Beeston’s annual Lantern Festival will be lighting up locations around Beeston on Friday 13 December … and everyone is invited.
The festival will include: festive music and drama, a new creative competition, community awards, free hot food, real farm animals and thousands of twinkling lights.
The event begins at 4:15pm with three local gatherings at St Luke’s Church on Malvern Road, St Mary’s Church on Town Street and Rowland Road Social Club. People are invited to join at each location to meet real donkeys, and enjoy a Christmas activity, music, light refreshments and the start of the Christmas story.
At 5pm everyone is invited to parade through the community from the three locations, led by donkeys, to a larger event at Cross Flatts Park. The park will be sparkling with lights and includes free hot food for everyone and a gift for every child.
The event will include a dramatic retelling of the Christmas story, a children’s choir, new special performances, a Carol Service with the Salvation Army Band and community awards. Yorkshire Contemporary and others will be leading creative activities. The event will finish at 6:30pm.
This year we are running a special competition to make an angel. We are inviting anyone to enter: individuals, families, schools or community groups. Entrants should bring their angel along to Cross Flatts Park on Friday 13 December at 5.30pm. The first prize is a £50 shopping voucher, with a runner up prize of £20 voucher.
As ever we would love people from all corners of our community to come together to celebrate Christmas at the Lantern Festival. Please join us and share with your family, friends and neighbours.
You can find more information on Facebook @LanternFestivalLS11
This post was written by Alex Fleming
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