Update as of August 3, 2024 ~ On this day I decided to call on ChatGPT 4.0 for assistance in rounding up ballooning event information for Fall 2024. There were some events that started sometime in the last few days of July and ended in August. I have not included them here at this time.
August 2nd – 4th
- Midland Balloon Festival
- Location: Midland, Michigan, USA
- Website: Midland Balloon Festival
- Social Media: Facebook
- Spiedie Fest and Balloon Rally Expo, Inc
- Location: Binghamton, New York, USA
- Website: Spiedie Fest
- Social Media: Facebook
- Ammon Glow and Free Flight
- Location: Ammon, Idaho, USA
- Website: Ammon Glow
- Social Media: Facebook
- Annual Moffat County Balloon Festival
- Location: Craig, Colorado, USA
- Website: Moffat County Balloon Festival
- Social Media: Facebook
- Suncook Valley Rotary HAB Rally
- Location: Pittsfield, New Hampshire, USA
- Website: Suncook Valley Rotary
- Social Media: Facebook
- Wild West Balloon Festival
- Location: Cody, Wyoming, USA
- Website: Wild West Balloon Fest
- Social Media: Facebook
August 3rd
- Defiance County Hot Air Balloon Festival
- Location: Defiance, Ohio, USA
- Website: Defiance Balloon Fest
- Social Media: Facebook
August 6th – 8th
- Elephant Butte Balloon Regatta
- Location: Elephant Butte, New Mexico, USA
- Website: Elephant Butte Balloon Regatta
- Social Media: Facebook
August 7th – 10th
- Old West Balloon Fest
- Location: Scottsbluff, Nebraska, USA
- Website: Old West Balloon Fest
- Social Media: Facebook
August 8th – 10th
- All Ohio Balloon Fest
- Location: Marysville, Ohio, USA
- Website: All Ohio Balloon Fest
- Social Media: Facebook
August 9th – 11th
- Balloons Over Wadsworth 2024
- Location: Wadsworth, Ohio, USA
- Website: Balloons Over Wadsworth
- Social Media: Facebook
- Flag City Balloon Fest
- Location: Findlay, Ohio, USA
- Website: Flag City Balloon Fest
- Social Media: Facebook
- International Balloon Festival of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
- Location: Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada
- Website: International Balloon Festival
- Social Media: Facebook
- Quad Cities Balloon Festival
- Location: Rock Island, Iowa, USA
- Website: Quad Cities Balloon Festival
- Social Media: Facebook
August 9th – 10th
- Burger Fest Hot Air Balloon Rally
- Location: Seymour, Wisconsin, USA
- Website: Burger Fest
- Social Media: Facebook
- Firelake Fireflight Balloon Festival
- Location: Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA
- Website: Firelake Fireflight Balloon Festival
- Social Media: Facebook
- Sandy City Balloon Festival
- Location: Sandy City, Utah, USA
- Website: Sandy City Balloon Festival
- Social Media: Facebook
August 16th – 18th
- Centralia, IL Balloon Fest
- Location: Centralia, Illinois, USA
- Website: Centralia Balloon Fest
- Social Media: Facebook
- Kalamazoo Balloon Fest
- Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
- Website: Kalamazoo Balloon Fest
- Social Media: Facebook
- L/A Balloon Festival
- Location: Lewiston/Auburn, Maine, USA
- Website: LA Balloon Festival
- Social Media: Facebook
- Madison RibberFest Balloon Race & Balloon Glow
- Location: Madison, Indiana, USA
- Website: Madison RibberFest
- Social Media: Facebook
August 16th – 17th
- Nebraska Balloon and Wine Festival
- Location: Omaha, Nebraska, USA
- Website: Nebraska Balloon and Wine Festival
- Social Media: Facebook
August 17th
- Great Smoky Mountains Hot Air Balloon Festival
- Location: Townsend, Tennessee, USA
- Website: Great Smoky Mountains Balloon Fest
- Social Media: Facebook
August 17th – 18th
- The Flying Circus Hot Air Balloon Festival
- Location: Bealeton, Virginia, USA
- Website: Flying Circus Balloon Festival
- Social Media: Facebook
August 22nd – 25th
- Crown of Maine Balloon Fest
- Location: Presque Isle, Maine, USA
- Website: Crown of Maine Balloon Fest
- Social Media: Facebook
August 23rd – 24th
- Metamora Country Days and Hot Air Balloon Festival
- Location: Metamora, Michigan, USA
- Website: Metamora Country Days
- Social Media: Facebook
- Oklahoma Festival of Ballooning
- Location: Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA
- Website: Oklahoma Festival of Ballooning
- Social Media: Facebook
- Plainville Hot Air Balloon Festival
- Location: Plainville, Connecticut, USA
- Website: Plainville Balloon Fest
- Social Media: Facebook
August 23rd – 25th
- Balloons Over Bellaire
- Location: Bellaire, Michigan, USA
- Website: Balloons Over Bellaire
- Social Media: Facebook
- Chesapeake Bay Balloon Festival
- Location: Cordova, Maryland, USA
- Website: Chesapeake Bay Balloon Fest
- Social Media: Facebook
- Fall River Hot Air Balloon Festival
- Location: Hot Springs, South Dakota, USA
- Website: Fall River Balloon Festival
- Social Media: Facebook
- Northwest Art and Air Festival
- Location: Albany, Oregon, USA
- Website: Northwest Art and Air Festival
- Social Media: Facebook
- Vernal DinahSOAR Days Balloon Festival
- Location: Vernal, Utah, USA
- Website: Vernal DinahSOAR Days
- Social Media: Facebook
August 24th
- Olympic Peninsula Air Affaire and Sequim Valley Fly-In
- Location: Sequim, Washington, USA
- Website: Olympic Peninsula Air Affaire
- Social Media: Facebook
August 28th – Sept 4th
- Spirit of Boise Balloon Classic
- Location: Boise, Idaho, USA
- Website: Spirit of Boise
- Social Media: Facebook
August 29th – Sept 2nd
- Gatineau Hot Air Balloon Festival
- Location: Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
- Website: Gatineau Balloon Festival
- Social Media: Facebook
August 30th – Sept 1st
- Hudson Valley Hot-Air Balloon Festival
- Location: Rhinebeck, New York, USA
- Website: Hudson Valley Balloon Fest
- Social Media: Facebook
August 30th – Sept 2nd
- Blueberry Balloonfest
- Location: Plymouth, Indiana, USA
- Website: Blueberry Balloonfest
- Social Media: Facebook
- Callaway Gardens
- Location: Pine Mountain, Georgia, USA
- Website: Callaway Gardens
- Social Media: Facebook
- Great Pershing Balloon Derby
- Location: Brookfield, Missouri, USA
- Website: Great Pershing Balloon Derby
- Social Media: Facebook
- Hot Air Affair Rising Above Cancer
- Location: Anderson, South Carolina, USA
- Website: Hot Air Affair
- Social Media: Facebook
- Colorado Springs Labor Day Lift Off
- Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
- Website: Labor Day Lift Off
- Social Media: Facebook
- Windsor Harvest Festival
- Location: Windsor, Colorado, USA
- Website: Windsor Harvest Festival
- Social Media: Facebook