⏰ 9-11 August and 15-18 August

📍5, chemin de l 'Aeroport, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC

The Montreal International Hot Air Balloon Festival returns with a special guest this year, rock diva Avril Lavigne! Imagine rocking with thousands of people under a colorful hot air balloon to a classic Avril Lavigne tune, it will be the most unforgettable memory of the summer!

The hot air balloon festival is held in the small town of Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, we are going on Sunday, there are more people, the road is also congested, you must go early if you want to go, queuing into the parking lot will take a lot of time.

I live in the West Island, so far away, plus more people go to the weekend, a little traffic jams, an hour's drive, no traffic jams when 50 minutes to live in the south of the small partners close to 20-30 minutes.

In addition to hot air balloons and musical performances, there are a variety of activities on site, including food stalls, rides, children's activities and more for the whole family to participate in.

Life must see a hot air balloon!! Really beautiful and romantic!! Waiting for a long time hot air balloon festival finally came, the scene is really shocking. The moment when the hot air balloon flew up, everyone waved and cheered, it was really happy and very atmospheric ha ha ha ha ha!

The time of the hot air balloon is generally two: one is starting at 5 am, and one is starting at 5 PM.

I chose the afternoon, usually around four o 'clock you can line up to check in. After checking your ticket and registering your information, the inspector will give you a green piece of information paper and ask you to wait for your pilot in the outdoor rest area. On the information sheet is the number of the hot air balloon you will be riding in, and your pilot will come to the outdoor rest area with the number plate.

The flight time is usually about an hour, depending on the wind direction and whether there is a safe place to land. The pilots are very professional, so there is no need to worry, just follow his instructions.

We had a nice flight and we saw the sunset. The pilots were also very kind and humorous, and the whole experience was very pleasant and the pilots and their team invited us to pop champagne after landing.

At the end of the flight, the pilot and his team would drive us back to where we started.

You can buy hot air balloon tickets directly on the official website, and you can show the QR code to enter the park directly. You can walk around the park without having to buy other tickets. Here, I highly recommend Lemonade drinks in the park, super good drinks, cheap and beautiful. You can also bring your own water bottle to enter the park, which has water receiving equipment.

It's a really strong line-up this year. Two of my favorite Quebecois rappers are there, and Tory Lanez (who sings whats poppin), There's even Jason Derulo (the tiktok hit Hola comment allez allez vous) who sings it! There were 40,000 people there the day Jason came, and the whole venue was full.

In the background of the hot air balloon, many beautiful photos can be taken to record this unforgettable moment.