This weekend is the annual Illuminares Lantern Festival at Trout Lake (John Hendry Park). It’s scheduled for Saturday, July 28th and begins at 7pm and culminates at 11pm with the fireworks. It will go forward despite the civic worker strike.
If you’ve never experienced this before, you are in for a treat. It’s a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the summer with your community and to simply have fun. There is dancing, singing, fireworks and fanciful lanterns.
The event is planned by the Public Dreams Society (which also puts on the Parade of Lost Souls) but it wouldn’t happen without the support and full participation of the community. You are more than welcome to attend and observe, but why not build your own lantern and bring it along? It’s a fun family activity….the kids absolutely love it…and when you see hundreds of beautiful lanterns alight dancing in the darkness around Trout Lake it can be magical.
This has to be one of my favorite events of the summer. Apparently, I’m not alone in this. With little more than word of mouth, this event is growing in popularity not just on Commercial Drive, but throughout Vancouver. Unfortunately, I’ll be out of town this weekend and so I will be unable to attend.
You can find more information about Illuminares here.
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