Get Involved

Lantern Making Workshops

Our Lantern Making workshops are run by professional practitioners from Same Sky.

Working with willow, withe and tissue paper, participants create animal inspired lanterns ready to be illuminated at the parade.

Public Workshops

Our public workshops are held at Norden Farm and in Maidenhead Town Centre in the run up to the event.

This year's public workshops take place on the following dates:

Saturday 18 November | Maidenhead Town Centre | 10am – 4pm

Sunday 19 November | Norden Farm | 11am – 1pm & 2pm – 4pm

Saturday 25 November | Maidenhead Town Centre | 10am – 4pm

Sunday 26 November | Norden Farm | 11am – 1pm & 2pm – 4pm

Saturday 2 December | Maidenhead Town Centre | 10am – 4pm

Sunday 3 December | Norden Farm | 11am – 1pm & 2pm – 4pm

Saturday 9 December | Last Chance Workshop, Maidenhead Library | 11am – 2pm

Workshops cost £4 per person and pre booking is highly recommended.

For lantern making workshops, each person attending the session needs to buy a ticket. This includes supervising adults.

Take a look at our Lantern Making Workshop FAQs here!

The public workshops are suitable for all the family.

Community Groups

Each year we offer a number of workshops to local community groups.

This year we are working with Family Friends, Maidenhead Innovation Project and Thames Valley Adventure Playground.

If you have a community group which you think would benefit from a Community Lantern Making Workshop in 2017 please get in touch.

School Groups

As part of the Lantern Parade project we offer subsidised workshops to local primary schools in the weeks before the parade.

Workshops are suitable for KS2 and SEN students, and take place at your school. The sessions are run by professional arts practitioners, who are DBS checked.

During these hands on workshops students create withe and tissue animal inspired lanterns. The workshops allow children to develop 3D visual skills and experience working with different materials in your school environment.

All schools taking part in these exciting workshops are encouraged to come along with friends and family to see their hard work light up the town during the Parade on Saturday 9 December.

Schools workshops cost: £135 donation towards having one full day workshop in your school. (Lantern Parade workshops do not form part of the SMR Farm Out allocation.)

School Workshop bookings are taken directly through Same Sky, but to register you interest, or for more information please email robyn.bunyan@nordenfarm.org

The Parade

This year’s Carnival of the Animals Lantern Parade takes place on Saturday 9 December.

You don’t need to have a lantern to take part! – just come on down, enjoy the music, walk the parade and celebrate with the town.

• 4.30pm - Live music and entertainment
• 5pm - Parade departs from Maidenhead Town Hall
• 5.45pm – 6.15pm - Live music and entertainment continues

all times tbc

Live Entertainment

Keep an eye on the website for exciting updates about 2017's entertainment!

The After Party

Join us at Norden Farm on Thursday 14 December 2017 to relive the Lantern Parade.

A chance to share photos, videos and chat about the event.

Join us for drinks and buffet to look back on the Carnival of the Animals Lantern Parade – everyone welcome!

Share your photos and videos with us, and see them on the big screen with everyone else’s memories.

Email your photos and videos to robyn.bunyan@nordenfarm.org

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Volunteer

We are always looking for proactive volunteers that can help at the event, and keep the parade moving.

Last year we were joined by around 1200 people on the parade, and expect more people to take part in 2017.

If you would like to get involved on parade day, please get in touch – email robyn.bunyan@nordenfarm.org

(Video credit Mike Swift, Berkshire Media)