Thank you - Quechee Balloon Festival

Festival Sponsors
Fathers Day
Weekend
2016
Creating and enhancing an economic climate,
where area businesses and the community thrive.
Hartford Area Chamber of Commerce
Serving the Five Villages of Hartford, Vermont:
Quechee, Hartford, Wilder, White River Junction,
West Hartford and Beyond
Located in the Quechee Gorge Visitor Center
5966 Woodstock Rd P.O. Box 823
Quechee, VT 05059
802.295.7900
www.hartfordvtchamber.com
info@hartfordvtchamber.com
Proceeds from the festival support the Hartford Area
Chamber of Commerce. This includes the day to day
operations of the Quechee Gorge Visitor Center,
donations to high school scholarships and local
non-profit organizations, and support of various
financial needs in the Town of Hartford.
Balloon
Glow
Friday
AND
Saturday!
ALL NEW
Entertainment!
Bill Wylder
Conniption Fits
Amy & the Engine
Euro Bungee
SNAFU
HARTLAND • VERMONT
SINCE 1997
FREE Kids Zone!
t-shirt & brochure designed by
Aquilino Arts
Miller & Candon LLC
ADMISSION
Thank you
Adults (13+) $15* Children (6-12) $5*
5 years and under FREE
Gates Open: Fri. 3 pm, Sat. & Sun. 5:30 am
*Admission good for entire weekend and
includes festival parking
Once again, the skies over Quechee and
the Upper Valley of Vermont and New
Hampshire will be filled with hot air balloons
ushering in the 37th Annual Quechee Hot Air
Balloon Craft & Music Festival, the
longest running hot air balloon festival in
New England.
Don’t miss this exciting festival featuring
up to 20 hot air balloons, with five flights
scheduled throughout the festival with
additional tethered rides during the day.
Enjoy continuous music and BRAND NEW
entertainment for all ages, and over 60 craft
artisans and commercial vendors.
Children’s activities include the FREE Kid’s
Zone with a Rock Climbing Wall and much
more! And of course there will be festival
food with local healthy options, a beer &
wine garden, and more surprises on site!
Please visit the official festival website
QuecheeBalloonFestival.com
to learn more.
FEATURED BANDS
BILLY WYLDER
CONNIPTION FITS
AMY & THE ENGINE
JUMPTOWN SKYDIVERS
EURO BUNGEE
FREE KIDS’ ZONE
ROCK CLIMBING WALL
Schedule of Events
The Festival
Friday, June 17
Sunday, June 19
3 pm Juke Joynt
3:45 pm Robert Clark Clowing Show
4:15 pm Juke Joynt
6pm Evening Balloon Ascension
6pm Billy Wylder
Dusk: Balloon Glow
6 am Morning Balloon Ascension
9:30 am Dave Clark
10 am Pups in the Air
10am - 3pm
Jumptown Parachute Demo
10:45 am SNAFU
12 noon Americana’s Most Wanted
1:30 pm VINS
2 pm Party Crashers
2 pm Pups in the Air
3:15 pm SNAFU
4:15 pm Party Crashers
6 pm Local Emerging Talent
with Brian Warren
6 pm - Evening Balloon Ascension
Gates Open at 3 pm
Gates Open at 5:30 am
Saturday, June 18
Gates Open at 5:30 am
6 am Morning Balloon Ascension
10 am James Mee
10 am Pups in the Air
10am - 3pm
Jumptown Parachute Demo
11am SNAFU
12 noon James Mee
1 pm Dancer’s Corner
2 pm Amy & The Engine
2 pm Pups in the Air
3 pm SNAFU
4 pm Amy & The Engine
5 pm Dancer’s Corner
6 pm Evening Balloon Ascension
6 pm Conniption Fits
Dusk: Balloon Glow
Balloon Ascensions
Larry
Konash
Jack
Edling
Joe
Hamilton
Ken
Levesque
Dennis
Wesler
Bill
Coyler
Balloons are scheduled to launch
5 times over the weekend.
What keeps the balloons from
flying? Wind is the most critical
factor in safe ballooning;
it effects every phase of a flight.
More balloon flights are
cancelled due to wind than for
any other reason. Balloons fly
best in light and stable winds of
4-6 miles per hour. Maximum
safe winds are 8-10 mph.
Balloons are also effected by
thick fog, temperature, and rain.
Bill
Whidden
Darrek
Daoust
Paul
Sena
Dick &
Mary Beth
Young
Gary
Lovell
Walt
Rudy
Jason
Boucher
Friday at 6pm*
Saturday at 6am and 6pm*
Sunday at 6am and 6pm*
*All Balloon Flights are wind and weather permitting
James
Rodrigue
Mark
Schilling
Chris
Ritland
BALLOON GLOW
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
NIGHT AT DUSK
Johanne
Francoise
Freve
Chris
Mooney
Eric
La Montagne