RiSE DXB is tentatively scheduled for November 2020.

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Had such an awesome @rise_festival with these legends from dancing on chairs to midnight Zubrowka-fuelled yoga sessions to making first tracks in a powder whiteout together, thanks for making the past week so epic! This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Comments. We had big plans for RISE of the Jack O'Lanterns at Old Westbury Gardens this year (2020)! RiSE is a sustainable lantern festival that takes place all over the world.

People will go out to look at the moon, send up flying lanterns, fly bright drones, have a meal, and enjoy time together with family and friends in parks and natural areas. Join our mailing list to stay up to date.

It's Saturday, February 8 in 2020. To our biggest RISE fans: We had big plans for RISE of the Jack O'Lanterns at Old Westbury Gardens this year (2020)! The world’s biggest music and lantern festival RiSE Festival Dubai will officially happen next year, and it plans to make its grand debut in February 7, 2020. RiSE Lantern Festival 2020. You read that right: you can outsource household chores!

At this moment, art and cultural institutions are allowed to operate in NYS at 33% capacity. Email * Phone. Because our carvers are all paid artists and because we purchase over 20,000 real pumpkins for our show each year, operating at 33% visitor capacity would not provide enough revenue for us to cover the show costs. We were bringing back the large displays that you've all come to love over the years.

Unfortunately, Covid came and put a stop to our plans. In addition to the safety issues that come with trying to operate a public event like this in the middle of a pandemic, we determined that there were a number of financial reasons affecting us and our guests which contributed to this decision. We had hoped to use this year’s festival as a beacon of healing, but our top priority remains to ensure the safety of … In the end, it was determined that there was no way we could guarantee everyone's safety even with strict social distancing procedures in place. We were bringing back the large displays that you've all come to love over the years. But together they give a collective voice to our individual hopes and dreams. If we were to drastically reduce visitor count, we'd have to increase prices dramatically, and we don't think asking our visitors to pay $40 for adults and $32 per child was fair, especially with so many people out of work right now. × RiSE DXB is tentatively scheduled for November 2020.

Even if we raised prices, we wouldn't be able to cover the costs of producing the show you've come to love and expect at a fair price point. See Who's Going to RiSE Lantern Festival 2020 in Sloan, NV!

For updates or to reach us, please do so through The RISE Facebook Page. Celebrated on the 15th day of the first Chinese lunar month, the Lantern Festival traditionally marks the end of the Chinese New Year (Spring Festival) period. Therefore, we're going to put our carving tools down, spend more time with our families in October (for the first time in 9 years), and start planning for the post-pandemic jack o'lantern world.

We hope to see you when this is all over!

Privacy Policy /  Terms and Conditions / Waiver / Media Credential Request. Your lantern means something unique to you. After the event our cleaning crews recover all of the lanterns from the surrounding desert as well as any pre-existing litter in the area, leaving the desert cleaner than it was when we arrived.

We worked hard to try to figure out how to make the event safe for our staff and visitors. #skiing #risefestival2019 #les2alpes #snowsquad #snow #risefestival #rise2019 @rise_festival #squadgoals #grateful

We worked hard to try to figure out how to make the event safe for our staff and visitors.

Dubai will RiSE November 2020.

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. The incarnation of the event in Nevada is a splendid way to take in the beauty of the desert at night. What a time to be alive, dudes and dudettes.

Our lanterns are custom engineered to be 100% biodegradable and to have a short flight distance.

We have a “leave it better than we found it” policy. Previously set to be Friday November 8, the lantern festival from the Mojave Desert in Las Vegas still doesn’t have an exact set date, but hopes to make its huge international debut in February. However, after numerous discussions with Nevada government officials, we have made the difficult decision to postpone RiSE Mojave 2020 until October 1st and 2nd, 2021. You can literally have a four-course meal delivered to you without having to leave your bed, you can outsource your household chores AND you can launch 100% biodegradable lanterns into the sky. Unfortunately, Covid came and put a stop to our plans. With that, we hope you stay safe this October.