Recognized by Louisville Magazine as Louisville’s “Best Event,” the 40th annual U.S. Bank Kentucky Derby Festival Great Balloon Race came together with the 20th annual U.S. Bank Kentucky Derby Festival Great Balloon Glow and other events to create the U.S. Bank Great BalloonFest.

Taking place the weekend before the Kentucky Derby, these five events attracted tens of thousands of spectators to the Kentucky Exposition Center and other locations throughout Greater Louisville.

U.S. Bank Kentucky Derby Festival Crew Challenge

April 24, 2014 | 5:00 pm | Kroger’s Fest-A-Ville on the Waterfront

U.S. Bank Kentucky Derby Festival Great Balloon Glimmer

April 24, 2014 | 8:30 pm | Kroger’s Fest-a-Ville on the Waterfront

U.S. Bank Kentucky Derby Festival Great Balloon Rush-Hour Race

April 25, 2014 | 7:00 am | Bowman Field

U.S. Bank Kentucky Derby Festival Great Balloon Glow

April 25, 2014 | Gates open at 6:00 pm | Kentucky Exposition Center

$8 KEC parking fee

U.S. Bank Kentucky Derby Festival Great Balloon Race

April 26, 2014 | 7:00 am | Bowman Field

Click here to participate in the Great BalloonFest.