Two days and counting until the 2024 Lismore Lantern Parade hits the CBD this Saturday from 12 midday.

There are two ways to get you and your family into the Lantern Parade spirit. One is the memorabilia exhibition at the pop-up museum at 106 Molesworth Street that celebrates 30 years of the Lismore Lantern Parade.

"There's a whole lot of amazing memorabilia from the years," said CEO/Creative Director Lightnup Inc Jyllie Jackson, "It's really, really cool, and really interesting if you think what's all this lantern parade stuff made out of? It's also got quite a lot of old posters and clothes and old lanterns."

"The audio/visual display of Lantern Parade memories will be on display at the museum."

The pop-up museum is open until 4pm today, 10am to 1pm tomorrow (Friday) and 9:30am to 12:30pm on Saturday.

The second way to get into the Lismore Lantern Parade spirit is to rug up and walk the CBD block at night to view the Enchanted Window displays.

There has been a record number of entries this year as local businesses got into the spirit themselves to create a wonderful experience for families to enjoy. The list is:

Keen Street

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Bunyips

The Kitchen Shelf

Mary G’s

Planet Music

Adornments

The Artisans Table

The Book Warehouse

Woodlark Street

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Hanging Rock Flowers

Toy World Lismore

The Boys Hair and Beauty

Lismore Chempro

Magellan Street

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The Professionals Lismore

The Enchanted Florist

Little Polli and the Blackbird

Lifeline

Music Bizarre

Leo’s Food Bar

Carrington Street

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Peppertree Kitchen

Molesworth Street

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Kidsnest

Brands Pharmacy

PRD Northern Rivers

Be Seen Eyewear

One Woman Lismore (Millers)

Multitask

Club Lane

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Multitask

Casino Street, South Lismore

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Flourish Art

Flourish Art is the first South Lismore business to be part of the Enchanted Windows.

The Enchanted Windows map is below:

Each Enchanted Window is judged and the top three winners were announced today!

1st Place: The Book Warehouse

(The winner of the 2024 Enchanted Windows was The Bookwarehouse. Photo: Natsky)

2nd Place: Be Seen Eyewear and The Kitchen Shelf (shared)

3rd Place: Leo's Food Bar

The judges honourable mention went to the Historical Society for their windows celebrating 30 years of the Lismore Lantern Parade.

(The Enchanted Florist window. Photo: Natsky)

Apparently, the judging was tight, with little points between the place-getters and those close, like Planet Music, Multitask, Kidsnest and One Woman (Millers).

Congratulations to all the CBD businesses that went to such efforts this year.

For those with a disability who are unable to access Riverside Park on Saturday night, Jyllie and the team have organised a Fiery Finale viewing site, which includes a large screen to view proceedings.

The space is approximately 10 x 12 metres and is located at the town end of the car park at the top of Riverside Park.

Bookings are essential for the space and can be done via this link https://events.humanitix.com/accessible-space-lismore-lantern-parade-2024.

For further information, click here.