LANTERNS flickered and glowed through Haverfordwest on Halloween night, as part of the River of Lights procession.

Enormous skeletons stalked the streets, searching for their luminous pet pooch, led by the pounding drums of Samba Doc.

After taking a tour of the town, hundreds of families carried their paper lanterns to the riverside, where they were treated to music, a blazing sculpture and fireworks.

The event was organised by Span Arts and The Lab Haverfordwest to celebrate the changing of the seasons.

This was the biggest candle-lit procession so far, with more than 2,000 people said to have taken part.

Organisers said they hoped to challenge the perception that Haverfordwest becomes a ‘ghost town’ when the shops shut and the sun goes down.

In the lead-up to the event Span Arts’ Cheerful Project worked with artist Toby Downing to host lantern-making workshops around the county.

The event, which was covered live on S4C, drew people from all over the town and county.

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Guy Norman from Confluence, the three-year art and regeneration partnership supported by the Arts Council of Wales said: “River of Lights is just one of many experiments using the arts to get people involved in shaping the future of the town.

"Over the last three years many thousands of people have taken part in over 70 artist led projects and commissions designed to change the way people feel about their town and to inspire them in making their own contributions.

"The success of the River of Lights event, which has doubled in size each year, shows the power of people and organization working together.”

The next phase, currently in the development stage, will place the emphasis on heritage and culture and will include plans to develop River of lights into a wider festival of light.