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[[Image:Harris park london launch.id.jpg|thumb|Balloons prepare to be launched at the 2005 festival]]The '''London Hot-Air Balloon Festival''' (London Balloon Festival) was an annual [[hot-air balloon]] festival held in [[London, Ontario]], Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://london.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=673378 |title=Remembering Balloon Festival|work=[[CTV News]]|date=23 December 2017}}</ref> The festival, which was held for the first time in 1984<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.celebrate150.london.ca/historyculturalhistory.html |title=London's Cultural History |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100703220304/http://www.celebrate150.london.ca/historyculturalhistory.html |archivedate=July 3, 2010}}</ref> and originally called the London Balloon ''Fiesta'', used to take place in Harris Park at the forks of the [[Thames River (Ontario)|Thames River]] during [[Simcoe Day]] (first Monday in August) weekend. The sponsor of the festival was Sundance Balloons. Spectators could get very close to the balloons, as there was no fixed barricades separating the launch area. |
[[Image:Harris park london launch.id.jpg|thumb|Balloons prepare to be launched at the 2005 festival]]The '''London Hot-Air Balloon Festival''' (London Balloon Festival) was an annual [[hot-air balloon]] festival held in [[London, Ontario]], Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://london.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=673378 |title=Remembering Balloon Festival|work=[[CTV News]]|date=23 December 2017}}</ref> The festival, which was held for the first time in 1984<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.celebrate150.london.ca/historyculturalhistory.html |title=London's Cultural History |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100703220304/http://www.celebrate150.london.ca/historyculturalhistory.html |archivedate=July 3, 2010}}</ref> and originally called the London Balloon ''Fiesta'', used to take place in Harris Park at the forks of the [[Thames River (Ontario)|Thames River]] during [[Simcoe Day]] (first Monday in August) weekend. The sponsor of the festival was Sundance Balloons. Spectators could get very close to the balloons, as there was no fixed barricades separating the launch area. |
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[[Image:Harris park london launch2.id.jpg|thumb|left|The crowd watches as balloons prepare to inflate]] |
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In March 2008, Sundance Balloons announced that the 2008 edition of the event would not be held following several consecutive years of financial losses associated with the festival.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110706184531/http://www.londontopic.ca/article.php?artid=8175 Balloon Fest grounded -- sky's not the limit] <!--Cache page used, since the following one seems to be dead: http://www.londontopic.ca/article.php?artid=8175 --></ref> |
In March 2008, Sundance Balloons announced that the 2008 edition of the event would not be held following several consecutive years of financial losses associated with the festival.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110706184531/http://www.londontopic.ca/article.php?artid=8175 Balloon Fest grounded -- sky's not the limit] <!--Cache page used, since the following one seems to be dead: http://www.londontopic.ca/article.php?artid=8175 --></ref> |
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==See also== |
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* [[Hot air balloon festival]]s |
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The London Hot-Air Balloon Festival (London Balloon Festival) was an annual hot-air balloon festival held in London, Ontario, Canada.[1] The festival, which was held for the first time in 1984[2] and originally called the London Balloon Fiesta, used to take place in Harris Park at the forks of the Thames River during Simcoe Day (first Monday in August) weekend. The sponsor of the festival was Sundance Balloons. Spectators could get very close to the balloons, as there was no fixed barricades separating the launch area.
Several special-shaped balloons regularly attended, including the Canadian Flag, Maple Leaf, and Tyrone the T-Rex.
In addition to the balloon launches and rides, the festival featured an amusement park, concerts, and a night glow. Musical acts featured at the 2006 festival included Canadian artists Sloan and Mobile, as well as London band Bobnoxious.
In March 2008, Sundance Balloons announced that the 2008 edition of the event would not be held following several consecutive years of financial losses associated with the festival.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Remembering Balloon Festival". CTV News. 23 December 2017.
- ^ "London's Cultural History". Archived from the original on July 3, 2010.
- ^ Balloon Fest grounded -- sky's not the limit
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