Annual lantern festival saw Sheffield come together for another year of celebration
Sheffield’s annual lantern festival returned for the 16th year on 7th April with another successful night seeing over 3000 people watching the parade, showcasing their lanterns, and celebrating the community.
This year saw the lantern festival themed ‘Disco at the End of the Universe’, with everyone successfully pulling off out of this world, move-busting colourful lanterns.
One attendee, Daniel Bustamante, an artist and sculptor, spoke out about his perspective with the lantern festival: ‘In our society we don’t think about where we’re going. What we need is something to make us think.
‘The idea occurred to me - why dont I say something against war.’
CAN aim to bring creativity and arts to the streets of Sheffield and is run entirely by volunteers and donations from the public. They also run free lantern-making workshops each year leading up to the event in April.
This year saw the lantern festival themed ‘Disco at the End of the Universe’, with everyone successfully pulling off out of this world, move-busting colourful lanterns.
One attendee, Daniel Bustamante, an artist and sculptor, spoke out about his perspective with the lantern festival: ‘In our society we don’t think about where we’re going. What we need is something to make us think.
‘The idea occurred to me - why dont I say something against war.’
Set up by Creative Action Network in 2004 to mark the first anniversary of the end of the Iraq war, Sharrow Lantern Festival has since gained increasing popularity.
CAN aim to bring creativity and arts to the streets of Sheffield and is run entirely by volunteers and donations from the public. They also run free lantern-making workshops each year leading up to the event in April.
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