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.

Free Lantern Workshop

Tuesday 28th October 10.30am – 1pm Blue Anchor Library
Saturday 1st November 12noon – 3pm The Blue Market
Friday 7th November 6pm – 9pm 2025 Wade Hall
Saturday 8th November 12noon – 3pm The Blue Market
More to be announced…

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