Experience Water Lantern Festival: Witness Thousands of Glowing Lanterns and Create Lasting Memories
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Join an inspiring event celebrating life with floating lanterns symbolizing hopes and dreams while promoting unity and peace!
Highlights
Floating Lantern Kit & LED Candle: Participants receive their own floating lantern kit and an LED candle, allowing them to personalize their lantern with dreams and intentions before launching it into the water.
Commemorative Keepsakes: Each adult ticket includes a commemorative drawstring bag, conversation cards, and playing cards, providing lasting memories and engaging activities for the evening.
USA TODAY's #1 Festival Experience: Guests can immerse themselves in an event recognized as USA TODAY's #1 Festival, ensuring a top-tier, inspiring celebration of community and reflection.
Eco-Conscious Celebration: The festival upholds a strong commitment to sustainability with lantern retrieval and water clean-up included, allowing attendees to celebrate beautifully while respecting the environment.
What To Expect
Plan Your Visit
- Operating HoursSaturday & Sunday, March 14-15, 2026: 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
- Ticket ValidityValid for the Water Lantern Festival on Saturday, March 14, 2026, or Sunday, March 15, 2026, only, depending on the purchased option.
Event Schedule
Gates Open & Festivities Begin
The festival welcomes guests to enjoy an evening filled with food trucks, music, and various engaging activities.
Lantern Design & Reflection
Participants have the opportunity to personalize their floating lanterns with messages, dreams, and intentions.
Illuminated Lantern Launch
Witness thousands of glowing lanterns gracefully float upon the water, creating a breathtaking and reflective spectacle.
Event Concludes
The enchanting evening draws to a close, leaving guests with inspiring memories of unity and peace.
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 experience?
The Water Lantern Festival offers a magical evening where thousands of personalized lanterns, symbolizing hope and new beginnings, illuminate the water. It's an inspiring event designed to bring people together to celebrate life, honor loved ones, and reflect on future intentions.
What does each adult ticket to the Water Lantern Festival include?
Each adult ticket provides a wristband for entry, a floating lantern kit with an LED candle, a commemorative drawstring bag, conversation cards, playing cards, a marker, and covers lantern retrieval and water clean-up efforts.
When and what time does the Water Lantern Festival take place?
The festival is scheduled for Saturday, March 14, 2026, and Sunday, March 15, 2026. Gates open at 5:00 PM, with the lantern launch taking place between 8:00 PM and 9:00 PM, and the event concluding at 9:00 PM.
What makes the Water Lantern Festival unique?
The festival is recognized as USA TODAY's #1 Festival for its breathtaking display of thousands of glowing lanterns that create a profound sense of peace and connection. It’s also celebrated for its commitment to sustainability and community engagement.
Is the Water Lantern Festival committed to environmental responsibility?
Yes, the Water Lantern Festival has a strong commitment to sustainability. Each ticket includes comprehensive lantern retrieval and water clean-up efforts, ensuring the event is both beautiful and environmentally respectful.
Join an inspiring event celebrating life with floating lanterns symbolizing hopes and dreams while promoting unity and peace!
Highlights
Floating Lantern Kit & LED Candle: Participants receive their own floating lantern kit and an LED candle, allowing them to personalize their lantern with dreams and intentions before launching it into the water.
Commemorative Keepsakes: Each adult ticket includes a commemorative drawstring bag, conversation cards, and playing cards, providing lasting memories and engaging activities for the evening.
USA TODAY's #1 Festival Experience: Guests can immerse themselves in an event recognized as USA TODAY's #1 Festival, ensuring a top-tier, inspiring celebration of community and reflection.
Eco-Conscious Celebration: The festival upholds a strong commitment to sustainability with lantern retrieval and water clean-up included, allowing attendees to celebrate beautifully while respecting the environment.
What To Expect
Plan Your Visit
- Operating HoursSaturday & Sunday, March 14-15, 2026: 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
- Ticket ValidityValid for the Water Lantern Festival on Saturday, March 14, 2026, or Sunday, March 15, 2026, only, depending on the purchased option.
Event Schedule
Gates Open & Festivities Begin
The festival welcomes guests to enjoy an evening filled with food trucks, music, and various engaging activities.
Lantern Design & Reflection
Participants have the opportunity to personalize their floating lanterns with messages, dreams, and intentions.
Illuminated Lantern Launch
Witness thousands of glowing lanterns gracefully float upon the water, creating a breathtaking and reflective spectacle.
Event Concludes
The enchanting evening draws to a close, leaving guests with inspiring memories of unity and peace.
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 experience?
The Water Lantern Festival offers a magical evening where thousands of personalized lanterns, symbolizing hope and new beginnings, illuminate the water. It's an inspiring event designed to bring people together to celebrate life, honor loved ones, and reflect on future intentions.
What does each adult ticket to the Water Lantern Festival include?
Each adult ticket provides a wristband for entry, a floating lantern kit with an LED candle, a commemorative drawstring bag, conversation cards, playing cards, a marker, and covers lantern retrieval and water clean-up efforts.
When and what time does the Water Lantern Festival take place?
The festival is scheduled for Saturday, March 14, 2026, and Sunday, March 15, 2026. Gates open at 5:00 PM, with the lantern launch taking place between 8:00 PM and 9:00 PM, and the event concluding at 9:00 PM.
What makes the Water Lantern Festival unique?
The festival is recognized as USA TODAY's #1 Festival for its breathtaking display of thousands of glowing lanterns that create a profound sense of peace and connection. It’s also celebrated for its commitment to sustainability and community engagement.
Is the Water Lantern Festival committed to environmental responsibility?
Yes, the Water Lantern Festival has a strong commitment to sustainability. Each ticket includes comprehensive lantern retrieval and water clean-up efforts, ensuring the event is both beautiful and environmentally respectful.
Need To Know Info
- 3-Day Hassle-Free Refund Guarantee: Free cancellation available for up to 3 days after purchase for unredeemed vouchers.
- To guarantee your spot at the event, we highly recommend redeeming 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 required.
- Online redemption required.
- Merchant contact information will be available after purchase in My Stuff.
- 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 30 per person.
About Water Lantern Festival, Leander, TX
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.