Hudson Hot Air Affair : : Media Information
Media Note:
For more information or interviews, please contact Evy Nerbonne at 715-222-5375.
Many of the videos below are from previous Hot Air Affair events. Updated videos will be posted as they become available.
2026 Hudson Hot Air Affair Event Highlights
2025 Hudson Hot Air Affair Sunday Launch by Drone
2025 Hudson Hot Air Affair: Moon Glow
2024 Hudson Hot Air Balloon Festival | Minnesota Bound
2024 Hudson Hot Air Affair: Smoosh Boarding
Hudson Hot Air Affair: Pilot Discussion with Rose Eakins & 1993 HHAA
25th Annual Hot Air Affair
2025 Hudson Hot Air Affair: Torchlight Parade
2025 Hudson Hot Air Affair: Sunday Flight, Drone Timelapse
2024 Hudson Hot Air Affair Moon Glow by Drone
2022 Interview with Dr. David Koenig
2021 Hudson Hot Air Affair: Dave & Sue Johnson Balloon Builders
Rivers in the Air… Just Add Wind
2016 Hudson Hot Air Affair Charlie Markert Interview
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For addition coverage of the Hot Air Affair, check out the River Channel’s Hot Air Affair playlist on YouTube. Thank you River Channel-Hudson/North Hudson Community Access TV.
2026 Hot Air Affair Press Releases:
February 2, 2026
Watch for the Balloons at Hudson Hot Air Affair
The 37th annual Hudson Hot Air Affair on February 6-8 is a family friendly winter festival and hot air balloon rally with a weekend packed full of activities. We are honored to have WESTconsin Credit Union returning as our corporate sponsor. The hot air balloons are the highlight of the event, offering a colorful show with mass ascension flights of hot air balloons... Read More >
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January 22, 2026
Hudson Hot Air Affair Balloons and So Much More
Hudson Hot Air Affair will be here soon, and the weekend is packed full of hot air balloons and events during Hudson’s annual balloon rally and winter festival. Join us on February 6-8 as we celebrate the “Sky Walkers Return to Rock” theme at EP Rock School and around the Hudson community... Read More >
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January 15, 2026
Plenty of Events at Hudson Hot Air Affair
The 37th annual Hudson Hot Air Affair (HHAA) on February 6-8 is a family friendly winter festival and hot air balloon rally with a weekend packed full of activities. We are honored to have WESTconsin Credit Union returning as our corporate sponsor... Read More >
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January 8, 2026
Hudson Hot Air Affair Pre-events
The 37th annual Hudson Hot Air Affair (HHAA) is returning to our longtime venue at EP Rock School with a fun Star Wars theme of “Sky Walkers Return to Rock.” The hot air balloon rally and winter festival is presented by WESTconsin Credit Union and supported by hundreds of sponsors, partners and volunteers... Read More >
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December 1, 2025
Hudson Hot Air Affair “Sky Walkers Return to Rock” Theme
Hudson Hot Air Affair announces its 2026 event theme of “Sky Walkers Return to Rock” for the 37th annual celebration on February 6-8. We are delighted to return to our longtime venue at EP Rock School with many of our pilots returning to “walk” their hot air balloons across the sky... Read More >
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Additional Hot Air Affair logos and high resolution photos and press releases are available on our Google Drive.