Hot Air Balloons This Weekend

Friday, August 3rd 2007, 5:00 am

By: News On 6

CLAREMORE, Okla. (AP) -- A popular hot air balloon festival is coming to Rogers County this weekend. The Gatesway Hot Air Balloon Festival kicked off Friday and run through Sunday at the Cherokee Casino at Will Rogers Downs on state Highway 66, just east of Claremore.

A year ago, the festival was held at the Osage Million Dollar Elm Casino in Tulsa. In previous years it's been staged in Broken Arrow and at other sites in Tulsa.

In its 13th year, the festival raises money for the Gatesway Foundation, a nonprofit Broken Arrow agency founded in 1963 to provide opportunities for people with disabilities.

For more information about the festival, click here.

About 35 balloonists from Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, Texas, Illinois, Alabama and New Mexico are expected at the festival, which also will feature contests, games and live music.

Watch the video: Gatesway Hot Air Balloon Festival

Event schedule:

Friday, August 3rd

4:00 p.m. Opening Ceremonies

4:30 p.m. Talent Contest

6:00 p.m. TJ&HK Productions Rock-n-Roadshow Variety Show

7:00 p.m. Honor Show

7:30 p.m. Headliner-G-Note

8:30 p.m. Balloon Glow

Saturday, August 4th

7:00 a.m. Balloon Flight

9:30 a.m. Baby Balloonfest Contest

9:30 a.m. Lil Mr. & Mrs. Balloonfest

10:00 a.m. Talent Contest

11:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. PARK CLOSED