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Highlights
Join the acclaimed Water Lantern Festival for an evening of peace, reflection, and community as thousands of glowing lanterns illuminate the water, carrying your hopes and dreams.
About This Deal
HighlightsGain festival entry with a wristband, unlocking access to lively food trucks and entertainment, ensuring a full day of enjoyment.
Receive a complete floating lantern kit including an LED candle, a marker for personalizing your lantern, and conversation cards to deepen connections.
Take home a commemorative drawstring bag and a set of playing cards as a cherished keepsake from your unforgettable evening.
Contribute to a sustainable and clean environment with dedicated lantern retrieval and water clean-up efforts post-event.
This unique and inspiring event offers a perfect gift for loved ones to share a magical experience of unity and reflection.
Gain festival entry with a wristband, unlocking access to lively food trucks and entertainment, ensuring a full day of enjoyment.
Receive a complete floating lantern kit including an LED candle, a marker for personalizing your lantern, and conversation cards to deepen connections.
Take home a commemorative drawstring bag and a set of playing cards as a cherished keepsake from your unforgettable evening.
Contribute to a sustainable and clean environment with dedicated lantern retrieval and water clean-up efforts post-event.
This unique and inspiring event offers a perfect gift for loved ones to share a magical experience of unity and reflection.
What To Expect
Prepare for a truly magical evening at the Water Lantern Festival, an inspiring event where thousands of glowing lanterns gracefully light up the water. As you arrive, you'll feel an immediate sense of wonder, knowing this is more than just a festival; it's a profound gathering designed to bring people together. Each lantern becomes a vessel for your hopes, dreams, and memories, creating a breathtaking tableau of light and reflection that fosters a unique sense of peace and connection.
Immerse yourself in the vibrant atmosphere as you personalize your floating lantern, writing down your dreams, intentions, or honoring loved ones. Then, witness the awe-inspiring moment as your lantern drifts across the water, joining thousands of others in a stunning display of unity and hope. Enjoy the festive environment complete with food trucks, music, and activities, making it an unforgettable opportunity to connect, reflect, and share in a deeply meaningful experience that resonates long after the last lantern floats away.
Plan Your Visit
- Operating HoursHours may vary. Please check the merchant's website for the most up-to-date information.
- Event DateThe event takes place on November 21. Gates open at 3:00 PM, with the lantern launch at 6:00 PM, and the event concludes at 7:00 PM.
Event Schedule
Gates Open
Be among the first to enter the festival grounds and start your magical evening.
Food Trucks / Music / Fun
Enjoy delicious offerings from a variety of food trucks, listen to great music, and participate in fun activities to kick off the celebration.
Design Your Lantern
Gather your floating lantern kit and personalize your lantern with hopes, dreams, and messages before the launch.
Lantern Launch
Witness the breathtaking moment as thousands of glowing lanterns are launched onto the water, creating a stunning display of light and unity.
Event Ends
The evening concludes, leaving you with lasting memories of peace, reflection, and connection.
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!
FAQsWhat is the Water Lantern Festival?
The Water Lantern Festival is an inspiring event where thousands of glowing lanterns are launched onto the water, symbolizing hope, love, and new beginnings. It's a gathering to celebrate life, honor loved ones, and set intentions for the future in a breathtaking display of unity and peace.
What does each ticket include?
Each adult ticket includes a wristband for entry with access to food trucks, a floating lantern kit, an LED candle, a commemorative drawstring bag, conversation cards, playing cards, a marker, and importantly, covers lantern retrieval and water clean-up to ensure environmental respect.
When and where does the festival take place?
The event is scheduled for Saturday, November 22, 2025. Gates open at 3:00 PM, the lantern design session is at 5:30 PM, the lantern launch is at 6:00 PM, and the event concludes at 7:00 PM.
Is the festival family-friendly and environmentally conscious?
Absolutely! The Water Lantern Festival is recognized as USA TODAY's #1 Festival and is committed to sustainability, ensuring a beautiful celebration that respects the environment through dedicated clean-up efforts.
What can I write on my lantern?
You can personalize your floating lantern with your dreams, let go of worries, honor loved ones, or write messages of hope and love. The included marker allows you to make your lantern unique to you.
What makes this event an 'unforgettable experience'?
The festival aims to bring communities together, inspiring shared stories and lasting bonds. It's a unique opportunity to connect, reflect, and share in a truly meaningful experience with thousands of others.
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 hope, love, and new beginnings. It's a gathering to celebrate life, honor loved ones, and set intentions for the future in a breathtaking display of unity and peace.
What does each ticket include?
Each adult ticket includes a wristband for entry with access to food trucks, a floating lantern kit, an LED candle, a commemorative drawstring bag, conversation cards, playing cards, a marker, and importantly, covers lantern retrieval and water clean-up to ensure environmental respect.
When and where does the festival take place?
The event is scheduled for Saturday, November 22, 2025. Gates open at 3:00 PM, the lantern design session is at 5:30 PM, the lantern launch is at 6:00 PM, and the event concludes at 7:00 PM.
Is the festival family-friendly and environmentally conscious?
Absolutely! The Water Lantern Festival is recognized as USA TODAY's #1 Festival and is committed to sustainability, ensuring a beautiful celebration that respects the environment through dedicated clean-up efforts.
What can I write on my lantern?
You can personalize your floating lantern with your dreams, let go of worries, honor loved ones, or write messages of hope and love. The included marker allows you to make your lantern unique to you.
What makes this event an 'unforgettable experience'?
The festival aims to bring communities together, inspiring shared stories and lasting bonds. It's a unique opportunity to connect, reflect, and share in a truly meaningful experience with thousands of others.
Fine Print
Promotional value expires Nov 23, 2025. Amount paid never expires.
- Valid until 2025-11-23.
- 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.
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