Adirondack Balloon Festival
adirondack balloon festival annually held hotair balloon festival take place queensbury new york midtolate september roughly two three week following labor day festival fourday event hosted every year since sole exception event cancelled due covid particularly recent year consistently attracted well people across world course fourday timespan mainly surrounding area lake george plattsburgh saratoga spring québec province neighboring canada pilot primarily professional amateur balloonist multiple region also brought queensbury participate event close balloon able launch simultaneously provided condition allow originally event hosted suny adirondack community college area however event gradually grew scale attendance year entire venue relocated floydbennett memorial airport located outside city glen fall new york event continues held today despite passing festival founder balloonist walter grishkot well wife joan considered pivotal event thanniversary festival held september festival entirely notforprofit admission free event open member public funding annual venue raised entirely public volunteer within community peak flight time according website pm day event