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Salish Sea Lantern Festival
August 24, 2024 @ August 24, 2024 - August 24, 2024
Free – $50.00
Beginning at 6:30 pm with Live Entertainment, Beautiful Costumes, and Hand-made illuminated Lanterns. Lantern Procession at 8:30 pm
The Salish Sea Lantern Festival is a celebration of art, light, community and culture. Enjoy live performances and activities that engage all ages, followed by a procession of community members and event participants carrying beautiful, hand-made lanterns along a parade route with large-scale lantern installations.
Before the evening of the Festival, join a lantern-building workshop or watch an online lantern tutorial to create your very own hand-made lanterns.
Bring your lanterns to the festival and join the Lantern Parade!
Workshops and kits are available for registration and purchase starting on the 17th of August.
Free online lantern workshops are available on the ArtSea Gallery Website so everyone can participate!
Jellyfish lantern kits are also available at local retailers (August 17th – $10)
- Island Blue, Sidney, BC
- Buddies Toys, Sidney, BC
- The Shaw Centre for the Salish Sea Store, Sidney BC
- Panorama Recreation Centre
Adult Fish Lantern workshop (August 20th & 21st 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm @ St. Andrew Anglican Church) includes:
In-person instruction for a two-part workshop (2.5 hours each day) leads you through building a complete fish lantern.
Materials to build the fish lantern are included in the workshop registration fee ($50.00). Register using the link below: https://artsea.ca/2024-sslf-fish-lantern-workshop-rregistration/