When Is Chinese Lantern Festival 2024. Cary’s koka booth amphitheatre will once again welcome the north carolina chinese lantern festival when it returns this winter for its 10th year. It falls on the first chinese lunar month which is called yuan month in old times.

The lantern festival will take place on february 24, 2024, the 15th day of the lunar year, marking the end of the chinese spring. Read on for my most surprising — and magical — experiences.