Sky in the UK has confirmed that its The Sky Arts Awards will return to London in 2025.

The ceremony will take place on 16 September 2025, once again at the Roundhouse in London, and will be broadcast on the evening of the 16th on Sky Arts and Freeview.

The awards champion the best of British and Irish arts and culture, spotlighting creative brilliance across the industry. They remain the only awards that recognise the full breadth of cultural genres with categories including classical music, comedy, dance, film, literature, poetry, opera, popular music, television, theatre and visual arts.

The Sky Arts Awards have evolved from the longstanding South Bank Sky Arts Awards, and nominees for the awards will be announced soon.

Winners of last year’s The Sky Arts Awards 2024 included playwright Ryan Calais Cameron (Retrograde, For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy) winning the Theatre Award. The lifetime achievement award was won by Melvyn Bragg, with the award renamed the Melvyn Bragg Lifetime Achievement Award. Bragg announced in 2023 that he was leaving the long-running South Bank Show TV series after 46 years.

Phil Edgar-Jones OBE, Executive Director, Unscripted Originals, said in a statement: “The Sky Arts Awards are more than just a celebration, they’re a reminder of why the arts matter. In a moment where creative industries continue to face funding and visibility challenges, the awards spotlight the vital role the arts play for all of us – we know they bolster the economy, help shape identity, create communities and bring people together but most of all the people who make the stuff we love bring joy into our lives and what could be more useful than that.”

The Sky Arts Awards were commissioned by Phil Edgar-Jones, Executive Director, Unscripted Originals at Sky for Cécile Frot-Coutaz, CEO of Sky Studios & Chief Content Officer for Sky. The Commissioning Editor for Sky is Leanne Cosby, and the Project Manager is Vanessa Woodard.

The Sky Arts Awards will be produced by DRUM Studios, part of Omnicom Media Group. The Executive Producers are Andy Holland and Danny Carvalho. The Head of Production is Sarah Fink. The Showrunner is Mark Thorne, and the Director is Julia Knowles.

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Main photo: The Sky Arts Awards 2024. Photo by Marc Sethi

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