Lanterns Festival at Wildwood Park

About the Event

Lanterns is west Little Rock's most popular outdoor festival! Each year, we celebrate the food, music, crafts, and performing arts of a new combination of world cultures, fantasy lands, and one US city. Come explore the beautiful outdoor lights along our woodland trails! You can even light your own lantern and float it onto our lake for good luck!

Lanterns is also the major annual fundraising event for Wildwood Park for the Arts.

Your ticket and concessions purchases help us

Preserve the natural beauty of our trails and gardens
Provide nature, arts, and music education classes to children and adults
Bring you more concerts, stage shows, and community festivals
Keep the park free to the public year-round
Your evening of entertainment preserves our 105 acres of green space in west Little Rock and nurtures the next generation of artists in Arkansas!

Included with admission price:
1. Access to all trails, decorated vistas, and light displays
2. Nashville stage show performances in the theater auditorium at 7, 8, and 9 pm (no 9 pm show on Sunday)
3. Treasure hunt for kids (Pirate Land)
4. Storytelling from different world cultures, face painting, arts and crafts (Fairytale Forest)

Requires additional purchase (WildBucks):
1. Launch a lighted lantern onto Swan Lake in China ($5 WildBucks)
2. Sample food and beverages at the vistas (prices vary)
3. Buy craft souvenirs in China or light-up souvenirs elsewhere in the park

Shuttle service starts at 5:30 pm
Gates open at 5:30

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