Food vehicles, enjoyable, sizzling air balloons: Your information to vibrant summer season small city Michigan pageant

METAMORA, MI — If you’re in search of one final weekend getaway earlier than college begins that can entertain the entire household, this small city Michigan pageant has all of it.

Metamora Country Days and Hot Air Balloon Festival may have loads of meals, candy treats, ice cream, in addition to close-up magic exhibits, a automotive present, dwell music and even a corn gap event.

This fashionable family-friendly celebration, in its forty fourth 12 months, attracts 1000’s of tourists each August to the village of Metamora in Lapeer County.

Metamora Country Days and Hot Air Balloon Festival will happen Friday, Aug. 22, and Saturday, Aug. 23.

Revelers take pleasure in native eats, crafts and actions, music, artwork, a parade, and the launching over 20 sizzling air balloons on Friday and Saturday night time.

The occasion is capped off with a rare fireworks show on Saturday night time.

As the title implies, the two-day occasion is the definition of a small-town summer season pageant.

It even has a balloon-twisting clown, meals vehicles and free petting zoo and pony rides.

Then, the visible spectacle occurs every night time, the place pilots will inflate their sizzling air balloons and float into the sky collectively.

Weather situations permitting, the night sky on Friday and Saturday will probably be full of colourful sizzling air balloons that can launch between 5 to eight p.m. from the balloon launch subject a couple of hundred yards south of the Metamora Lions Hall, situated at 3790 N. Oak St.

So pack your luggage, convey your blankets and the entire household and put together for a weekend of enjoyable.

Scroll beneath to see the schedule and your full information to getting probably the most out of the Metamora Country Days and Hot Air Balloon Festival.

Friday, Aug. 22

3-9 p.m.: Metamora Fire Department Hill Top Food (hamburgers, sizzling canines, rooster tenders) — Lions Field

4-7:30 p.m.: Food vehicles on balloon subject

5 p.m.: Parking lot within the subject east of the balloon launch closes for incoming visitors apart from sponsors and balloon pilots

5-8 p.m.: Metamora Country Days Sponsor Tent open — Balloon Launch Field

5-8 p.m.: Ice Cream — Metamora/Hadley Masons — Balloon Launch Field

6-8 p.m.: Hot Air Balloon launch — Balloon Launch Field — north of Village

Saturday, Aug. 23

All Day — Visit the numerous distinctive companies in downtown Metamora

10 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Police, Fire and First Aid desk — White Horse Inn parking zone

11 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Car present — Oak Street within the Village

11 a.m. to five p.m.: Food within the Village

• In Harmer Park: Rollin Dough, Little Drink Company, Weezie’s Funnel Cakes, Blue Hummingbird Bistro, Artisan Bread Company

• In Holden Plaza parking zone: Woodchips, Kookys ‘N’ Cream

• Morning and early afternoon: Ice cream sandwiches, bomb pops and diverse twin pops on High Street in Village with Metamora/Hadley Masons.

11 a.m. to five p.m.: Art and craft distributors — Harmer Park

11 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Hounds of Harley band — Holden Plaza parking zone

11 a.m.: Corn gap event enroll — Holden Plaza parking zone

11 a.m to 4 p.m.: Historic Old Town Hall open and internet hosting an artwork show by the Lapeer Art Association, showcasing quite a lot of mediums together with pictures, work, jewellery, sculpture and extra — situated at 26 E. High St.

11 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Free enjoyable with Sparkles! Face portray — Harmer Park

11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free petting zoo and pony rides — Oak Street, north of Village

11:30 a.m.: Close-up Magic Show with magician James Alt, sponsored by Metamora Historical Soicety at Old Town Hall, situated at 26 E. High St.

Noon: Corn Hole event — Holden Plaza parking zone

Noon to three p.m.: Come meet your greatest furry good friend at Great Lakes Dog Rescue — 4079 S. Lapeer Road in Metamora

12:30-4:30 p.m.: Free Silly Me the Clown, balloon twisting — Harmer Park

1 p.m.: Parade — Oak Street

2-3:30 p.m.: Line dancing on Barros Street within the Village, hosted by Boot Scootin’ Babe

2-4 p.m.: Live music with Paisley Grace on the Stage in Harmer Park

2 p.m.: Close-up Magic Show with magician James Alt, sponsored by Metamora Historical Soicety at Old Town Hall, situated at 26 E. High St.

3-9 p.m.: Metamora Fire Department meals (hamburgers, sizzling canines, rooster tenders) — south aspect of balloon launch subject

4-7:30 p.m.: Food on the Balloon Field

• Mr. Italy, Little Drink Company, Sugar Shack Donuts and Rollin Dough

5 p.m. Parking lot within the subject east of the balloon launch closes for incoming visitors apart from sponsors and balloon pilots

5-5:30 p.m.: Metamora Fire Department free sweet drop for all ages, subject south of Lions Hall

5-8 p.m.: Metamora Country Days Sponsor Tent open — Balloon Launch Field

5-8 p.m.: Ice Cream — Metamora/Hadley Masons — Balloon Launch Field

6-8 p.m.: Hot Air Balloon launch — Balloon Launch Field — north of Village

Dusk: Fireworks