Barnet's diary to 19 Dec: Remembrance on 8 Nov, the free Light + Flight festival from 14 Nov, Barnet FC at The Hive, the Christmas Fayre on 6 Dec and panto.

Tonight’s fireworks at Byng Road are sold out, and Saracens host a rugby triple header at StoneX. Tomorrow is Remembrance Sunday, with High Barnet’s parade reaching Church Green by 10.40am and, this year, no service inside the church afterwards. Then comes the free Light + Flight festival at Finchley Lakeside on 14 and 15 November, and in December the Barnet Christmas Fayre on Sunday 6 December, Aladdin at The Bull and three Christmas shows at artsdepot.

Every listing below comes from the organiser’s own page or booking system, read on 7 November 2026, and links back to it so you can check before you set off. Times at artsdepot come from the venue’s live booking data. For places that are open whatever the month, see our guide to things to do in Barnet.

This week

  • Brent Cross On Ice, open daily to Sunday 3 January, John Lewis car park, Brent Cross. From £13. Weekday sessions in term time run from 3pm; at weekends they start at 10am. Session times, prices and parking are on our Barnet ice rink page (Brent Cross).
  • Barnet Elizabethans Charity Fireworks Night, Saturday 7 November, gates 5.30pm, low-noise fireworks 6.15pm, main display 7.30pm, Byng Road, EN5 4NP. Sold out: the club’s page offers a waiting list for returned tickets and there are no sales on the gate (Barnet Elizabethans RFC). Displays that still sell are on our Barnet fireworks page.
  • Barnet FC v Tranmere Rovers, Saturday 7 November, 3pm, The Hive Stadium, Edgware. League Two (Barnet FC).
  • StoneX triple header, Saturday 7 November, StoneX Stadium, Hendon. Gates 11am; Ampthill Rugby v Ealing Trailfinders in Champ Rugby at 12 noon (Saracens), then Saracens v Newcastle Red Bulls in the PREM Rugby Cup at 3pm, with Nathan Michelow captaining a young side (Saracens). The centrepiece is Saracens Women v Trailfinders in the JAECOO Next Gen Cup final, with Saracens defending the title; the club’s posts do not give its kick-off time (Saracens).
  • The Wind in the Willows, Sunday 8 November, 10.30am and 1.30pm, artsdepot. From £13.75. Box Tale Soup’s one-hour version, recommended for ages 5 and up (artsdepot).
  • Remembrance Sunday parade, High Barnet, Sunday 8 November. Free. The parade leaves the Reserve Army Centre on St Albans Road at 10.25am and reaches the Chipping Barnet War Memorial on Church Green by 10.40am, for prayers, the two minutes’ silence and wreath-laying until 11.10am. There is no service inside St John the Baptist this year because of work on the church’s main doors (St John the Baptist). Our Remembrance Sunday page has all 16 services across the borough.
  • Remembrance Day service at the RAF Museum, Sunday 8 November, 11am, Colindale. Free. Prayers, readings and the North London Military Wives Choir, with the two-minute silence across the site; arrive by 10.45am. A free ticket does not guarantee a seat (RAF Museum).
  • Barnet FC v Leyton Orient, Tuesday 10 November, 7pm, The Hive Stadium, Edgware (Barnet FC).
  • Armistice Day Memorial Service, Wednesday 11 November, 10.45am to 11.30am, Church Green, High Barnet, beside the war memorial. All welcome. The church’s midweek Eucharist starts earlier, at 10am, beforehand (St John the Baptist).
  • Jeff Innocent (Work in Progress), Thursday 12 November, 7.45pm, artsdepot. From £15. New stand-up, recommended for 16 and over (artsdepot).

Next week

  • Light + Flight Festival, weekend one, Saturday 14 November, 12pm to 9pm, and Sunday 15 November, 11am to 7pm, Finchley Lakeside, Squires Lane, N3 2QT. Free, with a free spot to reserve. The finale of Barnet’s year-long arts programme: large-scale installations by the lake, live music, film, performance, workshops, food and the unveiling of a new artwork, Ascendance (Light + Flight). Our festival preview has the programme.
  • Airfix Model Club: De Havilland Tiger Moth, Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 November, RAF Museum London. £5. Children aged 8 and up build a model; adults do not need a ticket but must stay, and tickets must be booked ahead (RAF Museum).

Later in November

  • Light + Flight Festival, weekend two, Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 November, at the RAF Museum and artsdepot (Light + Flight). The museum’s free From Barnet with Love Festival runs 10am to 3.30pm on the Saturday in Hangars 1 and 2, with postcard printing with the artist Emma Tominey, a stamp trail and a talk on Hendon’s part in the first airmail flight (RAF Museum). At artsdepot, Lighthouse, a standing show followed by a rave, plays at 7.30pm on the Saturday and 6pm on the Sunday, from £15, age 12 and up (artsdepot).
  • Barnet FC v Port Vale, Saturday 21 November, 3pm, The Hive Stadium, Edgware. League Two (Barnet FC).
  • LIT/UP: Big Beat Playground, Flying High, Sunday 22 November, 11am, cafedepot at artsdepot. From £9.50. A family day rave for ages 0 to 11 (artsdepot).
  • LIT/UP: LIVE, Sunday 22 November, 4.30pm, artsdepot Studio Theatre. £5. Theatre, dance and spoken word, 1 hour 15 minutes with no interval, recommended for 12 and up (artsdepot).
  • Ed Patrick: Numb and Number, Thursday 26 November, 7.45pm, artsdepot Studio Theatre. From £19. Stand-up, 1 hour 40 minutes with an interval, age guidance 16 and up (artsdepot).
  • Slavic Voices Choir: Spinning Song, Saturday 28 November, 7pm to 9pm, St John the Baptist, High Barnet. “Songs for Winter Nights”: folk songs and sacred music from across eastern Europe, with refreshments in the interval; book online through the church (St John the Baptist).
  • Anthem for Dissatisfaction, Saturday 28 November, 7.45pm, artsdepot Studio Theatre. From £19. A 65-minute play from SkelpieLimmer Productions, strictly 14 and over, with strong language (artsdepot).
  • Baby Broadway Christmas, Sunday 29 November, 10am, 11.30am and 2pm, artsdepot Studio Theatre. From £13.75. A 45-minute show with no interval, for ages 0 to 8 (artsdepot).

December

  • Barnet FC v Rotherham United, Tuesday 1 December, 7.45pm, The Hive Stadium, Edgware. League Two (Barnet FC).
  • Joyful Voices, Wednesday 2 December, 6pm, artsdepot Pentland Theatre. Adults £15, children £10. A concert presented by Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice, 2 hours 30 minutes with an interval, all ages (artsdepot).
  • Aladdin, Saturday 5 to Thursday 24 December, 11am and 2.30pm on selected dates, The Bull Theatre, 68 High Street, EN5 5SJ. £18, concessions £15. The Bull has added a 10.30am performance on fayre day, Sunday 6 December (The Bull Theatre). Dates and times are on our Barnet pantomime page (The Bull Theatre).
  • Dickens in North London Christmas Walk, Saturday 5 December, 11am. £15, under-12s £5. A guided walk on Dickens’s links with Barnet, Finchley and Hendon and his Christmas books; meet outside High Barnet tube station by the car park (Barnet and London Walks).
  • Christmas Elf Cadet Training, Saturday 5 and Sunday 6, then Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 December, RAF Museum London, Hangar 1. £7 a child; adults do not need a ticket but must stay with their children. Thirty-minute sessions from 10.30am to 3.30pm, with a new label-making challenge this year (RAF Museum).
  • Barnet Christmas Fayre, Sunday 6 December, 12 noon to 5pm, High Barnet town centre. Free. The Mayor has been invited to open it at noon on the Main Stage near Barnet Church; this year’s plan includes the Christmas Courtyard, a climbing wall, market stalls and Santa’s Grotto. The programme is still to come (The Bull Theatre). Our Christmas Fayre page has parking and last year’s line-up, and Santa’s grotto in Barnet covers the grotto.
  • Aliens Love Panta Claus, Tuesday 8 December to Sunday 3 January, artsdepot Pentland Theatre. From £15. artsdepot’s own Christmas show, 55 minutes with no interval, for ages 3 and up, with relaxed, audio-described and BSL performances in the run (artsdepot).
  • Rapunzel, Saturday 12 to Thursday 24 December, artsdepot Studio Theatre. From £13.75. A 50-minute show with no interval, recommended for ages 3 to 11, with a relaxed and a BSL performance in the run (artsdepot). Every Christmas show in the borough is on our Barnet pantomime page.
  • Barnet FC v Northampton Town, Saturday 12 December, 3pm, The Hive Stadium, Edgware. League Two (Barnet FC).
  • Jazz Noël: A Swinging Christmas Show, Saturday 19 December, 7.45pm, artsdepot Studio Theatre. From £19. Christmas jazz, 1 hour 50 minutes with an interval (artsdepot).

Regular events

  • Oak Hill parkrun, every Saturday, 9am, Oak Hill Park, East Barnet; the next is on 14 November. Free, register once before your first run. A 5k of two and three-quarter laps, with toilets and a cafe by the Church Hill Road entrance (parkrun).
  • artsdepot’s weekly groups: the Creative Circle for over-55s meets on Monday mornings and the artsdepot Dance Company for over-55s on Friday mornings, both booked through the artsdepot box office on 020 8369 5454.

Getting there

artsdepot sits above the bus station at Tally Ho Corner, a short walk from West Finchley and Woodside Park on the Northern line. The Bull Theatre is at 68 High Street, EN5 5SJ, and High Barnet station is the nearest tube; the theatre’s how to get here page has the walking route. For StoneX, the nearest tube is Mill Hill East; Colindale is the stop for the RAF Museum. Our parking in Barnet page has the council car park tariffs, and Barnet roadworks and travel has the current closures.

This page is rewritten as organisers confirm new dates. It was last checked against every source on 7 November 2026. Dates and times can still change, so use the links before you travel. More in our What’s On section.

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