Colorado River Crossing Balloon Festival

The Caballeros de Yuma presents the Colorado River Crossing Hot Air Balloon Festival each November. It’s one of Yuma, Arizona’s premier fall events. The festival attracts some of the most colorful and unique balloons from the West and Southwest. Staged over three days, with mass ascensions on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in the early morning hours, the festival uses the Colorado River and the Sonoran Desert as its backdrop. Don’t miss the desert balloon glow that takes place on Saturday night at Yuma’s Desert Sun Baseball Stadium where tethered balloons fill the soccer fields with their burners firing at full blast, the balloons glow brightly in the dark desert sky, with the entire pageant set to music. 

November 13th-November 15th, 2026