‘Amazingly beautiful’ Grand Rapids Lantern Festival now open to the public

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GRAND RAPIDS, MI — The first of its kind in Michigan, the Grand Rapids Lantern Festival is now open to the public at John Ball Zoo.

The lantern festival features 55 lantern installations, ranging from a giant butterfly-filled tree to a crab with moving claws. Some of the lantern sculptures are interactive, with blowing bubbles and blinking eyeballs. The festival officially opens Wednesday, April 19 at 7 p.m.

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