26th Annual Winter Solstice Lantern Festival
The dance of the sun and earth inspired celebrations of the human spirit throughout the ages, and our own Winter Solstice Lantern Festival illuminates the night with lanterns, fire, singing, dancing, music, storytelling
Date/Time: Dec 21 2019, 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm
Vancouver, Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | Event calendar181 Roundhouse Mews
P: 604-713-1800
Come celebrate this free community event with a glowing constellation of lanterns shining in two Vancouver neighbourhoods. Wherever you wind up, we hope you feel connected to your community and to the universal spirit of celebration!
IMPORTANT UPDATES:
FIRE PERFORMANCES - Both Granville Island and Yaletown will each host a Fire Finale at approximately 9:30 PM.
GRANVILLE ISLAND
PROCESSIONS:
1) The processions from Leg-In-Boot Square and H.R. MacMillan Space Centre begin at 6:00 PM
2) Granville Island procession musters at 6:00pm in Triangle Square with the Carnival Band and leaves at 6:20 PM .
3) Following indoor activities, the final procession leaves False Creek Community Centre at 9:15 PM and heads to the Fire Finale in Ron Basford Park at 9:30 PM. NOTE: There will be a special performance alongside the boardwalk from 9:25 - 9:35 in honour of the Vancouver Morris Men’s 25 years with this festival!
INDOORS:
Activities take place in both Performance Works (Labyrinth of Light) and the False Creek Community Centre from 6:00 - 10:00 PM.
NEW: OCEAN ART WORKS:
Dec. 20 and 21 (12 :00 - 6:00 PM) - Watch Secret Lantern Artist Yoko Tomita create a 25th Anniversary Sun Lantern to lead the procession on solstice night.
Dec. 21 (12:00 - 6:00 PM) - Free Lantern Workshop. Turn a glass jar into your own unique lantern for the procession leaving from Triangle Square at 6:00 PM.
YALETOWN
PROCESSIONS:
1) A procession leaves The Gathering Place (609 Helmcken St.) at 6:00 PM and heads to the Roundhouse.
2) Following a last-minute lantern-making workshop at the Roundhouse (6:00 - 8:00 PM) , a family lantern procession heads into David Lam Park (8:00 - 8:30 PM).
INDOORS:
The Roundhouse hosts indoor activities from 6:00 - 10:00 PM. The Fire Finale takes place on the Roundhouse Turntable at 9:30 PM.
CHINATOWN - Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden is not participating in our festival in 2018.
STRATHCONA - We plan to return to this wonderful neighbourhood in 2019, but no events are taking place here this year.
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A free family event, with some ticketed venues. Suggested donation of $5/person gratefully accepted.
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