Amateur photographers, student writers and people checking items off their bucket lists all responded to the Sun Journal’s Great Falls Balloon Festival essay contest. Lucinda Coombs added a balloon ride to her bucket list several years ago after seeing festival balloons “drift silently up the Androscoggin River at sunset,” she wrote. As she watched, “I’ve […]
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Ready to launch?
For the past 20 years, the Sun Journal’s news staff has brought you — our readers — live coverage of the Great Falls Balloon Festival. This year, as the festival celebrates 21 lofty years on Aug. 16-18, the Sun Journal is excited to offer one of our readers a chance to cover the event by […]
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Good weather, big crowds wind up balloon festival
LEWISTON — At 5 p.m., the infield at Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston felt empty except for the pesky lines stretching from food tents and the even longer wait to rise above the crowd in the Going Batty Balloon. The 20th annual Great Falls Balloon Festival was in its final hours. A crowd gathered on […]
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Great Falls Balloon Festival schedule of events
Sunday, Aug. 19 Lewiston 6 a.m. Balloon launch 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Family Fun Day 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. Craft and trade vendors 11 a.m. – 8 p.m. Food vendors open 11 a.m. – 8 p.m. Carnival Noon Rotary Duck Race (Main Street Canal) Noon – 1 p.m. Veayo Twins Noon – 6 […]
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Limited launch Saturday morning
Some balloons got off the ground before rain began falling Saturday morning. The weather forecast for tonight’s launch is favorable. Tailwinds owned by Jim Rodrigue of Lewiston sets to launch on Saturday morning the 2nd day of the Great Falls Balloon Festival held at the Simard and Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston. Volunteer crew members are […]
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Great Falls Balloon Festival takes flight
For live video from the 20th Annual Great Falls Balloon Festival and more news and photos, visit our Balloon Festival home page!
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Great Falls Balloon Festival schedule of events
Friday, Aug. 17 Lewiston 6 a.m. Balloon launch 4 p.m. – 10 p.m. Food vendors open 4 – 10:30 p.m. Carnival 5 – 10 p.m. Craft and trade vendors 5:30 – 6 p.m. Girls of L-A 6 p.m. Balloon launch (moon glows to follow) 6:15 – 7:30 p.m. Terry and the Telstars 7:45 – 8:15 […]
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Great Falls Balloon Festival schedule of events
Saturday, Aug. 18 Lewiston 6 a.m. Balloon launch 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Free admission to Museum L-A (35 Canal St., Lewiston) 10 a.m. – 10 p.m. Craft and trade vendors 10 a.m. – 10:30 p.m. Carnival 11 a.m. Parade 11 a.m. – 10 p.m. Food vendors open Noon – 12:30 p.m. Color Guard of […]
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Great Falls Balloon Festival turns 20
AUBURN — It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s … a giant ark-shaped hot air balloon? Arky, the first shaped balloon to visit the Great Falls Balloon Festival, is making a reappearance this year at the 20th annual festival Aug. 17 to 19 in Lewiston-Auburn. Mickey Reeder, one of the Balloon Festival founders and this […]