Bluff International Balloon Festival

Bluff International Balloon Festival Now in our 27th year! Join us over MLK weekend, January 16- 18, 2026 as we soar over Bluff, Utah, and Valley of the Gods. And, that's not all!

For more information, visit https://bluffutah.org/bluffballoonfestival/ The 24rd annual Bluff Balloon Festival will be held January 13-15th, 2023 in Bluff, Utah. Friday and Saturday, the balloons fly over Bluff. Sunday sunrise flights over Valley of the Gods begin with a 6:30 caravan from Bluff. For a full schedule of events, visit https://bluffutah.org/bluffballoonfestival/

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06/05/2026
06/04/2026

Milky Way Season Is Here 🌌

Join us June 11 for a free community star party at the Bluff Community Center. Enjoy telescope viewing, constellation tours, and an unforgettable night under the stars. Remember, Bluff is an International Dark Sky Community.

June is one of the best times of year for stargazing. In summer, the bright core of the Milky Way, the center of our galaxy, becomes visible in the evening sky, creating some of the year's most impressive stargazing opportunities.

📅 Thursday, June 11
🕤 9:30 PM
📍 Bluff Community Center

✨ Telescope Viewing
✨ Constellation Tours
✨ Family-Friendly Fun

Great article about local artist, Gil Scott!  Gil has participated in many art fairs and festivals in Bluff, Utah.
05/13/2026

Great article about local artist, Gil Scott! Gil has participated in many art fairs and festivals in Bluff, Utah.

05/07/2026

Just down the road from Bluff, Utah tonight! ✨🌌

Join the Bears Ears Partnership and Utah State Parks for a Star Party at Goosenecks State Park — one of Utah’s designated International Dark Sky Parks.

📍 Goosenecks State Park
🕘 Tonight at 9:00 PM

Interested in protecting dark skies across the region? Learn how you can become a Dark Sky Ambassador and help preserve these night skies for future generations.

🌠 Weather permitting
🔗 BearsEarsPartnership.org

Bluff, Utah is an International Dark Sky Community.

05/02/2026

On the road to Monument Valley… don’t just pass through—Brake for Bluff.

Pull off the highway and you’ll find amazing lodging, great restaurants, unforgettable trading posts, a coffee shop, markets, and some of the darkest skies in the country. Make your Monumental Vacation even better.

📍 Discover Bluff, Utah.

Yep, that's Forrest Gump Point--just 30 min down the road.

When your balloon is named Levity and it’s covered in hearts… then love is in the air. 💗Thank you to pilot Kathy Smith f...
02/03/2026

When your balloon is named Levity and it’s covered in hearts… then love is in the air. 💗

Thank you to pilot Kathy Smith for flying in the 2026 Bluff Balloon Festival with Levity, and for these beautiful photos. Thank you for flying Bluff 25 years!! 🎈

Thank you for coming to the 2026 Bluff Balloon Festival !   Always great to have you here.
01/24/2026

Thank you for coming to the 2026 Bluff Balloon Festival ! Always great to have you here.

See this beautiful road?  STAY ON IT if you go to watch the balloons in Valley of the Gods today.  VOG will be ONE WAY. ...
01/18/2026

See this beautiful road? STAY ON IT if you go to watch the balloons in Valley of the Gods today.

VOG will be ONE WAY. PLEASE DO NOT BUST THE CRUST.

Thank you!!!

Bluff, Utah

01/18/2026

Today, the moves to Valley of the Gods. Valley of the Gods road will be ONE WAY. Please stay on the road in Valley of the Gods and DO NOT BUST THE CRUST.

01/18/2026

So much fun at the Evening of Fire and Ice Bluff International Balloon Festival on Saturday night! A big thanks to the Pilots who participated in the Glow In! Your balloons were beautiful against Bluff's dark skies! Thank you to for his terrific mix of music.

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3rd Street East And Black Locust Avenue
Bluff, UT
84512

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