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Events

Preliminaries          Friday          Saturday          Sunday

Thursday, Aug. 24

Festival kickoff party, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Maple Ridge Care Centre, 2202 N. Kickapoo St.,

-- Free food and entertainment --

Open to the public. Free food, entertainment and fun!

Watch the skies for a sneak preview of the 33rd annual Lincoln Art & Balloon Festival!

Friday, Aug. 25

AT AIRPORT:
(Activities 4-10 p.m.)

• Food concessions

• Arts and crafts

• American Barn Amusements

• "Air It Up" inflatable entertainment

• Blue Skies Beer Garden

• Helicopter rides (4-8 p.m.)

• Heritage In Flight Museum

• Aeronautical displays

>> Hot-air balloon launch, 6 p.m.

"Runway lights" balloon glow, dusk

DOWNTOWN LINCOLN:

Flea market, antiques and collectibles,
sponsored by Oasis senior center, Scully Park, 3-6 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 26

AT AIRPORT:
(Early morning flights plus activities from noon to 11 p.m.)

>> Hot-air balloon launch, 6:30 a.m., Logan County Airport

Activities

• Food concessions

• Arts and crafts

• American Barn Amusements

• "Air It Up" inflatable entertainment

• Blue Skies Beer Garden

• Helicopter rides (2-8 p.m.)

• Heritage In Flight Museum

• Aeronautical displays

Bocce ball tournament, 11 a.m. registration in Blue Skies Beer Garden, competition at noon

>> Hot-air balloon launch, 6 p.m.

"Runway lights" balloon glow, dusk

DOWNTOWN LINCOLN:

Farmers market, 7 a.m.-4 p.m., Latham Park

Lincoln Christian Church breakfast, 7-11 a.m.

>> Lincoln Art Fair, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Latham Park

Children's Art Tent, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Latham Park,

Adventure Zone and Kickapoo Kingdom, 100 block of North Kickapoo

Lincoln Public Library's used book sale, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Flea market and collectibles, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Scully Park

The Art of Wine, 11:30 a.m.-10:30 p.m., 100 block of South Kickapoo

Illinois Brassworks Jazz Ensemble, 7 p.m., downtown Lincoln

Sunday, Aug. 27

AT AIRPORT:

>> Hot-air balloon fly-in, 6:30 a.m., Logan County Airport

(End of activities at airport)

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WEST SIDE:

1800s Craft Fair, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Postville Courthouse, 914 Fifth St.

DOWNTOWN LINCOLN:

Farmers market , 7 a.m.-4 p.m., Latham Park

>> Lincoln Art Fair, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Latham Park

Children's Art Tent, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Latham Park

Adventure Zone and Kickapoo Kingdom, 100 block of North Kickapoo

The Art of Wine, 11:30 a.m.-6 p.m., 100 block of North Kickapoo

Lincoln Public Library's used book sale, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

Flea market and collectibles, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Scully Park

Car cruise-in, 1-4 p.m., downtown square

[Festival schedule also posted by the Lincoln/Logan County Chamber of Commerce]

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