The official twitter account for Northampton Balloon Festival.
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Official NBF retweeted
Tonights glow at Northampton Balloon Festival we had the BBC Globe and the FT Newspaper, conditions were quite breezy so the FT Newspaper had to be pulled down, but the Globe stayed up throughout the glow, thanks to Brad and Charlie for glowing the shapes for us. 🎈 – at Northampton, England
Official NBF retweeted
Here's when the Balloon Festival is making its return to the Racecourse 👇
northamptonchron.co.uk/whats…
**2020 Event Update: Northampton Balloon Festival is Taking A Break**
After 30 great years the Northampton Balloon Festival is taking a break.
The website will be updated when we have news. But keep your eyes peeled to see balloons in the sky over Northamptonshire!
If you would like to know more about flying a hot air balloon, have a look at this video
m.youtube.com/watch?feature=…
If you would like to get involved in ballooning contact the British Balloon and Airship Club @britishballoon bbac.org
Official NBF retweeted
What an amazing weekend, here are some of our favourite pictures of the balloons!
#BillingsBigBonanza #Northampton #Views #HotAirBalloons
**SUNDAY EVENING WEATHER UPDATE** - Sadly, the winds have beaten us this evening and there will be no flying. Despite the challenging conditions, we managed to get balloons flying from the event on Friday morning, Saturday evening and Sunday morning, along with a glow last night.
Official NBF retweeted
Our @RicohUK special shape cube is at the #Northampton #hotairballoon festival all weekend! We had an amazing night glow last night in the main arena and a flight this morning in the early hours! @BBCNorthampton @NorthamptonUK #festival
**SUNDAY MORNING UPDATE** - We are optimistic that the conditions will be suitable to fly in the morning. But a final call will be made at 6am.
**SATURDAY EVENING UPDATE** - It is still very windy this evening, so there won't be a mass balloon launch. We do however have a couple of the more experienced pilots who may fly later in the evening if the wind drops more.
It is still very windy, but in the arena at the moment we have inflated one of the balloons.
We also have a number of Pilots around the arena who are happy to answer questions on ballooning and let you have a closer look at the basket
**Day 2** - A full programme of events can be found on our website. There will be balloonists in the field from 2pm onwards to speak with and we will try and get some balloons inflated if the weather conditions allow. thenorthamptonballoonfestiva…
**SATURDAY MORNING FLIGHT UPDATE** - Sadly the weather is going to beat us again in the morning and there will be no flying. This is just as frustrating for the balloonists, who have travelled from all over the country to attend. Our next pilot briefing is at 6pm tomorrow.
**FLIGHT UPDATE** - Unfortunately due to high winds and heavy rain, there will be no flying this evening. We will update later this evening regarding the flight tomorrow morning.
We've had our morning pilot briefing. It is windy, with strong winds at 2000ft. There is one balloon that's going to try to fly.
Official NBF retweeted
Next month, watch the Northampton skies be transformed into something spectacular! The @officialnbf is back from Friday 16th - Sunday 18th August. Follow the link to find out more 👉bit.ly/2RiBLgE
#MySplendidSummer #VisitNorthampton #Northampton #NorthamptonLife
Wishing you all the best for 2019 from all at Northampton Balloon Festival. Thank you to everyone who makes it possible.
Wishing all pilots light winds and soft landings.
Look forward to seeing you at @Bil_Aquadrome in August 2019.
Happy Christmas everyone from all involved in Northampton Balloon Festival. We look forward to seeing you again in 2019 at @Bil_Aquadrome
