08/25/2026
It’s baaaack! The Old Southwest Halloween Lantern Festival & Parade is Saturday Oct 24. 👻🎃🏮💀
The festival will take place on the Alexander-Gish House lawn with the parade winding through Highland Park.
We’ve got amazing collaborators this year, including Scrap Collective Art Project Roanoke Art in Roanoke Daisy Art Parade .
Look for pre-festival workshop info coming soon!
Along with the parade, the festival will have local vendors, food trucks, Spooky DJ music, a last minute lantern workshop, street performers, dancing, a community altar de mu***os, and the night will end with a giant shadow puppet, music, dance improv performance.
Start thinking about your costume/lantern creations now! And if you are a musician who is interested in playing in the parade, please DM us.