Illuminate Rotherhithe & Bermondsey returns in Autumn 2025

Make your own lanterns at free workshops in local schools, libraries and community centres during October and November and then join us in The Blue Market, Bermondsey, from 4pm on Friday 21st November 2025 for a spectacular lantern procession to Southwark Park Bandstand.

Lantern Workshop to be announced on this website soon. If you have venue you’d like us to visit please get in touch

Illuminate Rotherhithe and Bermondsey ia a free annual festival for, by and with local people inspired by the histories of the Thames, the Docks, Migration, and the Mayflower story