HIGHGATE FESTIVAL 2019

Welcome to the Highgate Festival 2019

A ten-day celebration of Highgate covering the arts, ecology, music, film, heritage and the future. Read more about the Highgate Festival.

Let's fill Highgate with artists

On Sunday 16 June the Archway Road comes alive with music, art and crafts. And on Saturday 22 June Highgate Village hosts its own Art Trail, open studios and the Pond Square Painting Challenge open to everyone! Highgate Society and HLSI will be getting arty too!

Connect with nature

Do your bit to prevent the climate crisis. Come to Planet A – A Highgate Action Plan at Omved to hear from experts and locals about what we can do. Or visit some of our amazing allotments, private gardens and trees revealing the diverse eco-habitats around N6 also mapped on the GROWHighgate project.

Walk through the history of Highgate

Whether it’s a learning about the history and inhabitants of Historic Highgate, the Jewish History of Highgate, a late-night tour of the East Highgate Cemetery, a Falling Angels tour of the West Cemetery, walking the path of London’s lost Moselle River, or following in the footsteps of famous women on the Pink Plaque Walking Tour, Highgate is best discovered on foot.

Future Highgate

It may feel like things don’t change much but there are lots of exciting projects in development in Highgate. Exhibitions include new plans for Jacksons Lane Arts Centre, two new playground projects, OmVed Gardens and Highgate Newton Community Centre and Highgate Cemetery.

The sound of music in Highgate

Let the soothing sounds of choral group Consort wash over you in the beautiful surroundings of Kenwood’s Music Room. Experience a New Orleans style marching band in Pond Square. Kick back to world-class jazz at the Gatehouse, or soak up the sounds of a string orchestra at other-wordly OmVed Gardens. Whatever you’re into, there’s something for every musical taste this summer.

Highgate on the silver screen

Catch our very own screening of the sell-out documentary The Ponds with a Q&A with the director and composer. There’s also a repeat of the popular Highgate on Film illustrated talk by Professor Ian Christie, Birkbeck College– both at the HLSI.

Celebrating Female Highgate

Our Pink Plaque project celebrates the lives of over 20 remarkable women who have lived in Highgate from Angela Burdett-Coutts to Barbara Castle. Omved Gardens hosts an exhibition about the history of the Ladies Pond and Pond Postcards invite swimmers to share their thoughts.