Photo of two people with microphones and a sign on the wall which says 'voices'. (Brent Cross Town)

Event

Light + Flight Festival

This November, Barnet Council invites you to celebrate creativity and connection in the local community, across two weekends jam-packed with free events.

Expect art, music, performance, heritage and heaps of collective fun for all ages!

When?

  • Weekend One: Saturday 14 – Sunday 15 November
  • Weekend Two: Saturday 21 – Sunday 22 November

Where?

  • Weekend One: Finchley Lakeside, Squires Lane, N3 2QT
  • Weekend Two: RAF Museum London and artsdepot

Reserve your free spot

 

Photo of images of two people overlapped to look like they're both floating. (Brent Cross Town)

‘Ascendance’

Weekend One includes the unveiling of a major new artwork, Ascendance, a large-scale projection and sound installation telling stories of arrival, movement and belonging in the neighbourhood.

Created by artist Matthew Rosier and UP Projects, in collaboration with over 140 Barnet residents, Ascendance is at the heart of Light + Flight, and will illuminate Finchley Lakeside as the sun goes down.

Find out more
Photo of a man in a blue top being filmed to look like he's floating. (Brent Cross Town)
Painting of a street in Barnet in the present day, next to one in the past, with a big sun in the sky. (Brent Cross Town)
Photo of an actor on stage wearing a lighthouse keepers yellow cagoule. (Brent Cross Town)
Sepia photo of a family standing outside. (Brent Cross Town)

Images from left to right: Ascendance Film Tour. Photo by Zoe Scholes; Between Light + Silhouette film still by Woven Ink; Lighthouse. Photo by Karol Wyszynski; Photographs submitted to the Museum of Youth Culture’s Grown up in Barnet campaign, Lesley Haigh

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