🏮 Parade Route: The parade is along Morgan Falls Road, beginning at the Pre-Parade Party and ending at Morgan Falls Overlook Park.
🚗 Event Parking is at 7840 Roswell Road. Cars / Rideshare are not allowed near the parade route. You must take the Shuttle (or walk).
🎉 Pre-Parade Partyis 6 - 8 p.m. Shuttles run from Event Parking to the Pre-Parade Party (Parade Start) throughout the event.
🕖 Parade Line-Up is at 7:45 p.m. Step-off is at 8:15 p.m.
🐠 After the Parade, shuttles run from Overlook Park (Parade End) to Event Parking (7840 Roswell Road). Shuttles to/from Overlook Park are only available after the parade, 9 - 10 p.m.
👀‼️ The experience for Parade Participants and Parade Viewers is a different. Read details below! ⬇️
The Flying Pig lanterns are inspired by the city's effort to incorporate in 2005, when some people said, "Sandy Springs will become a city when pigs fly!”
👟 Parade Participants
For the most fun experience, we recommend bringing a lantern! The parade is free to join, no registration is required.
Make your lantern in advance. DIY Lantern Kits will not be available at the event. Learn how to make a lantern
Parade line-up is at 7:45 p.m. at the Pre-Parade Party (Parade Start). Step-off is at 8:15 p.m. Be sure to arrive early!
If you made a Lantern Puppet, find your fellow puppeteers! We can take a big group photo right before step off.
Sanderson and his Swoop of Flying Pigs lead the parade! If you made a Flying Pig lantern, go to the front.
After the Parade, shuttles can take you from Overlook Park (Parade End) back to Event Parking.
Participants create their own unique lanterns. Who knows what lanterns will surprise and amaze you! All photos on this page are by Steve Eberhardt.
👀 Parade Viewers
To watch the parade, you must take the shuttle to the Pre-Parade Party (Parade Start). After enjoying the party, walk along Morgan Falls Road to find a viewing spot.
You can bring folding chairs or blankets to make your viewing experience more comfortable. For your safety, please remain on the sidewalk.
Do not sit or climb on the retaining walls along the route.
If you would like to view the Water Lanterns after the parade, you must walk down the road to Overlook Park. We recommend watching the lanterns in the parade go by, then walking with the crowd to Overlook Park (Parade End).
After the Parade, shuttles can take you back to Event Parking. Shuttles pick up/drop off at the Pre-Parade Party (Parade Start) and Overlook Park (Parade End, after the parade). All shuttles end at 10:00 p.m.
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The Lantern Parade is an evening filled with fantastical puppets and glowing lanterns! Families bring handcrafted lanterns, celebrate as the sun sets, then parade together down to Morgan Falls Overlook Park, right next to the Chattahoochee River!