The South Baldwin Chamber of Commerce proudly welcomes three special shape balloons to the 18th Annual Gulf Coast Hot Air Balloon Festival presented by Wolf Bay Restaurants. Keep your eyes on the skyline over OWA Parks & Resort on May 12th through 14th for a rare and unique sight. You may just see Laska the Unicorn, Sunny Boy, or Humptygracing the festival grounds! If you attended the event in 2021, you probably got to see Laska and Sunny Boy in action. We loved them so much we had to invite them back.
Special-shaped balloons are always the stars of the show at ballooning events. Laska the Unicorn is traveling to us from Land O’ Lakes, Florida, flown by Tom Warren, Sunny Boy is piloted by Benjamin Drennan of Cordele, Georgia,and Humpty is flown by Rich Lawhorn from Louisville, Kentucky.Over 55beautiful hot air balloons will be participating in this year’s festival and at dusk and dawn, wind and weather permitting, they will be rising to fly in our South Baldwin skies for all to see.
Along with balloons at dusk and dawn and balloon tethered rides (both weather permitting), there are lots of activities for everyone to enjoy at the festival throughout each day. A complete schedule of events including balloon glows, entertainment, and other incredible activities can be found on our website.Here is a quick look at the festival schedule:
Thursday, May 12 – 5 to 10 p. m – Event open to public, Balloon Glow and Live Entertainment.
Friday, May 13 – 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. – Festival open to the public with arts and craft vendors, children’s activities, Tropic Falls at OWA, and live entertainment.
Saturday, May 14, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. – Festival open to the public with arts and craft vendors, children’s activities, Tropic Falls at OWA, and live entertainment.
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