Lantern Making Workshops: March 1 – 20, 2025 (Thursdays & Saturdays, various times)
Community Lantern Parade: March 22, 2025 | 6:30-8:30 pm
FREE to participate
REGISTER HERE for Lantern-Making Workshops
RSVP HERE to the Lantern Parade
On Spring Equinox, day and night are equal, light and dark are in perfect balance – it’s a time to rejoice! Let’s celebrate the return of the sun, of balance, and of the love that got us through the dark of another long, cold winter by filling the east end with light–inside lanterns! Back by extra popular demand and love, our program Light It Up 2025 is presented by East End Arts, Shadowland Theatre, and Workman Arts.
Now entering its fifth year, you and your family are invited to join us in this free, accessible, and fun opportunity to create your lantern of light and love, and share your lantern in our Light It Up Parade on Sunday, March 22, 2025, with people in your east end community! Please scroll down to learn how to participate in Light It Up this year!
The steps to participate are easy.
- Step 1: Make a lantern at one of our free lantern-making workshops at the Crescent Town Club and St. Matthew’s Clubhouse.
- Step 2: On Sunday, March 22nd, bring your completed lanterns to our Light It Up Lantern Parade in Dentonia Park to share some light with your east Toronto community!
ABOUT SHADOWLAND THEATRE
Shadowland Theatre’s primary focus is to work with a wide range of communities to unearth their distinctive histories, create new stories and celebrate special events. They are known for animating streets, parks, and communities with bold design sensibility and raucous theatricality. Community collaborations can take place over a number of weeks or months, culminating in large-scale, outdoor shows that leave a legacy of skills and inspiration. Shadowland works in rural and urban landscapes and has a strong commitment to environmentally-themed, site-engaged work that connects us to the rhythms of our natural world.
ABOUT WORKMAN ARTS
Workman Arts is a multidisciplinary arts organization that promotes a greater understanding of mental health and addiction issues through creation and presentation. They support artists with lived experience through peer-to-peer arts education, public presentations and partnerships with the broader arts community. Workman Arts is the longest-running multidisciplinary arts and mental health organization in Canada.
