Chinese Lantern Festival 2025 in Franklin Square

The 2025 Philadelphia Chinese Lantern Festival takes place at Franklin Square (6th & Race Streets, Center City, Philadelphia). Come join the fun on August 2, 2025 from 6pm-Whenever! There will be food and beverage vendors.

Tickets are $29 a piece. Everyone is responsible for buying their own tickets for this one. 6 pm entry
(Feel free to reach out to me with any questions.)

Website to purchase tickets: https://phillychineselanternfestival.com/

• Over 1,100 lanterns across ~40 larger-than-life installations, including a 200-foot dragon, great coral reef, giant pandas, erupting volcano, forest and underwater scenes [Inquirer.com+6parklightshow.com+6Philadelphia Family Magazine+6](https://www.parklightshow.com/news/philadelphia-chinese-lantern-festival/?utm_source=chatgpt.com).
• New interactive displays in 2025—many lanterns respond to movement or sound parklightshow.com.
• Live cultural performances nightly on three stages (acrobats, Chinese dance, face-changing opera, martial arts), choreographed fountain shows at the Rendell Family Fountain [6abc Philadelphia+9phillychineselanternfestival.com+9Philadelphia Family Magazine+9](https://phillychineselanternfestival.com/must-see/?utm_source=chatgpt.com).
• Food & drink vendors, including Oishii, Sang Kee, SquareBurger, Humpty’s Dumplings, Chickie’s & Pete’s, plus a beer and cocktail garden [Inquirer.com+1phillychineselanternfestival.com+1](https://www.inquirer.com/life/chinese-lantern-festival-philadelphia-2025-tickets-parking-20250618.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com).
• Family fun extras: discounted Philly Mini Golf and Parx Liberty Carousel [Inquirer.com+6Billy Penn at WHYY+6FireCity Illu](https://billypenn.com/2025/03/04/chinese-lantern-festival-2025-schedule-announcement/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

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