Unique festival once billed as country’s best by ‘USA Today’ poll coming to Columbus

A festival tapped as the country’s best by USA Today readers in 2023 (and multiple previous years) is coming to Columbus next month.

The Water Lantern Festival will be held Aug. 10 from 6-10 p.m. at Franklin Park Conservatory.

The event. which was named the best festival in the country last year (as well as in 2019 and 2020) in the USA Today 10Best Readers Choice awards, allows visitors to create their own, customized lantern—complete with an LED light—and set them out across the water after sunset, among thousands of others.

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You can purchase tickets here. Early bird pricing is available through July 21.

In case you need to miss its Columbus stop, the festival is headed to six other Ohio cities this summer, including Akron, Berea, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dayton and Toledo.

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