China Lights Festival In Final Week, Tickets Still Available

HALES CORNERS, WI — The popular China Lights Lantern Festival at the Boerner Botanical Gardens is in its final week, and a limited number of tickets are still available.

Due to overwhelming demand for tickets to the festival, a limited number of tickets are available online each day through the festival's conclusion on Oct. 29. No on-site ticket sales are offered.

The China Lights Lantern Festival at Boerner Botanical Gardens wants all ticket holders to know that their tickets that have an end date of Oct. 22, are good through the Oct. 29 extension.

Related Link: For more information, visit chinalights.org.

China Lights is a celebration of Asian culture featuring sculptural lantern displays on 10 acres of Boerner Botanical Gardens, in addition to professional Chinese folk-culture entertainment, and cultural demonstrations. Last year, the popular festival attracted more than 100,000 visitors, according to event organizers.

Closing Weekend features

• Friday through Sunday: Mobile Guide giveaway to the first 1,000 visitors each day
• Friday and Saturday: Egg-Roll-Eating Contests
• Saturday and Sunday: Free fortune cookies handed out during the Illumination Parade

Also:

• 50 larger-than-life sculptural lantern displays
• An Illumination Parade
• 6 performances per night Friday through Sunday, with professional acrobats, martial artists, and musicians from China
• Cultural Displays with examples of traditional Asian clothing
• A bustling marketplace, with demonstrations of traditional handicrafts
• Asian and Western food options, Ralph’s Wine & Sake Bar

Boerner Botanical Gardens is located at 9400 Boerner Drive, Hales Corners, Wis.

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