| Festival |
Location |
Year Started |
Official Website |
| US National Hot Air Balloon Championship (BFA) |
Varies (Anderson, South Carolina in 2006) |
1963 |
[1] |
| National Balloon Classic |
Indianola, Iowa |
1969 |
[2] |
| Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta |
Albuquerque, New Mexico |
1972 |
[3] |
| National Balloon Rally |
Statesville, North Carolina |
1973 |
[4] |
| World Hot Air Balloon Championship |
Varies (Tochigi, Japan in 2006) |
1973 |
[5] |
| Adirondack Hot Air Balloon Festival |
Glens Falls, New York |
1973 |
[6] |
| Great Forest Park Balloon Race |
Saint Louis, Missouri |
1973 |
[7] |
| Helen to the Atlantic Balloon Race |
Helen, Georgia |
1974 |
[8] |
| Thunderbird Balloon Classic |
Glendale, Arizona |
1975 |
[9] |
| Alabama Jubilee Hot Air Balloon Classic |
Decatur, Alabama |
1977 |
[10] |
| Colorado Balloon Classic |
Colorado Springs, Colorado |
1977 |
[11] |
| Great Pershing Balloon Derby |
Brookfield, Missouri |
1977 |
|
| Great Texas Balloon Race |
Longview, Texas |
1977 |
[12] |
| Bristol International Balloon Fiesta |
Bristol, UK |
1979 |
[13] |
| Ravenna Balloon A-Fair |
Ravenna, Ohio |
1979 |
[14]
|
| Field of Flight Air Show and Balloon Festival |
Battle Creek, Michigan |
1980 |
[15] |
| Plano Balloon Festival |
Plano, Texas |
1980 |
[16] |
| Eyes to the Skies Festival |
Lisle, Illinois |
1981 |
[17] |
| Great Reno Balloon Race |
Reno, Nevada |
1981 |
[18] |
| New York State Festival of Balloons |
Dansville, New York |
1981 |
[19] |
| Freedom Weekend Aloft |
Anderson, South Carolina |
1982 |
[20] |
| London International Hot Air Balloon Festival |
London, Ontario |
1983 |
[21] |
| Michigan Challenge |
Howell, Michigan |
1984 |
[22] |
| Hot Air Jubilee |
Jackson, Michigan |
1984 |
[23] |
| Temecula Valley Balloon and Wine Festival |
Temecula, California |
1984 |
[24] |
| Atlantic Balloon Fiesta |
Sussex, New Brunswick |
1985 |
[25] |
| Spiedie Fest and Balloon Rally |
Binghamton, New York |
1985 |
[26] |
| Hot Air Balloons Championship of Poland |
Poland |
1985 |
|
| University Motors Mountaineer Balloon Festival |
Morgantown, West Virginia |
1985 |
[27] |
| High Hopes Hot Air Balloon Festival |
Milford, New Hampshire |
1986 |
[28] |
| Warsteiner Internationale Montgolfiade |
Warstein, Germany |
1986 |
[29] |
| Gatineau Hot Air Balloon Festival |
Gatineau, Quebec |
1988 |
[30] |
| Kiwanis Balloonfest |
Valparaiso, Indiana |
1991 |
|
| The Great Prosser Balloon Rally |
Prosser, Washington |
1988 |
[31] |
| Colorado River Crossing Balloon Festival |
Yuma, Arizona |
1990 |
[32] |
| Centralia Balloon Festival |
Centralia, Illinois |
1990 |
[33] |
| European Hot Air Balloon Championships |
varies |
1992 |
|
| Mid-Hudson Valley Balloon Festival |
Poughkeepsie, New York |
1992 |
[34] |
| Quick Chek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning |
Readington, New Jersey |
1993 |
|
| RE/MAX Ballunar Liftoff Festival |
Houston - Johnson Space Center, Texas |
1993 |
[35] |
| Mansfield Balloon Festival |
Victoria, Australia |
1995 |
[36] |
| Northwest Connecticut Balloon Festival |
Connecticut |
1995 |
[37] |
| Saxonia International Balloon Fiesta |
Leipzig, Germany |
1995 |
[38] |
| Great Northern Balloon Festival & Air Show |
Greenville, New York |
1998 |
[39] |
| Adam Matthews Balloon Festival |
Louisville, Kentucky |
1999 |
[40] |
| US NABA National Championships |
Varies (Baton Rouge, Louisiana in 2006) |
2000 |
[41] |
| Warren County Farmers' Fair Balloon Festival |
New Jersey |
2000 |
[42] |
| Big Bear Balloon Festival |
Ohio |
2002 |
|
| Guanajuato International Air Balloon Festival |
Mexico |
2002 |
|
| Northwest Art and Air Festival |
Albany, Oregon |
2000 |
[43]
|
| Dubai Balloon Festival |
Dubai, UAE |
2006 |
[44] |
| Guanajuato International Air Balloon Festival |
León, Guanajuato, Mexico |
2006 |
[45](Spanish) |
