Join us to celebrate the annual cultural celebration centered on the traditional German festival of St. Martin.
Lanterns: Please bring the lantern your student constructed at school. FoAEA will provide lights and sticks free of charge.
Lantern walk: Students will carry their handmade paper lanterns and sing traditional German songs as we walk together down the Prado in Balboa Park, around the Bea Evenson Fountain, and back to the Spreckels Organ Pavilion. The walk is approximately 0.6 miles round trip.
Food and refreshments: FoAEA will offer light snacks and food for purchase, including traditional German Weckmänner (sweet bread)
Parking: Organ Pavilion Parking, located behind the Spreckels Organ, accessed via Presidents Way and Pan American Road East. After 6:00pm, the cost is FREE for all visitors (resident and non-resident). More information on parking can be found HERE.
See you there!
FOOD DRIVE & COATS DONATION
When: Nov. 9th – 12th @ Drop-Off and Pick-Up.
Where: Main, TK & Kindergarten gates
Why: Donations will go to PATH and Feeding San Diego.
FOOD DRIVE:
-Food must be non-perishable and NOT in glass containers.
Lanternfest 2026
LANTERNEN FESTIVAL:
Thursday, November 12, 6:00 pm.
Spreckels Organ Pavilion in Balboa Park
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Join us to celebrate the annual cultural celebration centered on the traditional German festival of St. Martin.
Lanterns: Please bring the lantern your student constructed at school. FoAEA will provide lights and sticks free of charge.
Lantern walk: Students will carry their handmade paper lanterns and sing traditional German songs as we walk together down the Prado in Balboa Park, around the Bea Evenson Fountain, and back to the Spreckels Organ Pavilion. The walk is approximately 0.6 miles round trip.
Food and refreshments: FoAEA will offer light snacks and food for purchase, including traditional German Weckmänner (sweet bread)
Parking: Organ Pavilion Parking, located behind the Spreckels Organ, accessed via Presidents Way and Pan American Road East. After 6:00pm, the cost is FREE for all visitors (resident and non-resident). More information on parking can be found HERE.
See you there!
FOOD DRIVE & COATS DONATION
When: Nov. 9th – 12th @ Drop-Off and Pick-Up.
Where: Main, TK & Kindergarten gates
Why: Donations will go to PATH and Feeding San Diego.
FOOD DRIVE:
-Food must be non-perishable and NOT in glass containers.
-For a list of most needed food items click here.
–You can also donate virtually to the San Diego Food Bank through 11/22/26. Click here to donate!
COAT DRIVE:
–Coats must be new or gently used. Child and adult sizes are accepted
*All donations will be given to PATH and the San Diego Food Bank.