Past events 2022
27th - 28th August, 2022
The Strathaven Balloon Festival began in 1999 when a group of people from Strathaven thought it would be good to generate an exciting public event within the town, to help the local economy. A hot air balloon festival was suggested and, as one of us happened to know Don Cameron of Cameron Balloons, the largest
manufacturer of hot air balloons this seemed the ideal choice. Don Cameron was extremely helpful from the start and went out of his way to encourage and help us. With a lot of meetings and a great deal of work, we managed to get the Strathaven Balloon Festival off the ground.
The Strathaven Balloon Festival Committee is a non-profit voluntary organisation that works hard to raise money to cover the costs of the annual festival.
The festival now attracts pilots and visitors from all over Europe with over 30,000 spectators attending over the weekend.
It is the only balloon festival in Scotland and classed as one of the top 3 balloon festivals in the UK amongst balloon pilots.
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Come along to next year's events and let us entertain you with Magic and balloon modelling for the young ones. This is sure to be an event to remember and it happens every year.
18th June 2022
A joint fundraiser for CHAS (Children Hospices Across Scotland). We were proud to be a part of this and helping to raise funds to give to such a great cause. Helping families when they really need a little suport.
We entertained the crouds here with a bit of balloon modeling, close-up magic and a kids magic show. Everyone had a great day.
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