Pre-festival workshops AT FALSE CREEK CC

Dec. 7 - 21: Get ready for the darkest night of the year by creating your own lantern! To register please select one of the workshops on our website or call 604-257-8195.

Sunday DECEMBER 21, 2025

Celebrate the longest night by creating a lantern and joining one of the 3 LANTERN PROCESSIONS that converge in the Water Park. on Granville Island. Starting points:

6:00PM
1) Leg-in-Boot Square with Bloco Energia Samba Band
2) H.R. MacMillan Space Centre with Ron Radar Stelting & Drum Friends

6:20PM
3) Triangle Square (in front of GI Market) with The Carnival Band

FALSE CREEK COMMUNITY CENTRE
6:00 - 10:00 PM Performances and workshops - see full details below.

The NEST (in Festival House)
7:30 - 9:30PM - Solstice Drum Circle

PERFORMANCE WORKS
4:30 - 10:00 PM - Labyrinth of Light

FALSE CREEK COMMUNITY CENTRE

1318 Cartwright St.
https://falsecreekcc.ca/32nd-annual-winter-solstice-lantern-festival/

5:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Our tradition of wonderfully diverse performances, music and workshops continues with activities throughout the community centre.

MINI-GYM

5:00 - 6:30 -Last-minute Lanterns: $10/lantern
Registration Code: #580022
*Note: when you finish your lantern you can head outdoors to meet up with any of the 3 processions.
6:00PM while supplies last - Headdress-making with ivy and cedar: $5
7:00 - 9:30 - Nature Lanterns with flower petals and leaves: $30/lantern, Registration Code: #580023

PERFORMANCES

LIND HALL

7:00 - 7:15 - Mistress of Ceremonies Shaughna Born

7:15 - 7:30 - Opening Welcome from Squamish Elder Bob Baker
7:30 - 8:15 - Spakwus Slolem Dancers from the Squamish Nation
8:15 - 8:45 - Vancouver Morris Men traditional English folk dances
8:45- 9:30 - Community Dance with The Carnival Band

TYEE HALL

6:00 - 9:30 - join Mind of a Snail Puppet Co. and create your own shadow
dreams

LOUNGE

7:30 - 8:00 - Baltic singing - Salalaul
8:00 - 8:30 - Dark Tales of Solstice Past - Shaughna Born
8:30 - 9:00- Baltic singing - Salalaul

WORKSHOPS

To register please select one of the workshops on our website or call 604-257-8195.

PERFORMANCE WORKS

1218 Cartwright St.

LABYRINTH OF LIGHT 4:30 pm - 9:30 pm

The labyrinth has long been used for meditation, prayer and sites of ritual in various cultures around the world. Created with over 500 pure beeswax candles, the winter solstice labyrinth invites you to warm yourself in a self-guided ceremony intended to help release old attachments and envision new possibilities as the darkest night of the year births a new season.

To assist with the Closing Ceremony from 9:30 - 10:30 PM please speak with the Labyrinth Host.

TIMED TICKETS
To ensure a space in the Labyrinth and to minimize wait times, it is strongly recommended that you purchase your TIMED TICKET online. Click the "BUY GRANVILLE ISLAND" button to make your timed ticket selections and then complete your transaction. Please arrive at the Labyrinth 15 minutes before your scheduled time slot.

ONLINE TICKET SALES
Adults $20.00, Kids 6 - 13years $5.00, Children under 5 FREE (please visit on-site box office on Dec 21st for complimentary tickets for eligible children, space pending.)
Advance online ticket sales end at noon, Dec 21.
Ticket purchases are non-refundable. All sales are final.

TICKETS AT THE DOOR
Adults $20.00, Kids 6 - 13years $5.00, Children under 5 FREE.
Sunday Dec. 21st in person from 4:30 PM onward, space pending.

If you are having difficulty purchasing tickets from the button above, please go directly to the ticketing site. Here is the link.

THE NEST

Festival House, 1398 Cartwright St.

7:30 - 9:30PM Solstice Drum Circle

Drumming has been used throughout history as a way of celebrating community and energizing the spirit of those communities. Playing a drum is fun; playing with a group is even more fun! Participating in a drum circle is a healing experience for the mind, body and spirit. Drumming cuts through all racial, cultural and gender boundaries. Everyone is welcome regardless of their musical expertise and drumming knowledge. Rhythm surrounds and permeates every aspect of our daily lives. The way we walk, the way we talk, everything that exists vibrates with it’s own rhythm. The concept is so simple. Rhythm is life and life is rhythm. Feel how easy it is to be calm, centered and energized. Some health benefits of drumming: Stress Reduction, Exercise, Joy, Creativity, Self Expression, Energy, Active Meditation, Unity.

Led by master facilitator and ecstatic rhythmist Ron Radar Stelting.