SANDY, Utah (ABC4) – Want to enjoy one of the most breathtaking views in the state?Head to Sandy to admire a breathtaking sky filled with colorful hot air balloons! Hosted by the town of Sandy for free, the famous annual hot air balloon festival floats this weekend on Friday andRead More →
With the rise in coronavirus numbers in central Ohio, families looking for fun things to do might find themselves thinking twice about attending certain indoor events or those that don’t allow social distancing. Right on cue, the All Ohio Balloon Fest returns to Marysville this weekend. The festival, held everyRead More →
Buffalo has hot wings, Philadelphia has cheesesteaks and Binghamton has the spiedie. And now, after the COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of last year’s event, the festival that celebrates the creation of tangy, smoked marinated meats is back. Organizers and Broome County officials announced on Thursday that Spiedie Fest andRead More →
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TOWNSEND, Tenn. – On August 21, the Great Smoky Mountains Hot Air Balloon Festival will celebrate its fourth year with professional balloonists lighting up the Tennessee night sky. The event will feature food trucks and various local vendors, as well as kid-friendly activities like face painting and rock climbing. TheRead More →
QUECHEE, Vermont. – The Quechee Hot Air Balloon Craft and Music Festival, New England’s oldest hot air balloon festival, will celebrate its 41st anniversary in 2021 when thousands are expected to flock to central Vermont, Sept. 3-5, 2021. Twenty balloonists headline the event with five flights scheduled throughout the 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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be out of date.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. SHAWNEE, Okla. (KFOR) – A family festival will take flight over Shawnee this weekend. The FireLake Fireflight Balloon FestivalRead More →
14 balloons took off on the final day of the 2021 Moffat County Balloon Festival.Billy Schuerman / For the Craig Press It was still dark outside when pilots and crew arrived at Loudy-Simpson Park on Sunday to watch the final flights on the final day of the Moffat County HotRead More →
To keep crowds socially distanced, this year’s Adirondack Balloon Festival will feature a launch of more than 50 balloons in five different communities on Friday and a second Moonglow event on Saturday at East Field in Glens Falls. The festival is back for its 48th year, having been canceled lastRead More →
GLENS FALLS, NY (NEWS10) – After a year ingrained by COVID-19, the Adirondack Balloon Festival is poised to fill the skies again in September. The festival will bring balloons back to the North Country from September 23-26 for its 48th year, at no cost to visitors. Warrensburg School Board SelectsRead More →
This year’s Moffat County Hot Air Balloon Festival will be held at Loudy-Simpson Park this weekend.Craig press kit In some uplifting news, hot air balloons will come to Craig for the first time since 2019 for the Moffat County Hot Air Balloon Festival. This year’s festival will feature more thanRead More →
JACKSON TWP. – It is never certain that the wind allows hot air balloons to take off. For example, the media flight for the 2021 Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ball Festival was canceled Friday morning because the wind was unsure over the treetops. But a reversal in windRead More →
GALESBURG — A week after taking flight, organizers of the Great Balloon Race in Galesburg are already looking ahead to 2022. Looking back, they see this year as a successful comeback, although unexpected rain on Saturday put a damper on the festivities of That day. Saturday morning rain forced theRead More →
The weather kept the hot air balloons on the ground for the opening night of the National Balloon Classic in Indianola. Organizers made the decision around 6:30 p.m. Friday when they said there were still nine miles of visibility. Wind and rain to the north are what kept the pilotsRead More →
Art #faces #hot air balloons #installation July 27, 2021 Grace Ebert “Masayume” (2019-2021), Tokyo Tokyo Festival Special 13. Photo by Kaneda Kozo. All images courtesy of Mé, shared with permission An unlikely sight was spotted above Tokyo earlier this month in a puzzling installation by the Japanese collective 目 (Me).Read More →
READINGTON — For the Mazzocchis, the 38th annual New Jersey Lottery Hot Air Balloon Festival is truly a family event. Nick Mazzocchi, who lives in Annandale and has been coming to the event for over 20 years, will pilot his balloon, Third Life Crisis. His daughter, Sally, who was previouslyRead More →
ELKO – Typically, the Ruby Mountain Balloon Festival has been held in recent years in early September in Spring Creek. However, due to a change of venue and an earlier takeoff, the skies of Elko were adorned with hot air balloons, baskets and a wide array of colors on FridayRead 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. READINGTON, NJ – The magic and memories of the nation’s largest hot air balloon and music festival return toRead 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. SHAWNEE, Okla. (KFOR) – A family festival will take flight over Shawnee next month. The FireLake Fireflight Balloon FestivalRead More →
Those who looked up at the Tokyo sky last Friday may have been amused — or disturbed — by the sight of a giant human face hovering silently above them. The strange hot air balloon is the work of a collective of Japanese artists known as 目 (“Mé”), and theRead More →
On August 21, the Great Smoky Mountains Hot Air Balloon Festival will celebrate its fourth year with high expectations. Professional balloonists will light up the Tennessee night sky with an unforgettable glow. A spectrum of hope, happiness and color will be cast upon the breathtaking Smoky Mountain sunset like neverRead More →
Hot air balloon festivals have become a fixture across the UK in recent years, with the Bristol event attracting people from all over the world. Now Cornwall will hold its first festival since the 1990s with around 20 hot air balloons, including a spectacular ‘night glow’ as they light upRead More →
East Marlborough Township supervisors held their first in-person meeting on July 12 after more than a year of virtual meetings, discussing topics including the Chester County Balloon Festival, the Longwood Gardens West Conservatory project and the selection of a new listener. Supervisors will continue to hold in-person meetings, according toRead More →
After a long year and a half – including the loss of a title sponsor, a postponement and a cancellation – all is looking good for North America’s largest summer balloon and music festival. The 38th annual New Jersey Lottery Festival of Ballooning returns Friday through Sunday with its iconicRead More →
In this month of August, look at the sky. It won’t be a bird or a plane, and it won’t even be Superman. It will be dozens of hot air balloons. Saint Jean-sur-Richelieu hosts the Ciel en Fête festival every weekend in August. The festival will feature dozens of hotRead More →
The pilot of a hot air balloon in Vermont has died after becoming entangled in the gear under the basket and falling dead, according to state authorities. On Thursday afternoon, four passengers boarded the hot air balloon alongside the pilot, identified as Brian Boland, 72, of Post Mills, Vermont. AfterRead More →
ELKO – Many events in the region were canceled last year due to the pandemic. Just when we thought it couldn’t get any worse, the Ruby Mountain Balloon Festival had to be postponed, leaving us all “chunky”. Summer has finally arrived and hot air balloons will once again take toRead More →
After a year off and with any luck from the weather, hot air balloons will be back flying over Union Township this week. It will be a welcome sight for the organizers of Western PA Balloon Quest and the Union Township Volunteer Fire Department – the beneficiary of the event.Read More →
For its fourth year, the Great Smoky Mountains Hot Air Balloon Festival is back and brighter than ever. TOWNSEND, Tenn — The Great Smoky Mountain Balloon Festival returns for its biggest party yet. With high expectations, organizers at Oldham Hospitality said they were looking to evoke hope and happiness whenRead More →
Missing 12-year-old girl found to safety 5 hours ago Blount County couple turn to community for help… 5 hours ago Memorial services announce for Sgt. Chris Jenkins 24 hours ago Rising rent in Knoxville 24 hours ago Meet our Young-Williams pet of the week: Lucy 1 day ago Blount CountyRead More →
the National Hot Air Balloon Classic will be a blast from the past this year. “If we can have vintage car shows, then why not a vintage balloon show, right?” said Staci Scheurenbrand, executive director of the annual hot air balloon festival. This year’s event will commemorate 50 years ofRead More →
The community mourns the passing of Joan Grishkot, who worked behind the scenes at the Adirondack Balloon Festival and served as Warren County’s first Director of Health Services. Grishkot died at home on Thursday aged 79 after a brief illness. She was the festival’s treasurer and her husband Walter, whoRead More →
ALBUQUERQUE, NM (KRQE) – New Mexico’s biggest event is back. Despite the pandemic, the 2021 Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta will be almost completely back to normal. More than 600 balloons are already signed up to fly in this fall’s fiesta and organizers say only two features won’t take place thisRead More →
Breadcrumb Links local arts Entertainment Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday for the 34th edition of the largest event in the Outaouais, which will take place from September 2 to 6. Hot air balloons take to the skies at the Gatineau Hot Air Balloon Festival in theRead More →
GATINEAU, QUE. – The Gatineau Hot Air Balloon Festival is back this year after being canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 34th edition of the popular event runs from September 2-6. Some restrictions will still be in place, according to organizers, including a capacity of 5,000 peopleRead More →
The Mississippi Championship Hot Air Balloon Festival has begun. The event started on Thursday and was an immediate success. It should last until Sunday. This will be the 36th year that the event has been held in the city. Canton Tourism said the event attracts pilots and crews from acrossRead More →
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 →
The Falls City Hot Air Balloon Festival is back for 2021. After a hiatus in 2020 due to COVID, the festival that resurrected last year in 2019, the highly anticipated festival is set to return June 19-20 at Brenner Field. According to the Falls City Chamber and festival organizers, theRead 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 →
ROCKINGHAM — The North Carolina Balloon Festival, an event originally scheduled for this weekend on the grounds of Rockingham Speedway has been postponed until next year because the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services apparently refused to give it the green light amid COVID-19 restrictions. The Balloon FestivalRead 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 →
The Plano Balloon Festival will again be canceled as organizers seek to ensure the health and safety of attendees. (Courtesy of Plano Hot Air Balloon Festival) Organizers have canceled the Plano Balloon Festival for the second time in three years, citing the “health and safety” of attendees and attendees. TheRead 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 →