Parade Information

Join us for Cary's 4th Annual Community Lantern Parade!

Parade will begin Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 6 p.m. and will go until 7:30 p.m.

The location of the parade will be within Cary's new Downtown Park!

Watch 2024's parade from the sky!

Video created by Digital Media

• Gather with your lanterns at 6 p.m. on the Frantz Square Lawn. Parade leaves at 6:15 p.m.
• No pets, fire, or candle-lit lanterns please!
• Music and entertainment will be announced soon!
• Food trucks will be announced soon!
• Come join the party and celebrate the change of the season!
• This event is free and open to the public
• Follow the map below to see the path everyone will take! 

Workshop Information

Academy Street Artwork Projects is excited to have internationally renowned visual teaching artist Gowri Savoor on board to lead a series of lantern-making workshops and the Under the Silver Moon Lantern parade as a part of the GLOW 2025 outdoor exhibition. 

Throughout November, December, and January, there will be several community workshops led by Gowri to create lantern structures using sustainable materials. The lanterns will be used for a community lantern parade which will be held on January 11.

Want to participate? Check out the workshop dates below and sign up today!

Learn more about artist Gowri Savoor

Can't make it to a workshop? Watch the video below to make your own lantern at home!

Workshops

All workshops will be held at Bond Park or Cary Arts Center. Sign up on RecTrac today by searching for Lantern Workshops! (You must create an account to register for a class.)

Large-Scale Workshop

Kinetic Professional Development Lantern Making Session

Sunday, October 27

10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Registration: $25 per person

Join visual teaching artists Gowri Savoor and Angelo Arnold for a fun and unique workshop to learn how to design a large scale lantern that has movable parts/sections of the lantern for Cary’s Under the Silver Moon Lantern Parade. Recommended for those taking the 2-day large-scale lantern workshop on Nov. 2 and 3. 

The experience will culminate in a celebration of light parade in Downtown Cary Park on January 11, 2025.

This class is recommended if you plan to attend the 2-day large scale workshop. You will learn how to properly design and build the skeleton of your large scale lantern.

Large Scale Lantern Workshop for Artists & Teachers (2-day)

Saturday, November 2 and Sunday, November 3

10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Registration: $50 per person

Lantern Making Workshops

Vellum Tower Lantern 

Suitable for ages 6 and up, children under 12 must be supervised by an guardian

Saturday, November 16, 10 a.m.-noon

Saturday, November 16, 1-3 p.m.

Registration: $15 per Lantern

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Rattan Sphere Lantern

Suitable for ages 8 and up, children under 12 must be supervised by an guardian

Saturday, November 9, 10 a.m.-noon

Saturday, December 9, 1-3 p.m.

Registration: $15 per Lantern

Star Lantern

Suitable for ages 8 and up, children under 12 must be supervised by an guardian

Saturday, October 26, 10 a.m.-noon 

Saturday, October 27, 1-3 p.m.

Registration: $15 per Lantern

Pyramid Lantern

Suitable for ages 10 and up, children under 12 must be supervised by an guardian

Saturday, January 4, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Sunday, January 5, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Registration: $15 per Lantern

This is a workshop series you, your family, and friends won't want to miss! Join artists Gowri Savoor and Angelo Arnold from A River of Light to make a magical lantern for Cary's annual community lantern parade. Lanterns are made from sustainable materials and can be used to illuminate your home after the parade is over! Suitable for all ages. Under the Silver Moon is part of GLOW outdoor exhibition.

In the news: A Conversation with Gowri Savoor