{"id":601951,"date":"2021-07-24T16:36:59","date_gmt":"2021-07-24T20:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=601951"},"modified":"2021-07-24T16:37:06","modified_gmt":"2021-07-24T20:37:06","slug":"new-jersey-lottery-festival-of-ballooning-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-jersey-lottery-festival-of-ballooning-returns\/","title":{"rendered":"New Jersey Lottery Festival of Ballooning returns"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-jersey-lottery-festival-of-ballooning-returns%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=601951&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2467437\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2467437\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A balloon wrangler untangles lines on a hot air balloon in Readington, New Jersey. (Photo by Jeff Zelevansky\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 1:25 PM PT \u2013 Saturday, July 24, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Hot air balloons have been set to fill the sky as the annual New Jersey Lottery Festival of Ballooning kicked off this weekend. Nearly 100 different kinds of balloons started to rise on Saturday in the nation\u2019s largest summertime hot air balloon and music festival.<\/p>\n<p>This includes a 110 foot tall panda and a giant colorful unicorn. The popular event was cancelled last year, but attracted more than 150,000 people in 2019.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here&#8217;s a fun recap of yesterday! Don&#8217;t miss out on a good time, grab tickets if you haven&#8217;t already!<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf9f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yTikixTKAZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/yTikixTKAZ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NJBalloonFest?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NJBalloonFest<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HrnCDGjg0C\">pic.twitter.com\/HrnCDGjg0C<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 New Jersey Lottery Festival of Ballooning (@njballoonfest) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/njballoonfest\/status\/1418964083060117507?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Organizer have expressed much excitement for the event to return.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s hard to put in words. You know, just speaking to the pilots who are so happy to be able to put on a show for everybody this weekend,\u201d expressed Howard Freeman, Executive Producer of Lottery Festival of Ballooning. \u201c\u2026Seeing how excited people are to get outside again in a safe and wholesome family environment, it\u2019s awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The three day festival will also include games, food, fireworks and even live concerts from bands including Styx and Bare Naked Ladies.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/la-gov-urges-return-to-wearing-masks-regardless-of-vaccination-status\/\">La. Gov. Urges Return To Wearing Masks Regardless Of Vaccination Status<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A balloon wrangler untangles lines on a hot air balloon in Readington, New Jersey. 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