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

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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.