For two nights in January, several areas of the City of London will be lit up in a new sound and light festival.
Vibrance will feature more than a dozen artworks across five locations, transformed by artists, designers and performers from the Guildhall School.
The shows will be free to attend and take place on Thursday 29th and Friday 30th January 2026 from 5:30 to 8:30pm.
It’s likely to be best to walk the route in the following order – starting at Guildhall, and ending at Milton Court, just north of the Barbican Arts Centre (and close to Moorgate tube station). Across the festival, they say there will be refreshments, offering seasonal food and drinks.
Guildhall Yard: a large-scale projection sequence will illuminate one of the City’s most historic sites, including one experimental performance fusing opera and electronic music where a live singer performs in front of the Guildhall, wearing an audio-responsive costume.
St Alphage London Wall & Garden: an interactive installation that combines projections and subtle electroacoustic soundscapes that respond to the audience’s movements.
Salters’ Garden: a sonic installation, guiding audiences along a hidden route of speakers woven through the greenery to create a spatial audio experience.
St Giles’ Cripplegate (Barbican estate): an Extended Reality (XR) installation, where sound, light and Virtual Reality (VR) technology merge for an otherworldly effect.
Milton Court: a series of visual lightworks created by Guildhall School’s Digital Design & Production artists, reflecting on inner-city life and its impact on the human experience.
