Create meaningful brand moments

Partner With Water Lantern Festival

Water Lantern Festival brings communities together across 100+ cities to celebrate hope, love, remembrance, and connection. Our vendors and partners play a vital role in shaping the guest experience,  from food and retail to immersive brand activations.

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8+

Years Running

175+

Cities Worldwide

2m+

Lanterns Launched

Our Attendees

An experience-first audience that shows up ready to connect, explore, and engage.

Attendee Profile

Our audience skews toward couples, families, and friend groups — over 80% attend with at least one other person, 60% attend with a partner, and 40% come with family. There is a strong female decision-maker presence, and attendees tend to be community-oriented, values-driven, calm, respectful, and emotionally engaged.

Age Breakdown

21–29: 24%

30–39: 36%

40–49: 22%

50+: 18%

Geographic Reach

Attendees come from major metro areas and surrounding suburbs across the US, Canada, UK, and Australia. Events see strong local attendance with significant regional draw and consistent sellout pacing across markets.

Core Attendee Segments

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Date Night Couples

Ages 25–40

Romantic, aesthetic-driven, and experience-first.

Three people holding handmade paper lanterns and taking a selfie by the water at sunset with a crowd in the background.

Families with Kids

Ages 30–50

Seeking safe, meaningful, high group-spend outings.

People playing cornhole outdoors near a historic building with colorful flags and tents in the background.

Friend Groups & Girls' Nights

Ages 21–45

Social, discovery-driven, and highly shareable.

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Wellness & Mindfulness Seekers

Ages 25–45

Drawn to reflection, intention-setting, and community.

Spending & Engagement Behavior

Attendees don't just show up — they stay, spend, and share.

Purchase Behavior

Attendees have an experience-first spending mindset with strong on-site food, beverage, and merch conversion. Group purchases are common, and guests typically arrive early and stay for hours.

Digital Behavior

Attendees are highly active on Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook with high organic sharing during and after events. Vendors naturally become part of attendee stories.

Who This Is For

Find where your brand fits within the Water Lantern Festival experience.

Brand Sponsors

National and regional brands in lifestyle, family, wellness, and CPG. Custom activations available.

Food & Beverage Vendors

Interested in joining us?
Please fill out Truckster's food truck vendor form here!

Retail & Market Vendors

Handmade goods, jewelry, art, gifts, apparel, and lifestyle products.

Wellness & Experiential

Yoga, mindfulness, wellness brands, non-profits, and community organizations.

Why Partner with Water Lantern Festival

A rare combination of emotional engagement, organic reach, and national scale — built for brands that want to connect, not just advertise.

Emotionally Meaningful Setting

Attendees are present, reflective, and open.

Highly Shareable Visuals

Lantern launches create organic reach at scale.

Family-Friendly & Inclusive

A multi-generational audience with purchasing intent.

Proven Foot Traffic

Calm flow and long dwell time mean real engagement.

National Scale, Local Impact

One partnership, many communities.

Built-In Brand Storytelling

Vendors and sponsors become part of the attendee experience — and the content they share after.

Let’s Create Something Meaningful Together

Whether you’re a local vendor or a national brand, Water Lantern Festival offers a rare opportunity to connect with people during moments that truly matter.

Loved by Thousands

What Attendees Say

“The Water Lantern Festival was the most awesome event I have ever been to!”
The love, the emotions, the spirituality that filled the air was so overwhelming. The experience was a turning point in my life which I have been looking for. Thank you Water Lantern Festival.
Cindy Q.
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“The entire ambiance of the event is BEAUTIFUL”
This is a warm, uplifting, soul-filling activity that is sure to leave you filled with joy and love - not only through the expression of your dreams, hopes, and wishes, but especially in reading others as they float serenely by.
Kaley D.
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“It was such an incredible experience.”
I am so grateful i got to attend. When you see all the lanterns out on the water there is a moment where you feel your heart just fill with so much love it's indescribable, almost a spiritual experience.
Christy A.
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“Strangers coming together as a community in a peaceful and positive way.”
We were encouraged to share stories an d experiences and I felt the love and support throughout this "community" of people. What a wonderful experience!