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NY's Largest Hot Air Balloon Festival - September 19- 22, 2013
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The Adirondack Balloon Festival is one of the most exciting and unique events around. |
A delight to perennial visitors, passerbys and locals alike, the Adirondack Balloon Festival takes place the weekend of September 19 - 22, 2013 in Queensbury, NY - bringing fun for all ages!
The balloon festival features the launch of dozens of balloons, all brightly colored and many in fun and special shapes. Visitors can walk inside half-inflated balloons, watch riders prepare for the flight, and see the exceptional sight of air balloons taking off from the ground nearby, one after another, and floating into the sky.
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What: Adirondack Balloon Festival
Where: Glens Falls, NY and Queensbury, NY
When: September 19- 22, 2013
Cost: Admission is FREE
The Opening ceremony is held Thursday, September 19th
in Crandall Park, Glens Falls NY. Spectators can gather to watch over 12 balloons take off into the sky, as they kick off the festival.
Then stick around, Glens Falls will celebrate with a Downtown Block Party & Classic Car Show. This event will start at 6:30pm and take over all of Glen Street with classic cars, kids events, music and much more!
(NOTE: there will be street closings in Glens Falls.)
Over the weekend, more than 60 balloons take to the air all at once and the entertainment on the ground equals the spectacle in the sky.
Breakfast is served, civic organizations provide food and water on site, activities are available, and entertainment is provided - all on top of two separate launches, with nearly one hundred balloons filling up and taking off for the viewing of the groundlings.
The 2013 Schedule of Events:
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2013
Crandall Park, Glens Falls, NY
4:30-6:30 PM, Music and Band Performance
5:00 PM, Opening Ceremony, Acknowledgement of 40th Anniversary
5:15 PM, Launch of 20 balloons
Glen Street, Downtown Glens Falls
6:00 - 9:30 PM, Glen Street Will Close for Family-Friendly Block Party with music, over 50 classic cars, meet & greet hot air ballonists, kids activites, fireworks, and more!
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2013
Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport, Queensbury, NY
3:00 PM, Gates open Craft Fair and Food Vendors open for business
5:00 PM, Balloon Launch - 80+ balloons including special shapes
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2013
Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport, Queensbury, NY
5:00 - 11:00 AM, "Big Balloon Breakfast" - Airport Hanger
6:00 AM- 7:00 PM, Food vendors open for business, Craft Fair with 30+ vendors, Kids activities, including bounce houses, rock climbing wall, aircraft static display
6:30 AM, Flight of 100 balloons, including special shapes
2:00- 5:00 PM, Performance by local band
5:00 PM, Flight of 100 balloons, including 10+ special shapes
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2013
Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport, Queensbury, NY
5:00 - 11:00 AM, "Big Balloon Breakfast" - Airport Hanger
6:00 AM - 12:00 PM, Food vendors open for business, Craft Fair with 30+ vendors, Kids activities, including bounce houses, rock climbing wall, aircraft display
6:30 AM, 'Walter's Mass Ascension' simultaneous flight of 100 balloons, including 10+ special shapes
8:00 AM, Catholic Mass in the Entertainment tent
9:00 AM, Protestant Sunday Service in the Entertainment tent
Crandall Park, Glens Falls, NY
2:00 - 5:00 PM, DJ with Music
5:00 PM, Launch of 20+ balloons
The Adirondack Balloon Festival in Queensbury is free to all, and events are weather-permitting. Be sure to bring your camera, because every year there is a photo competition, with awards for first through fourth place, grand prize, kids categories, and honorable mentions. When is the next time you're going to see so many balloons in one area? Why, the next time you come to the Adirondack Balloon Festival, of course!
ALL BALLOON LAUNCHES SCHEDULED ARE WEATHER PERMITTING. Please check with the official Adirondack Balloon Festival organization if you are unsure about weather conditions and their effect on the festival.
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