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Light + Flight is unfolding across Barnet through a growing programme of creative projects, partnerships, and community collaborations.

These projects explore the themes of light and flight in ways that are rooted in place, history, and imagination.

Together, they form a year-long cultural journey leading to a multi-day celebratory finale in November 2026.

Explore what’s happening near you – and see how you can get involved.

Light + Flight is unfolding across Barnet through a growing programme of creative projects, partnerships, and community collaborations.

These projects explore the themes of light and flight in ways that are rooted in place, history, and imagination.

Together, they form a year-long cultural journey leading to a multi-day celebratory finale in November 2026.

Explore what’s happening near you – and see how you can get involved.

Light + Flight is unfolding across Barnet through a growing programme of creative projects, partnerships, and community collaborations.

These projects explore the themes of light and flight in ways that are rooted in place, history, and imagination.

Together, they form a year-long cultural journey leading to a multi-day celebratory finale in November 2026.

Explore what’s happening near you – and see how you can get involved.

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Ascendence

Solidarities

From Barnet with Love

Barnet Heritage Trail

Pioneering Stories

Grown up in Barnet

Lighthouse

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Ascendence

Solidarities

From Barnet with Love

Barnet Heritage Trail

Pioneering Stories

Grown up in Barnet

Lighthouse

Ascendence

Barnet Heritage Trail

From Barnet with Love

Pioneering Stories

Grown up in Barnet

Lighthouse

Solidarities

Click to find out more

Click to find out more

Ascendence

Solidarities

From Barnet with Love

Barnet Heritage Trail

Pioneering Stories

Grown up in Barnet

Lighthouse

Ascendance

The creative centerpiece of the Light + Flight programme, this major artwork and touring programme embodies the programme's themes both literally and metaphorically.

Ascendance

The creative centerpiece of the Light + Flight programme, this major artwork and touring programme embodies the programme's themes both literally and metaphorically.

From Barnet with Love

A participatory heritage project inspired by Barnet's early airmail history, participants create and exchange postcards celebrating local stories.

From Barnet

with Love

A participatory heritage project inspired by Barnet's early airmail history, participants create and exchange postcards celebrating local stories.

Pioneering Stories

Co-created with residents, this animation project highlights stories of sanctuary while celebrating Barnet's film heritage.

Lighthouse

An euphoric new live performance from musician and composer Jez Colborne.

Solidarities

Sensory installations, one-on-one performances, and stone safaris across the Barnet Plateau, bringing to light the shared resonances deep beneath our feet.

Barnet Heritage Trail

A creative heritage trail celebrating Barnet's distinct places and hidden histories, developed with local communities and brought to life through a new map and public wayfinding.

Grown up in Barnet

Grown up in Barnet is an exciting new collaboration between the Museum of Youth Culture and London Borough of Barnet uncovering and collecting youth culture stories from the community.

Grown up in Barnet

Grown up in Barnet is an exciting new collaboration between the Museum of Youth Culture and London Borough of Barnet uncovering and collecting youth culture stories from the community.

Check out the Light + Flight projects:

Ascendance

The creative centerpiece of the Light + Flight programme, this major artwork and touring programme embodies the programme's themes both literally and metaphorically.

Ascendance

The creative centerpiece of the Light + Flight programme, this major artwork and touring programme embodies the programme's themes both literally and metaphorically.

From Barnet

with Love

A participatory heritage project inspired by Barnet's early airmail history, participants create and exchange postcards celebrating local stories.

Pioneering Stories

Co-created with residents, this animation project highlights stories of sanctuary while celebrating Barnet's film heritage.

Pioneering Stories

Co-created with residents, this animation project highlights stories of sanctuary while celebrating Barnet's film heritage.

Lighthouse

An euphoric new live performance from musician and composer Jez Colborne.

Lighthouse

An euphoric new live performance from musician and composer Jez Colborne.

Solidarities

Sensory installations, one-on-one performances, and stone safaris across the Barnet Plateau, bringing to light the shared resonances deep beneath our feet.

Solidarities

Sensory installations, one-on-one performances, and stone safaris across the Barnet Plateau, bringing to light the shared resonances deep beneath our feet.

Barnet Heritage Trail

A creative heritage trail celebrating Barnet's distinct places and hidden histories, developed with local communities and brought to life through a new map and public wayfinding.

Grown up in Barnet

Grown up in Barnet is an exciting new collaboration between the Museum of Youth Culture and London Borough of Barnet uncovering and collecting youth culture stories from the community.

Check out the Light + Flight projects:

Ascendance

The creative centerpiece of the Light + Flight programme, this major artwork and touring programme embodies the programme's themes both literally and metaphorically.

From Barnet

with Love

A participatory heritage project inspired by Barnet's early airmail history, participants create and exchange postcards celebrating local stories.

Pioneering

Stories

Co-created with residents, this animation project highlights stories of sanctuary while celebrating Barnet's film heritage.

Lighthouse

An euphoric new live performance from musician and composer Jez Colborne.

Solidarities

Sensory installations, one-on-one performances, and stone safaris across the Barnet Plateau, bringing to light the shared resonances deep beneath our feet.

Barnet

Heritage

Trail

A creative heritage trail celebrating Barnet's distinct places and hidden histories, developed with local communities and brought to life through a new map and public wayfinding.

Grown up

in Barnet

Grown up in Barnet is an exciting new collaboration between the Museum of Youth Culture and London Borough of Barnet uncovering and collecting youth culture stories from the community.

Check out the

Light + Flight

projects:

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