Each year on a dark, gloomy January evening, 2,000+ residents, artists, musicians, MP and local Councillors, join together to illuminate the streets to promote and celebrate togetherness and hope for the new year to celebrate Bedminster Winter Lantern Parade.

Hundreds of lanterns lovingly created by members of the community light up the sky, including Excalibur’s very own Ashton Vale Primary, Compass Point Primary and Luckwell Primary.

As the Bristol Samba band approaches, excitement builds for spectators as they hear the music and wait to be delighted by the lanterns, big and small, in all shapes and sizes.

But the story doesn’t start there. For months leading up to the event, the Parade’s artists engage with all kinds of community groups and local businesses to help them plan and bring to life their ideas, helping develop their creative, teamwork and personal skills whilst having fun.

Source: https://www.lanternparade.org/