30th Annual Winter Solstice Lantern Festival- Granville Island
*The event has already taken place on this date: Fri, 12/22/2023
Join us to celebrate 30th Annual Winter Solstice Lantern Festival at the False Creek Community Centre. We return to hosting 3 lantern processions! Celebrate the darkest night and the turning of the year by creating a lantern and joining one of the 3 processions that converge in the Water Park.
Please help us keep this calendar up to date! If this activity is sold out, canceled, or otherwise needs alteration, email mindy@kidsoutandabout.com so we can update it immediately. If you have a question about the activity itself, please contact the organization administrator listed below.
This is one out of three neighbourhood locations. Follow the links below for info about Yaletown and Strathcona locations: https://www.secretlantern.org/solstice-neighbourhoods
6:00PM
- Leg-in-Boot Square
- H.R. MacMillan Space Centre
- Leg-in-Boot Square
- H.R. MacMillan Space Centre
6:20PM
- Triangle Square (in front of GI Market)
- Triangle Square (in front of GI Market)
MINI-GYM
5:00 - 6:30 - Pin-Prick Lanterns: $10/lantern *Note: when you finish your lantern you can head outdoors to meet up with any of the 3 processions.
6:00 - Headdress-making with ivy and cedar: Drop in. FREE - while supplies last
7:00 - 9:30 - Nature Lanterns with flower petals and leaves: $20/lantern
6:00 - Headdress-making with ivy and cedar: Drop in. FREE - while supplies last
7:00 - 9:30 - Nature Lanterns with flower petals and leaves: $20/lantern
PERFORMANCES
LIND HALL
with Shaughna Born, Mistress of Ceremonies
with Shaughna Born, Mistress of Ceremonies
7:00 - 7:15 - Opening Welcome from Squamish Elder Bob Baker
7:15 - 8:00 - Spakwus Slolem Dancers from the Squamish Nation
8:00 - 8:30 - Vancouver Morris Men traditional English folk dances
8:30 - 9:30 - Community Dance with The Carnival Band
7:15 - 8:00 - Spakwus Slolem Dancers from the Squamish Nation
8:00 - 8:30 - Vancouver Morris Men traditional English folk dances
8:30 - 9:30 - Community Dance with The Carnival Band
TYEE HALL
6:00 - 9:30 - Play with your shadow on the gorgeous image screen by Shadow Sail Theatre *with random saxophone by Tim Sars
LOUNGE
6:00 - 9:00 - The Canadian Planetarium. Learn about the night sky with community astronomer Bill Burnyeat
LABYRINTH OF LIGHT
6:00 - 10:00 - The labyrinth has long been used for meditation, prayer and sites of ritual in various cultures around the world. Created with over 500 pure beeswax candles, the winter solstice labyrinth invites you to warm yourself in a self-guided ceremony intended to help release old attachments and envision new possibilities as the darkest night of the year births a new season.
ONLINE TICKET SALES
$11.00 - Children under 13 FREE. Please visit on-site box office on December 20 & 21 for complimentary tickets for eligible children, space pending.
Advance online ticket sales end at noon, December 20 & 21 for respective dates. Ticket purchases are non-refundable. All sales are final.
Advance online ticket sales end at noon, December 20 & 21 for respective dates. Ticket purchases are non-refundable. All sales are final.
Online tickets: https://secretlantern.tickit.ca
TICKETS AT THE DOOR
$11.00 - Limited tickets are available at the door from 5:30 PM onward on December 20 & 21. Cash only. Children under 13 FREE.
Find more on our website:
https://www.secretlantern.org/granville-island
https://www.secretlantern.org/granville-island
*Times, dates, and prices of any activity posted to our calendars are subject to change. Please be sure to click through directly to the organization’s website to verify.
Location:
False Creek Community Centre1318 Cartwright St
Vancouver, BC, V6H 3R8Canada
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The event has already taken place on this date:
12/22/2023
Time:
6:00 - 10:00 PM
Ages
All AgesWeb Service