

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Lights of the Albemarle Lantern Parade
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 31 Dec, 2025 at 06:00 pm – Wed, 31 Dec, 2025 at 08:00 pm
- **Event Description**: On December 31st, AOA and Elizabeth City Downtown, Inc. invite you to flood the streets with light, as we march into the New Year together during our city’s inaugural lantern parade! 

This free community event encourages community members and visitors of all ages to join the parade with their own lanterns—all shapes, sizes, and styles of lanterns are welcome. The festivities will begin at Pool St. Park (205 E Main St.) and encompasses a short parade route downtown (exact route to be announced soon), ending on the 600 block of East Colonial Ave., and culminating in a streetside celebration for all.

The Lights of the Albemarle Lantern Parade is made possible with support from artist Gowri Savoor’s A River of Light initiative, the Kate Dean Endowment for K-12 Arts, and the North Carolina Arts Council.

Learn more about this free event at: https://www.artsaoa.org/lights-of-the-albemarle-lantern-parade
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/elizabeth-city/lights-of-the-albemarle-lantern-parade/200029278174927
- **Event Categories**: parades, art, new-year
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 276

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.artsaoa.org/lights-of-the-albemarle-lantern-parade?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=elizabeth+city-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Elizabeth City
- **state**: NC
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 516 E Main St., Elizabeth City, NC, United States, North Carolina 27909
- **lat**: 36.29997
- **long**: -76.21979
- **full address**: 516 E Main St., Elizabeth City, NC, United States, North Carolina 27909

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Arts of the Albemarle (https://allevents.in/org/arts-of-the-albemarle/20211907)

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- **Alt text**: thumbnail
  - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events4/banners/ec1b28ca2f765aa6fa08eb12b6bee78743a441c58c4c98cd36c6528eb33ff513-rimg-w300-h300-dc131f49-gmir?v=1767064412

## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 31 Dec, 2025 at 06:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 516 E Main St., Elizabeth City, NC, United States, North Carolina 27909
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Arts of the Albemarle
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** parades, art, new-year
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Lights of the Albemarle Lantern Parade ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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