BEACON SPRING CELEBRATION OF LIGHT 2026
5:30p - GATHER - Polhill Park - Main Street & South Ave, Beacon NY.
Bring yourself! Bring your group! Bring your homemade lanterns! Line up and kick off the walk!
6:00p - PARADE - Beacon Main Street
Walk the length of Main Street with light and music and cheer!
6:30p - CELEBRATE - The YARD - 4 Hanna Lane
Display our lanterns. Drink tea and eat tasty morsels around the fire. Help us send off last year’s snake lantern and welcome in this year’s HORSE!!! Dress warm but be ready to dance to the music the DJ plays. Celebrate the light in the darkness together!
Lantern Decorating Session at the Beacon Farmers’ Market
Come decorate your own lanterns for the parade at Beacon Farmers’ Market! We’ll bring the materials, you bring the inspiration!
It is cooold out! We got you. Stop by our table to grab a LANTERN DECORATING KITS and decorate at home! One kit per person while supplies last. All free!
If you can’t make it to this event, we encourage families and kids to gather together and make their own lanterns and help us light up the evening on February 21st!
Lantern Decorating Session at the Desmond-Fish Public Library
Join us for a lantern-decorating session at the Desmond-Fish Public Library in Garrison, NY. We’ll bring the materials, you bring the inspiration!
Registration recommended.
Lantern Decorating Session at the Howland Library
At the Howland Library Community Room in collaboration with the Howland Library.
Come decorate your own lanterns for the parade! We’ll bring the materials, you bring the inspiration!
If you can’t make it to this event, we encourage families and kids to gather together and make their own lanterns and help us light up the evening on February 21st!
Space is limited. Register in advance here!
Lantern Decorating Session at the Newburgh Free Library
Join us for a lantern-decorating session at the Newburgh Free Library in Newburgh, NY. We’ll bring the materials, you bring the inspiration!
Please register in advance.
Beacon Spring Celebration of Light
5:30p - GATHER - Polhill Park - Main Street & South Ave, Beacon NY.
Bring yourself! Bring your group! Bring your homemade lanterns! Line up and kick off the walk!
6:00p - PARADE - Beacon Main Street
Walk the length of Main Street with light and music and cheer!
6:30p - CELEBRATE - The YARD - 4 Hanna Lane
Display our lanterns. Drink tea and eat tasty morsels around the fire. Help us send off last year’s dragon lantern and welcome in this year’s SNAKE!!! Dress warm but be ready to dance to the music the DJ plays. Celebrate the light in the darkness together!
Lantern-Making Workshop at Songbird at Amity Arts Center
Join us for a lantern-making workshop at Songbird at Amity Arts Center, in the basement of First Presbyterian Church.
Due to the space, we are asking you to register for one of the first two sessions, but there should be plenty of lanterns for everyone!
Lantern-Making Workshop at Newburgh Free Library
Join us for a lantern-making workshop at the Newburgh Free Library in Newburgh, NY.
Lantern-Making Workshop at Howland Public Library (2 Sessions)
Join us for a lantern-making workshop at the Howland Public Library in Beacon, NY. There will be two workshop sessions in this workshop event: from 1–2pm and 2–3pm.
Lantern-Making Workshop at Desmond-Fish Public Library
Join us for a lantern-making workshop at the Desmond-Fish Public Library in Garrison, NY.
Beacon Spring Celebration of Light!
5:30p - GATHER - Polhill Park - Main Street & South Ave, Beacon NY.
Bring yourself! Bring your group! Bring your homemade lanterns! Line up and kick off the walk!
6:00p - PARADE - Beacon Main Street
Walk the length of Main Street with light and music and cheer, joined by the Street Beat Brass Band!
6:30p - CELEBRATE - The YARD - 4 Hanna Lane
Display our lanterns. Drink tea and eat tasty morsels around the fire. Help us send off last year’s rabbit lantern and welcome in this year’s DRAGON!!! Dress warm but be ready to dance to the music the DJ plays. Celebrate the light in the darkness together!
Lantern Making at the Beacon Farmers Market
Come make your own lanterns for the parade at Beacon Farmers Market! We’ll bring the materials, you bring the inspiration!
If you can’t make it to this event, we encourage families and kids to gather together and make their own lanterns and help us light up the evening on February 24th!
Lantern Making at the Howland Library Community Room
At the Howland Library Community Room in collaboration with the Howland Library. Register here.
Come make your own lanterns for the parade! We’ll bring the materials, you bring the inspiration!
If you can’t make it to this event, we encourage families and kids to gather together and make their own lanterns and help us light up the evening on February 24th!
Lantern Making at the Howland Library Community Room
At the Howland Library Community Room in collaboration with the Howland Library. Register here.
Come make your own lanterns for the parade! We’ll bring the materials, you bring the inspiration!
If you can’t make it to this event, we encourage families and kids to gather together and make their own lanterns and help us light up the evening on February 24th!