Northampton Balloon Festival

The original festival was held in The Racecourse and managed by the (now defunct) Borough Council, and took place over a Friday, Saturday and Sunday in mid-August.

[2][3] The 2010 Northampton Balloon Festival was once again based at Billing Aquadrome, however that year the organisers chose to charge entry.

[citation needed] The Balloon Festival sat alongside an existing event, the American Car Show and included a variety of stalls and fairground rides.

2019 saw the last ever Northampton Balloon Festival take place, as Billing Aquadrome subsequently pulled out of hosting the event.

This was due to the limited number of flights over the previous two years' festivals, caused by adverse weather which restricted flying on those occasions.