Moffat County Hot Air Balloon Festival

06/21/2026

We're so excited to see all our Pilots at the Festival this year!

06/19/2026

4 more of our upcoming Pilots for this year!!

06/17/2026

We are proud to present our upcoming Pilots for this year!
We currently have 22 lined up - we'll show them all in the days to come!

06/14/2026

There's still time to get your boats ready!!
We'll be putting on our annual Cardboard Boat Regatta again this year and giving away $2,000 total in cash prizes! Make sure to check out the rules and details on our website at mcballoonfestival.com/cardboard_regatta and contact us with any questions you might have!

And, as always, huge thank you to our sponsors for this year!

2026 Band-Level Sponsors:
> Wild Horse Refuge
> Johnson Glass
> Amerigas
> Tri-State
> Colorado Mental Health
> The City of Craig

2026 Balloon-Level Sponsors:
> Channel 5
> Bank of Colorado
> Mamich Agency
> Masterworks Mechanical
> Country Living Realty
> Memorial Regional Health

06/12/2026

Thank you to everyone that has been so polite in our comments and messages!

We've been trying a few new things with our boosted posts, so sorry if any of the auto-replies have been confusing!

Feel free to message us any time!

06/09/2026

Thanks to our new Balloon Meister, Stephen Harrison, we're looking to have many new balloons and pilots at the festival this year!

You can go see all of them at https://www.mcballoonfestival.com/2026_pilots_and_balloons

06/07/2026

The Moffat County Balloon Festival is in TWO MONTHS!

Weather permitting, we will have 15+ balloons launching every morning July 31st - Aug. 2nd (that's Friday - Sunday)!

Saturday (Aug. 1st) will feature our usual line-up of live music, many food & craft vendors, a Cardboard Boat Regatta, Colorado Cruiser's Car Show, NWCH's Rubber Duck Race, and various other family-friendly activities all day long at Loudy-Simpson Park!

Check out our website at mcballoonfestival.com to check out all the details or message us on Facebook whenever you like!

HUGE thanks to our 2026 Band-Level Sponsors: Wild Horse Refuge, Johnson Glass, Amerigas, Tri-State, Colorado Mental Health, and The City of Craig

06/05/2026

Just like every year, there will be plenty of craft, merch, and food vendors to see at the Balloon Festival! Thank you to all of our vendors that have already signed up!

06/02/2026

Thank you so much to everyone that responded to our request for balloon crew volunteers! The Balloon Festival is now less than two months away and we're so excited to see you all there!

Check out our website for all the details!

BALLOONS LAUNCH (weather permitting) FRIDAY, SATURDAY, AND SUNDAY MORNING! We know you'll want to check out all that Craig and Moffat County have to offer, like:

05/31/2026

Besides our Cardboard Regatta, there will plenty of other kid-friendly activities all day Saturday (Aug. 1st)!
As usual, we'll have bouncy houses and kite making! Reminder that children MUST be accompanied by a parent or guardian for kite making!
This year we will also have a super-sized foam and bubbles area starting at 9:00am!

A huge thank you to our sponsors - we've had some major changes to our financing this year, but our many sponsors have stepped up like never before!

Message us directly with any questions you have or visit our website for all the info available on the Moffat County Balloon Festival!