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Britain’s Most Spectacular Winter Lantern Festival Returns to Celebrate Culture, Wildlife and Collective Hope
土曜日 6 12月 2025 | ドーバー, ケント
The coastal town of Dover is set to glow this winter as hundreds of lanterns, giant puppets, and illuminated artworks light up the streets for Dover’s Winter Lantern Festival (DWLF) 2025 – a free, family celebration of community, creativity, and conservation.
Now in its fifth year, DWLF has become one of the UK’s most distinctive winter festivals. Organised by social enterprise, 未来の鋳造所 と ドーバータウン協議会, it unites local artists, organisations and residents in a stunning night-time spectacle that celebrates Dover’s culture, heritage, and environment.
A Celebration of Renewal, Community and Creativity
で 5.30午後 上の 土曜日 6 December from Pencester Gardens, hundreds of hand-made lanterns will illuminate the streets as local families, school pupils and volunteers parade through Dover to the sound of drums, including Dover’s new homegrown Samba band. The day of festivities begins in マーケット広場 (10アム – 3午後) with live music, crafts, circus workshops and an artisan market, before continuing in Pencester園 (3午後 – 7:30午後) with street food, DJs, dance, and a vibrant youth market.
ドーバー: A Model for Collective Local Action
未来の鋳造所’s mission to empower young people and nurture creative leaders has helped spark a wave of positive change in Dover. The town has embraced a distinctive model of collaboration – one that unites artists, 住民, and organisations in collective action – and it’s working.
From the award-winning ブルームのドーバー プロジェクト, which won three top prizes at the RHS South East in Bloom Awards 2025, to landmark events like the Winter Lantern Parade, Dover’s community-driven approach is reshaping its cultural identity and inspiring pride in the town’s creativity and collective spirit.
Up to 20 schools, colleges, community groups, plus members of the public will create more than 500 star lanterns made of paper and willow for this year’s festival.
Everyone can make a star lantern. Public Workshops are free and open to all. Book your place ここに.
土曜日 22 11月 & 土曜日 29 11月 チャールトン センター, 41 ハイストリート, ドーバー, CT16 1TT
日曜日 23 11月 & 日曜日 30 11月 ビギンホール, Bigginストリート, ドーバー, CT16 1BD
水曜日 3 12月 St James Shopping Centre, St James Street, ドーバー, CT16 1QD
New Giant Wildlife Puppets Tell a Story of Hope
At the heart of this year’s spectacle are a series of breathtaking giant wildlife lanterns, commissioned by Dover Town Council and designed and built by Future Foundry’s trained team of Dover-based artists Rainna Erbas, Jessica Martindale and Amelia Johnson, in collaboration with Lisa Oulton and master puppeteer, James Frost.
The lanterns represent recently returned creatures to Dover’s unique coastal and chalkland landscapes – the Tawny Owl, オオネズミミミコウモリ, Dover Twist Moth and Woodcock – thanks to the extraordinary efforts of local conservation organisations.
“Our four new giant flying lanterns have wing spans of over 5 メートル! Sculpted from tissue and willow, they each need over 50 metres of LED lights and will be carried by one of our 50 ボランティア. 私たちの 16 spectacular wildlife lanterns promise a display every bit as magical as any you’ll find across the UK. We want people to feel proud of Dover – proud of our creativity, our young people, and our beautiful environment. We’ve achieved so much in our town recently and the Lantern Festival gives us all a chance to come together and celebrate that.” リサ・オールトン, Director, 未来の鋳造所
“Dover Town Council is proud to partner with Future Foundry for Dover’s Winter Lantern Festival that has become a shining symbol of what our town can achieve when we come together. This year’s celebration of our local wildlife and landscape is especially meaningful, reminding us of the beauty that surrounds us and the community spirit that protects it. We are incredibly proud to support this event and invite everyone to join us for a magical evening that truly belongs to Dover.” 評議員エドワード・ビッグス, ドーバー市長
To volunteer or get involved contact: office@futurefoundry.org.uk
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