The document provides information about attending the Grand Est Mondial Air Ballons hot air balloon festival in France. The festival is held biennially over 10 days in late July/early August at the Aerodrome de Chambley airfield. Admission and parking are free. Key events include the daily mass ascensions of hundreds of balloons in the morning and evening, as well as nightglows, competitions, and model balloon demonstrations.

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2. Hot Air Balloon
Festival in Franc
The Grand Est Mondial Air
Ballons is held every other
summer over 10 days and
features the daily mass
ascension of hundreds of hot
This is the largest hot air
ballooning event in Europe

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4. The festival also includes
nightglows, flying competitions, and
model air balloon demonstrations. In
addition to the balloon events, the
free festival also offers on-site
family-friendly rides and workshops,
a museum, aircraft displays and
rides, exhibitors, and musical
entertainment.
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5. Information on
Attending the
Grand Est Mondial
Air Ballons
Below I’ll cover all the logistical information related to
attending the balloon fiesta in France, including getting
there, understanding the festival events, parking,
booking lodging, booking balloon flights, and finding the
best balloon viewing spots.

6. The Grand Est Mondial Air Ballons is a
biennial event, taking place every 2 years. It
normally takes place at the end of July and
lasts for about 10 days. The dates change
each year so be sure to check the official
website.
The 2021 Grand Est Mondial Air Ballons
event (the 17th edition) will be held from July
23rd to August 1st.
The event was last held in 2019 (16th
edition) from July 26th to August 4th. There
will be no balloon event in 2020, so the next
event will be held in 2021.
Note: This event has changed names and
locations over the year. It is also widely
referred to as the Lorraine Mondial Air
Ballons as this was its prior name.

7. All the events of the Grand Est
Mondial Air Ballons festival take
place at the Aerodrome de
Chambley (Chambley Airfield).
The airfield is located within the
commune of Hagéville which is
within the Lorraine Regional
Natural Park in northeastern
France.
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8. The Grand Est Region includes
Alsace, Champagne-Ardenne,
and Lorraine. The event itself
takes place in the Lorraine
region and the nearest city to
the event is Metz. If you are
traveling from outside of the
region, you can get here by
train, plane, bus, or car.
Getting to the
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9. Admissio
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Admission to the Grand
Est Mondial Air Ballons
is free.
It is one of the largest
free events in Europe.
Parking is also free
during the event.

10. The Main
Events
The major events during the
festival are the daily mass
ascents, but there are are a
number of other events
planned each day as well.
Mass Ascents – These are the primary
balloon events at the festival, where
hundreds of hot air balloons launch in
the same period of time, generally over
a 1 hour or so period. You can watch
the pilots drive onto the field (Pilots’
Parade) and the balloons being set up,
inflated, and launched from the field.

11. These events generally
take place twice a day
during the festival, both
in the morning around
6:30am and in the
evening around 6:30pm
(18:30). However,
weather or other delays
often cause these to
take place a bit later
than expected.

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