Bedminster Winter Lantern Parade has postponed its annual event due to a Bristol City FC match being scheduled for the same day. The club's 2-1 away win against Swansea means they will now play West Bromwich Albion on Saturday, January 28 in the FA Cup, the same day the lantern parade was scheduled for.
Thousands of football fans are expected to descend on South Bristol for a 3pm kick-off, with the parade originally set for 5pm just as it starts to get dark. Organisers of the annual event, which is in its 11th year this year, have postponed the parade by a week for Saturday, February 4.
In a statement, the parade organisers said: "Due to Bristol City FC's win over Swansea, they will now play West Bromwich Albion on Saturday 28 January, kick off at 3pm, with an expected crowd of 16-19,000. This means that we will be unable to run the Lantern Parade on that date. We will therefore be re-scheduling to Saturday 4 February."
