Price until
November 1, 2025
Price until
November 20, 2025
Price until
November 21, 2025
Event day
November 22, 2025
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.
2:00
Gates Open
2:00 - 6:00
Enjoy Food Trucks / Music / Fun
4:30
Design your Lantern
5:00 - 6:00
Lantern Launch
6:00
Event Ends
Civic Center Park
43900 San Pablo Ave
Palm Desert, CA 92260
We'd love to have your help with this awesome lantern event. Whether you want to be one of our incredible crew members or just help get the word out, we'd love to have you join the team! Become a vendor and gain exposure and awareness at the Water Lantern Festival.
See vendor and sponsor infoAll 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.
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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.
Read about usWe've been here before and we're excited to come back! Event dates are coming soon, sign up below to be notified and receive a 10% discount code to use on your tickets. We can't wait to see you at the Water Lantern Festival! In the meantime, you can buy The Universal Ticket, redeemable at any event in 2025! With over 200+ Cities planned in 2025 there is sure to be an event near you.
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*Admission free for kids under 8 with paid adult ticket. Lantern not included.
*Admission free for kids under 8 with paid adult ticket. Lantern not included.
