“This Water Lantern Festival creates a beautiful and unique way to share your hopes, dreams, and aspirations,” said Nate Sorensen, Event Director. “It’s a night that you will never forget.”
Water Lantern Festival is committed to bringing you the best lantern festival experience available. Their team of event production experts has produced hundreds of events throughout the world with a combined total of over 1,000,000 attendees. These events consistently receive a 5 star rating with the BBB.
Water Lantern Festival is a family-friendly event with activities, food trucks, music and giveaways. If you are a food truck owner, or are looking to get your business involved, it’s a great opportunity to be involved in the community.
For more information, or to purchase tickets to this amazing event, go to www.WaterLanternFestival.com
Water Lantern Festival is committed to bringing you the best lantern festival experience available. Their team of event production experts has produced hundreds of events throughout the world with a combined total of over 1,000,000 attendees. These events consistently receive a 5 star rating with the BBB.
Water Lantern Festival is a family-friendly event with activities, food trucks, music and giveaways. If you are a food truck owner, or are looking to get your business involved, it’s a great opportunity to be involved in the community.
For more information, or to purchase tickets to this amazing event, go to www.WaterLanternFestival.com
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00:00 The Water Lantern Festival is coming up soon.
00:03 And last week, Lexi got the scoop
00:05 on what you can expect at this year's festival.
00:08 - Good morning, Rebecca.
00:11 Thank you for being here.
00:13 - Thank you for having me.
00:14 - Okay, so we have the Water Lantern Festival
00:17 coming here to Arizona and we are so excited.
00:20 Tell us all about the festival.
00:22 - Yes, we're so excited to come.
00:23 Our festival is all about connection, hope, love,
00:27 and bringing light to communities.
00:29 It's a perfect opportunity for people to remember
00:32 those who passed and just connect with their community.
00:35 - Okay, so walk me through what the festival will be like
00:39 for people who've never really experienced
00:41 something like this before.
00:43 - Yeah, so at the festival, we have,
00:46 you buy tickets beforehand and you'll pick up a lantern kit,
00:50 which includes everything you'll need
00:52 to make a lantern and decorate it.
00:55 And throughout the event, we have local vendors
00:58 and performers who come and games and scavenger hunts.
01:02 We also have a time where people can come up
01:05 and explain their lantern to others
01:08 and kind of have a memoriam or just share
01:12 whatever their lantern means to them with their community.
01:16 - And is that really typical for people to do lanterns
01:18 for loved ones who have passed?
01:22 - That is common, but we also just have people
01:24 who want to gather together and have fun.
01:27 It really depends and it can be individualized
01:29 based on what people are looking for.
01:31 - Oh, that's really beautiful.
01:32 And so I haven't been to one of your specific events yet,
01:36 but I am just imagining as I've seen other water lanterns
01:39 that this is just an incredible thing
01:41 that just kind of lights up the whole night.
01:43 I mean, tell me a little bit about
01:45 what it's like to experience this.
01:47 - Yeah, as the sun sets, everyone releases their lanterns
01:51 onto the water and it is one of the most beautiful things
01:55 to watch, it really will just take your breath away
01:57 and it's just a beautiful feeling to be present
02:00 with all those people when that happens.
02:02 - Ah, it sounds gorgeous.
02:03 And I know you kind of mentioned some of the things,
02:06 the other things that are gonna happen
02:08 while people are there and getting ready
02:10 to release their lantern,
02:11 but tell me about some of the other things.
02:12 I know there's gonna be food and all kinds of great stuff.
02:15 - Yeah, there's gonna be performers
02:18 and also just a lot of chances to have fun with people.
02:21 Like in our lantern kits, we also give away things
02:24 like playing cards or even conversation cards,
02:27 which are cards with questions to ask people
02:29 just to get to know them better.
02:31 And we also have a chance to do a scavenger hunt.
02:34 - Oh, that's so fun, I love a scavenger hunt.
02:37 This sounds like such a fun,
02:39 very family-friendly event, it sounds like.
02:43 - Yes.
02:43 - So tell everybody where this is gonna be held
02:46 and how they get more information.
02:48 - Yes, this is going to be held at Surprise Community Park
02:51 and you can go to our website, waterlanternfestival.com
02:56 to get more information and buy tickets.
02:59 - And I know this is a really big deal for you guys.
03:01 I mean, you have held festivals
03:03 that have had thousands of people present.
03:05 So this is something that people will be prepared
03:07 to see a lot of friends and family,
03:09 to see a lot of their community members, right?
03:11 - Yes, definitely.
03:13 - Oh, that's great.
03:14 All right, well, one more little tidbit
03:16 because I wanna know when it comes to
03:18 these lanterns being released.
03:21 I mean, you said it happens right at sunset.
03:24 What if someone happened to come late or something,
03:25 could they still come and enjoy and just see the lanterns?
03:28 Will they be out on the water all night?
03:31 - So they'll be out on the water for about an hour
03:34 for people to come and enjoy the site.
03:36 And then we have a process, we use a buoy line
03:39 to clean up all the lanterns before we leave
03:42 to make sure that we are being environmentally friendly
03:45 and cleaning up any garbage or anything
03:49 that remains after the festival.
03:51 - That's beautiful.
03:52 Well, I think the picture of this sounds absolutely gorgeous
03:55 and I love that you are really adamant
03:57 about cleaning up afterwards.
03:58 So thank you so much, Rebecca,
04:00 for telling us all about this beautiful event.
04:03 - Thank you so much for having me.
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