Hot air balloon festivals

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Temecula Valley Balloon and Wine Festival
Temecula Valley Balloon and Wine Festival
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta
Balloons flying above the Ancient Castle of Ferrara during the Ferrara Balloon Festival
Balloons flying above the Ancient Castle of Ferrara during the Ferrara Balloon Festival
Balloons launching at a balloon festival in Gatineau, Quebec
Balloons launching at a balloon festival in Gatineau, Quebec
Starting balloons at the Warsteiner Internationale Montgolfiade in Warstein, Germany
Starting balloons at the Warsteiner Internationale Montgolfiade in Warstein, Germany
Grand Britannia, the Great British Balloon flying at the Mondial event in Lorraine, France
Grand Britannia, the Great British Balloon flying at the Mondial event in Lorraine, France

Hot air balloon festivals are held annually in many places throughout the year, and give a chance for balloonists to participate in balloon races and display their balloons during evening balloon glows, and for the public to participate in the spectacle of many balloons gathered in one spot and to learn about the sport.

Festival Location Year Started Official Website
2008 Novotel Balloon Fiesta Australia Canberra (ACT, Australia) 1985 [1]
US National Hot Air Balloon Championship (BFA) Varies (Anderson, South Carolina in 2006) 1963 [2]
National Balloon Classic Indianola, Iowa 1969 [3]
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta Albuquerque, New Mexico 1972 [4]
National Balloon Rally Statesville, North Carolina 1973 [5]
World Hot Air Balloon Championship Varies (Tochigi, Japan in 2006) 1973 [6]
Adirondack Hot Air Balloon Festival Glens Falls, New York 1973 [7]
Great Forest Park Balloon Race Saint Louis, Missouri 1973 [8]
Helen to the Atlantic Balloon Race Helen, Georgia 1974 [9]
Thunderbird Balloon Classic Glendale, Arizona 1975 [10]
Alabama Jubilee Hot Air Balloon Classic Decatur, Alabama 1977 [11]
Colorado Balloon Classic Colorado Springs, Colorado 1977 [12]
Great Pershing Balloon Derby Brookfield, Missouri 1977  
Great Texas Balloon Race Longview, Texas 1977 [13]
International Balloon Festival Château-d'Oex, Switzerland 1978 [14] (French/English)
Bristol International Balloon Fiesta Bristol, UK 1979 [15]
Ravenna Balloon A-Fair Ravenna, Ohio 1979 [16]
Ashland Ballonfest Ashland, Ohio 1990 [17]
Blossom Time Balloon Festival Chagrin Falls, Ohio 1988 [18]
Field of Flight Air Show and Balloon Festival Battle Creek, Michigan 1980 [19]
Plano Balloon Festival Plano, Texas 1980 [20]
Eyes to the Skies Festival Lisle, Illinois 1981 [21]
Great Reno Balloon Race Reno, Nevada 1981 [22]
New York State Festival of Balloons Dansville, New York 1981 [23]
Freedom Weekend Aloft Anderson, South Carolina 1982 [24]
Ballonfiësta Barneveld Barneveld, The Netherlands 1983 [25](Dutch)
London International Hot Air Balloon Festival London, Ontario 1983 [26]
Quick Chek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning Readington Township, New Jersey 1983 [27]
Michigan Challenge Howell, Michigan 1984 [28]
Hot Air Jubilee Jackson, Michigan 1984 [29]
St. Patrick's Day Balloon Rallye Los Lunas, New Mexico 1984 [30]
Kinsmen Cornwall Lift Off Cornwall, Ontario 1994 [31]
Temecula Valley Balloon and Wine Festival Temecula, California 1984 [32]
Atlantic Balloon Fiesta Sussex, New Brunswick 1985 [33]
Spiedie Fest and Balloon Rally Binghamton, New York 1985 [34]
Hot Air Balloons Championship of Poland Poland 1985  
University Motors Mountaineer Balloon Festival Morgantown, West Virginia 1985 [35]
Breda Balloon Fiësta Breda, The Netherlands 1986 [36]
High Hopes Hot Air Balloon Festival Milford, New Hampshire 1986 [37]
Warsteiner Internationale Montgolfiade Warstein, Germany 1986 [38]
Gatineau Hot Air Balloon Festival Gatineau, Quebec 1988 [39]
Kiwanis Balloonfest Valparaiso, Indiana 1991  
The Great Prosser Balloon Rally Prosser, Washington 1988 [40]
Colorado River Crossing Balloon Festival Yuma, Arizona 1990 [41]
Centralia Balloon Festival Centralia, Illinois 1990 [42]
European Hot Air Balloon Championships varies 1992  
Mid-Hudson Valley Balloon Festival Poughkeepsie, New York 1992 [43]
Great Falls Balloon Festival Lewiston / Auburn, Maine 1992 Great Falls Balloon Festival
RE/MAX Ballunar Liftoff Festival Houston - Johnson Space Center, Texas 1993 [44]
Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta Clark Field, Pampanga, Philippines 1994 [45]
Mansfield Balloon Festival Victoria, Australia 1995 [46]
Northwest Connecticut Balloon Festival Connecticut 1995 [47]
Saxonia International Balloon Fiesta Leipzig, Germany 1995 [48]
Great Northern Balloon Festival & Air Show Greenville, New York 1998 [49]
Adam Matthews Balloon Festival Louisville, Kentucky 1999 [50]
Adam Matthews Balloon Festival Changed to Bluegrass Balloon Festival Louisville, Kentucky 1999 [51]
US NABA National Championships Varies (Baton Rouge, Louisiana in 2006) 2000 [52]
Warren County Farmers' Fair Balloon Festival New Jersey 2000 [53]
Big Bear Balloon Festival Ohio 2002  
Guanajuato International Air Balloon Festival Mexico 2002  
Northwest Art and Air Festival Albany, Oregon 2000

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Dubai Balloon Festival Dubai, UAE 2006 [55]
Guanajuato International Air Balloon Festival León, Guanajuato, Mexico 2006 [56](Spanish)
Ferrara International Balloons Festival Ferrara, Emilia Romagna, Italy 2005 [57](Italian/English)
Genesis Wairarapa International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta Wairarapa, North Island, New Zealand [58](English)
Balloons over Waikato Hamilton, North Island, New Zealand [59](English)
Northwest Georgia Hot Air Balloon Festival Menlo, Georgia 2008 [60] [61]
Bluff Balloon Festival Bluff, Utah 1998 class="wikitable"
International Balloon Grand Prix Todi Todi, Umbria, Italy 1988
Thurston Classic Meadville, Pennsylvania 1988 [62]
Sierra Vista Festival of Color Sierra Vista, Arizona 1989 [63]


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