Victoria Park Lantern Festival
Home-made northern lights
The Victoria Park Lantern Festival takes place annually on the Saturday that is on the last full weekend in July. It is a participatory event that brings people together to celebrate their community and light up their park with hundreds of home-made lanterns.
Be part of the art
This festival strives to encourage artistic expression, public participation and community-building in the Victoria Park area, and to ensure that the park remains a vibrant part of our urban landscape. Be part of the art! Make a lantern! Come in costume! Enjoy yourself and the community around you.
Ten in 2010
The 2010 Lantern Festival is here. Check out the event day details.
Lantern Making Workshops
Get in touch with your creative side, the 2010 workshops have begun. Check out the events page for details.
Please volunteer
To get all these wonderful things accomplished we will need more volunteers. If you would like to get involved please email the organizing committee at lanternfest@gmail.com.
We need volunteers before, during and after the festival. There are many ways inwhich people can help and many levels at which to lend a hand. Here are a few key areas:
Before the festival
- Leads for lantern-making workshops (we'll train you)
- Assistants for lantern-making workshops
- Workshop materials cleaning and preparation
- Glass jar lantern-making
During the festival
- Lantern installation
- Glass jar workshop leads/helpers
- Fire marshalls
- Security
After the festival
- Lantern installation take down
- Poolhouse clean-up
- 2011 planning
Check out our upcoming events.
