Join us November 3-5, 2023 for the 40th Anniversary of Artesia's Balloon Rally!
Come see the balloons! Come hear the tunes!
Each year in early November hot air balloons fill Artesia's crisp morning skies.
Weather permitting, the balloons will return and launch from Eagle Draw Park in Artesia between the blocks of 7th and 13th Street at sunrise.
The Artesia Balloons & Tunes Festival is your best bet for spending a weekend watching balloons, celebrating local culture, and learning more about the craft of ballooning. The festival has been a free public event in Artesia since the early 1980s, taking place on the first weekend in November every year, just as the air starts to get crisp. Balloonists from near and far flock to Artesia to launch and fly over farmlands and see the landscape of New Mexico from a different angle. Artesia locals look forward to this event each year and welcome the balloon pilots with concerts and festivities around town.
Schedule of Events
Thursday:
Paper Takes Flight (5th grade elementary students during school hours)
Friday:
7:30 am – Friday Fun Flights – Weather Permitting, hot air balloons will lift from each of the elementary schools' playgrounds, Grand Heights Kindergarten and Zia Intermediate School.
Paper Takes Flight (5th grade elementary students during school hours)
Benefit Fire Concert at the corner of 5th & Texas featuring:
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- Fire Concert with AHS Marching band
- Local Live Music
- Meet & greet the balloon pilots
- See the new hot air balloon mural
- Enjoy food trucks
- Balloon glow
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Saturday:
Sunrise (about 7:00 am) – Balloon Launch Eagle Draw
Tunes by KSVP Radio
Breakfast food trucks
1:00 pm - Community Paper Takes Flight (Tissue Paper Hot Air Balloons) at Artesia Public Library
Sunday:
Sunrise (about 6:00 am) - Balloon Launch at Eagle Draw
Tunes by KSVP Radio
If you would like to register as a pilot for this event, please return this completed Pilot Entry Form with a $50 check to Artesia Chamber of Commerce.