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3rd Annual Oakland Lantern Festival + Night Market (2025)

Sunday, February 9, 2025 - 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Cost: FREE
Pacific Renaissance Plaza Fountain | 9th Street & Franklin Street, Oakland, CA
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3rd Annual Oakland Lantern Festival + Night Market (2025)

Oakland Bloom

📣SAVE THE DATE📣: Sunday Feb 9, 2025, 3-8PM will be our 3rd Annual Lantern Festival in Oakland Chinatown!

The year of the wood snake is a magical time of wisdom and collective transformation ✨🐍— come to Chinatown to celebrate the new year in an evening of delicious foods, dancing, music, poetry, healing spaces , alongside an incredible maker and night market to bring in the new year grounded in intention and community.

The Pacific Renaissance Plaza courtyard will be lit up with lanterns on bamboo sticks plus have giant red scrolls hanging. There will be about 25 vendors with traditional lantern festival foods like herbal soups and Chinese desserts, plus here are many chef entrepreneurs showcasing their latest dishes from different immigrant culturals in Oakland including Palestinian/Cuba (falafels, harissa wings and yucaa fries),  Panama (tamales), Mexico (Oaxacan cacao) and more plus vendors focusing on healing arts.

Upcoming 3rd Annual Oakland Lantern Festival + Night Market (2025) Events

Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.


Cost: FREE
Categories: **Annual Event**, *Top Pick*, Eating & Drinking, Fairs & Festivals, Holiday Shopping, In Person, Kids & Families, Live Music, Lunar New Year, Theater & Performance
Address: 9th Street & Franklin Street, Oakland, CA

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