Colorado River Crossing Balloon Festival

One of Yuma, AZ's premier annual events, the hot air balloon festival attracts some of the most colorful and unique balloons from the West and Southwest. Staged over three days in November, with mass ascensions on Saturday and Sunday mornings, the festival uses the Colorado River and the Sonoran Desert as its backdrop.

The festival highlight is the Glow that takes place on Saturday night at 4:30 p.m. at Yuma's Desert Sun Baseball Stadium where tethered balloons fill the baseball field and with their burners firing at full blast, the balloons to glow brightly in the dark desert sky.

The entire pageant is set to music. For more information please call Mary Cordery at 928-343-1715