Experience the Award-Winning Water Lantern Festival: Find Peace, Reflect, and Connect with Thousands of Glowing Lanterns
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Join the Water Lantern Festival for a magical evening where thousands of glowing lanterns symbolize hope and new beginnings, fostering unity and peace. Experience an unforgettable night of reflection and connection as you launch your own lantern and create lasting memories.
Highlights
An immersive entry wristband providing full access to the festival grounds, ensuring a seamless start to your magical evening.
A complete floating lantern kit including an LED candle, allowing you to personalize your lantern and send your hopes across the water.
Exclusive commemorative drawstring bag, conversation cards, and playing cards to enhance your festival experience and create lasting memories.
Peace of mind with full lantern retrieval and water clean-up, so you can enjoy the beauty without environmental worry.
A perfect gift for creating unforgettable moments, sharing hope, and celebrating life with loved ones.
What To Expect
Plan Your Visit
- Operating HoursThe event will take place on Saturday, November 1, 2025, at 3:00 PM. Please check the merchant's website for the most up-to-date information.
- DurationThe festival experience, from gates opening to the event's conclusion, typically spans approximately 4 hours.
Event Schedule
Gates Open & Festival Festivities Begin
Arrive and immerse yourself in the festival atmosphere, enjoying food trucks, music, and various fun activities.
Design Your Lantern
Personalize your floating lantern by writing down your hopes, dreams, or messages for loved ones.
Lantern Launch
Witness the breathtaking and unifying spectacle as thousands of illuminated lanterns gently drift across the water.
Event Ends
Reflect on a magical evening of connection and peace as the festival concludes.
How It Works
1. Grab the Deal
Buy your Groupon first!
2. Plan your Visit
Follow the link on your Groupon to select the date.
3. Redeem your Mobile Ticket
Enter your Groupon code at checkout.
4. Enjoy the Experience!
FAQs
What is the Water Lantern Festival?
The Water Lantern Festival is a magical event where attendees release floating lanterns into the water, each symbolizing hopes, dreams, and memories. It's a celebration of life, unity, and peace, recognized as USA TODAY's #1 Festival.
What is included with each adult ticket?
Each adult ticket includes a wristband for entry, a floating lantern kit (complete with an LED candle), a commemorative drawstring bag, conversation cards, playing cards, a marker, and assurance of lantern retrieval and water clean-up.
What can I expect to do at the festival?
You can expect to enjoy a variety of experiences including indulging in local food trucks, listening to uplifting music, engaging in fun activities, designing your own personalized lantern, and participating in the breathtaking mass lantern launch on the water.
Is the festival environmentally friendly?
Yes, the Water Lantern Festival is deeply committed to sustainability. All lanterns are meticulously retrieved from the water by event staff, and the festival area is thoroughly cleaned up after the event to ensure environmental respect.
What is the typical event schedule for the festival?
While specific timings may vary by location and date, a typical festival schedule, such as on Saturday, November 1, 2025, includes gates opening at 3:00 PM, lantern design beginning at 5:30 PM, the main lantern launch at 6:00 PM, and the event concluding at 7:00 PM. Please check your specific ticket for exact timings.
Join the Water Lantern Festival for a magical evening where thousands of glowing lanterns symbolize hope and new beginnings, fostering unity and peace. Experience an unforgettable night of reflection and connection as you launch your own lantern and create lasting memories.
Highlights
An immersive entry wristband providing full access to the festival grounds, ensuring a seamless start to your magical evening.
A complete floating lantern kit including an LED candle, allowing you to personalize your lantern and send your hopes across the water.
Exclusive commemorative drawstring bag, conversation cards, and playing cards to enhance your festival experience and create lasting memories.
Peace of mind with full lantern retrieval and water clean-up, so you can enjoy the beauty without environmental worry.
A perfect gift for creating unforgettable moments, sharing hope, and celebrating life with loved ones.
What To Expect
Plan Your Visit
- Operating HoursThe event will take place on Saturday, November 1, 2025, at 3:00 PM. Please check the merchant's website for the most up-to-date information.
- DurationThe festival experience, from gates opening to the event's conclusion, typically spans approximately 4 hours.
Event Schedule
Gates Open & Festival Festivities Begin
Arrive and immerse yourself in the festival atmosphere, enjoying food trucks, music, and various fun activities.
Design Your Lantern
Personalize your floating lantern by writing down your hopes, dreams, or messages for loved ones.
Lantern Launch
Witness the breathtaking and unifying spectacle as thousands of illuminated lanterns gently drift across the water.
Event Ends
Reflect on a magical evening of connection and peace as the festival concludes.
How It Works
1. Grab the Deal
Buy your Groupon first!
2. Plan your Visit
Follow the link on your Groupon to select the date.
3. Redeem your Mobile Ticket
Enter your Groupon code at checkout.
4. Enjoy the Experience!
FAQs
What is the Water Lantern Festival?
The Water Lantern Festival is a magical event where attendees release floating lanterns into the water, each symbolizing hopes, dreams, and memories. It's a celebration of life, unity, and peace, recognized as USA TODAY's #1 Festival.
What is included with each adult ticket?
Each adult ticket includes a wristband for entry, a floating lantern kit (complete with an LED candle), a commemorative drawstring bag, conversation cards, playing cards, a marker, and assurance of lantern retrieval and water clean-up.
What can I expect to do at the festival?
You can expect to enjoy a variety of experiences including indulging in local food trucks, listening to uplifting music, engaging in fun activities, designing your own personalized lantern, and participating in the breathtaking mass lantern launch on the water.
Is the festival environmentally friendly?
Yes, the Water Lantern Festival is deeply committed to sustainability. All lanterns are meticulously retrieved from the water by event staff, and the festival area is thoroughly cleaned up after the event to ensure environmental respect.
What is the typical event schedule for the festival?
While specific timings may vary by location and date, a typical festival schedule, such as on Saturday, November 1, 2025, includes gates opening at 3:00 PM, lantern design beginning at 5:30 PM, the main lantern launch at 6:00 PM, and the event concluding at 7:00 PM. Please check your specific ticket for exact timings.
Need To Know Info
- Valid until 2025-11-02.
- Registration required.
- To guarantee your spot at the event, we highly recommend you redeem your ticket voucher within 48 hours of purchase.
- Due to maximum capacity limits, failure to redeem within this timeframe may result in forfeiture of your reservation
- Online reservation and redemption required.
- The event will be held rain or shine.
- All ticket sales are final.
- No refunds or exchanges will be issued due to inclement weather or other natural elements beyond our control.
- May be repurchased every 30 days.
- Limit 1 per person.
About Water Lantern Festival
Light The Water in a Way You'll Never Forget at the Water Lantern Festival! Experience the magic of thousands of lanterns reflecting on the water at over 150 events across North America. Celebrate life, love, unity, peace, and remembrance.
This festival is more than a visual spectacle; it's an emotional journey. Write down your hopes and dreams or a heartfelt message to a loved one, then set it afloat. Feel the therapeutic power as the serene setting and lantern release provide space for emotional healing and rejuvenation.
Create moments of introspection, forge lasting connections, and celebrate love in all its forms. Honor cherished memories by dedicating a lantern, and use the event to set intentions and goals for the future.
Water Lantern Festival is committed to sustainability. They follow a “leave no trace” policy, ensuring each community is cleaner and more beautiful after every event. Be a part of this unforgettable experience.