List of hot air balloon festivals

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", or "glowdeos" (in the US), in which balloons are fired while remaining tethered to the ground; and rides.

List
FestivalCityCountryYear
started		 Year endedWhen heldOfficial
website
Adirondack Hot Air Balloon FestivalGlens Falls, New YorkUnited States1973 Last full weekend of September.
Alabama Jubilee Hot Air Balloon ClassicDecatur, AlabamaUnited States1977
Albuquerque International Balloon FiestaAlbuquerque, New MexicoUnited States1972 First full week in October including both adjacent weekends
All Ohio Balloon Festival Marysville, Ohio United States 1975 Second or third weekend of August
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 FiestaSiófokHungary2004 May
Ballonfiësta BarneveldBarneveldNetherlands1983
(Dutch)
Ballonhappening WaregemWaregemBelgium1999
Balloons, Bikes, Blues and BarbequeParsons, KansasUnited States2009 2016Third Weekend in October[1]
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 States2005 3rd weekend in September
BalloonFestCentralia, IllinoisUnited States1990 3rd weekend in August
Colorado Balloon ClassicColorado Springs, ColoradoUnited States1977 Labor Day weekend in September
Colorado River Crossing Balloon FestivalYuma, ArizonaUnited States1990
Creston Hot Air Balloon DaysCreston, IowaUnited States1978 3rd weekend in September
Delta Air Balloon FestivalGreenville, MississippiUnited States—
Dolomiti BalloonfestivalToblachItaly2003
European Balloon FestivalIgualada, CataloniaSpain1997 First fortnight of July
European Hot Air Balloon ChampionshipsVariesEurope1992
Exclusive CupBerkeleyUnited Kingdom2008
Eyes to the Skies FestivalLisle, IllinoisUnited States1981 2008
Eyes to the Sky Balloon FestivalSalina, UtahUnited States2007 Third weekend in June
Ferrara Balloons FestivalFerraraItaly2005
(Italian)
Festival Internacional de Balonismo de TorresRio Grande do SulBrazil1989 Late April (Portuguese)
Field of Flight Air Show and Balloon FestivalBattle Creek, MichiganUnited States1980
Freedom Weekend AloftSimpsonville, South CarolinaUnited States1982
Gatineau Hot Air Balloon FestivalGatineau, QuebecCanada1988 Labor Day Weekend
Gordon Bennett Cup gas balloon raceVariesVaries1906 Hosted 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 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 2003[2]
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, GuanajuatoMexico2002 In November, the weekend of the Mexican revolution holiday. It is also the Buen Fin.
Havasu Balloon Festival and FairLake Havasu City, ArizonaUnited States2011 The third weekend in January
Helen to the Atlantic Balloon RaceHelen, GeorgiaUnited States1974
High Hopes Hot Air Balloon FestivalMilford, New HampshireUnited States1986 2006
Hokkaido Balloon FestivalKamishihoro, HokkaidoJapan1973
Hot Air JubileeJackson, MichiganUnited States1984
Huff 'n' PuffTopeka, KansasUnited States1976 Second weekend of September
International Hot-Air Balloon Festival in Château-d'OexChâteau-d'ŒxSwitzerland1979
International Hot-Air Balloon Festival in GilboaWell of HarodIsrael2009 August
(Hebrew)
International Balloon Festival of Saint-Jean-sur-RichelieuSaint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QuebecCanada1984
International Balloon Grand Prix TodiTodi, UmbriaItaly1988
Irish National Hot Air Ballooning ChampionshipVariesIreland1971 Referred to as 'The Irish Meet' the Irish Championship is the longest running ballooning event in the world.
Jupiter Flights Balloon Festival Fishers, Indiana United States 2021 Early September.
Kinsmen Cornwall Lift OffCornwall, OntarioCanada1994 2014
Kiwanis BalloonfestValparaiso, IndianaUnited States1991
Lakeside of the Smokies BalloonfestWhite Pine, TennesseeUnited States2019
London International Hot Air Balloon FestivalLondon, OntarioCanada1983 2007
Grand Est Mondial Air BalloonChambley-Bussières Air Base, LorraineFrance1989 2023End of July. Once every 2 years.
Macomb Balloon RallyMacomb, IllinoisUnited States1987 Second Weekend of September
Mansfield Balloon FestivalMansfield, VictoriaAustralia1995
Meetjeslandse BalloonmeetingEekloBelgium1986
Metro NY Balloon & Music FestivalShirley, New YorkUnited States2007 2008
Michigan Challenge BalloonfestHowell, MichiganUnited States1985
Mid-Hudson Valley Balloon FestivalPoughkeepsie, New YorkUnited States1992
Midwest SkyFestKentland, IndianaUnited States2010 July
Montpelier Bean Days Balloon FestivalMontpelier, OhioUnited States2014 July
National Balloon ClassicIndianola, IowaUnited States1969 First week of August
National Balloon Rally (Carolina BalloonFest)Statesville, North CarolinaUnited States1974 Third 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 2004
Northwest Georgia Hot-Air Balloon FestivalSummerville, GeorgiaUnited States2008
Piscataquis Heritage Hot Air Balloon FestivalDover-Foxcroft, MaineUnited States2013
Ojiya Hot Air Balloon FestivalOjiya, NiigataJapan1977 February(Japanese)
Pellissippi State Hot Air Balloon FestivalPellissippi State Community College, Knoxville, TennesseeUnited States2004 2010
Penang Hot Air Balloon Fiesta George Town, Penang Malaysia 2015 February
Pennington Balloon ChampionshipBaton Rouge, LouisianaUnited States1980s
Philippine International Hot-Air Balloon FiestaAngeles CityPhilippines1994 2nd 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 States1983 Third week of July
Quechee Hot Air Balloon Craft and Music FestivalQuechee, VermontUnited States1979 Father's Day Weekend
Raduno Internazionale dell'EpifaniaMondovìItaly1988 First week of January
(Italian)
Ravenna Balloon A-FairRavenna, OhioUnited States1979
RE/MAX Ballunar Liftoff FestivalJohnson Space Center, Houston, TexasUnited States1993
Saga International Balloon FiestaSaga, SagaJapan1980
Sandy City Balloon FestivalSandy, UtahUnited States2006 First weekend in August
Sandy Valley Balloon FestivalSandy Valley, NevadaUnited States1999
Saxonia International Balloon FiestaLeipzigGermany1995 2015
Sierra Vista Festival of ColorSierra Vista, ArizonaUnited States1989
Singha Park Chiangrai Balloon FiestaChiangraiThailand2019 November
Singha Park ChiangRai International Balloon FiestaChiangraiThailand2019 Valentine 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
Suncook Valley Balloon RallyPittsfield, New HampshireUnited States1981 First weekend in August
Sunflower Balloon FestAnthony, KansasUnited States1998 Mother's Day Weekend (2nd Weekend in May)
Sweetheart Balloon RallyLoveland, ColoradoUnited States2007 Last weekend in August
Taiwan Balloon FestivalTaitungTaiwan2011 Summer (Chinese)
Tamil Nadu International Balloon Festival Pollachi, Tamil Nadu India 2015 Jan 13-16 Pongal Holidays
Temecula Valley Balloon and Wine FestivalTemecula, CaliforniaUnited States1984
Thailand International Balloon FestivalAyutthayaThailand2007
Tigard Festival of BalloonsTigard, OregonUnited States1984 June
The Great Mississippi River Balloon RaceNatchez, MississippiUnited States1986
The Great Prosser Balloon RallyProsser, WashingtonUnited States1990
Thunderbird Balloon ClassicGlendale, ArizonaUnited States1975 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 LukiRussia1996 June
VredefeestenSint-NiklaasBelgium1948 First Weekend of September
(Dutch)
Warren County Farmers' Fair Balloon FestivalNew JerseyUnited States2000
Warsteiner Internationale MontgolfiadeWarsteinGermany1986 (German)
World Hot Air Balloon ChampionshipVariesVaries1973
Festival Internacional de Balões de Ar Quente (FIBAQ)Alto AlentejoPortugal1997 first week of November
Oklahoma Festival of BallooningMuskogee, OklahomaUnited States Last weekend in August
Poteau Balloon FestPoteau, OklahomaUnited States 3rd weekend in October
Firelake Fireflight Balloon FestivalShawnee, OklahomaUnited States Second weekend in August
Walla Walla Balloon StampedeWalla Walla, WashingtonUnited States1974 Third weekend in September
Wintrop Balloon StampedeWinthrop, WashingtonUnited States1980 First weekend in March

See also

References
  1. Willey, Jamie. "Annual blues festival canceled for lack of attendance". Parsons Sun. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  2. "greenville-ny.com/balloon.html". 10 February 2006. Archived from the original on 10 February 2006.
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