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Biggest Chinese Lantern Festival in Canada to light up Vancouver this winter

The event will include an array of live performances, hands-on activities, kids' features, and food--all in addition to dazzling displays of lights.

Canada's largest Chinese Lantern Festival and celebration of culture will light up Vancouver for five weeks this winter.

Running from December 15, 2017 to January 21, 2018, the Vancouver Chinese Lantern Festival will take place all over the entire span of the PNE grounds.

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The event will include an array of live performances, hands-on activities, kids' features, and food--all in addition to dazzling displays of lights.

Some of the large-scale light displays will be epic in scope, and many will reflect traditional and iconographic elements of classical and modern Chinese culture.

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Details about performances, ticketing, and getting to the venue are all available online.

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Vancouver Chinese Lantern Festival

When: December 15, 2017 to January 21, 2018

Where: PNE - East Hastings at Renfrew Street

Tickets: $13.50 to $19 (kids 3 and under are free); available online