Tickets Now On Sale For Chinese Lantern Festival

MILWAUKEE COUNTY, WI — Tickets are now on sale for the Chinese Lantern Festival, which will be held this fall at the Boerner Botanical Gardens. Tickets to China Lights: Panda-Mania are now on sale at chinalights.org and at various Parks locations.

The 45 sculptural lantern displays will illuminate the Boerner Botanical Gardens, in Whitnall Park at 9400 Boerner Drive in Hales Corners. The event runs from Sept. 21–Oct. 21, Tuesday through Sunday, from 5:30–10 p.m., with a 5 p.m. opening for people who purchase the VIP ticket package. The festival will be closed Mondays.

Lantern Displays

Along the three-quarter-mile walking route through the Botanical Gardens, panda-habitat lantern displays
will be featured among the three-foot to three-story exhibits. Some of the individual panda lanterns have
already arrived.

Visitors to China Lights will traverse one-way paths to see exhibits focused on Chinese culture, plants, and
animals. Some displays will include animation, and a new area will highlight interactive displays, designed
with children in mind. Near the interactive area, a new rest area will accommodate about 20 people.

• Sept. 21–23, Opening Weekend
• Sept. 28–30, Asian Cuisine/Chicago Weekend, sponsored by MillerCoors
• Oct. 5–7, Moon Festival Weekend, presented by the Milwaukee Chinese Community Center and OCA–Wisconsin
• Oct. 12–14, Cultural Weekend, sponsored by the Reiman Foundation
• Oct 19–21, Closing Weekend

Admission/Fees

China Lights admission tickets will be valid any night of the regular 2018 schedule. Ticket prices are
the following: Child, age 5-17, $12; Adult, age 18-59, $20; Senior, age 60+, $12; one-visit individual
VIP package, $30; and unlimited-visit individual Season Pass, $50.

E-Tickets, which include priority access at the Welcome Gate, may be purchased in advance on-line at
chinalights.org. The e-ticket can be scanned from a print copy or directly from a phone.
Tickets may also be purchased in person at:

• Boerner Botanical Gardens, Milwaukee County Parks Public Services Office (9480 Watertown Plank Road), Brown Deer Park (7625 N. Range Line Road)
• Currie Park (3535 N. Mayfair Road)
• Dretzka Park (12020 W. Bradley Road)
• Grant Park (100 E. Hawthorne Ave.)
• Greenfield Park (12035 W. Greenfield Ave.)
• Hansen Park (9800 W. Underwood Creek Parkway)
• Lincoln Park (1000 W. Hampton Ave.)
• Oakwood Park (3600 W. Oakwood Road)
• Warnimont Park (5400 S. Lake Drive)
• Whitnall Park (6751 S. 92nd St.)

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