Discover the Water Lantern Festival: Thousands of Glowing Lanterns, Food Trucks, Music & More
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Join an inspiring event celebrating life with floating lanterns symbolizing hopes and dreams while promoting unity and peace!
Highlights
Enjoy entry to USA TODAY's #1 Festival, allowing you to participate in a nationally recognized, unforgettable experience that brings communities together.
Receive a complete floating lantern kit including an LED candle, marker, conversation cards, and playing cards, empowering you to personalize your lantern with hopes, dreams, or tributes.
Join in a breathtaking lantern launch, creating a magnificent display of light on the water that fosters a profound sense of unity, peace, and shared reflection.
Benefit from responsible event management with included lantern retrieval and water clean-up, ensuring the festival's commitment to sustainability and environmental respect.
Access a vibrant festival atmosphere with on-site food trucks, games and music, providing delicious eats and entertainment to enhance your evening before the main launch.
Give the gift of a truly unique and meaningful experience, perfect for creating lasting memories and fostering connection with loved ones.
What To Expect
Plan Your Visit
- Operating HoursNov 8-9, 2025 from 2:30PM to 7PM
- DurationApproximately 4 hours
- Ticket ValidityValid for the day of the event - Nov 8 or 9, 2025
Event Schedule
Gates Open
The gates officially open, welcoming attendees to the festival grounds. Enjoy early access to food trucks, music, and various fun activities before the main event.
Enjoy Food Trucks / Music / Fun
Attendees can explore the festival area, enjoy diverse offerings from food trucks, listen to music, and partake in various entertaining activities in a lively atmosphere.
Design Your Lantern
This is your dedicated time to personalize your floating lantern kit with hopes, dreams, messages of love, or tributes before the launch.
Lantern Launch
The highlight of the evening: thousands of glowing lanterns are launched onto the water, creating a breathtaking and symbolic display of unity and hope.
Event Ends
The Water Lantern Festival officially concludes, leaving participants with lasting memories of a magical evening.
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 an inspiring event where thousands of glowing lanterns are launched onto the water, symbolizing hopes, dreams, and new beginnings. It brings people together to celebrate life, honor loved ones, and set intentions for the future in a truly magical setting.
What does my Water Lantern Festival admission include?
Each adult ticket includes a wristband for entry, access to food trucks, a floating lantern kit, an LED candle, a commemorative drawstring bag, conversation cards, playing cards, a marker, and assurance of lantern retrieval and water clean-up post-event.
When and what time is the festival taking place?
The event is scheduled for November 8-9, 2025. Gates open at 2:30 PM, the lantern design period is at 5:00 PM, and the lantern launch is at 5:30 PM. The event concludes at 7:00 PM.
Is the festival environmentally friendly?
Yes, the Water Lantern Festival is committed to sustainability. The admission price includes the retrieval of all lanterns and thorough water clean-up after the event, ensuring minimal environmental impact.
Will there be food and entertainment at the festival?
The festival provides a vibrant atmosphere with music and a variety of food trucks available for attendees to enjoy throughout the evening. You can savor different cuisines and listen to great tunes before and after the lantern launch.
Join an inspiring event celebrating life with floating lanterns symbolizing hopes and dreams while promoting unity and peace!
Highlights
Enjoy entry to USA TODAY's #1 Festival, allowing you to participate in a nationally recognized, unforgettable experience that brings communities together.
Receive a complete floating lantern kit including an LED candle, marker, conversation cards, and playing cards, empowering you to personalize your lantern with hopes, dreams, or tributes.
Join in a breathtaking lantern launch, creating a magnificent display of light on the water that fosters a profound sense of unity, peace, and shared reflection.
Benefit from responsible event management with included lantern retrieval and water clean-up, ensuring the festival's commitment to sustainability and environmental respect.
Access a vibrant festival atmosphere with on-site food trucks, games and music, providing delicious eats and entertainment to enhance your evening before the main launch.
Give the gift of a truly unique and meaningful experience, perfect for creating lasting memories and fostering connection with loved ones.
What To Expect
Plan Your Visit
- Operating HoursNov 8-9, 2025 from 2:30PM to 7PM
- DurationApproximately 4 hours
- Ticket ValidityValid for the day of the event - Nov 8 or 9, 2025
Event Schedule
Gates Open
The gates officially open, welcoming attendees to the festival grounds. Enjoy early access to food trucks, music, and various fun activities before the main event.
Enjoy Food Trucks / Music / Fun
Attendees can explore the festival area, enjoy diverse offerings from food trucks, listen to music, and partake in various entertaining activities in a lively atmosphere.
Design Your Lantern
This is your dedicated time to personalize your floating lantern kit with hopes, dreams, messages of love, or tributes before the launch.
Lantern Launch
The highlight of the evening: thousands of glowing lanterns are launched onto the water, creating a breathtaking and symbolic display of unity and hope.
Event Ends
The Water Lantern Festival officially concludes, leaving participants with lasting memories of a magical evening.
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 an inspiring event where thousands of glowing lanterns are launched onto the water, symbolizing hopes, dreams, and new beginnings. It brings people together to celebrate life, honor loved ones, and set intentions for the future in a truly magical setting.
What does my Water Lantern Festival admission include?
Each adult ticket includes a wristband for entry, access to food trucks, a floating lantern kit, an LED candle, a commemorative drawstring bag, conversation cards, playing cards, a marker, and assurance of lantern retrieval and water clean-up post-event.
When and what time is the festival taking place?
The event is scheduled for November 8-9, 2025. Gates open at 2:30 PM, the lantern design period is at 5:00 PM, and the lantern launch is at 5:30 PM. The event concludes at 7:00 PM.
Is the festival environmentally friendly?
Yes, the Water Lantern Festival is committed to sustainability. The admission price includes the retrieval of all lanterns and thorough water clean-up after the event, ensuring minimal environmental impact.
Will there be food and entertainment at the festival?
The festival provides a vibrant atmosphere with music and a variety of food trucks available for attendees to enjoy throughout the evening. You can savor different cuisines and listen to great tunes before and after the lantern launch.
Need To Know Info
- Registration required to guarantee your spot at the event.
- Online reservation required. Online Redemption Required. Booking information will be available for you after purchase in My Stuff.
- May be repurchased every 30 days.
- Note: 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.
- The event will be held rain or shine.
- No refunds or exchanges will be issued due to inclement weather or other natural elements beyond our control.
About Water Lantern Festival - San Jose
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.