2025 Great Smoky Mountain Hot Air Balloon Festival - Eventeny

2025 Great Smoky Mountain Hot Air Balloon Festival

Starts on Saturday, August 16th, 2025
Townsend, Tennessee, United States
Hosted by Townsend Cades Cove Gateway Alliance
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About the event
Join us this August for a summertime spectacle, when professional balloonist light up the evening sky with a beautiful balloon glow and spectacular tethered rides. The sky will be filled with a spectrum of color like never before, against a backdrop of a breathtaking Tennessee Smoky Mountain sunset, in beautiful Townsend, Tennessee! Learn More at
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Aug 16, 2025 · 3:00 PM - Aug 16, 2025 · 9:00 PM(GMT-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
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Location
Tennessee, United States
7930 East Lamar Alexander Parkway, Townsend, Tennessee 37882, United States
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Parking is offered at a discounted rate of $20 advanced sale online. Parking the day of the festival will be $25. A large portion of the parking sales go to support the Volunteer Fire Department. Presale entrance tickets on line are also discounted to $7 for adults. Children under 12 are free. At the Gate, the day of ticket price will be $10. These tickets are non refundable. The festival will take place rain or shine. This is a major fundraiser for many organizations in our city. We thank you for your support. The parking we are offering is immediately adjacent to the festival grounds and the shortest walk to the gates for entrance. When you purchase your tickets, you should get an email . Please have that either printed or on your mobile device to show the gate attendant. The parking area is just past the visitor center building going toward the National Park and is on the right. It will be clearly marked.
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Health & safety
Please do not come to the festival if you are sick. We are a non profit 501 C3 That provides a significant portion of profits to the Volunteer Fire Department and the City of Townsend for tourism. We have also supported Townsend Elementary School, Hearts and Hands, Little River Railroad and the Heritage Center in the past. We appreciate your continued allegiance to Townsend and this is our main fundraiser. We will not refund ticket purchases or admissions due to illness.
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Participating Wineries* Beachaven Vineyards & Winery Cades Cove Cellars Mountain Valley Winery Goodwater Vineyards Highland Manor Winery Apple Barn Winery  Tennessee Homemade Wines Beans Creek Winery Savannah Bee Company Smokin' Banjo Wine Company Apple Barn Hard Cider Company Tennessee Cider Company Old Mountain Wine Company Honeytree Meadery  Walnut Springs Winery *Wineries are subject to change
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