Strathaven Ballon Festival 2023

STRATHAVEN. The Strathaven Balloon Festival 2023.

The Strathaven Balloon Festival began in 1999 when a group of people from Strathaven thought it would be good to generate an exciting public event within the town, to help the local economy.
A hot air balloon festival was suggested and, as one of us happened to know Don Cameron of Cameron Balloons, the largest manufacturer of hot air balloons this seemed the ideal choice.
Don Cameron was extremely helpful from the start and went out of his way to encourage and help us. With a lot of meetings and a great deal of work, we managed to get the Strathaven Balloon Festival off the ground.
The Strathaven Balloon Festival Committee is a non-profit voluntary organisation and works hard to raise money to cover the costs of the annual festival.
The festival now attracts pilots and visitors from all over Europe with over 30,000 spectators attending over the weekend.
We are the only balloon festival in Scotland and classed as one of the top 3 balloon festivals in the UK amongst balloon pilots.