A parade, live music, vendors and balloons, plenty of balloons, highlighted the festival’s return after being grounded the past two years.
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Photo Album: Balloons launch on a picture-perfect day
The Great Falls Balloon Festival continues to launch balloons and thrill crowds.
Photo Album: Friday night at the Great Falls Balloon Festival
Photos from Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston where the weekend festival lifted off.
Video: Watch the balloons take off Saturday night
The fourth launch is a success at Simard-Payne Park
Not an umbrella to be seen: Balloon Festival off to a sunny start
By early Friday night, as the grounds at Simard-Payne Memorial Park were very quickly filling up, the balloon festival was already on a roll, thanks to a near-flawless morning launch.
Video: Watch Friday evening’s balloon launch
Eight balloons launched Friday night as part of the Great Falls Balloon Festival.
Video: You have to see Saturday morning’s launch at the Great Falls Balloon Festival
It was a great morning for the balloons to launch!
Video: Fly among the balloons over Lewiston
Watch aerial footage of balloons taking off from the Great Falls Balloon Festival.
Photo Album: Balloons take off Friday morning
The Great Falls Balloon Festival launched successfully Friday morning.
The Great Falls Balloon Festival wakes up from a long sleep Friday morning
The crowd collectively smiles — phones aloft and pointed toward the people waving goodbye from above, Marla Hoffman writes.