Colorado River Crossing Hot Air Balloon Festival
Date and Time
Friday Nov 10, 2023 Sunday Nov 12, 2023
Location
Morning Launches - Yuma West Wetlands Park
Saturday Evening Glow - Desert Sun Stadium
Fees/Admission
Admission to the morning launches at Yuma West Wetlands Park on Saturday and Sunday morning is a canned food donation. The public entrance to West Wetland Park is from 12th Avenue. The highlight of the festival is the AEA Federal Credit Union Balloon Glow at Yuma's Ray Kroc Desert Sun Stadium on Saturday evening. The admission to the glow is also a canned food donation.
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Description
The Colorado River Crossing Hot Air Balloon Festival - presented by the Caballeros de Yuma - is one of Yuma, Arizona's premier fall events. The festival attracts some of the most colorful and unique balloons from the West and Southwest. Staged over two days in November, with mass ascensions on Saturday and Sunday mornings, the festival uses the Colorado River and the Sonoran Desert as its backdrop. The highlight is the Desert Balloon Glow that takes place on Saturday night 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.
