The Ringgold Band & Children's Lantern Parade
The final concert of the Wyomissing Summer Concert Series will take place on Wednesday evening, August 5th, at 7:00 PM on the Stone House Lawn, featuring the historic Ringgold Band and the Annual Children’s Lantern Parade.
For generations, this special evening has helped mark the close of the Summer Playground Program and that familiar turn in the season when summer is still here, but school is just around the corner. It is part concert, part community gathering, part childhood memory, and one of those hometown moments that seems to glow a little brighter each year.
The Ringgold Band, based in Reading, traces its remarkable history back to 1852 and is one of the oldest community bands in America. With more than 170 years of music behind them, their performances carry a wonderful sense of history, pride, and tradition. Their program often includes familiar classics, spirited marches, show tunes, overtures, and concert band favorites that fill the park with the kind of sound that feels both grand and welcoming.
As the evening settles over the Stone House Lawn, children from the Summer Playground Program will gather with their lanterns, each one a small glowing reminder of another summer of games, friendships, laughter, and memories. Then, led by the music of the Ringgold Band, the children will parade proudly around the pond for one of Wyomissing’s most cherished summer traditions.
It is a beautiful way to close the concert season, celebrate our playground families, and enjoy one more summer evening together before backpacks, bus stops, and school schedules return.
Pack a picnic, bring your lawn chairs and blankets, and come early to enjoy the atmosphere. The Ringgold Band, the lanterns, the Stone House Lawn, and a summer night in the park — it does not get much more Wyomissing than that.