Now days they make LED rope lights.
As for the awning.. There is a company that makes a string of LED rope lights that slides into the vacant slot on the awning roller. You just pull a quick disconnect off the end (If they ever figure out how to eliminat that I mnight buy)
you can also get some fairly soft rubber/plastic devices to hold the string where you just grab an end an YANK and the string comes out and you roll the awning up with the holder inside.
Or you can do what I did
I strung a clothsline about 4 inches "inboard" of the roller and hang the lights from that.. The awning can be rolled up with the lights in place.