Oct. 8—On a quiet, lazy October morning, the sun rose over the Sandias, gradually stealing away the shadows covering Albuquerque. A dozen or so hot air balloons, some 1,600 feet above ground level, ...

Hudson Hot Air Affair, the premier winter ballooning event and winter festival in the Midwest, is an annual event. This years ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Soon, hundreds of hot air balloons will fill the Albuquerque sky as part of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, but what goes into making a balloon fly? The answer ...

Hot-air balloons participate in the European Balloon Festival in Igualada, in northeastern Spain ,on July 11. (Manaure Quintero/AFP via Getty Images) The European Balloon Festival, held across four ...

JACKSON, MI – Look up! Colorful balloons are again hitting the skies for the 2025 Jackson Hot Air Jubilee. The annual festival, celebrating 42 years in Jackson, begins Friday, July 18, and runs ...

The third annual Zachary Really Hot Air Balloon Festival took place over two hot August evenings at the BREC Zachary Community Park this August 8 and 9, 2025. From vendors and games to live music, a ...

WHETHER IT’S YOUR FIRST TIME OR YOU’VE BEEN COMING FOR YEARS, THE SIGHT OF HUNDREDS OF HOT AIR BALLOONS RISING OVER ALBUQUERQUE NEVER LOSES ITS WONDER. I JUST LOVE THE BALLOON FIESTA. I LOVE FLYING, I ...

The hot air balloons take flight on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, weather permitting. This year, there was a bit of a shift due to the wind but it didn’t stop people from coming out and having a good ...

In Albuquerque, you don’t have to go far to find the answer, as the Anderson Abruzzo International Balloon Museum and the City of Albuquerque have compiled online resources dedicated to explaining how ...