Organisers of Slaithwaite Moonraking Festival in West Yorkshire have confirmed that Slaithwaite will celebrate the festival’s 40th birthday with the popular lantern festival after a successful funding bid in partnership with Watershed Workshops to The National Lottery Heritage Fund.  The 2025 Lantern Festival will launch “Shop” an 18-month project that marks the 100th birthday of the Carr Lane parade of eight shops in Slaithwaite village centre.