Balloon Festival on Aug. 10 weekend

[mirrodie]

http://www.metronyballoonfest.com/

On August 10, 11 and 12, there is some festival out on Long Island in Brookhaven, at Calabro Airport.

Seems like a first time affair billing itself as music and balloons, fireworks and BMX biking.
I was looking at the site. Looks like balloon rides are $215 ( I assume per person)

I'm not sure if we'll take a peek. Wondering what anyone else knows about this?

And is anyone else going?

[moose135]

From what I've heard, should be a pretty good event. If you go, look for discount coupons in my favorite newspaper next week

[mirrodie]

Well anyone want to make the trip out together?

[eric8669]

As of right now I am going.


Eric

[GrummanFan]

Mike Mancuso is also performing a few times a day. Balloons go up in the early morning and in the evening, and I want to get out there early and take a pic of them in the sunrise. What day is best for people? I still need to get my work schedule for next week.

[emshighway]

I'll probably will be going the 12th

[mirrodie]

We definitely can't go on the Sunday. but might head out for Saturday evening.


Heard an ad for it on the radio yesterday. Sounds like its really being billed as a rcok concert.


But viewing the website is interesting. Seems like a Farmer's fair, with tons of different activities.

[SCOTYDEMCO]

Mike Mancuso isn't going to be doing the show at all.

I was toying with the idea of going out on Sunday but I have a feeling it is going to be CRAZY crowded. I have seen signs and advertisments for it all over the place.

[GrummanFan]

Mike Mancuso isn't going to be doing the show at all.

He was in the schedule on their site when I first found out about the event in the beginning of July. Ah well.

I'm thinking of catching the balloon ascensions on Saturday morning, then I'll hang around for a while and leave sometime in the afternoon.

[mirrodie]

Looking to be packed. AS Scotty said.

Commercials on New12 LI show it as a beatnik sort of Woodstock Concert. with Pat Benatar :?

[SCOTYDEMCO]

I may try to head out early Sunday to catch the balloons first thing, then bounce after.

[GrummanFan]

Well, I will be there bright and early Saturday morning, 6:30am, to catch the balloons from various vantage points outside the airport, then will hang around inside the event until sometime in the afternoon. If anyone else will be there, send me a PM.

[nikon50bigma]

I'm going to try to go there.

[GrummanFan]

What a bust. Got there at 6am, and the balloon flights were canceled due to unsafe wind speeds. They wanted 10 bucks for parking, then 25 dollar general admission, but I found ways around them The best shots I got out of the day were these...

[mirrodie]

Well we went nearby last night.

We were at a graduation party on a neighborhood street which runs due east of the intersection of those runways at CAlabro. WE could clearly hear the music from the backyard.

Didn't see a single balloon last night when they usually float right over their house. Was it also cancelled last night?