| Festival |
Location |
Year Started |
When Held |
Official Website |
| Sevier County "Eyes to the Sky" Balloon Festival |
Salina, UT |
2007 |
Third weekend in June |
[1] |
| Sandy City Balloon Festival |
Sandy, UT |
2006 |
First weekend in August |
|
| The Great Mississippi River Balloon Race |
Natchez, Mississippi |
1986 |
|
[2] |
| Delta Air Balloon Festival |
Greenville, Mississippi |
n/a |
|
[3] |
| Metro NY Balloon & Music Festival |
Shirley, New York |
2007 |
|
[4] |
| 2008 Novotel Balloon Fiesta Australia |
Canberra (ACT, Australia) |
1985 |
|
[5] |
| US National Hot Air Balloon Championship (BFA) |
Varies (Anderson, South Carolina in 2006) |
1963 |
|
[6] |
| National Balloon Classic |
Indianola, Iowa |
1969 |
|
[7] |
| Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta |
Albuquerque, New Mexico |
1972 |
|
[8] |
| National Balloon Rally |
Statesville, North Carolina |
1973 |
|
[9] |
| World Hot Air Balloon Championship |
Varies (Tochigi, Japan in 2006) |
1973 |
|
[10] |
| Adirondack Hot Air Balloon Festival |
Glens Falls, New York |
1973 |
|
[11] |
| Great Forest Park Balloon Race |
Saint Louis, Missouri |
1973 |
|
[12] |
| Helen to the Atlantic Balloon Race |
Helen, Georgia |
1974 |
|
[13] |
| Thunderbird Balloon Classic |
Glendale, Arizona |
1975 |
|
[14] |
| Alabama Jubilee Hot Air Balloon Classic |
Decatur, Alabama |
1977 |
|
[15] |
| Colorado Balloon Classic |
Colorado Springs, Colorado |
1977 |
|
[16] |
| Great Pershing Balloon Derby |
Brookfield, Missouri |
1977 |
|
|
| Great Texas Balloon Race |
Longview, Texas |
1977 |
|
[17] |
| International Balloon Festival |
Château-d'Oex, Switzerland |
1978 |
|
[18] (French/English) |
| Bristol International Balloon Fiesta |
Bristol, UK |
1979 |
|
[19] |
| Ravenna Balloon A-Fair |
Ravenna, Ohio |
1979 |
|
[20] |
| Ashland Ballonfest |
Ashland, Ohio |
1990 |
|
[21] |
| Blossom Time Balloon Festival |
Chagrin Falls, Ohio |
1988 |
|
[22] |
| Field of Flight Air Show and Balloon Festival |
Battle Creek, Michigan |
1980 |
|
[23] |
| Plano Balloon Festival |
Plano, Texas |
1980 |
|
[24] |
| Eyes to the Skies Festival |
Lisle, Illinois |
1981 |
|
[25] |
| Great Reno Balloon Race |
Reno, Nevada |
1981 |
|
[26] |
| New York State Festival of Balloons |
Dansville, New York |
1981 |
|
[27] |
| Freedom Weekend Aloft |
Anderson, South Carolina |
1982 |
|
[28] |
| Ballonfiësta Barneveld |
Barneveld, The Netherlands |
1983 |
|
[29](Dutch) |
| London International Hot Air Balloon Festival |
London, Ontario |
1983 |
|
[30] |
| Quick Chek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning |
Readington Township, New Jersey |
1983 |
|
[31] |
| Michigan Challenge |
Howell, Michigan |
1984 |
|
[32] |
| Hot Air Jubilee |
Jackson, Michigan |
1984 |
|
[33] |
| St. Patrick's Day Balloon Rallye |
Los Lunas, New Mexico |
1984 |
|
[34] |
| Kinsmen Cornwall Lift Off |
Cornwall, Ontario |
1994 |
|
[35] |
| Temecula Valley Balloon and Wine Festival |
Temecula, California |
1984 |
|
[36] |
| Atlantic Balloon Fiesta |
Sussex, New Brunswick |
1985 |
|
[37] |
| Spiedie Fest and Balloon Rally |
Binghamton, New York |
1985 |
|
[38] |
| Hot Air Balloons Championship of Poland |
Poland |
1985 |
|
|
| University Motors Mountaineer Balloon Festival |
Morgantown, West Virginia |
1985 |
|
[39] |
| Breda Balloon Fiësta |
Breda, The Netherlands |
1986 |
|
[40] |
| High Hopes Hot Air Balloon Festival |
Milford, New Hampshire |
1986 |
|
[41] |
| Warsteiner Internationale Montgolfiade |
Warstein, Germany |
1986 |
|
[42] |
| Gatineau Hot Air Balloon Festival |
Gatineau, Quebec |
1988 |
|
[43] |
| Kiwanis Balloonfest |
Valparaiso, Indiana |
1991 |
|
|
| The Great Prosser Balloon Rally |
Prosser, Washington |
1988 |
|
[44] |
| Colorado River Crossing Balloon Festival |
Yuma, Arizona |
1990 |
|
[45] |
| Centralia Balloon Festival |
Centralia, Illinois |
1990 |
|
[46] |
| European Hot Air Balloon Championships |
varies |
1992 |
|
|
| Mid-Hudson Valley Balloon Festival |
Poughkeepsie, New York |
1992 |
|
[47] |
| Great Falls Balloon Festival |
Lewiston / Auburn, Maine |
1992 |
|
Great Falls Balloon Festival |
| RE/MAX Ballunar Liftoff Festival |
Houston - Johnson Space Center, Texas |
1993 |
|
[48] |
| Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta |
Clark Field, Pampanga, Philippines |
1994 |
|
[49] |
| Mansfield Balloon Festival |
Victoria, Australia |
1995 |
|
[50] |
| Northwest Connecticut Balloon Festival |
Connecticut |
1995 |
|
[51] |
| Saxonia International Balloon Fiesta |
Leipzig, Germany |
1995 |
|
[52] |
| Great Northern Balloon Festival & Air Show |
Greenville, New York |
1998 |
|
[53] |
| Bluegrass Balloon Festival (formerly called Adam Matthews Balloon Festival) |
Louisville, Kentucky |
1999 |
|
[54] |
| US NABA National Championships |
Varies (Baton Rouge, Louisiana in 2006) |
2000 |
|
[55] |
| Warren County Farmers' Fair Balloon Festival |
New Jersey |
2000 |
|
[56] |
| Big Bear Balloon Festival |
Ohio |
2002 |
|
|
| Guanajuato International Air Balloon Festival |
Mexico |
2002 |
|
[57] |
| Northwest Art and Air Festival |
Albany, Oregon |
2000 |
|
[58]
|
| Dubai Balloon Festival |
Dubai, UAE |
2006 |
|
[59] |
| Guanajuato International Air Balloon Festival |
León, Guanajuato, Mexico |
2006 |
|
[60](Spanish) |
| Ferrara International Balloons Festival |
Ferrara, Emilia Romagna, Italy |
2005 |
|
[61](Italian/English) |
| Genesis Wairarapa International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta |
Wairarapa, North Island, New Zealand |
|
|
[62](English) |
| Balloons over Waikato |
Hamilton, North Island, New Zealand |
|
|
[63](English) |
| Menlo Foothills Festival of Balloons |
Menlo, Georgia |
2008 |
|
[64] [65] |
| Bluff Balloon Festival |
Bluff, Utah |
1998 |
|
[66] |
| International Balloon Grand Prix Todi |
Todi, Umbria, Italy |
1988 |
|
| Thurston Classic |
Meadville, Pennsylvania |
1988 |
|
[67] |
| Sierra Vista Festival of Color |
Sierra Vista, Arizona |
1989 |
|
[68] |
| Meetjeslandse Balloonmeeting |
Eeklo, Belgium |
1986 |
|
[69] (Dutch) |
| Arizona's SalsaFest Balloon Festival |
Safford, Arizona |
2008 |
|
[70] |
