Everything is ready for the 2018 International Hot Air Balloon Festival in Fragneto Monforte, with three days dedicated to the famous flying balloons.
The suggestive Beneventan town of Fragneto Monforte will host the 32th edition of the 2018 Hot Air Balloon Festival. The event will be held on the weekend between 12 and the 14 October and constitutes an international historical meeting for all fans of flying balloons.
Visitors can admire numerous hot air balloons while they soar in the sky, as well as taking part in a long series of events not to be missed. There will be guided tours for the Citadel of Culture, performances by street artists, concerts of popular rock music, opera and reggae, food stands and much more.
The event will be organized by Campania in The Sky e Flying in a hot air balloon, with the patronage of the municipality of Fragneto Monforte and the Tourism Department. The main objective will be to enhance the local cultural, landscape and food and wine heritage, with the aim of making these resources famous even outside the territory.
Program of the 2018 Hot Air Balloon Festival
Friday 14th October
- 7.15 am - 7.45 am - Sports field: Hot air balloons in flight
- 8.00 am - Sports field: horseback ride and quad bike ride
- 9.30 am - Piazza Ripa: Baby Park opening
- 10.30 am - Council Chamber: official opening of the 32nd Balloon Festival, crews welcome and presentation of the 1st Venegoni Trophy
- from 10.00 to 20.00 - Piazza Vittorio Emanuele III: traveling puppet company shows
- every day - Piazza Oberdan: Historic camp curated by "Benevento Longobarda", inauguration of exhibitions meeting in the arts in the historic center, stand opening
- 10.00-12.00-15.00-18.00 - historic center: guided tours of the Citadel of Culture
- from 10.00 to 20.00 - through the streets of the town: street artists exhibition (fire-breathing, clowns, waders, soap bubbles), music with Luina Janara and Erba Blue Band
- 17.00-18.00 - Municipal Sports Field: Hot air balloons in flight
- 18.30 pm - Piazza Aldo Moro: exhibition of the Ventalena group
- 19.00 – SS Croce Church: Solidarity Award Padre Pio
- 20.30 pm - Piazza Aldo Moro: Opera Concert Chamber Ensemble of Strings and Voices, curated by Daniela Polito
- 21.00 pm - Piazza Vittorio Emanuele III: performance of the High Voltage rock group
Saturday October 13
- 7.15 am - 7.45 am - Sports field: Hot air balloons in flight
- 9.30 am - Sports field: launching of the sounding ball with the Automatic Return Form
- 10.00-12.00-15.00-18.00 - historic center: guided tours of the Citadel of Culture
- 16.30 pm - through the streets of the town: traveling music with Sassinfunky Street Band
- 18.00 pm - Municipal Sports Field: Hot air balloons in flight
- 18.00 pm - Centro Polivalente Piazza Aldo Moro: breed and mestizo dog show "4 legs in a hot air balloon"
- 18.30 pm - Piazza Vittorio Emanuele III: “Jhon Sbambo's Festival” with European street artists
- 19.30 pm - Piazza Aldo Moro: Night of Fire I Bott'A Focu
- 20.00 pm - Piazza Vittorio Emanuele III: performance of the Sannio Guitar Ensemble of the Conservatory N. Sala of Benevento
- 22.00 pm - Piazza Aldo Moro: 081 Live
- 22.15 pm - Piazza Vittorio Emanuele III: theatrical performance P40 & Donna Lucia
- 22.30 pm - Fuoco & Fiamme, Incendio del Campanile, performance of The Reggae Circus Group and circus show
Sunday October 14
- 7.15 am - 7.45 am - Sports field: Hot air balloons in flight and clown parade
- 9.30 am - Piazza Ripa: Baby Park with Ferris wheel and tourist train
- 10.00-12.00-15.00-18.00 - historic center: guided tours of the Citadel of Culture
- 11.49 am - station: arrival of the historic train "Sannio Express" from Naples
- 10.30-18-30 - through the streets of the town: traveling music with Sassinfunky Street Band
- 11.00-18.00 - through the streets of the town: Pistonieri di Cava de 'Tirreni
- 18.00 pm - Municipal Sports Field: Hot air balloons in flight
- 19.00 pm - Council Chamber: 1st Venegoni Trophy award ceremony for the most audacious pilot 2018, by "Arcadia Fly Team", closing of the event
- 19.30 pm - Piazza Aldo Moro: Alma Terra popular music
- 20.00 pm - Piazza Vittorio Emanuele III: Napoli Live Music with Niko Martuccio
