08/16/2026
🏮✨ A magical night of glowing lanterns is coming to Metro Vancouver!
The Vancouver Water Lantern Festival returns next weekend, transforming Coquitlam’s Town Centre Park into a beautiful scene of floating lights, music and reflection. The festival takes place August 22 & 23, 2026, with gates opening at 5:30 p.m.
📍 Town Centre Park, Coquitlam
📅 August 22 & 23
⏰ 5:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Visitors can personalize their own lantern with messages, hopes or memories before joining the lantern launch on the water from approximately 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. The evening also includes live music, food trucks and activities.
Each admission includes a lantern kit, LED candle and decorating materials. Organizers say the lanterns are collected after the event as part of the festival’s cleanup process.
🏮🌅 Thousands of lights, one beautiful summer evening. Who would you take with you?
Water Lantern Festival – Vancouver event details