China Lights Lantern Festival To Host Exclusive Preview Night

MILWAUKEE COUNTY, WI — Organizers of China Lights, the popular Chinese lantern festival at Milwaukee County’s Boerner Botanical Gardens, is hosting a preview night, tickets sales for the preview night as well as opportunities to work as interns and volunteers.

The show will run from Sept. 21–Oct. 21, at Boerner Botanical Gardens, 9400 W. Boerner Drive in Hales Corners, WI. Tickets to the Exclusive Preview Night party, Sept. 19, from 6–9 p.m., include close-up parking, admission, three behind-the-scenes tours, a parade, two stage performances, Asian hors d’oeuvres and beverages, artisan craft demonstrations, a collector’s premium, the mobile guide, and one VIP admission ticket for a return visit to the 2018 festival.

A limited number of Exclusive Preview Night tickets are available for $100 per person and are currently available online at chinalights.org.

Beginning Aug. 8, the Preview Night tickets will also be available at the Boerner Botanical Gardens front desk between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Interns, Volunteers Wanted

China Lights will be hiring two interns to work in every aspect of event-planning management for two days per week during the full run of the festival. The schedule is flexible. Applicants must be at least 18 years old and should have an interest in gaining experience in this industry. For more information, call 414-525-5628.

In addition, volunteer opportunities are available for Line-Minders, Docents, and Exit Guides. Positions must commit to two nights per week for the duration of the festival. Working two to three hours per night, Line-

Minders will be greeting patrons, directing them to the appropriate admissions gate, and talking with them as they wait in line. Working two to four hours per night, Docents will guide visitors through the exhibits and provide background information on the displays. Docents may qualify for a stipend. Working three to four hours per night, Exit Guides will be thanking patrons and directing them to the shuttle stop or to the nearby lots. Each volunteer will earn two free VIP tickets to the festival and an invitation to the staff- appreciation party.

Festival hours will be 5:30–10 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday. The event will be closed Mondays. China
Lights admission tickets will be valid any night of the regular 2018 schedule.

Online ticket sales will open Aug. 8, at 10:08 a.m. Ticket prices are the following: Child, age 5-17, $12;
Adult, age 18-59, $20; Senior, age 60+; one-visit individual VIP package, $30; and unlimited-visit individual
Season Pass, $50.

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