Albuquerque International Balloon Festival — Albuquerque, N.M.

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Oct. 5–13 (for 2014) in Albuquerque, N.M.
This annual festival of hot air balloons has become so huge in the past few years that I could not contain myself from including it in this list. If you have the opportunity to visit Albuquerque, New Mexico during early October, you will have the chance to witness a beautiful and colorful scene of thousands of hot air balloons ascending into the sky. The Fiesta continues for nine days, and you can enjoy various musical performances, see ‘night glows’ in which the balloons’ propane burners are ignited, but the hot air balloons are tethered to the ground. One of the best events at the festival is the Mass Ascension where hundreds of hot air balloons are launched in two waves and fill up the sky with bright colors.

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