Resource guide for grandparents and their families
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Labor Day Lift Off Balloon Festival
September 3, 2018 @ 6:00 am - 10:00 pm
Start your morning off right with a hot air balloon mass ascension of over 70 balloons accompanied by breakfast and drinks from local vendors.
Activities will continue throughout the day with skydiving demonstrations, wakeboarding exhibitions, paddle boarding, live entertainment, chainsaw carving and donut eating competitions.
Wrap up your visit at Memorial Park over the Labor Day weekend with a hot air balloon glow at dusk.
6:00 AM Park and Concessions Open
6:30 AM Opening Ceremony
7:00 AM Balloon Lift Off
10:00 AM Park and Concessions Close
The Event is held at Memorial Park in Colorado Springs, off Pikes Peak Avenue between Hancock Avenue and Union Boulevard, near the shores of Prospect Lake.
Traffic around Memorial Park will be impacted due to temporary road closures during from 5:00-9:30 a.m. daily and 3:00-11:00 p.m. on Saturday & Sunday. Please see below for additional details on the closures:
* E. Pikes Peak Ave. between S. Hancock Ave. and N. Union Ave. (closed to all traffic)
* N. Union Blvd. between E. Pikes Peak Ave. and Airport Rd. (closed to all traffic)
* S. Hancock Ave. between E. Pikes Peak Ave. and E. Vermijo Ave. (closed to all traffic)
* All streets and alleys running north to south between E. Kiowa St. and E. Pikes Peak Ave. from S. Hancock Ave. to N. Union Blvd. (closed to thru traffic)
* E. Cucharras St. and E. Vermijo Ave. between S. Cedar St. and S. Hancock Ave.(closed to thru traffic)