Lighting Up WITH THE MAIDSTONE LIGHT UP FESTIVAL

This February, Maidstone Town Centre was host to the first ever Maidstone Light Up Festival. The event, brought to you by OneMaidstone BID and Cohesion Plus, included a lantern parade, street entertainers and a light show finale outside the town hall.

Ahead of the event 9 local schools and some 600 children took part in free artistic workshops, delivered by Same Sky Arts, to create their own unique lanterns which they showcased during the parade. The festival welcomed thousands of visitors to Maidstone Town Centre and was a wonderful community event.

We would like to extend a huge thank you to the event partners, performers, schools and all of the incredibly creative children who made the hundreds of lanterns that lit up our streets so beautifully.

You can watch our Maidstone Light Up Festival highlights video here: