Cost
The Balloon Rally is FREE for all to enjoy. Please support the festival through donations or food purchased at the Rotary Food Tent. Food, Beverages, Carnival, Helicopter, and Tethered Hot Air Balloon Rides all have separate charges.
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Drones
Due to safety concerns, drones (of any shape or size) are not permitted at Drake Field during the Balloon Rally.
Helicopter Rides
Helicopter rides are $75 per person and are located at the Thyng Memorial on Barnstead Road.
Hot Air Balloon Rides
Unfortunately rides in the Hot Air Balloons during launches are not available. However, tethered rides may be available Friday and Saturday afternoons depending on weather and balloon availability. Tethering means, the balloon is securely anchored to the ground and ascends a certain height above the ground.
Parking
Parking will be available at several sites throughout town. All proceeds raised from parking fees go directly to the nonprofits staffing the lots.
Parking with Shuttle – $10/car. Hours – Friday at 3pm, Saturday at 9am. Last shuttle pickup at Chestnut St Gate at 10pm on Friday and following Fireworks on Saturday. Handicap accessible shuttle will be available.
– Globe/MSA – 37 Loudon Road, Pittsfield NH
Parking no Shuttle – $10/car. Hours – Friday at 5pm, Saturday at 11am.
– Atlantic Safety – 55 Barnstead Road, Pittsfield, NH
Handicap Parking no Shuttle – FREE
All vehicles must have appropriate placards or plates. Violators will be towed at the owner’s expense. Limited spots available.
– Handicap Only Parking – 49 Carroll Street
Pets
Pets are not allowed at Drake Field during the Balloon Rally.
No Smoking
Drake Field is school property, and therefore no person shall use any tobacco product, e-cigarette, or liquid nicotine in any public educational facility or on the grounds of any public educational facility. N.H. REV. STAT. ANN. § 126-K:7 (2010).
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Tethering
Tethering is not set for a specific time, but rather as the weather cooperates. Tethering rides are when the balloon is securely anchored to the ground and ascends a certain height above the ground. The pilot is able to take 2 or 3 people up at a time for a short ascension. Cost is $20/person. Historically, if we’re able to have tethered rides, they occur in the early evening.
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