Pre-festival workshops AT FALSE CREEK CC

Dec. 7 - 21: Get ready for the darkest night of the year by creating your own lantern! To register please select one of the workshops on our website or call 604-257-8195.

saturDAY DECEMBER 21, 2024

Celebrate the longest night by creating a lantern and joining one of the 3 lantern processions that converge in the Water Park. on Granville Island. Starting points:

6:00PM

• Leg-in-Boot Square

• H.R. MacMillan Space Centre

6:20PM

• Triangle Square (in front of GI Market)

FALSE CREEK COMMUNITY CENTRE

• 9:00 AM - Lantern Sales at the Front Desk. Get yours early as supplies are limited.

• 6:00 - 10:00 PM Performances and workshops - see full details below.

PERFORMANCE WORKS

• 6:00 - 10:30 PM - Labyrinth of Light

FALSE CREEK COMMUNITY CENTRE

1318 Cartwright St.
https://falsecreekcc.ca/31st-annual-winter-solstice-lantern-festival/

6:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Our tradition of wonderfully diverse performances, music and workshops continues with activities throughout the community centre.

MINI-GYM

5:00 - 6:30 -Last-minute Lanterns: $10/lantern
Registration Code: #517978
*Note: when you finish your lantern you can head outdoors to meet up with any of the 3 processions.
6:00PM onwards, while supplies last - Headdress-making with ivy and cedar, by donation
7:00 - 9:30 - Nature Lanterns with flower petals and leaves: $20/lantern, Registration Code: #517980

PERFORMANCES

LIND HALL

7:00 - 7:15 - Mistress of Ceremonies Shaughna Born

7:15 - 7:30 - Opening Welcome from Squamish Elder Bob Baker
7:30 - 8:15 - Spakwus Slolem Dancers from the Squamish Nation
8:15 - 8:45 - Vancouver Morris Men traditional English folk dances
8:45- 9:30 - Community Dance with The Carnival Band

TYEE HALL

6:00 - 9:30 - join Sparks Design and create your own shadow dreams

LOUNGE

7:30 - 8:00 - Baltic singing - Salalaul

8:00 - 8:30 - Dark Tales of Solstice Past - Shaughna Born

8:30 - 9:00- Baltic singing - Salalaul

WORKSHOPS

To register please select one of the workshops on our website or call 604-257-8195.

PERFORMANCE WORKS

1218 Cartwright St.
www.performanceworks.ca

LABYRINTH OF LIGHT 6:00 pm - 10:30 pm

The labyrinth has long been used for meditation, prayer and sites of ritual in various cultures around the world. Created with over 500 pure beeswax candles, the winter solstice labyrinth invites you to warm yourself in a self-guided ceremony intended to help release old attachments and envision new possibilities as the darkest night of the year births a new season. Beautiful crystal bowl toning by Lori Bella.

To assist with the Closing Ceremony from 10:30 - 11:30 PM please speak with the Labyrinth Host.

TIMED TICKETS
To ensure a space in the Labyrinth and to minimize wait times, it is strongly recommended that you purchase your TIMED TICKET online. Click the "BUY GRANVILLE ISLAND" button to make your timed ticket selections and then complete your transaction. Please arrive at the Labyrinth 15 minutes before your scheduled time slot.

ONLINE TICKET SALES
$15 - Advance online ticket sales end at noon, Dec 21. Ticket purchases are non-refundable. All sales are final. Children under 13 FREE - please visit on-site box office on Dec 21st for complimentary tickets for eligible children, space pending.

TICKETS AT THE DOOR
$15 - Saturday Dec. 21st in person from 5:30 PM onward. Children under 13 FREE, space pending.

If you are having difficulty purchasing tickets from the button above, please go directly to the ticketing site. Here is the link.