Water Lantern Festival is filled with fun, happiness, hope, and great memories that you'll cherish for a lifetime. This is a family friendly event that can be shared by everyone. Friends, families, neighbors, and lots of people that you haven't met can come together to create a peaceful, memorable experience.
While they're called many things such as lantern festivals, lights festivals, floating lanterns, water fest, or Chinese lanterns - only Water Lantern Festival allows you to Light The Water in a way you'll never forget. Now you can experience the magic of thousands of lanterns as the soft lights reflect upon the water.
EVENT SCHEDULE
5:30
Gates Open
5:30 - 8:30
Enjoy Food Trucks / Music / Fun
7:00
Design your Lantern
8:30 - 9:30
Lantern Launch
9:30
Event Ends
Each adult ticket comes with the following:
- Wristband for entry into the festival area with access to food trucks
- Floating lantern kit
- LED candle
- Commemorative drawstring bag
- Marker
- Lantern retrieval and water clean up
The price covers the cost of collecting and removing the lanterns from the water following the event as well as cleaning up any trash that may have been previously been in or around the water.
We are partnering with local sponsors to make the Cleveland Water Lantern Festival even better, and we'd love to have your business involved. There are a ton of ways that you can contribute and have your business benefit. Just send us an email at sponsor@waterlanternfestival.com and let's talk!
All lanterns will be cleaned up after the event by our awesome staff. In addition, we pick up any trash that may have previously been in or around the water. The lanterns are made from rice paper and wood so they are as eco-friendly as possible and we reuse and recycle the LED candles.