Get your lanterns ready for the Sandy Springs 2025 Take it to the River Lantern Parade! This community event takes place on Saturday, April 5th — which gives you a bit of time to pick up a lantern kit and customize your lantern.
Everyone is welcome to walk in the parade, which kicks off at the Steel Canyon Golf Club and continues through Morgan Falls Overlook Park to the Chattahoochee River — where water lanterns will sparkle on the water, including a 26-foot long albino alligator!
The parade steps off at 8:15 p.m.
Come early for pre-parade parade activities in the Steel Canyon Golf Club parking lot!
From 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. you can enjoy food trucks, entertainment, and children’s activities — details below.
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Steel Canyon Golf Club is located at 460 Morgan Falls Road in Sandy Springs.
If you don’t want to march with the parade, you can watch from a spot on the parade, anywhere along Morgan Falls Road.
NEW this year: An immersive display of larger-than-life lanterns at Morgan Falls Overlook Park — including Alice, the 25-foot albino alligator!
Parking & shuttle info just below — and the info is new in 2025, so please know where to park!
Pre-Parade Block Party
Before the parade begins, families gather to eat, dance, and have fun!
Before the sun sets, you can enjoy a live DJ and food trucks, in the parking lot at Steel Canyon Golf Club.
Pre-parade activities begin at 6:00 p.m. and continue until parade step off at 8:15 p.m.)
More info on Block Party
Food trucks will be on site.
Parking & shuttles
All vehicles must park at the designated lot, which is yet to be announced.
Make a lantern
Pick up a lantern kit, download a free lantern template, or design your own. There are lots of easy lantern-making ideas and free downloadable lantern prints at Chantelle’s Lantern Ideas & Inspiration page!
Note that only LED battery powered lights are allowed — no flames.
Lantern kits are available for purchase — find info here.
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