📅 Date: Saturday, November 8, 2025

📍 Location: Almaden Lake Park, San Jose

☝️ Reminder: Use promo code Austin2025 for 10% OFF

To mark the second anniversary of Austin’s tragic accident, the Austin Chen Tsai Foundation would like to invite friends, family, and partners to this year’s Water Lantern Festival in San Jose, California on November 8.

The Water Lantern Festival is an event that takes place in different cities throughout the world during which people gather for food, fellowship, and fun, and then in a beautiful and memorable ceremony at sunset, release water lanterns filled with messages of faith, hope, love, and cherished memories.

Two years into our lives without Austin’s physical presence, we would like to share this special evening with all of you and invite you to bring your own sources of light with you, whether that be your own family or friends or your cherished hopes and dreams.

Thanks to your generosity, a portion of all ticket sales and donations will go toward supporting the wonderful work being done by Berkeley Changemaker®.

DO NOT FORGET! ☝️ Use code Austin2025 for 10% off your ticket purchase.

About the Water Lantern Festival:

Witness the beauty of thousands of lanterns and the lights reflecting upon the water on an emotional and unforgettable night. The Water Lantern Festival is a truly magical experience where you, your friends, and your family can create unforgettable memories together. It’s a meaningful and emotional evening—whether you're writing down your hopes and dreams, sharing a message to a loved one, or simply soaking in the beauty of the moment. As your lantern floats out onto the water, you become part of a collective celebration of life, love, and reflection. At the Water Lantern Festival, we treasure these moments and are dedicated to making your experience as special and memorable as possible.

About Berkeley Changemaker®:

Berkeley Changemaker® is an academic program offered by the University of California, Berkeley that focuses on critical thinking, communication, and collaboration - skills that Austin embodied at home, school, in sports, and in business. Students are exposed to the brightest and best faculty and alumni from across the campus, including Nobel Prize and Distinguished Teaching Award winners. We believe that Austin himself was a change maker in everything he did, and the Austin Chen Tsai Foundation aims to build on what Austin accomplished in his short life through our partnership with Berkeley Changemaker®.

🕑 Schedule:

2:30 - Gates Open

2:30-7:00 - Enjoy Food Trucks / Music / Fun

5:00 - Design your Lantern

5:30-7:00 - Lantern Launch over Almaden Lake

7:00 - Event Ends

Can’t Attend?

Please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to continue Austin’s legacy and help the great students and faculty of Berkeley Changemaker®.

Some of the bright and beautiful Berkeley Changemakers