEPnet)
An exhibition of ‘light graffiti’ created by 62 young people from six communities across the South East.
LightTAG aimed to give young people the opportunity to explore youth culture – and challenge society’s perception of it – through the science and art of light.
“We are very proud of the youngsters for producing such fantastic work and it goes to show what can be made if they are given the opportunity to take part in special projects like this.” – Tine Bech

Circus skills, face painting.

Ticketed Events

• Mark Lewney - in a new show all about the science of music
• James Soper - 'The Science of the Circus'
• Science Museum - 'Bubble Show' and 'It Takes Guts!
• John Luton - in a fantastic, explosive chemistry show
• Planetarium
• Cupboard Raiders
• Light Drawing
• Chocolate Geology