Lanterns can be decorated with your loved one’s name, image, colorful graphics or other remembrance. Be as creative as you want as it’s meant to be specific and special to you. Each comes with a battery-operated candle, vellum lantern and wooden platform.

Treats and drinks will be available for purchase. Free parking is available at the Collective on East 21st and K-96 in Wichita. Bring your own lawn chairs or blankets to sit on as seating is very limited, and proper sun protection is recommended. Purchased lanterns are the only items that can be launched and are not able to be returned. All will be collected after the float and ceremoniously burned.

The Lanterns of Life Festival will light up the night in remembrance of those no longer with us but burn lightly in our hearts. A soft, warm, golden hue glows brightly over the Memory Garden ponds, honoring those loved ones not only for the lives they lived but the lives they touched. It says they’ll never be forgotten.

Event Timeline For Lanterns of Life

7 pm: Festival opens with treats, drinks, music, and lantern decorating
8 pm: Reflection and lantern launch
9 pm: Festival concludes