Update: We have rescheduled the Solstice Walk due to a snowstorm forecasted on Saturday, Dec 21st.
The River Clyde Solstice Walk celebrates the promise of light on the darkest day of the year. On December 22nd from 6-8 pm, we invite you to step into the darkness with a flame, light, or lantern and walk with us to invoke the return of the sun.
The Winter Solstice reminds us of the cycles of renewal and the potential for change as we emerge from the darkness. In the midst of the climate crisis, the Solstice Walk shines a light on our capacity for change through attention to and presence with our community and the natural world.
Where: New Glasgow, PEI
When: December 22nd, 6-8 pm
Share your light with us by using the hashtag #riverclydesolsticewalk
Create a lantern for the walk at our Solstice Workshops, or by following our lantern tutorial videos below
Solstice tickets are now SOLD OUT! We are accepting waitlist registrations, please sign up below and we will get in touch if we have cancellations:
Call for Community Projects
Community members are invited to contribute artistic creations to the 2024 River Clyde Solstice Walk on December 22nd in New Glasgow
We are inviting community participants to contribute their own artistic creations to the Solstice Walk. We are seeking projects created by community members: individuals, families, students, friends, or any other groups. You do not need to be a professional artist to submit a project proposal!
Types of projects we encourage are costumed characters, puppets, grand lanterns, music or sound art, dance, or anything else you may dream up! Projects can take place on a single site along the route or travel with the procession.
Project proposals are encouraged to use the event’s theme of light and transformation as inspiration.
We welcome participants from all backgrounds to apply. No previous experience is required.
Submission Deadline:
11:59pm on Sunday, November 24
Zoom Info Session:
6:30-7:00 pm on Thursday, November 14
(For link, see the Call for Projects document below)
Learn more about the application process & submit your application:
2023 Community Projects
images by Emily Benoit
2023 Solstice Walk Gallery
images by Emily Benoit
2022 Solstice Walk Gallery
images by Robert Van Waarden
2021 Solstice Walk Gallery
images by Jon Pearcey
Shadow Lanterns with Found Objects
Artist, ecologist and Pageant collaborator Kristian Brevik created a tutorial video demonstrating how to make a lantern using recycling and found materials from around your home:
Dogwood Sculptural Lanterns
Pageant co-producer, scenographer and designer Ian McFarlane has created a series of video tutorials on lantern building for anyone who wants to build their own lantern using red osier dogwood, willow, wire and old bedsheets. We invite you to construct a lantern using this technique or any other technique and bring your light out into the world.
