Natchez Balloon Festival
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Rosalie Mansion 100 Orleans Street, Natchez, Mississippi 39120
The city of Natchez makes a picturesque historic backdrop for balloonatics from all around the country during the annual hot-air balloon festival, when balloonists will fly above the high bluffs and Mississippi River. The Balloon Glow and fireworks show are always well-received, as is a lineup of bands that this year includes the Chee Weez, the Lincoln Outfit, Taj Farrant, The Heartshakers, Eric Gales, and Chapel Hart. The image of hot air balloons suspended above the Mississippi River, when viewed from the two-hundred-foot river bluffs, is one not soon forgotten. The festival also includes a Sports Tent showing all the weekend's big games on big-screen TVs. Children's activities, carnival rides, and a variety of regional foods are always around, so it's up, up, and away you go to Natchez this weekend.
$40 weekend pass for adults ($50 at the gate), or $20 on Friday, $35 Saturday if purchased in advance, $40 day-of. Children ages ten and younger are free. After morning balloon flights lifting off throughout the area at 7:30 am each day, the Festival kicks off at 4 pm Friday, with an 11 am start on Saturday all on the grounds of Rosalie Mansion. natchezballoonfestival.com.
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