Northern Lights Lantern Festival 2025

We’d love for you to join us at the 22nd Annual Northern Lights Lantern Festival - Saturday August 9 2025 from 5:00-9:30pm at Merv Sullivan Park (the Pit) Halifax NS.

Connect with friends old and new for a fun free event with the whole family!

The festival is a celebration of the vibrancy and diversity of Halifax’s North End. It’s a community festival in the truest sense where everyone is welcome. There is no charge for admission activities or BBQ.

𝗙𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴:

- Bouncy Castles - Presented by 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝘆

- Lantern Making - Presented by 𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐕𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐋𝐭𝐝

- Carnival Games

- Face Painting

- Free Community BBQ (featuring hotdogs veggie dogs and halal

dogs) - Presented by 𝐆𝐮𝐲𝐬𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐞𝐫

- Live Music on the 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 Main Stage

- Parade of Lanterns at Dusk

- Firework Finale at 9:15pm - Presented by 𝐀&𝐁 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠

Full schedule of events coming soon.

Food vendors on site with food for purchase.

Live music on the main stage throughout the festival and the night is capped off with our parade of lanterns and a wonderful fireworks display. It’s a great way to celebrate the North End as a community!

So call your friends grab the family or come on your own!

Visit our website: http://nllf.org/ See less