Havasu Balloon Festival and Fair '17

Friday – January 15
6AM Public Gates Open (All Entrances) Carnival Opens (Special Needs Group 9:00 – Noon) Food Vendors Open (Vendor Row)
6AM – 9PM Gondola Club/VIP/Pilot Tent Open
6AM *Untethered Balloon Rides Ticket Sales for Friday Morning ($200 pp – Ride Sale Tent)
7:20AM Sunrise Flag Ceremony (Balloon Field)
7:45AM *Mass Ascension (Balloon Field)
8AM-8:30AM *”Enchanted Island”- Shaped Balloons on Display for Photographic Opportunities (Balloon Field)
8AM-6PM ALL Vendors & Art Village Open (Vendor Row)
8AM-3PM *Tethered Balloon Rides ($20 per person – Ride Sale Tent)
9:30AM *Walk-In Balloon Inflated (Free by the Food Court)
10AM-3PM Live Art Demonstrations (Art Village)
10AM-11:15AM Live Entertainment – TBD (Main Stage – Food Court)
10AM-2 PM RC Planes, Helicopters, RC Cars (RC Zone-South of Balloon Field)
10:30AM-Noon *Skydivers (Balloon Field)
10AM-2PM People mover TRAM operates (Stops around perimeter at TRAM Stop Signs)
11:30AM Dogs, Frisbees and Agility Show (Skybox)
12noon-4PM Live Entertainment – Britt Invasion (Beatles – Tribute) (Main Stage – Food Court)
12:45AM-1:00pm Hot Hips Belly Dancers (Main Stage – Food Court)
1:30PM *Skydivers (Balloon Field)
2:45PM – 3:00PM Hot Hips Belly Dancers (Main Stage – Food Court)
3:30PM-4:15PM *Untethered Balloon Rides Ticket Sales for Friday Afternoon ($200 pp – Ride Sale Tent)
3:30PM A Wind of Change Kite Show (Balloon Field)
3:30PM Bi-Planes – Short arrival show
4:30PM-9PM Live Entertainment – December 63 – (Frankie Valli & the Four Season – Tribute) (Main Stage – Food Court)
4:30PM-8:30PM People mover TRAM operates (Stops around perimeter at TRAM Stop Signs)
4:30PM-5:30PM *Afternoon Mass Ascension (Balloon Field-Weather Permitting)
5PM-8PM Gondola Club / VIP Dinner (Gondola Club/VIP/Pilot Tent)
6:30PM *Night Glow or Field of Fire (Balloon Field)
9:00PM END OF SCHEDULED FESTIVAL EVENTS Carnival & Some Vendors will remain open after 9pm.
10:30PM CARNIVAL & VENDORS CLOSE
10:45PM Public Gates Close


* - Weather Permitting
Saturday – January 16
Check back often as event times are subject to change
6:00 AM Public Gates Open (All Entrances) Carnival Opens – Food Vendors Open (Vendor Row)
6AM – 9PM Gondola Club/VIP/Pilot Tent Open
6AM *Untethered Balloon Rides Ticket Sales for Saturday Morning ($200 pp – Ride Sale Tent)
7:20AM Sunrise Flag Ceremony (Balloon Field)
7:45AM Bi-Plane Show (Balloon Field)
7:45AM *Mass Ascension (Balloon Field)
*”Enchanted Island”- Shaped Balloons on Display for Photographic Opportunities (Balloon Field)
8AM-6PM ALL Vendors & Art Village Open (Vendor Row)
8AM-3PM *Tethered Balloon Rides ($20 per person – Ride Sale Tent)
9AM Kid Zone Activities: Face painting, Craft tent, Balloon Clown, Braids & Beads, Bounce House (Kids Zone)
9:30AM *Walk-In Balloon Inflated (Free by the Food Court)
9:30AM Lake Havasu Black Belt Academy (Skybox)
10AM-3PM Live Art Demonstrations (Art Village)
10AM-11:15AM Live Entertainment – TBA (Main Stage – Food Court)
10AM-2PM RC Planes, Helicopters, RC Cars (RC Zone-South of Balloon Field)
10AM-4PM *Sky Divers (Balloon Field)
10AM-2PM People mover TRAM operates (Stops around perimeter at TRAM Stop Signs)
10:30AM Paper Balloon Launch (Skybox)
11:30AM Dogs, Frisbees and Agility Show (Skybox)
11AM-12noon Run With Balloons DJ-Dance Party (Main Stage – Food Court)
12noon-4PM Live Entertainment – Kevin Jaxon & Midnight Sun (R & B) (Main Stage – Food Court)
12:45PM – 1:00PM Hot Hips Belly Dancers (Main Stage – Food Court)
1:45PM – 2:00PM Hot Hips Belly Dancers (Main Stage – Food Court)
2:30PM Bi-Plane Show (Balloon Field)
2:30PM Dogs, Frisbees and Agility Show (Skybox)
2:45PM – 3:00PM Hot Hips Belly Dancers (Main Stage – Food Court)
3:30PM A Wind of Change Kite Show (Balloon Field)
3:30PM-4:15PM *Untethered Balloon Rides Ticket Sales for Saturday Afternoon ($200 pp – Ride Sale Tent)
4PM Ping Pong Ball Drop from Tethered Balloon (Balloon Field)
4:30PM-9PM Live Entertainment – Matt Farris (Country) (Main Stage – Food Court)
4:30PM-8:30PM People mover TRAM operates (Stops around perimeter at TRAM Stop Signs)
4:30PM-5:30PM *Afternoon Mass Ascension (Balloon Field-Weather Permitting)
5PM–8PM Gondola Club / VIP Dinner (Gondola Club/VIP/Pilot Tent)
6:30PM *Night Glow or Field of Fire (Balloon Field)
9PM END OF SCHEDULED FESTIVAL EVENTS Carnival & Some Vendors will remainopen after 9PM
10:30PM CARNIVAL & VENDORS CLOSE
11PM Public Gates Close


- Weather Permitting
Sunday – January 17
Check back often as event times are subject to change
6:00 AM Public Gates Open (All Entrances) Carnival Opens – Food Vendors Open (Vendor Row)
6AM-9PM Gondola Club/VIP/Pilot Tent Open
6AM Carnival Opens
6AM *Untethered Balloon Rides Ticket Sales for Sunday Morning ($200 pp – Ride Sale Tent)
7:20AM Sunrise Flag Ceremony (Balloon Field)
7:45AM Bi-Plane Show (Balloon Field)
*Mass Ascension (Balloon Field)
*”Enchanted Island”- Shaped Balloons on Display for Photographic Opportunities (Balloon Field)
8AM-6PM ALL Vendors & Art Village Open (Vendor Row):
8AM-3PM *Tethered Balloon Rides ($20 per person – Ride Sale Tent)
9AM-3PM Kid Zone Activities: Face painting, Craft tent, Balloon Clown, Braids & Beads,Bounce House (Kids Zone)
9AM-3PM *Walk-In Balloon Inflated (Free by the Food Court)
10AM-3PM Live Art Demonstrations (Art Village)
10AM-2PM People mover TRAM operates (Stops around perimeter at TRAM Stop Signs)
10AM-2PM RC Planes, Helicopters, RC Cars (RC Zone-South of Balloon Field)
10AM–11:15AM Live Entertainment – “TBD” (Main Stage – Food Court)
10:30AM *Skydivers (Balloon Field)
10:30AM Paper Balloon Launch (Skybox)
11:30 AM Dogs, Frisbees and Agility Show (Skybox)
12noon-4PM Live Entertainment – Mojo (Classic Rock-n-Roll) (Main Stage – Food Court)
12:45PM – 1:00PM Hot Hips Belly Dancers (Main Stage – Food Court)
1:45PM *Skydivers (Balloon Field)
1:45PM – 2:00PMm Hot Hips Belly Dancers (Main Stage – Food Court)
2PM A Wind of Change Kite Show (Balloon Field)
2:30PM Lake Havasu Black Belt Academy (Skybox)
2:45PM – 3:00PM Hot Hips Belly Dancers (Main Stage – Food Court)
3:30PM-4:15PM *Untethered Balloon Rides Ticket Sales for Sunday Afternoon ($200 pp – Ride Sale Tent)
4:30PM-8:30PM People mover TRAM operates (Stops around perimeter at TRAM Stop Signs)
4:30PM-5:30PM *Afternoon Mass Ascension (Balloon Field-Weather Permitting)
4:30PM-9PM Live Entertainment – Allnighterz (Rock & Roll)
5PM-8PM Gondola Club / VIP Dinner (Gondola Club/VIP/Pilot Tent)
6:30PM *Night Glow or Field of Fire (Balloon Field)
9PM END OF SCHEDULED FESTIVAL EVENTS Carnival & Some Vendors will remain open after 9PM
10:30PM CARNIVAL & VENDORS CLOSE
11PM Public Gates Close