Eat•Shop•Play at Hudson area businesses. The unique shops, fun destinations and outstanding restaurants invite you to check out their winter offerings. Look for special promotions and winter sales. Win prizes playing the Scavenger Hunt game.
Enjoy Beverage & Bites specials and vote for your favorite for a chance to win a $50 Gift Certificate. Visit these participating Hudson restaurants and bars all weekend long.
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.
AFTER the FIREWORKS PARTY Sponsored by Max’s Social House, 302 2nd Street. Enjoy great food, beverages and music starting at 9pm with Trick Shift Band playing high energy rock, alternative and dance.
Enjoy a pancake breakfast includes pancakes, sausage, scrambled eggs, biscuits and gravy, fruit, beverages. $12 adults, $6 children 12 and under. Credit Cards Accepted!
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.
Octagon House Museum, 1004 3rd Street. FAMILY FUN! Make a Victorian Valentine, read books, play parlor games, and enjoy treats in the cozy Octagon House. $10/family (minimum 1 adult and 1 youth) Sponsored by Guinn, Vinopal & Zahradka, LLP Accountants. Details and tickets at hudsonoctagonhouse.org.
PET ADOPTION EVENT Sponsored by Angel’s Pet World, at 105 2nd Street. Coco’s Heart Dog Rescue adoption event. Come meet adoptable dogs!
Octagon House Museum Tours, 1004 3rd Street. Explore Hudson history through the eyes of the Moffat-Hughes family. Tours start on the hour, every hour (last tour starts at 3pm). $15/adult, $12/senior, $8/youth (5 and under free). Details and tickets at hudsonoctagonhouse.org.
Hudson Lions Club will host a bean Bag Tournament at Max’s Social House, 310 2nd St.
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.
Fundraiser for St. Croix Valley Food Bank at EP Rock School grounds. Sponsored by 8CH Print with partner Xcel Energy. Tickets available from the Food Bank (prior to HHAA) or on the launch field during Hot Air Affair.
The Hudson Boosters will hold a Bingo Fundraiser at The Village Inn Sports Bar and Grill. This popular afternoon bingo raises money for youth sports programs in Hudson.
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).
