Hot air balloon festival


Hot air balloon festivals are held annually in many places throughout the year, allowing hot air balloons operators to gather- as well as for the general public- to participate in various activities. They can include races; evening "night glows", in which balloons are fired while remaining tethered to the ground; and rides.
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FestivalCityCountryYear StartedWhen HeldOfficial Website
Adirondack Hot Air Balloon FestivalGlens Falls, New YorkUnited States1973Last full weekend of September.
Alabama Jubilee Hot Air Balloon ClassicDecatur, AlabamaUnited States1977
Albuquerque International Balloon FiestaAlbuquerque, New MexicoUnited States1972First full week in October including both adjacent weekends
Araku Balloon FestivalAraku Valley, Andhra PradeshIndia2017
Arizona's SalsaFest Balloon FestivalSafford, ArizonaUnited States2008
Ashland BallonfestAshland, OhioUnited States1990
Atlantic Balloon FiestaSussex, New BrunswickCanada1985
Balaton Crossing International Hot Air Balloon Competition and FiestaSiófokHungary2004May
Ballonfiësta BarneveldBarneveldNetherlands1983
Ballonhappening WaregemWaregemBelgium1999
Balloons, Bikes, Blues and BarbequeParsons, KansasUnited States2009 to 2016Third Weekend in October
Balloons over WaikatoHamilton, North IslandNew Zealand1999
Balloons over WairarapaWairarapa, North IslandNew Zealand1999
Blossom Time Balloon FestivalChagrin Falls, OhioUnited States1988
Bluegrass Balloon FestivalLouisville, KentuckyUnited States1999
Bluff Balloon FestivalBluff, UtahUnited States1998
Breda Balloon FiëstaBredaNetherlands1986
Bristol International Balloon FiestaBristolUnited Kingdom1979
Canberra Balloon SpectacularCanberraAustralia1987
Cedar City Sky FestivalCedar City, UtahUnited States20053rd weekend in September
Centralia Balloon FestivalCentralia, IllinoisUnited States1990
Colorado Balloon ClassicColorado Springs, ColoradoUnited States1977Labor Day weekend in September
Colorado River Crossing Balloon FestivalYuma, ArizonaUnited States1990
Creston Hot Air Balloon DaysCreston, IowaUnited States19783rd weekend in September
Delta Air Balloon FestivalGreenville, MississippiUnited Statesn/a
Dolomiti BalloonfestivalToblachItaly2003
European Balloon FestivalIgualada, CataloniaSpain1997First fortnight of July
European Hot Air Balloon ChampionshipsVariesEurope1992
Exclusive CupBerkeleyUnited Kingdom2008
Eyes to the Skies FestivalLisle, IllinoisUnited States1981 to 2008
Eyes to the Sky Balloon FestivalSalina, UtahUnited States2007Third weekend in June
Ferrara Balloons FestivalFerraraItaly2005
:pt:Festival Internacional de Balonismo de Torres|Festival Internacional de Balonismo de TorresRio Grande do SulBrazil1989Late April
Field of Flight Air Show and Balloon FestivalBattle Creek, MichiganUnited States1980
Freedom Weekend AloftSimpsonville, South CarolinaUnited States1982
Gatineau Hot Air Balloon FestivalGatineau, QuebecCanada1988Labor Day Weekend
Gordon Bennett Cup gas balloon raceVariesVaries1906Hosted by country of the race winner two years prior.
Great Falls Balloon FestivalLewiston / Auburn, MaineUnited States1992
Great Forest Park Balloon RaceSaint Louis, MissouriUnited States1973
Great Midwest Balloon FestKansasUnited States2010 to 2015Held in Kansas City, Missouri in 2016 as Rhythm 'n Balloons before shutting down. No flights occurred.
Great Northern Balloon Festival & Air ShowGreenville, New YorkUnited States1998 to 2003
Great Pershing Balloon DerbyBrookfield, MissouriUnited States1977
Great Reno Balloon RaceReno, NevadaUnited States1981
Great Texas Balloon RaceLongview, TexasUnited States1977
Great Wellsville Balloon RallyWellsville, New YorkUnited States1975
Guanajuato International Air Balloon FestivalLeón, GuanajuatoMexico2002In November, the weekend of the Mexican revolution holiday. It is also the Buen Fin.
Havasu Balloon Festival and FairLake Havasu City, ArizonaUnited States2011The third weekend in January
Helen to the Atlantic Balloon RaceHelen, GeorgiaUnited States1974
High Hopes Hot Air Balloon FestivalMilford, New HampshireUnited States1986 to 2006
Hot Air JubileeJackson, MichiganUnited States1984
Huff 'n' PuffTopeka, KansasUnited States1976Second weekend of September
International Hot-Air Balloon Festival in Château-d'OexChâteau-d'ŒxSwitzerland1979
International Hot-Air Balloon Festival in GilboaWell of HarodIsrael2009August
International Balloon Festival of Saint-Jean-sur-RichelieuSaint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QuebecCanada1984
International Balloon Grand Prix TodiTodi, UmbriaItaly1988
Irish National Hot Air Ballooning ChampionshipVariesIreland1971Referred to as 'The Irish Meet' the Irish Championship is the longest running ballooning event in the world.
Kinsmen Cornwall Lift OffCornwall, OntarioCanada1994 to 2014
Kiwanis BalloonfestValparaiso, IndianaUnited States1991
London International Hot Air Balloon FestivalLondon, OntarioCanada1983 to 2007
Lorraine Mondial Air BallonsChambley-Bussières Air Base, LorraineFrance1989End of July. Once every 2 years.
Macomb Balloon RallyMacomb, IllinoisUnited States1987Second Weekend of September
Mansfield Balloon FestivalMansfield, VictoriaAustralia1995
Meetjeslandse BalloonmeetingEekloBelgium1986
Metro NY Balloon & Music FestivalShirley, New YorkUnited States2007 to 2008
Michigan Challenge BalloonfestHowell, MichiganUnited States1985
Mid-Hudson Valley Balloon FestivalPoughkeepsie, New YorkUnited States1992
Midwest SkyFestKentland, IndianaUnited States2010July
Montpelier Bean Days Balloon FestivalMontpelier, OhioUnited States2014July
National Balloon ClassicIndianola, IowaUnited States1969First week of August
National Balloon Rally Statesville, North CarolinaUnited States1974Third weekend in October
New York State Festival of BalloonsDansville, New YorkUnited States1981
Northampton Balloon FestivalNorthamptonUnited Kingdom1990
Northwest Art and Air FestivalAlbany, OregonUnited States2000
Northwest Connecticut Balloon FestivalConnecticutUnited States1995 to 2004
Northwest Georgia Hot-Air Balloon FestivalSummerville, GeorgiaUnited States2008
Piscataquis Heritage Hot Air Balloon FestivalDover-Foxcroft, MaineUnited States2013
Ojiya Hot Air Balloon FestivalOjiya, NiigataJapan1977February
Pellissippi State Hot Air Balloon FestivalPellissippi State Community College, Knoxville, TennesseeUnited States2004 to 2010
Penang Hot Air Balloon FiestaGeorge Town, PenangMalaysia2015February
Pennington Balloon ChampionshipBaton Rouge, LouisianaUnited StatesLate 1980s
Philippine International Hot-Air Balloon FiestaAngeles, PampangaPhilippines19942nd week of February
Plano Balloon FestivalPlano, TexasUnited States1980
Putrajaya International Hot Air Balloon FiestaPutrajayaMalaysia2009
Qatar Balloon FestivalDohaQatar2019
Quick Chek New Jersey Festival of BallooningReadington Township, New JerseyUnited States1983Third week of July
Quechee Hot Air Balloon Craft and Music FestivalQuechee, VermontUnited States1979Father's Day Weekend
Raduno Internazionale dell'EpifaniaMondovìItaly1988First week of January
Ravenna Balloon A-FairRavenna, OhioUnited States1979
RE/MAX Ballunar Liftoff FestivalJohnson Space Center, Houston, TexasUnited States1993
Saga International Balloon FiestaSaga PrefectureJapan1980
Sandy City Balloon FestivalSandy, UtahUnited States2006First weekend in August
Sandy Valley Balloon FestivalSandy Valley, NevadaUnited States1999
Saxonia International Balloon FiestaLeipzigGermany1995
Sierra Vista Festival of ColorSierra Vista, ArizonaUnited States1989
Singha Park Chiangrai Balloon FiestaChiangraiThailand2019November
Singha Park ChiangRai International Balloon FiestaChiangraiThailand2019Valentine in February
Sky SafariLongleat, WiltshireUnited Kingdom2016
Strathaven Balloon FestivalStrathaven, South LanarkshireUnited Kingdom1999
Spiedie Fest and Balloon RallyBinghamton, New YorkUnited States1985
Spirit of Boise Balloon ClassicBoise, IdahoUnited States1991
St. Patty's Day Balloon RallyeLos Lunas, New MexicoUnited States1984
Sunflower Balloon FestAnthony, KansasUnited States1998Mother's Day Weekend
Sweetheart Balloon RallyLoveland, ColoradoUnited States2007Last weekend in August
Taiwan Balloon FestivalTaitungTaiwan2011Summer
Temecula Valley Balloon and Wine FestivalTemecula, CaliforniaUnited States1984
Thailand International Balloon FestivalAyutthayaThailand2007
The Great Mississippi River Balloon RaceNatchez, MississippiUnited States1986
The Great Prosser Balloon RallyProsser, WashingtonUnited States1990
Thunderbird Balloon ClassicGlendale, ArizonaUnited States1975 to 2006
Thurston ClassicMeadville, PennsylvaniaUnited States1988
Tiverton Balloon FestivalTiverton, DevonUnited Kingdom1988
University Motors Mountaineer Balloon FestivalMorgantown, West VirginiaUnited States1985
U.S. National Hot Air Balloon ChampionshipVariesUnited States1963
Velikie Luki International Balloon MeetVelikiye LukiRussia1996June
VredefeestenSint-NiklaasBelgium1948First Weekend of September
Warren County Farmers' Fair Balloon FestivalNew JerseyUnited States2000
Warsteiner Internationale MontgolfiadeWarsteinGermany1986
World Hot Air Balloon ChampionshipVariesVaries1973
Festival Internacional de Balões de Ar Quente Alto AlentejoPortugal1997first week of November