Lighthouse

Lighthouse Support artists using digital technology & help people succeed in the creative & cultural industries.

Lighthouse is a Brighton-based arts charity that supports artists who use digital technology in their work and helps people find routes into and succeed within the creative and cultural industries. From our central Brighton venues, we offer education and talent development programmes, commission artists to make and present new work, and produce exhibitions, talks and residencies. We have two key

talent development programmes for underrepresented young creatives - Lighthouse Young Creatives and Future Creative Leaders. In 2024 we opened the Lighthouse Project Space, Brighton’s first public, youth-led art space. It provides young creatives with a dynamic, multipurpose space to produce, create, perform, showcase and collaborate on artistic projects.

23/05/2026

'What kind of person does the future need more of?'

This is just one of many questions our Future Creative Leaders have been exploring through their 'We, Generate' programme of events for

We've had three events so far and we're finishing up with a youth takeover at Brighton Dome Studio Theatre this bank holiday Monday.

Continue the thinking with us at 'Celebrating Humanity, Hopefully' featuring:

GO BACK AND GET IT: EXPLORING SANKOFA 💚

With Fez Sibanda, and

&

CELEBRATING HUMANITY, HOPEFULLY 🎶

With .co.uk

📣Grab you £5 tickets - link in our bio 🔥

We, Generate is the culmination of a month-long series of Future Creative Leaders events across Brighton Festival, each asking the same question:

What does it look like to activate—not just inspire—young people’s hopeful imagination?

Part of our Future Creative Leaders (FCL), We, Generate programme for Brighton Festival 2026.

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💫 Many thanks to our funders & partners Chalk Cliff Trust, ,

22/05/2026

This sunny bank holiday weekend, are bringing you the vibes at our youth takeover over event, closing out this year's Brighton Festival.

Our Future Creative Leaders have lined up the legendary South London collective to join us in 'Celebrating Humanity, Hopefully'. This is a one-off gig, part of their We, Generate programme for

If you’ve never experienced Steam Down before, you do NOT want to miss this.

Known for their genre-defying live sets and for turning every room into something electric, Steam Down creates music that’s improvised, alive and completely in the moment. No two sets are ever the same. It’s jazz, soul, movement, connection, and the kind of energy you feel long after it ends.

Come as you are. Bring your people. Together let’s celebrate humanity, hopefully 💛

Tickets just £5 - booking link in our bio 🔥
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Steam Down is a British Afro-Punk band, weekly event and music community based in London, England, and founded by producer Ahnansé in 2017. In a finely tuned alchemy of sound, space and energy, Steam Down have mastered the art of enriching human emotional, social and collective state of being through music.

Known for immersive, spontaneous performances, they’ve become a defining force in London’s jazz scene, winning two Jazz FM Awards and selling out venues including Ronnie Scott’s and Blue Note New York. Collaborating with artists like Sampa The Great and Nubya Garcia, their acclaimed releases include Free My Skin, Etcetera and debut album I Realised It Was Me.

​This event is part of our Future Creative Leaders (FCL), We, Generate programme for Brighton Festival 2026.

💫 Many thanks to our funders & partners Chalk Cliff Trust, and .

21/05/2026

It’s your last chance to catch Lighthouse's youth-led events at Brighton Festival. Come on down to Brighton Dome Studio Theatre on bank holiday Monday. We have two events for you!

GO BACK AND GET IT: EXPLORING SANKOFA 💚
With Fez Sibanda, and

CELEBRATING HUMANITY, HOPEFULLY 🎶
With .co.uk and

📣Grab your £5 tickets - link in Lighthouse bio 🔥

We, Generate is the culmination of a month-long series of events from Lighthouse’s Future Creative Leaders across Brighton Festival, each asking the same question:

What does it look like to activate—not just inspire—young people’s hopeful imagination?

💫 Many thanks to our funders & partners Chalk Cliff Trust, , , , and

Join us for Part II of Celebrating Humanity, Hopefully. This is gonna be a huge night of music, art and energy as Lighth...
20/05/2026

Join us for Part II of Celebrating Humanity, Hopefully. This is gonna be a huge night of music, art and energy as Lighthouse’s Future Creative Leaders take over Brighton Dome Studio Theatre, closing out Brighton Festival.

We’re hyped to welcome the brilliant STEAM DOWN to headline the evening. They'll be joined by local performing poets and musicians Pabz, Hutch and Airz. Plus DJ sets from Joycelyn Longdon, Lovellious and Elsa Yeah! Together they’re bringing the sounds to keep the energy moving all evening.

The lobby will be filled with artwork created by young people through workshops with Art in Mind, turning the whole building into a celebration of creativity, connection and possibility.

Expect big sounds, good people, and a truly special atmosphere.

Come as you are. Bring your people. Together let’s celebrate humanity, hopefully 💛

Grab you £5 tickets - link in our bio and in comments🔥

​Part of our Future Creative Leaders (FCL), We, Generate programme for Brighton Festival 2026.

💫 Many thanks to our funders & partners Innovate UK Chalk Cliff Trust, Sussex Community Foundation Enjoolata Foundation and Brighton Festival.

Introducing your panel for Go Back and Get It: Exploring Sankofa next Monday, 25 May at Brighton Dome Studio for Brighto...
19/05/2026

Introducing your panel for Go Back and Get It: Exploring Sankofa next Monday, 25 May at Brighton Dome Studio for Brighton Festival 2026.

Mikaela Loach is an author, climate justice organiser, and speaker recognised by major media as a leading climate voice. Named one of Prospect magazine’s 2024 “World’s Top Thinkers,” she co-directs AWETHU School of Organising, is a The Safina Center junior fellow, and has built a 300,000-strong online community.

Dr. Joycelyn Longdon is an award-winning environmental justice technologist, communicator and PhD Candidate at the University of Cambridge. Her PhD research centres on the design of justice-led conservation technologies for monitoring biodiversity with local forest communities in Ghana – essentially Shazam for nature.

Naiya is a local storyteller, community leader and is a Lighthouse Future Creative Leader. As an artist he pushes the boundaries of music and storytelling. His debut project “LSS” (Long Story Short) marked a defining chapter in his career, offering listeners a deep dive into his world. Naiya is deeply inspired by his lived experience, he aims to inspire and inform through his own personal growth, discipline and self-belief.

Dr Felize Sibanda is an Assistant Professor in Education at the University of Sussex. Her research focuses on race, coloniality and higher education. Fez is particularly interested in how marginalised groups experience education. She is also a consultant at Lighthouse, supporting the Pathways not Projects programme and is a Lighthouse Future Creative Leader.

🗓️ Monday 25 May, 2026
⏱️ Doors 1.30 PM & Event 2 - 3.30 PM
📍Brighton Dome Studio
🎟️ £5 - booking required - link in bio 🔥
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Part of our Future Creative Leaders (FCL), We, Generate programme for Brighton Festival 2026.

💫 Many thanks to our funders & partners Innovate UK Chalk Cliff Trust, Sussex Community Foundation Enjoolata Foundation and Brighton Festival

Celebrating Humanity, HopefullyAs part of Lighthouse’s city-wide We, Generate programme, our Future Creative Leaders tak...
19/05/2026

Celebrating Humanity, Hopefully

As part of Lighthouse’s city-wide We, Generate programme, our Future Creative Leaders take over Brighton Dome Studio Theatre for an evening celebrating community, creativity and collective imagination.

As night falls, the space transforms.

Headlining the evening are Steam Down — the genre-defying collective known for turning every room into a congregation. They’ll be joined by local artists and DJs for an improvised, intergenerational gathering of music and connection. Featuring Hutch, Jocelyn Longdon, Elsa, Lovellious + more.




Expect jazz, soul, spontaneity and sweat.

Beyond the stage, the lobby becomes a living gallery of artwork created by young people throughout the festival in collaboration with Art in Mind.

This is not a showcase. It's a gathering.

We, Generate is the culmination of a month-long series of Future Creative Leaders events across Brighton Festival, each asking the same question:
What does it look like to activate—not just inspire—young people’s hopeful imagination?

Come as you are.
Leave activated.

Part of our Future Creative Leaders (FCL), We, Generate programme for Brighton Festival 2026.

💫 Many thanks to our funders & partners Chalk Cliff Trust, and

GO BACK AND GET IT: EXPLORING SANKOFAWhat happens when a generation chooses to look back, not with nostalgia, but with p...
19/05/2026

GO BACK AND GET IT: EXPLORING SANKOFA

What happens when a generation chooses to look back, not with nostalgia, but with purpose?

Led by researcher and cultural strategist Fez Sibanda, this live inquiry explores what wisdom has been left behind, what tools already exist, and what it means to activate hope and not just hold it.

Joining the conversation:

✨ - activist, author and campaigner for climate and racial justice

✨ - environmental justice technologist, writer and founder of Climate in Colour

✨ - local storyteller and community leader

Together with young voices from Brighton's grassroots creative communities, they'll explore inheritance, imagination and the courage to reimagine - live, in dialogue with the room.

Through collective writing and audience contribution, we’ll create a living manifesto: a declaration of intent, shaped in the moment by the people in the room.

The writings will be on the wall. Literally.

🗓️ Monday 25 May 2026
⏱️ Doors 1.30 PM & Event 2 - 3.30 PM
📍 Brighton Dome Studio Theatre
🎟️ £5 - booking required - link in bio 🔥
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Part of our Future Creative Leaders (FCL), We, Generate programme for Brighton Festival 2026.

💫 Many thanks to our funders & partners Chalk Cliff Trust, and

What happens when the industry model doesn’t fit the artist? You build a new one.TONIGHT Come on down to The Old Market....
13/05/2026

What happens when the industry model doesn’t fit the artist? You build a new one.

TONIGHT Come on down to The Old Market. This is a rare chance to hear directly from Ren and the team around him shaping one of the most innovative independent artist projects today.

Together we’ll be exploring what it really takes to build an artist outside the traditional industry model, and with care at the centre.

This is a conversation for artists, creatives, and anyone rethinking how culture gets made.

CTRL/ALT-ESCAPE: Building Around the Artist
🗓️ Weds 13 May 2026
⏱️ Doors 6 PM & Event 6.30 - 8 PM
📍The Old Market
🎟️ £5 - booking required - https://luma.com/t77tirol

Part of our Future Creative Leaders (FCL), We, Generate programme for Brighton Festival 2026.

💫 Many thanks to our funders & partners Innovate UK, Chalk Cliff Trust, Sussex Community Foundation Enjoolata Foundation Brighton Festival and The Old Market

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