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IKEA
INTERNATIONAL BALLOON FIESTA
Ashton Court, Bristol
Thursday 12th – Sunday 15th August
2004
PROGRAMME
HIGHLIGHTS
BALLOON
ACTIVITY
City
Centre Launch:
up to 50 hot air balloons will take off from Eastville Park at the start
of Fiesta week as a precursor to the main event– Monday 9th
August
120
hot air balloons
in mass launches 6am and 6pm on
Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Night
Glows
of 25 balloons tethered to the ground and lit up in time to music on Thursday
and Saturday nights, 9.30pm
Special
Shapes Launch
featuring weird and wonderful balloons from across the world, some making
their first flight in the UK, Thursday, 6pm
Vintage
Shapes Tether including
some popular old favourites, now retired, which will be on show courtesy
of the Balloon Preservation Group
MUSIC
GWR
fm Free Music Concert on
Thursday, 2-9pm featuring chart-topping artists
National
final of
the Sennheiser Best Unsigned Artist
contest, Saturday 2-10pm
Classical
Music Concert
by Bristol Symphonia on Sunday,
3.30-5pm, featuring popular classics
FAMILY
ENTERTAINMENT
Heaven
– a themed new area of tranquillity and calm created by international
street theatre and circus company Cirque Bijou
Bristol
Year of Sport showcasing
a range of activities from polo, tag rugby from Bristol Shoguns and a mass
aerobics session
Massive
Fireworks Display on Thursday
and Saturday evenings at 10pm, following the balloon glows
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Arena
events throughout the
day including junk percussion group Weapons of Sound and aerial
displays from the Honda Dream Team plus fairground
entertainment
Over
40 stalls offering food and drink
from around the world
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