#LanternMaking

2025-08-24

Please boost if you're in these areas to help us recruit enough volunteers!

Hey #Saanich #Esquimalt #VictoriaBC #ViewRoyal folks! Who wants to join me & other crafty #community #volunteers to make new #lanterns & help at this year's Esquimalt #LanternFestival ?
I'll be at all the weekday evening lantern-making shifts 😊

Please sign up at the link provided!

We are getting things rolling for the Esquimalt Lantern Festival! We need crew to help us build new lanterns mid-September as well as help at the event itself. This year, we have expanded the #festival slightly by having #LanternMaking for the general public on Thursday, Sept 25 & the main event on Friday, Sept 26.

townshiparts.org/esquimalt-lan

The Esquimalt Lantern Festival (ELF) is an annual, all ages, #FreeEvent held at the #EsquimaltGorgePark on the traditional land of the Esquimalt and #Songhees Nations.

It features #music by local musicians, handmade lanterns, large-scale #puppets , and interactive #art installations throughout the park. The festival's mandate is to create a warm, welcoming environment that celebrates all things #weird and wonderful!

DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA FOR THE EVENT?
Send our Artistic Producer Jessica Hickman an email at esqlanternfest@gmail.com

#YYJ #AllAges #Inclusive #AccessibleEvent #OutdoorsEvent #LightTheNight #HandmadeLanterns #LanternsFest #ArtsAndCrafts #CommunityEvent #CommunityBuilding #FamilyFriendly #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #ArtsAndCulture

2024-08-25

Come enjoy the upcoming Esquimalt Lantern Festival, next month! Come visit & make lanterns at the maker station at lantern festival. I'll be manning that station from 6pm-8pm

The #Esquimalt #LanternFestival is taking place on Friday, September 13 from 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm.

This is a #FreeEvent and #AllAges are welcome to attend. There will be #LiveMusic, roaming #puppets, #FoodVendors, #FacePainting and #LanternMaking. Attendees are also encouraged to wear #costumes and bring their own lanterns.

Location: Esquimalt #GorgePark, #KinsmenGorgePark / #GorgeWaterwayPark - Japanese Pavilion area.

do250.com/events/2024/9/13/esq

#LekwungenTerritory #SongheesTerritory #SaanichParks #Wsanec #Saanich #Arts #FamilyFriendly #CommunityEvent #YYJ #VictoriaBC #VictoriaArtsCouncil #PublicArtEvent #CreativeEvent #ArtsAndCuelture #VisualArt #VancouverIsland #VanIsle

Esquimalt Lantern Festival event poster.
The Esquimalt Lantern Festival is taking place on 
Friday, Sept. 13, 2024
2024-07-15

#Hiroshima #Nagasaki Day, August 6, 2024.
#Free #FamilyFriendly event to commemorate the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, dedicated to creating #peace and building #community.

Join us on August 6th to celebrate #peace, launch lanterns, and enjoy #Japanese #culture!

#LanternMaking will begin at 6:00 pm indoors on the ground floor of the Pavilion, with all materials provided. The program will begin at 7:30 pm and end at 9 pm with the launching of the lanterns in the Pavilion reflecting pools. Among the performers and presenters will be:

First Nation’s greetings by Carolyn Memnook
MC Dr. Dillon Takata
Tsugio Kurushima, #Nikkei Society
Furusato Dancers
#Uminari #Taiko Drummers
Gettin' Higher Choir
Margaret Krawciw reading: "Children of the A-Bomb"

Location:
#Esquimalt #GorgePark & Pavilion
1070 Tillicum Road, #VictoriaBC.

#LekwungenTerritory #Wsanec #YYJ #CulturalEvent #AsianMastodon #GorgeWaterway #AntiWar #CommunityEvent #FreeEvents #YYJevents #AllAges #VancouverIsland #PNW #ArtsAndCulture #LiveDemos #JapaneseCanadians #AsianCanadians

Event poster with 3 photos - Furusato dancers, floating lanterns & Taiko drummers.

Text reads:

Taiko drummers, Furusato dancers, Gettin' Higher Choir, Lantern floating at Sunset

Make a peace lantern 6pm(indoors)
Program starts at 7:30pm(outdoors)

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