The Water Lantern Festival In Washington That’s A Night Of Pure Magic

After all the events of the last several years that have kept us apart, it's time to celebrate coming back together. The Water Lantern Festival has received national attention in recent years, even winning a People's Choice Award in USA Today for Best Festival. And luckily, this beautiful, bonding event is heading back to Washington in the coming weeks, and you won't want to miss it.

It's hard to summarize the Water Lantern Festival if you haven't experienced it for yourself.

In short, this is meant to be a healing, bonding, connecting experience. It also happens to be beautiful.

At the festival, you'll get to gather with your community at dusk and release tiki torches (water lanterns) onto the water together.

Watch your uniquely created lantern drift out into the water as it joins other lanterns carrying messages of hope, love, forgiveness, and joy.

You can write anything you'd like on your lantern: your goals, your wishes, something you'd like to let to go of, or a letter to a loved one.

Bring a friend or your family and create a beautiful memory together.

When you're prompted, you'll release your lanterns into the water together, watching them combine and make a beautiful glow.

Talk about lighting the night.

The next Water Lantern Festival in Washington will take place October 8, 2022 at Green Lake Park in Seattle.

Green Lake is an integral part of the city, and it's the perfect spot to meet for this fall festival.

The event kicks off at 3:30 p.m. at Seattle Public Theater, with more than four hours of food trucks, music, and fun.

You can start designing your lantern at 6:30 p.m. The lantern launch will take place from 7-8 p.m.

The Water Lantern Festival is a delightful experience.

Don't miss this opportunity to light up the night.

Tickets to the Water Lantern Festival are more affordable when they're purchased in advance, so make plans to participate as soon as possible.