7th Annual Garden City Hot Air Balloon Classic
The Finney County Convention & Tourism Bureau and Tumbleweed Festival, Inc. are teaming up again to bring you another great weekend of fun and flying in Garden City. Come out early for the "Party at Sunrise" at the Fairgrounds Exhibition Parking Lot on Saturday and Sunday and don't miss the evening launch on Friday and attend the beautiful Balloon Glow on Saturday evening and enjoy a free watermelon feed courtesy of Bank of the West.
The Tumbleweed Festival has a great variety of musical entertainment on two stages and children's entertainment stage and activities tent and lots of other fun activities. Of course there will be lots of lip smacking food booths from which to choose. Bring a chair, hat, and sunscreen, sit back and enjoy the show! The festival is located directly east across the street from the balloon launch on the west end of Lee Richardson Zoo.
2009 Sponsors for the Hot Air Balloon Classic are:
- Chanay Aircraft Services
- Clarion Inn & Conference Center
- Comfort Inn
- Garden Pharmacy, Inc.
- High Plains Energy
- Highland Livestock & Roy E. Dixon
- Holiday Inn Express
- Unicel
- Western State Bank
- Wallace Electric