There will be no food vendors at this year’s Adirondack Balloon Festival as part of ongoing precautions in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Festival director Mark Donahue said in an email to nonprofit leaders that it was difficult to plan the event due to the need to adhere toRead More →
Each spring, thousands of visitors and locals head to southwestern Nevada for an unforgettable weekend at one of the Pahrump Valley’s most famous annual events, the Pahrump Balloon Festival. At the start of this four-day event, more than 20 balloons will be launched at dawn from downtown Pahrump, including aRead More →
Balloon Fiesta unveils this year’s calendar of events Updated: 5:28 PM MDT June 18, 2021 Hide transcript View Transcript ON JULY FIRST, ALL COUNTIES WILL BE IN TURQUOISE AND GET READY FOR NEW MEXICO. WE ARE A STEPLO CSER OF THE ORGANIZERS OF THE 49TH BALLOON FIESTA. JU ANNOUNCED THISRead More →
Height enthusiasts will take flight in Frederick this month, as the city prepares to launch its 10th annual Frederick in Flight. The city’s hot air balloon festival weekend will begin June 25 and run through June 27 at Centennial Park, 630 Eighth Street, according to a city press release. HotRead More →
Height enthusiasts will take flight in Frederick this month, as the city prepares to launch its 10th annual Frederick in Flight. The city’s hot air balloon festival weekend will begin June 25 and run through June 27 at Centennial Park, 630 Eighth Street, according to a city press release. HotRead More →
Jennifer L. Manfrin COSHOCTON – Alex Jonard’s love of hot air balloons began at the Coshocton Hot Air Balloon Festival. A West Lafayette native, he first volunteered at the event in 1984 when he was just 20 years old. He got his hot air balloon license a few years later.Read More →
An application for a license to hold the Oxford Balloon Fiesta this year is just one of public notices issued by local councils this week. Oxford Balloon Fiesta Show Time Events Group Ltd has applied for a license to hold the 2021 Oxford Balloon Fiesta at Cutteslowe Park, north ofRead More →
PRESS RELEASE: Press releases are provided to Yellow Scene. In an effort to keep our community informed, we issue a few press releases in full. Annual Frederick In Flight Hot Air Balloon Festival Friday-Sunday morning lifts in addition to the Saturday night Glow Party at Centennial Park FREDERICK, Colo. (JuneRead More →
COSHOCTON – After a year off due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Coshocton Hot Air Balloon Festival returns June 10-12 at the Coshocton County Fairgrounds, 707 Kenilworth Ave. Patty Cramer, a longtime festival committee member with her husband Ken, said they were devastated by the cancellation last year but knewRead More →
LOUISBURG, NC (WTVD) — Over the three-day Memorial Day weekend, the First Fruits Farm Balloon Festival will soar above a thousand-acre farm in Louisburg. The festival will serve to honor the dead and is personal to the owner of the farm, former NFL player Jason Brown. Brown comes from aRead More →
More than fifty hot air balloons will light up this year at the Alabama Jubilee. DECATUR, Ala. – The Alabama Jubilee Hot Air Balloon Classic is underway in Decatur! Each year, hundreds of families travel to Point Mallard to see the balloons and enjoy the music and food. After puttingRead More →
The balloons are back! The 7th Annual United Way of Defiance County Hot Air Balloon Festival will be held August 7 at the Defiance County Airport. This annual fundraiser for the United Way of Defiance County Community Engagement Center will feature 15 hot air balloons, food vendors, market vendors, liveRead More →
PLANO, TX, May 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The HEB | Central Market Plano Balloon Festival & Run is really happening September 17-19 at Oak Point Park & Nature Preserve. Epicureans with gourmet appetites know that HEB | Central Market, as the main sponsor, is “Really Into Food”. Participants will experienceRead More →
“It’s a simple machine,” Steve Stokoe said. “Make him believe it’s light, it’s going up. Make him believe it’s heavy, it’s falling. Stokoe, 61, a retired Tampa-area firefighter, was one of more than a dozen pilots setting up their hot air balloons just after sunrise Friday at OWA, Foley’s entertainmentRead More →
Events are starting to return to Hendersonville, with a big weekend downtown. Closed streets, the opening of farmers’ markets, a new hot air balloon festival and more are planned for Saturday, May 8. Here’s everything you need to know. LoveHendo downtown Main Street will be closed to vehicles from FirstRead More →
A balloon lifts off between inflating balloons at the start of the 2018 Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. (Jim Thompson/Albuquerque Journal) Copyright © 2021 Albuquerque Journal The halting of the Balloon Fiesta 2020 during the pandemic has resulted in a legal dispute between the fiesta organizers and the main sponsor ofRead More →
The South Baldwin Chamber of Commerce has announced that the annual Gulf Coast Balloon Festival will have a new home for the first time in 16 years and will be expanded to a three-day event. The festival will now be held at OWA’s state-of-the-art property located at 100 N OWARead More →
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be out of date. Please look at the timestamp on the story to see when it was last updated. YALE, Okla. (KFOR) – The organizer of the Red Bud Balloon Festival in Yale, Okla., reportedly sent a profaneRead More →
A hot air balloon flies over the Yampa River in Moffat County. (Craig Press file) After a year-long hiatus, the hugely popular Moffat County Hot Air Balloon Festival is set to return to Moffat County on August 7-8 at Loudy-Simpson Park. This year’s free festival will be the 11th iterationRead More →
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be out of date. Please look at the timestamp on the story to see when it was last updated. STILLWATER, Okla. (KFOR) – A food truck salesman spoke out on Tuesday after a Stillwater balloon festival last weekendRead More →
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be out of date. Please look at the timestamp on the story to see when it was last updated. YALE, Okla. (KFOR) – An event called the Stillwater Balloon Festival was scheduled for last weekend, but people expectingRead More →
The Pahrump Valley Chamber of Commerce released details of its 8th annual hot air balloon festival earlier this month. The four-day event floats through Pahrump from its new location at Ian Deutch Park. “This is a community event,” Jenney Sartin, CEO of the Pahrump Valley Chamber of Commerce, said earlierRead More →
WERE AT THEIR CLINIC LOCATED IN ALMOST ISLE LATER THIS WEEK. ANOTHER CANCELLATION DUE TO COVID- – THE GRANDE CHUTE BALLOON FESTIVAL HAS BEEN CANCELED FROM 20-21. ORGANIZERS SAY THE FESTIVAL CAN EASILY SEE UP TO 100 THOUSAND VISITORS OVER THREE DAYS – AND EVEN WITH RECENT CHANGES AT THERead More →
Fans wave and cheer as one of the last balloons takes off from Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston during the 2016 Great Falls Balloon Festival. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal 2016 file photo Buy this photo LEWISTON — Organizers of the Great Falls Balloon Festival announced on Tuesday that the 2021 eventRead More →
After a year without colorful balloons dotting the January skies of Lake Havasu City, Hot Air Balloon Festival organizers are looking forward to next year’s event and are already putting their plans in motion. The 2022 Hot Air Balloon Festival will be held from January 21 to 23. The eventRead More →
A balloon lifts off between inflating balloons at the start of the 2018 Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. Saturday, October 6, 2018. (Jim Thompson/Albuquerque Journal) Organizers are planning this year’s Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, and spectators will likely be allowed in as ticket sales for the annual fall event are setRead More →
The big balls come back. After being postponed and then canceled last year due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the 38th annual New Jersey Hot Air Balloon Lottery Festival is set to return in July. The event, which bills itself as the largest summer hot air balloon and music festivalRead More →
Organizers of the 14th annual Chester County Hot Air Balloon Festival will return to supervisors in East Marlborough next month to seek approval to hold the festival in September. Festival executive director Debbie Harding and event organizer Rick Schimpf appeared at the township supervisors’ remote meeting on March 1. becauseRead More →
By Colleen Johnson, Hot Air Balloon Master, Snowmass Balloon Festival The Snowmass Balloon Festival is held annually on the second weekend of September in Snowmass, Colorado, USA. The altitude of the terrain is 8200 feet: true mountain flight. The event is limited to 35 balloons due to the small flightRead More →
The sky above the Mexican city of León was filled with hot air balloons of all shapes, sizes and colors on Sunday to mark the start of the International Hot Air Balloon Festival. But unlike in normal years, few were watching the show, with the COVID-19 pandemic forcing the bulkRead More →
By Lyndy Berry Hill Special for Democrat NATCH – With certain COVID-19 precautions in place, organizers of the 35th Annual Natchez Balloon Festival plan to uphold tradition while keeping festival-goers safe. As the festival schedule is reduced, Natchez Balloon Festival director Scott Adams said attendees can expect more than 40Read More →
In the age of COVID-19, even hot air balloons need social distancing. On Tuesday, the Natchez Board of Aldermen approved its annual license agreement with Natchez Balloon Festival officials, giving the annual event the use of the bluff along Broadway Street for the annual event, which is scheduled for 16Read More →
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The COVID-19 pandemic has forced organizers to cancel this year’s Plano Balloon Festival, the long-running event that features dozens of hot air balloons flying over Oak Point Park each September. Organizers called the decision difficult. But providing a safe environment for visitors has always been “crucial”, they wrote in aRead More →
PROVO, Utah (ABC4 News) – Thousands of people gathered at Fox Field to watch hot air balloons soar into the morning sky as part of a 35-year tradition, but this year the balloons did not not stolen. Curt Bramble, a balloon organizer/pilot for the Provo Balloon Festival, says that’s becauseRead More →
GREAT BARRINGTON – This is the hot air balloon festival that will never get started. And it could set an informal precedent for the kinds of events this town will tolerate. The Select Board rejected an application by the organizer of a three-day balloon and entertainment festival on Wednesday, citingRead More →
Only two of the 20 advertised hot balloons had come out, and none of them rose into the sky – a problem caused entirely by windy weather conditions that could not be avoided, Victory Cup manager Joe Bachmeier said. in a message. Bachmeier’s response did little to comfort disgruntled attendees,Read More →
NATCHEZ — New Orleans is in party mode to celebrate its 300th anniversary, and the Great Mississippi River Balloon Race will join the party in October. Festival organizers have unveiled the band’s lineup for the third weekend in October and the music will celebrate the great music of Crescent City.Read More →
GOSHEN >> Over 25,000 tickets have been sold for this weekend’s New England Balloon Festival at Goshen Fairgrounds. Organizer Alicia DaPonte ended up having to quit her job to handle the logistics involved with the event due to all the interest. DaPonte, a resident of Torrington, is planning the festivalRead More →