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After two years of cancellations due to the COVID-19 pandemic and understaffing, the China Lights Wisconsin Festival will again soften boerner Botanical Gardens nights this fall.
This year’s show, “Adventure in Lantern Wonderland,” will feature new hand-painted, LED-lit sculptures of the Mad Hatter, the Cheshire Cat, the Queen of Hearts and characters from the tale “Alice in Wonderland. “
The festival will take place from September 16 to October 30, with several exhibits from Tuesday to Sunday evening. Boerner Botanical Gardens is at 9400 Boerner Drive, Hales Corners, in the northeast corner of Whitnall Park.
“We are very excited to bring this glorious exhibit back to the community,” said Shirley Walczak, director of Boerner Gardens.
In addition to the “Alice in Wonderland” themed lights, this year’s exhibit will feature cultural lights, a 200-foot Chinese dragon, a favorite from previous years.
Visitors can also enjoy Chinese cuisine and performances through Chinese folk dancers, acrobats and a face changer.
“We seek to be educational about Chinese people, Chinese history and culture, while making (the festival) a laugh for everyone passing by,” Walczak said.
In recent years, the exhibit has attracted more than 100,000 visitors, from Milwaukee’s domain alone but from across the country, Milwaukee County Administrator David Crowley said.
This is the fifth year boerner has collaborated with artists from Tianyu Arts and Culture Inc. Zigong City in Sichuan, China, to present the lantern show, through the TriCity National Bank.
Since 2015, Tianyu has held more than a hundred lantern displays in the United States, Rep. Susan Huang said. China Lights Wisconsin will be the first time they will offer the new “Adventure in Lantern Wonderland” exhibit in the United States. it has only been exhibited once before, in Belgium earlier this year, and will tour more than 40 venues around the world after performing at Börner.
This year, lantern displays will be placed each and every night of the festival at 5:30 p. m. m. y at 7:30 p. m. it will help “space other people more” and protect them from exposure to COVID-19.
Huang recommends that other people buy tickets in advance online at chinalights. org.
General admission tickets for adults are $25 on weekends and $22 on weekdays. A limited number of walk-in tickets can be obtained at the workplace for $35 each.
Visitors can get a $3 reduction in their ticket price by donating blood at any Versiti Blood Center in the Milwaukee area, Versiti public relations manager Kristin Paltzer said.
To purchase tickets and learn more about the China Lights Wisconsin Festival, visit chinalights. org.
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This article was originally published in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: China Lights Wisconsin Festival Returns After Two-Year Hiatus