The Liverpool Lantern Parade, taking place every Hallowe’en in Sefton Park, is one of our favourite events in the city.

The fact that it’s an event that’s clearly enjoyed enormously by all ages and races is wonderful; the fact that a group of volunteers gets together every year to make ensure it happens it heart-warming; the sheer visual spectacle of it all is almost overpowering.

Read this blurb - we defy you not to find the very idea of it all utterly enchanting:

“Hungry ghosts of all shapes and sizes will be rampaging through Sefton Park this year as part of the Halloween Lantern Carnival.

“Will enough love be generated to release the hungry ghosts from their torments..?”

The last two years have left images burned on our minds forever; a giant bird, wings flapping and ablaze in the night and Charon traversing the Styx (above).

It only gets off the ground every year if enough people donate their time and efforts to repairing and creating the lanterns themselves - as a result there’ll be a number of workshops in the build-up to this year’s Hallowe’en Lantern Parade around the city.

The official website has more details on how to get involved; while a cash donation will do just as well if you can’t get your hands dirty.

Hallowe’en Lantern Carnival 2011
Sefton Park
Sunday 30 October 2011 - procession starts at 5.30pm