Church Road Lantern Parade - Workshops Available to Book NOW :

We are pleased to let you know that Church Road Lantern Parade Publicity is printed and being distributed through book bags and community venues this week and next! ITS GOING TO BE WILD is the theme for this year’s parade which will be taking place on Saturday December 6th at 4.30pm. There are loads of workshops and Nature talks to get involved in.

Check out our ticketing link here for lantern workshop bookings: https://buytickets.at/thelamplighters

Our next FREE Public Event is the Owl and Bird of Prey Talk on SUNDAY 5th OCTOBER 10am in St George Park - Please meet at The Beehive Centre at 10 am… Everyone is welcome and those participating on the walk are invited to a free community lunch following the talk. This talk leads into design work for the following weekend where on SUNDAY 19th OCTOBER you can book onto an Owl and Bird of Prey Willow Lantern Workshop at The Beehive Centre. Booking essential!

FREE (donations welcomed) BIG BUILD lantern Workshops will also be happening at Travelling Light studios over half term. Booking IS Essential: https://buytickets.at/thelamplighters

There will be a mini light up event in Ducie Road, Pocket Park at the end of the three afternoons at 5pm both to help get you ready for the big day and in the mood for Halloween...

Big lanterns will be made in the following local schools...Summerhill Academy, St Patricks School, Redfield Educate Together and Barton Hill Primary. We would love to offer all the schools a lantern workshop programme but we are challenged by funding. Please do book on workshops to join in, if your family's school is not covered - Family workshops are happening at Travelling Light Studio - Barton Hill, The Beehive Centre, Meadowvale Community Centre and St George Community Centre - Booking essential : https://buytickets.at/thelamplighters

Lantern Kits are coming back and will be available to purchase at each workshop, please buy early! As we get close to the event we run out of time to make more.... Alternative purchase locations will be made available over the next few days.

ADULTS you can join in the fun too! Book onto our BIG LANTERN SOCIAL workshops and meet new friends and old! https://buytickets.at/thelamplighters

Make a diary date for the Mushrooms and Fungi Walk with Mendip Ranger and keen amateur mycologist Nathan Orr on November 8th. Bookings open 4 weeks in advance on the Friends Of Troopers Hill website events2025@troopers-hill.org.uk

Can we please ask the community to help us by putting up the poster inside the publicity booklet to help us advertise the event and to pleaseshare social media post as this significantly keeps our marketing costs down at a time when we all feel financially challenged.

We are thankfull to all our community crowfunder donations which have enabled this project to happen alongside the doubled donations of the Aviva Community Fund, Bristol City Council for the ongoing support of Lamplighter Arts Cic through the Imagination fund and the National Lotteries Community Programme. Thanks to BOP DJ a pro DJ and audio supplier with a branch in Old Market - for sponsoring a music section. Thank you! 

We are still looking for some additional music sponsorship so if you are an interested local business please get in touch at info@thelamplighters.org.uk

We hope you really enjoy this season of darkness in our community, join in, make a lantern, light up and have fun . we look forward to welcoming you all at a workshop or an event really soon.