| Colorado River Crossing Balloon Festival | November 14 - November 16, 2008 |
Yuma, AZ
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No. of Balloons: 40
Festival Details:
The 18th Annual Colorado River Crossing Hot Air Balloon Festival is presented by the Caballeros de Yuma. One of Yuma, AZ's premier annual events, the hot air balloon festival attracts some of the most colorful and unique balloons from the West and Southwest.
Staged over three days in November, with mass ascensions on Friday, Saturday and Sunday mornings, the festival uses the Colorado River and the Sonoran Desert as its backdrop. The festival highlight is its Annual Glow that takes place on Saturday night at Yuma's Desert Sun Baseball Stadium where tethered balloons fill the baseball field and with their burners firing at full blast, the balloons to glow brightly in the dark desert sky, The entire pageant is set to music.
All events are free to the public.
For more information, please see the festival website:
http://caballeros.org
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