Submit a name for the Name the Porta Potties Contest event on the Hot Air Affairs Facebook page. Submit names and/or vote for your favorite name. This year's Hot Air Affair theme is fun Star Wars theme of the "Sky Walkers Return to Rock". So put on your thinking hat (hope its a warm one) […]
A fun-filled family event with activities, campfires and chili! Enjoy a hike and cross-country skiing and snowshoeing if there is snow. Sponsored by YMCA Camp St. Croix. Come see a hot air balloon! Service animals only please.
Celebrate Hudson Hot Air Affair's “Sky Walkers Return to Rock” theme with store specials, food tastings and more.
Classroom programs on hot air ballooning are presented in area schools. Students learn how the beautiful hot air balloons fly.
Pre- parade Party at Dick’s Bar & Grill, 111 Walnut Street. Warm up before the parade with menu specials and see a hot air balloon basket. Look for outer space guests!
The Torchlight Parade features prizes for the best overall parade unit, the best unit by hot air balloonist, the best “Sky Walkers Return to Rock” themed unit and the best kazoo marching band. Hot air balloon pilots and crews displaying blasts of fire.
Hot Air Balloon Launch on the EP Rock School grounds. 30+ hot air balloons in mass ascension flight. (all inflations and flights are weather dependent.)
Craft and souvenir selection with special winter apparel, ballooning and Hot Air Affair emphasis. Visit the Hot Air Affair booth for souvenirs, Hot Air Affair apparel and collectibles. Hot food and drinks available in cafeteria by local non-profit groups.
The Hudson Rotary Club is once again hosting the premiere winter fundraising event in the St. Croix Valley during the 7th annual St. Croix River Dunk at the Lakefront Park Beach.
Join in Hot Air Affair’s wackiest winter sport with 4 people strapped onto two Smooshboards.
This is an optional flight: if the balloons are able to fly at the morning launch, pilots can participate at their discretion. However, if the balloons are not able to fly in the morning there will be a mass ascension flight at 3:00 pm (weather permitting).
Hot air balloons light up the dark so bring your camera for this spectacular event! In case of windy weather, the Moon Glow becomes a Field of Fire.
Hot Air Balloon Launch on theEP Rock Elementary School grounds, 340 13th Street South. 30+ hot air balloons in mass ascension flight (weather permitting).
Enjoy a Sunday breakfast special at Big Guys BBQ Roadhouse. Drink specials for the adults and a special Kids’ Balloon Breakfast menu.
Ice fishing at the Perch Lake Road Boat Launch, 497 Perch Lake Road. Equipment and mentors on site. Giveaways for all the participants. Limited parking at Perch Lake, please take the shuttle to the site from Carbone’s Pizzeria/Willow River Saloon (1106 County Road A, Hudson, WI).
