October Craft Month will draw to a close with Farnham’s first Lantern Festival.

The inspiration for the Festival is the significant Celtic celebration which marks the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter, taking stock of the past and looking forward to the future.

There will be an outdoor gathering at Gostrey Meadow when the community will come together to light up the dark October evening with their lanterns. The aim is to create a gentle festival atmosphere on the last day of October Craft Month. The group will walk with their lanterns to St Andrew’s Church, where the lanterns will be displayed as a large-scale communal craft endeavour.