Featuring...
- Time Warner Cable Kid’s
Zone features inflatables, a games trailer, arts and crafts, face painting, hair spraying, robotics, roaming balloon artists, and much more - all available throughout the festival.
- RADIO DISNEY Performers - Four Shows throughout the festival (see Schedule).
- Kansas City Chiefs Cheerleaders Presented by Time Warner Cable; The Kansas City Chiefs Wolf Mascot; The Kansas City Chiefs Ambassadors available for autographs
- Kansas City Association of Powered Paragliders
- Live Music. Check out some of the best and brightest local and regional area musical acts (see Schedule for dates and times)
- Lonnie McFadden, KC Headliner - singer, dancer and musician extraordinaire.
- Michael Glenn, the first paraplegic hot air balloon pilot and a fantastic motivational speaker
- The KC Kite Club will be doing demonstrations each day flying unique colorful giant kites.
More Attractions...
The U.S. Army at Fort Riley, Kansas is bringing the following attractions to the 2011 Great Midwest Balloon Fest. See Activities Schedule for more details.
- Leaders, Soldiers and Their Families of the U.S. Army 1st Infantry Division
- Wounded Warriors of the Fort Riley Transition Battalion
- Static Displays of Real Combat Vehicles, and Aircraft. There will be Soldiers to explain, educate and interact with the crowd.
- Captain Joshua Mantz - Severely injured by a sniper’s bullet while serving on active duty in Iraq, Capt. Mantz “died” for 15 minutes, but fully recovered, and his story will inspire and motivate all who hear him.
- The Commanding Generals Mounted Color Guard will be performing shows of period U.S. Horse Cavalry techniques.
The U.S. Army Silver Wings Exhibition Skydiving Team (from Ft. Benning, Georgia) to perform military precision skydiving shows each day.- Information Displays about the history, culture and activities of one of the Nation’s most famous Army Divisions - The Big Red One.