The Festival Program and Parade Map

 

Kids Arts Space

10.00am – 4.00pm

• Lantern decorating; • The Illuminated Mural;
• Community Weave; • Hand Flags;
• Gutter Weave; • Spider Weave
• The Five Elements Mosaics;
• The Story Tree with Jenni Cargil

Corner of Magellan & Carrington Streets;

Play Space                       

11am – 4.00pm

• Jumping Castle, Laughing Clowns. Take great care crossing the road!                     

Molesworth Street/Transit Centre

Roland’s Treasure Hunt

10.00 am – 4.00pm                  

• Answer the questions and follow the map from participating shops – look for the bright yellow poster. Free for kids up to 13 years. Everyone wins!

 Lismore CBD – start at Magellan Street

Market deLight 

11am - 10.30 pm

• Arts, Crafts, Fair Trade and Regional Cuisine, showing off the Creative Northern Rivers                                            

Carrington Street

The Carrington Street Stage           

2.00pm – 10.30pm

• Laid back grooves, funky tap dancers, talent quest, and hip hop a musical back drop to the Market deLight

Carrington Street

Winter Warmers                         

4.00pm – 8.00pm

• Hot Food Stalls for a winter’s night, prepared by local Community Groups and Charities, fundraising for their organisations.

Riverside Park

The Enchanted Window               

All day

• Take time to walk around the block and see the beautiful window displays created with lights and lanterns on the theme Dreamscapes. Congratulations to everyone who particpated, you are ALL winners - lighting the heart of Lismore.

Lismore CBD

Ceremonial Gates Open              

4.00pm

• Entry by GOLD COINS or paper donation. Please give generously. Remember to bring something to sit on!!

Riverside Park, Victoria Street

Lantern Parade - Dreamscapes           

5.30pm

• Larger than life illuminated sculptures; 100s of candle lit lanterns; Samba Blisstas;Lismore Pipe Band; the Clunes Guitar Band; Lismore City Concert Band; African Drum Ensemble; Redland Shire Ladies Drum Corps; The Belly Dancers; The Future Dreaming Troupe; RRHS Carnival Dancers;

Magellan Street, Molesworth Street to Riverside Park

Fiery Finale – Awakening               

6.45pm – 7.30 pm

• A spectacular music, theatre, fire event,  featuring giant illuminated puppets, fire-art, original score, 12m high fire-breathing dragons, pyrotechnics and firework display
• Entry by donation, bring blankets to sit on

Riverside Park, Victoria Street

The Great Street Party               

7.30pm – 10.30 pm

• Grab a meal in a local eatery then let party headliners Stipsky get your hearts pumping and your cheeks glowing as you dance the night away!

Carrington Street

Road Closures

The streets on the Parade Route will commence closing at 4.45pm, all streets will re open by 6.30pm. Carrington Street and Ballina Bridge Boat Ramp Car Park will be closed ALL day Sat 21 June

People with Special Needs

People with Special Needs or Disabilities who want to watch the Fiery Finale should contact the Lantern Workshop by noon on Friday to make arrangements 66226333. Spaces are limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis. 

Pooches and other creatures

The Lantern Parade organisers want to ensure that local dogs and other animals are not distressed by the fireworks, we try and choose the least noisy types (not easy, they nearly all go bang!). Please lock up your pooches and do not bring them to the Fiery Finale.

Donations

The Lismore Lantern Parade is organised by an independent community organization, LightnUp Inc, whilst we receive generous support from Lismore Council and our many sponsors, the event relies on the support of you the community. By donating generously you will help us to continue to put on this wonderful event, improving each year. So come prepared to donate in the Official Donation Collectors’ Buckets during the parade or at the gates of the Fire Event, or at both places.”  The rain last year meant donations were way down and left us with a debt, so please be generous this year and remember the bucket carriers motto “LightnUp and remember notes are lighter than coins.” 

Community Lanterns  & Wishing Wells

• Our Kids sponsored by the Newcastle Permanent Building Society
• Lismore Breast Cancer Support Group sponsored by Hurfords Hardwoods
• RED Inc sponsored by the Northern Star
• Lismore and District Women’s Health Centre
• University of the 3rd Age
• Multitask
• Lismore Neighbourhood Centre
• The International Rainbow Club
• Lismore’s African Community sponsored by Lismore City Council
• Lismore Living Library sponsored by Lismore City Council
• Friends of the Koala
• Wilson’s River Land Care
• TOOT
• The Men’s Shed
• Lismore Guides
• Lismore Scouts
• Vistara Primary School
• Lismore Orgainc Market