The 2024 Lantern Parade is on November 23rd.
The Parade will begin at the Alder Lane Beach Access and proceed north along the beach. The Parade’s ending point is Lowcountry Celebration Park.
If you are interested in hosting or finding a lantern making workshop, please email oca@hiltonheadislandsc.gov
2024 Parade Route:
If you are planning to march in the parade, please line up beginning at 4:45 PM. The parade’s starting point is near the Alder Lane beach access. The parade steps off at 5:30 PM heading north along the beach to the Coligny Beach Park, continuing along North Forest Beach Drive to Avocet and turning onto Lagoon Road. The parade’s ending point is at Lowcountry Celebration Park. Click the map below to see the route, parking areas, and shuttle location.
Join us ahead of the parade at Lowcountry Celebration Park. Food trucks (Melly Mel’s Lawyers BBQ, Taco Brown, and Palmetto Kettle Corn) and beverages will be available starting at 3 PM.
The parade is expected to begin arriving at the park around 6:30 PM.
Groove Town Assault will provide live music ahead of the parade’s arrival and at its completion.
Plan to be at the finish for the “giant lantern puppet band jam” with the large lanterns and the bands from the parade.