The Lewiston-Auburn Balloon Festival grounded the balloons because of heavy fog.
Lewiston-Auburn Balloon Festival
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Watch: Winds force another balloon launch to be scrubbed
So far, four launches have been grounded due to weather conditions.
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Watch live: Winds shut down the 2nd balloon launch of the festival
After Friday morning’s launch was scrubbed, the Lewiston-Auburn Balloon Festival will attempt to launch its hot air balloons in the evening.
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Watch: Despite launch cancellation, balloons put on a show Friday morning
The next launch is scheduled for 6 p.m. Friday.
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Before an awed crowd, Lewiston’s first balloon flight took place in 1865
From two miles up, the balloonist said, he was ‘a speck in mid-sky, hanging on nothing.’
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Live updates: This time it’s rain that stops the balloons from launching
Updates will be posted during the balloon launches at Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston.
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Vote for your favorite photo from the Lewiston-Auburn Balloon Festival!
We are giving away cash prizes for the best photos taken at this year’s festival.
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‘A Modern Miracle’ when a balloon ascended in Lewiston in 1893
LEWISTON – Balloons are nothing new in the Twin Cities. One of the earliest to float serenely overhead provided a quiet interlude to an especially rowdy Fourth of July celebration in 1893, a party so out-of-hand that residents of Auburn were said to be “tearing things to eternal smithereens” in their quest for a good […]
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Takeoff in 3, 2, 1: Lewiston-Auburn Balloon Festival begins Friday
Fourteen hot-air balloons will be soaring above the Twin Cities Friday through Sunday, with a lot more fun happening at the Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston.
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Check out the Lewiston-Auburn Balloon Festival coverage
The hot air balloon festival runs Friday through Sunday with launches at 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. each day.