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Louisville Zoo 'Wild Lights Asian Lantern Festival' set-up begins

The Wild Lights Asian Lantern Festival will be held March 5 through April 25 at the Louisville Zoo.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The set-up for the Wild Lights Asian Lantern Festival is underway.


You'll be able to walk a path with 65 larger-than-life illuminated displays made up of more than 2,000 silk-covered lantern pieces.


It will take more than 50,000  LED lightbulbs to make it happen.

RELATED: Louisville Zoo to host nation's largest lantern festival in March

Zoo officials say some of the crowd favorites are expected to be a 131-foot long dragon, an African savanna display, and a color-changing panda tree!

There will also be a giant 2-story tall shark that you can walk through and illuminated swings.

Credit: Louisville Zoo
A shark lantern display

The festival will be held March 5 through April 25 at the Louisville Zoo.
 

Tickets will go on sale on March 1.

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