Balloon Festival - Schedule of Events

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Please note: schedule subject to change. Check back for updates.

FRIDAY – JULY 17, 2009 from 4pm to 10 pm
04:00 -10:00 Carnival rides and games all weekend
Crafts show all weekend
Festival Food Court – Opens 4pm Friday and 11am Saturday and Sunday
Inflatable rides + Kids Train Ride (free all weekend)
Kids’ Trout fishing pond opens (free all weekend)
04:30 -06:00 Tropical Wave Music—Dennis Jansson
05:00 -05:30 Magically Medieval – magic show (new and free all weekend)
Pony Rides. Petting Zoo (all weekend)
06:00 Flying Wallenda’s High Wire Act (free all weekend)
07:00 - 09:00 Hot Air Balloons Inflate. Tethered Balloon Rides – weather permitting
06:45 John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band – RAIN 0R SHINE
07:30 Magically Medieval - magic show (new and free all weekend)
08:15 Hot Air Balloon Glow @ dusk
SATURDAY – JULY 18, 2009 from 5:30 am to 10 pm
05:30 am Weather briefing
06:30 approx. Hot Air Balloons fly (weather permitting) + Tethered Balloon rides
RV Camping + Revolutionary War Encampment
08:00 all day Kids’ Trout fishing pond opens
09:00 all day Inflatable rides + Kids Train Ride (all weekend)
10:00 Radio Controlled Airplanes (all Saturday + Sunday) & Kite Ballet
Pony Rides + Petting Zoo (all weekend)
Crafts Show (all weekend)
Interactive Gymnastics—Bungee (all weekend)
Carnival rides and games (all weekend)
10:00-12:00 Issa Coulibaly—Master Djembe drummer from Mali, Africa
11:00 Festival Food Court opens for the day
12:00 Noon Reptile Rescue
12:30 Flying Wallendas’ High Wire Act (free all weekend)
01:00 Magically Medieval - magic show (new and free all weekend)
01:30 Airborne Jugglers
01:30-03:30 WSNE Kids ‘N Family
03:00 Ichiban Karate demonstration
03:30 Flying Wallendas’ High Wire Act (free all weekend)
04:00 Magically Medieval - magic show (new and free all weekend)
Miss Teen Rhode Island – Amanda Hannon
04:30 Airborne Jugglers
05:30 Weather Briefing
06:30 Hot Air Balloons fly (weather permitting) + Tethered Balloon Rides begin
06:30 Flying Wallendas’ High Wire Act (free all weekend)
07:00 Magically Medieval - magic show (new and free all weekend)
07:30 Airborne Jugglers
08:15 Hot Air Balloon Glow @ dusk
09:15 FIREWORKS & Music!
Sunday July 19, 2009 5:30 am to 6: 30 pm
05:30 am Weather briefing
06:30 approx. Hot Air Balloons fly (weather permitting)
Tethered Balloon rides
RV Camping
Revolutionary War Encampment
08:00 Kids’ Trout Fishing Pond (all weekend)
09:00 -All day Inflatable rides + Kids Train Ride (all weekend)
Interactive Gymnastics—Bungee (all weekend)
10:00 Radio Controlled Airplanes (all Saturday + Sunday)
Pony Rides + Petting Zoo (all weekend)
Crafts Show (all weekend)
Carnival rides and games (all weekend)
Fire Fighting Equipment Display (all day)
11:00 Festival Food Court opens for the day
12:00 Noon Kite Ballet of New England
12:00 Tall Tales + Other Stories by Tom Brillat & Take Two Tandem
12:30 Flying Wallenda’s High Wire Act (free all weekend)
01:00 Magically Medieval - magic show (new and free all weekend)
Golf Ball Drop
01:30 Airborne Jugglers
02:00 Tall Tales + Other Stories by Tom Brillat & Take Two Tandem Tellers
Volunteer Firefighters’ Muster
03:00 Tall Tales and Other Stories by Anne-Marie Forer and Cindy Killavey
Ichiban Karate demonstration
03:30 Flying Wallenda’s High Wire Act (free all weekend)
Magically Medieval - magic show (new and free all weekend)
04:30 Airborne Jugglers
05:00 Tall Tales and Other Stories by Anne-Marie Forer and Cindy Killavey
05:30 Flying Wallenda’s High Wire Act (free all weekend)
Weather Briefing
06:00 Magically Medieval - magic show (new and free all weekend)
06:30 Airborne Jugglers
07:00 Hot Air Balloons fly (weather permitting)
Tethered Balloon Rides