Monroe Life Balloon Festival

08/16/2025

Two more weeks!! This year's VIP menu brought to you by Longhorn Steakhouse will be BBQ grilled chicken, steakhouse mac and cheese, fresh broccoli, and their famous strawberry shortcake!

Grab your VIP pass today and make this event even more fun!

VIP guests get the following perks:
- Free Dinner Included
- Better Parking
- Pilot Meet and Greet
- VIP Tent Access (shade and better view of the balloons)

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08/12/2025

Special thanks to our sponsor, Suburban Propane, for helping make this event possible. For all your propane needs, Suburban has you covered! https://www.suburbanpropane.com/

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This year's festival is going to the bigger than ever before with new additions like our classic airplane show and exotic car show. You won't want to miss this!!

The Monroe Life Balloon Festival is a fundraiser for the Boys & Girls Club of Monroe County on Labor Day weekend.

08/04/2025

Check out our special shape cartoon balloons that will be at this year's festival. Tom Cat and Yellow Bird!

Get your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/monroe-life-balloon-festival-tickets-1409737596099?aff=erelexpmlt

You wont want to miss this!!

- 10+ Balloons
- Live Music
- Delicious Food
- Airplane Show
- Porsche Show
- Balloon Glow
- Craft Vendors
- Kids Zone

This year's festival is at out new, larger venue which allows us to make the show bigger than ever before!

07/29/2025

Soar above the ground in a tethered ride in one of our colorful hot air balloons for only $20 per person. You and your kids will love seeing the world from up high as the flame jet heats the air overhead. Experience humanity’s oldest form of flight! We also have a handicap-accessible balloon to accommodate all riders.

Get your tickets today for the largest balloon festival in East Tennessee!

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07/25/2025

Special thanks to our sponsor, Peoples Bank Of East Tennessee, for helping us create the largest balloon event in East TN!

Learn more about why People's Bank is the best bank around by going to their website https://pbet.bank/ or by stopping by one of their 10 local branches!

If you haven't already, be sure to buy your tickets to this year's balloon festival where we'll have over 10 balloons, live music, delicious food, a plane show, a Porsche car show, and so much more! This year is bigger than ever!!

https://monroelifeballoonfestival.com/

Come join us in celebrating the 10th year of the Monroe Life Balloon Festival. It's bigger and better than ever before this Lador Day weekend!

07/20/2025

This year’s festival will have live music by the Zak Saltz Band. This new take on outlaw country and southern rock is sure to be a crowd favorite!

"While defying traditional musical genres, the Zak Saltz Band (a.k.a. “ZSB”) may best be described as a Bad ***, Alt/Outlaw Country, Southern Rock & Blues Band that takes particular pride in putting on one hell of a live show every time and at any place that they play, from the biggest venues and events, right down to the smallest bars and private parties." - ZSB website.

Want to hear the band now? You can find them on social media and on the streaming services listed below.

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/zak-saltz-band/1640569055

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Q5G0lGRXoWHogXnkhwnRK

Get your tickets today!
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07/18/2025

Live music, great food, a plane show, car show, plus 12 (and counting) hot air balloons, this year's festival is the biggest one yet!

07/18/2025

Shout out to our balloon meister, Skip Durham, for helping us make the 12th annual Monroe Life Balloon Festival the biggest one yet! Come check out his balloon equipped with a handicapped accessible basket this labor day weekend!

07/08/2025

Get your tickets to the 2025 Monroe Life Balloon Festival this Labor Day weekend!

The 12th Annual Monroe Life Balloon Festival is bigger than ever this year and will be hosted at a new, larger venue, the Monroe County Airport in Madisonville, TN.

Come check out 10+ balloons, an antique airplane and car show, delicious food, live music, and a balloon glow.

Rain or Shine!!

The Monroe Life Balloon Festival is a fundraiser for the Boys & Girls Club of Monroe County on Labor Day weekend.

09/01/2024

This is a rain or shine event! We are working directly with our pilots to inflate by 8pm. Everything should be cleared up by then so we can inflate and do our Balloon Glow tonight!

09/01/2024

Special thanks to our emergency personnel that help us keep our event safe and fun! And Suburban Propane for keeping our pilots fueled!

08/31/2024

We are working closely with our pilots to begin inflating and we will still have our Balloon Glow tonight!!