Spontaneous Celebrations, the non-profit that hosts several of the neighborhood’s iconic events, announced late Saturday afternoon that the first night of the 2016 Lantern Parade has been cancelled.
Sunday’s parade is on, however.
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UPDATE: The soggy weather has forced Spontaneous Celebrations to cancel the Saturday night portion of this year’s Lantern Parade. Sunday is still on.
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Here’s everything you need to know to prepare for and enjoy the 33rd edition of Jamaica Plain’s iconic Lantern Parade.
The cherry trees are in bloom and the weather’s gonna be great for JP’s primary freak-flag-flying festival, Wake Up The Earth.
Dancers from Jamaica Plain’s Spontaneous Celebrations strut during the First Night parade on Dec. 31, 2014. Credit: Richard Heath
The JP community center and nonprofit that puts on such signature neighborhood events as Wake Up The Earth and the Lantern Parade took part in the New Year’s Eve festivities downtown. Here are photos from Spontaneous Celebrations’ contributions to the revelry.
Spontaneous Celebrations, the community center behind many of the events that make JP what it is, is looking for help to make their space usable on the hottest and coldest days of the year.
The Danforth Street nonprofit is in the final stages of an IndieGoGo campaign to raise $15,000 for this phase of the improvements.
Adelaide, 6, receives a lantern she picked out at the Jamaica Pond Lantern Parade on Oct. 18, 2014. Credit: Esther Ro
Thousands thronged the Pond Saturday for the 31st edition of the Lantern Parade. Photojournalist Esther Ro was there and brings you a gallery of images from this signature neighborhood event. The Lantern Parade’s second night begins Sunday at 6 p.m.
