| Festival |
City |
Country |
Year
started
|
Year ended |
When held |
Official
website
|
| Adirondack Hot Air Balloon Festival |
Queensbury, New York |
United States |
1973
|
|
Mid to late September |
[1]
|
| Alabama Jubilee Hot Air Balloon Classic |
Decatur, Alabama |
United States |
1977
|
|
|
[2]
|
| Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta |
Albuquerque, New Mexico |
United States |
1972
|
|
First full week in October including both adjacent weekends |
[3]
|
| All Ohio Balloon Festival
|
Marysville, Ohio
|
United States
|
1975
|
|
Second or third weekend of August
|
[4]
|
| Araku Balloon Festival |
Araku Valley, Andhra Pradesh |
India |
2017
|
|
|
[5]
|
| Arizona's SalsaFest Balloon Festival |
Safford, Arizona |
United States |
2008
|
|
|
[6]
|
| Ashland Ballonfest |
Ashland, Ohio |
United States |
1990
|
|
|
[7]
|
| Atlantic Balloon Fiesta |
Sussex, New Brunswick |
Canada |
1985
|
|
|
[8]
|
| Balaton Crossing International Hot Air Balloon Competition and Fiesta |
Siófok |
Hungary |
2004
|
|
May |
[9]
|
| Ballonfiësta Barneveld |
Barneveld |
Netherlands |
1983
|
|
|
[10]
(Dutch)
|
| Ballonhappening Waregem |
Waregem |
Belgium |
1999
|
|
|
[11]
|
| Balloons, Bikes, Blues and Barbeque |
Parsons, Kansas |
United States |
2009
|
2016 |
Third Weekend in October |
[1]
|
| Balloons over Waikato |
Hamilton, North Island |
New Zealand |
1999
|
|
|
[12]
|
| Balloons over Wairarapa |
Wairarapa, North Island |
New Zealand |
1999
|
|
|
[13]
|
| Blossom Time Balloon Festival |
Chagrin Falls, Ohio |
United States |
1988
|
|
|
[14]
|
| Bluegrass Balloon Festival |
Louisville, Kentucky |
United States |
1999
|
|
|
[15]
|
| Bluff Balloon Festival |
Bluff, Utah |
United States |
1998
|
|
|
[16]
|
| Breda Balloon Fiësta |
Breda |
Netherlands |
1986
|
|
|
[17]
|
| Bristol International Balloon Fiesta |
Bristol |
United Kingdom |
1979
|
|
|
[18]
|
| Canberra Balloon Spectacular |
Canberra |
Australia |
1987
|
|
|
[19]
|
| Cedar City Sky Festival |
Cedar City, Utah |
United States |
2005
|
|
3rd weekend in September |
[20]
|
| BalloonFest |
Centralia, Illinois |
United States |
1990
|
|
3rd weekend in August |
[21]
|
| Colorado Balloon Classic |
Colorado Springs, Colorado |
United States |
1977
|
|
Labor Day weekend in September |
[22]
|
| Colorado River Crossing Balloon Festival |
Yuma, Arizona |
United States |
1990
|
|
|
[23]
|
| Creston Hot Air Balloon Days |
Creston, Iowa |
United States |
1978
|
|
3rd weekend in September |
|
| Delta Air Balloon Festival |
Greenville, Mississippi |
United States |
—
|
|
|
[24]
|
| Dolomiti Balloonfestival |
Toblach |
Italy |
2003
|
|
|
[25]
|
| European Balloon Festival |
Igualada, Catalonia |
Spain |
1997
|
|
First fortnight of July |
[26]
|
| European Hot Air Balloon Championships |
Varies |
Europe |
1992
|
|
|
[27]
|
| Exclusive Cup |
Berkeley |
United Kingdom |
2008
|
|
|
[28]
|
| Eyes to the Skies Festival |
Lisle, Illinois |
United States |
1981
|
2008 |
|
[29]
|
| Eyes to the Sky Balloon Festival |
Salina, Utah |
United States |
2007
|
|
Third weekend in June |
[30]
|
| Ferrara Balloons Festival |
Ferrara |
Italy |
2005
|
|
|
[31]
(Italian)
|
| Festival Internacional de Balonismo de Torres |
Rio Grande do Sul |
Brazil |
1989
|
|
Late April |
[32] (Portuguese)
|
| Field of Flight Air Show and Balloon Festival |
Battle Creek, Michigan |
United States |
1980
|
|
|
[33]
|
| Freedom Weekend Aloft |
Simpsonville, South Carolina |
United States |
1982
|
|
|
[34]
|
| Gatineau Hot Air Balloon Festival |
Gatineau, Quebec |
Canada |
1988
|
|
Labor Day Weekend |
[35]
|
| Gordon Bennett Cup gas balloon race |
Varies |
Varies |
1906
|
|
Hosted by country of the race winner two years prior. |
[36]
|
| Great Falls Balloon Festival |
Lewiston / Auburn, Maine |
United States |
1992
|
|
|
[37]
|
| Great Forest Park Balloon Race |
Saint Louis, Missouri |
United States |
1973
|
|
|
[38]
|
| Great Midwest Balloon Fest |
Kansas |
United States |
2010
|
2015 |
Held in Kansas City, Missouri in 2016 as Rhythm 'n Balloons before shutting down. No flights occurred. |
[2]
|
| Great Northern Balloon Festival & Air Show |
Greenville, New York |
United States |
1998
|
2003 |
|
[3]
|
| Great Pershing Balloon Derby |
Brookfield, Missouri |
United States |
1977
|
|
|
[39]
|
| Great Reno Balloon Race |
Reno, Nevada |
United States |
1981
|
|
|
[40]
|
| Great Texas Balloon Race |
Longview, Texas |
United States |
1977
|
|
|
[41]
|
| Great Wellsville Balloon Rally |
Wellsville, New York |
United States |
1975
|
|
|
[42]
|
| Guanajuato International Air Balloon Festival |
León, Guanajuato |
Mexico |
2002
|
|
In November, the weekend of the Mexican revolution holiday. It is also the Buen Fin. |
[43]
|
| Havasu Balloon Festival and Fair |
Lake Havasu City, Arizona |
United States |
2011
|
|
The third weekend in January |
[44]
|
| Helen to the Atlantic Balloon Race |
Helen, Georgia |
United States |
1974
|
|
|
[45]
|
| High Hopes Hot Air Balloon Festival |
Milford, New Hampshire |
United States |
1986
|
2006 |
|
[46]
|
| Hokkaido Balloon Festival |
Kamishihoro, Hokkaido |
Japan |
1973
|
|
|
[47]
|
| Hot Air Jubilee |
Jackson, Michigan |
United States |
1984
|
|
|
[48]
|
| Huff 'n' Puff |
Topeka, Kansas |
United States |
1976
|
|
Second weekend of September |
[49]
|
| International Hot-Air Balloon Festival in Château-d'Oex |
Château-d'Œx |
Switzerland |
1979
|
|
|
[50]
|
| International Hot-Air Balloon Festival in Gilboa |
Well of Harod |
Israel |
2009
|
|
August |
[51]
(Hebrew)
|
| International Balloon Festival of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu |
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec |
Canada |
1984
|
|
|
[52]
|
| International Balloon Grand Prix Todi |
Todi, Umbria |
Italy |
1988
|
|
|
|
| Irish National Hot Air Ballooning Championship |
Varies |
Ireland |
1971
|
|
Referred to as 'The Irish Meet' the Irish Championship is the longest running ballooning event in the world. |
[53]
|
| Jupiter Flights Balloon Festival
|
Fishers, Indiana
|
United States
|
2021
|
|
Early September.
|
[54]
|
| Kinsmen Cornwall Lift Off |
Cornwall, Ontario |
Canada |
1994
|
2014 |
|
[55]
|
| Kiwanis Balloonfest |
Valparaiso, Indiana |
United States |
1991
|
|
|
[56]
|
| Lakeside of the Smokies Balloonfest |
White Pine, Tennessee |
United States |
2019
|
|
|
[57]
|
| London International Hot Air Balloon Festival |
London, Ontario |
Canada |
1983
|
2007 |
|
[58]
|
| Longleat Icons Of The Sky |
Warminster |
United Kingdom |
2024
|
|
|
[59]
|
| Grand Est Mondial Air Balloon |
Chambley-Bussières Air Base, Lorraine |
France |
1989
|
2023 |
End of July. Once every 2 years. |
[60]
|
| Macomb Balloon Rally |
Macomb, Illinois |
United States |
1987
|
|
Second Weekend of September |
[61]
|
| Mansfield Balloon Festival |
Mansfield, Victoria |
Australia |
1995
|
|
|
|
| Meetjeslandse Balloonmeeting |
Eeklo |
Belgium |
1986
|
|
|
[62]
|
| Metro NY Balloon & Music Festival |
Shirley, New York |
United States |
2007
|
2008 |
|
[63]
|
| Michigan Challenge Balloonfest |
Howell, Michigan |
United States |
1985
|
|
|
[64]
|
| Mid-Hudson Valley Balloon Festival |
Poughkeepsie, New York |
United States |
1992
|
|
|
|
| Midlands Air Festival |
Alcester |
United Kingdom |
2018
|
|
|
[65]
|
| Midwest SkyFest |
Kentland, Indiana |
United States |
2010
|
|
July |
[66]
|
| Montpelier Bean Days Balloon Festival |
Montpelier, Ohio |
United States |
2014
|
|
July |
[67]
|
| National Balloon Classic |
Indianola, Iowa |
United States |
1969
|
|
First week of August |
[68]
|
| National Balloon Rally (Carolina BalloonFest) |
Statesville, North Carolina |
United States |
1974
|
|
Third weekend in October |
[69]
|
| New York State Festival of Balloons |
Dansville, New York |
United States |
1981
|
|
|
[70]
|
| Northampton Balloon Festival |
Northampton |
United Kingdom |
1990
|
|
|
[71]
|
| Northwest Art and Air Festival |
Albany, Oregon |
United States |
2000
|
|
|
[72]
|
| Northwest Connecticut Balloon Festival |
Connecticut |
United States |
1995
|
2004 |
|
[73]
|
| Northwest Georgia Hot-Air Balloon Festival |
Summerville, Georgia |
United States |
2008
|
|
|
[74] [75]
|
| Piscataquis Heritage Hot Air Balloon Festival |
Dover-Foxcroft, Maine |
United States |
2013
|
|
|
[76]
|
| Ojiya Hot Air Balloon Festival |
Ojiya, Niigata |
Japan |
1977
|
|
February |
[77](Japanese)
|
| Pellissippi State Hot Air Balloon Festival |
Pellissippi State Community College, Knoxville, Tennessee |
United States |
2004
|
2010 |
|
[78]
|
| Penang Hot Air Balloon Fiesta
|
George Town, Penang
|
Malaysia
|
2015
|
|
February
|
[79]
|
| Pennington Balloon Championship |
Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
United States |
1980s
|
|
|
[80]
|
| Philippine International Hot-Air Balloon Fiesta |
Angeles City |
Philippines |
1994
|
|
2nd week of February |
[81]
|
| Plano Balloon Festival |
Plano, Texas |
United States |
1980
|
|
|
[82]
|
| Putrajaya International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta |
Putrajaya |
Malaysia |
2009
|
|
|
|
| Qatar Balloon Festival |
Doha |
Qatar |
2019
|
|
|
[83]
|
| Quick Chek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning |
Readington Township, New Jersey |
United States |
1983
|
|
Third week of July |
[84]
|
| Quechee Hot Air Balloon Craft and Music Festival |
Quechee, Vermont |
United States |
1979
|
|
Father's Day Weekend |
[85]
|
| Raduno Internazionale dell'Epifania |
Mondovì |
Italy |
1988
|
|
First week of January |
[86]
(Italian)
|
| Ravenna Balloon A-Fair |
Ravenna, Ohio |
United States |
1979
|
|
|
[87]
|
| RE/MAX Ballunar Liftoff Festival |
Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas |
United States |
1993
|
|
|
[88]
|
| Saga International Balloon Fiesta |
Saga, Saga |
Japan |
1980
|
|
|
[89]
|
| Sandy City Balloon Festival |
Sandy, Utah |
United States |
2006
|
|
First weekend in August |
[90]
|
| Sandy Valley Balloon Festival |
Sandy Valley, Nevada |
United States |
1999
|
|
|
[91]
|
| Saxonia International Balloon Fiesta |
Leipzig |
Germany |
1995
|
2015 |
|
[92]
|
| Sierra Vista Festival of Color |
Sierra Vista, Arizona |
United States |
1989
|
|
|
[93]
|
| Singha Park Chiangrai Balloon Fiesta |
Chiangrai |
Thailand |
2019
|
|
November |
[94]
|
| Singha Park ChiangRai International Balloon Fiesta |
Chiangrai |
Thailand |
2019
|
|
Valentine in February |
[95]
|
| Sky Safari |
Longleat, Wiltshire |
United Kingdom |
2016
|
|
|
[96]
|
| Strathaven Balloon Festival |
Strathaven, South Lanarkshire |
United Kingdom |
1999
|
|
|
[97]
|
| Spiedie Fest and Balloon Rally |
Binghamton, New York |
United States |
1985
|
|
|
[98]
|
| Spirit of Boise Balloon Classic |
Boise, Idaho |
United States |
1991
|
|
|
[99]
|
| St. Patty's Day Balloon Rallye |
Los Lunas, New Mexico |
United States |
1984
|
|
|
[100]
|
| Suncook Valley Balloon Rally |
Pittsfield, New Hampshire |
United States |
1981
|
|
First weekend in August |
[101]
|
| Sunflower Balloon Fest |
Anthony, Kansas |
United States |
1998
|
|
Mother's Day Weekend (2nd Weekend in May) |
[102]
|
| Sweetheart Balloon Rally |
Loveland, Colorado |
United States |
2007
|
|
Last weekend in August |
[103]
|
| Taiwan Balloon Festival |
Taitung |
Taiwan |
2011
|
|
Summer |
[104] (Chinese)
|
| Tamil Nadu International Balloon Festival
|
Pollachi, Tamil Nadu
|
India
|
2015
|
|
Jan 13-16 Pongal Holidays
|
[105]
|
| Temecula Valley Balloon and Wine Festival |
Temecula, California |
United States |
1984
|
|
|
[106]
|
| Thailand International Balloon Festival |
Ayutthaya |
Thailand |
2007
|
|
|
[107]
|
| Tigard Festival of Balloons |
Tigard, Oregon |
United States |
1984
|
|
June |
[108]
|
| The Great Mississippi River Balloon Race |
Natchez, Mississippi |
United States |
1986
|
|
|
[109]
|
| The Great Prosser Balloon Rally |
Prosser, Washington |
United States |
1990
|
|
|
[110]
|
| Thunderbird Balloon Classic |
Glendale, Arizona |
United States |
1975
|
2006 |
|
[111]
|
| Thurston Classic |
Meadville, Pennsylvania |
United States |
1988
|
|
|
[112]
|
| Tiverton Balloon Festival |
Tiverton, Devon |
United Kingdom |
1988
|
|
|
[113]
|
| University Motors Mountaineer Balloon Festival |
Morgantown, West Virginia |
United States |
1985
|
|
|
[114]
|
| U.S. National Hot Air Balloon Championship |
Varies |
United States |
1963
|
|
|
[115]
|
| Velikie Luki International Balloon Meet [ru] |
Velikiye Luki |
Russia |
1996
|
|
June |
[116]
|
| Vredefeesten |
Sint-Niklaas |
Belgium |
1948
|
|
First Weekend of September |
[117]
(Dutch)
|
| Warren County Farmers' Fair Balloon Festival |
New Jersey |
United States |
2000
|
|
|
[118]
|
| Warsteiner Internationale Montgolfiade |
Warstein |
Germany |
1986
|
|
|
[119] (German)
|
| World Hot Air Balloon Championship |
Varies |
Varies |
1973
|
|
|
[120]
|
| Festival Internacional de Balões de Ar Quente (FIBAQ) |
Alto Alentejo |
Portugal |
1997
|
|
first week of November |
[121]
|
| Oklahoma Festival of Ballooning |
Muskogee, Oklahoma |
United States |
|
|
Last weekend in August |
[122]
|
| Poteau Balloon Fest |
Poteau, Oklahoma |
United States |
|
|
3rd weekend in October |
[123]
|
| Firelake Fireflight Balloon Festival |
Shawnee, Oklahoma |
United States |
|
|
Second weekend in August |
[124]
|
| Walla Walla Balloon Stampede |
Walla Walla, Washington |
United States |
1974
|
|
Third weekend in September |
[125]
|
| Wintrop Balloon Stampede |
Winthrop, Washington |
United States |
1980
|
|
First weekend in March |
[126]
|
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