Schedule for The Great Mississippi River Balloon Race
October 17, 18, 19, 2007
Friday, October 17, 2007
- 7:00
a.m. - Media Balloon Flight*
- 6:00
p.m. - Gates open for the Bicentennial Gardens Balloon Glow
- 7:00
p.m. - Fireworks
- 8:00 - 10:00 p.m. - Live Music on Main Stage
Saturday, October 18
- 7:00 a.m. - Morning Balloon
flight*
- 12:00 - Live Music (TBA)
- 1:00 - Live Music (TBA)
- 2:15 - Live Music (TBA)
- 4:00 - Live Music (TBA) - Afternoon Balloon Flight*
- 5:45 - Live Music (TBA)
- 7:30 - Live Music (TBA)
- 9:30 - Live Music (TBA)
Sunday, October 19
- 7:00 a.m. - Morning Balloon
flight*
- 1:00 p.m. - Live Music (TBA)
- 2:45 - Live Music (TBA)
- 4:00 - Afternoon Balloon Flight*
- 4:45 - Live Music (TBA)
Sports Bar Tent
Don't forget, the Sports Bar Tent will be open Saturday for college football,
and Sunday for New Orleans Saints Football!
*Hot Air Balloon Competition
The Great Mississippi River Balloon Race is an exciting hot air
balloon race weekend! Two balloon flights take place each day,
weather permitting. Pilots compete as they fly over antebellum
homes and the mighty Mississippi River. You may see up to 100 hot air
balloons take to the skies at the same time! The scheduled flights
above take place "weather permitting."
