Ballooning > Balloon Festivals > USA > Midwest

• McCook Freedom Flight - Annual balloon rally in McCook, Nebraska each October. Information, schedules, directions and pilot sign up forms.
  
   
• Adam Matthews Balloon Festival - This festival is held in Louisville, Kentucky during late September. It features balloon glow, balloon fly in race and live entertainment.
  
   
• Ashland Balloon Fest - Ashland, Ohio hot air balloon festival held 4th of July weekend. Don't miss the balloon glow!
  
   
• Balloon Classic - The Balloon Classic in Danville, Illinois celebrates the invention of flight mid June.
  
   
• BalloonFest 2003 - BalloonFest takes place during early August in Oklahoma City, OK. Some of the events offered include a balloon race, tethered balloon rides, live entertainment, sky diving demonstration and bicylce stunt team demonstration.
  
   
• Ballooning: JS Online Feature - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article on the Wisconsin State Hot Air Balloon championship in Waukesha.
  
   
• Balloons In June - This event takes place in mid June in Clinton, Iowa. Along with hot air balloon flights, a balloon glow is also a feature of this festival. Photos of this event available on the website.
  
   
• Balloons Over the Mississippi - Fort Madison, Iowa balloon festival held mid-July with free admission and free parking. Features live entertainment, food, and crafts.
  
   
• Big Bear Balloon Festival - This balloon festival features more than 60 balloons, live entertainment and arts and crafts. It is held in Grove City,OH during mid June.
  
   
• Centralia Balloon Fest, Centralia, Illinois - The Official Centralia Balloon Fest Site - Dates, Times, Events and more information on this mid-August balloon festival.
  
   
• Custer Balloon Festival in the Black Hills - Photographs from the Custer Balloon Festival in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
  
   
• Flag City Balloon Fest - Join the Findlay area community during mid August to welcome over 30 hot air balloons to the skies over Findlay, Ohio. In addition to providing a dazzling display of color the balloons will be competing for the title of Flag City Champion.
  
   
• Holiday Balloon Fest - Winter hot air balloon festival featuring four flights and two glows in Battle Creek, Michigan annually each December.
  
   
• Hudson Hot Air Affair - Wisconsin's chilliest balloon festival in early February. Complete schedule of events.
  
   
• Huff'n Puff Hot Air Balloon Rally - Held in early September every year for the last 30 years, this balloon festival is in Topeka, Kansas.
  
   
• Jackson Michigan Hot Air Jubilee - The Jackson, Michigan Hot Air Jubilee is held the third weekend in July. Events include mass balloon launch, aircraft displays, live entertainment and arts and crafts show.
  
   
• Lincoln Art & Balloon Festival - Features hot air balloons, fine art, crafts, carnival, and food concessions. Held annually in August, the weekend prior to Labor Day in Lincoln, Illinois.
  
   
• Michigan Challenge Balloonfest - The Michigan Challenge Balloonfest features a balloon glow, skydiving team, arts festival, car show and a medivial village. This event takes place in Howell, MI at the end of June.
  
   
• Midwest SkyFest - Big July balloon festival in Kentland, Indiana. Free admission, hot air balloons, balloon rides and balloon glow, Outdoor cinema, All American Lumberjack Show, Big Double Bungee Trampoline, Fireworks, Monstrous Kites, Great Food, and Live Music.
  
   
• National Balloon Classic - National Balloon Classic  host the North Central Regional Championship during early August at Indianola, Iowa.