same sky: winter lights
Sat 18 Nov, 6:30pm.
More details to be announced.
Hounslow’s much loved annual Winter Lights parade brings people together from all over the borough who have made lanterns with artists, Same Sky, in the weeks leading up to the event.
On the night, hundreds of people carrying lanterns create a spectacular procession through the town centre, leading to a finale performance at Bell Square.
In collaboration with Cohesion Plus and funded by Heathrow Community Trust’s Communities Together.
About the Company
Same Sky
Same Sky is an award-winning community arts charity. Since 1987 who have been creating magical, out-of-this-world events: luminous night-time parades, fantastical puppets and floats, large-sky fire shows and staggeringly imaginative costumes and concepts.
Every step of their creative process is about bringing people together, encouraging equality and belonging through a shared experience of art, and creating moments of magic that will feed the imagination for a long time after.
Creative People and Places Hounslow
Creative people & Places Hounslow is part of the Creative People & Places programme, initiated and funded by Arts Council England. Creative People & Places is about more people taking the lead in choosing, creating and taking part in art experiences in the places where they live.
Heathrow Community Trust
Heathrow Community Trust is an independent grant-making charity set up by Heathrow Airport’s owners to support and strengthen local communities close to the airport. In the past three years it has donated more than £1.2 million through its grant programmes, funding projects which support young people, help protect the environment or support active local communities.