Teams of local businesses & families spend days constructing elaborate paper hot-air balloons for this end-of-summer event.

This annual hot air balloon event using paper lanterns has been held every September since the 1960s.

Families and businesses spend up to a couple of weeks preparing hot air balloons made from colorful paper, in shapes and characters that sometimes reach several stories high.

It’s a fun family event that’s highly anticipated and sometimes more than a little dangerous (watch the video below of a globo that causes a powerline to explode).

Food, beer, and liquor are served all afternoon at stands set up around the football field.

2019 EVENT INFORMATION

In 2019, the Regata de Globos will be held Saturday, September 14. It starts at 3 p.m. and goes until the last balloons take off after dark, around 9 p.m. The balloons take off from the soccer field below the highway to the east of Plaza Bugambilias in Ajijic.





LOCATED AT THE FOOTBALL FIELD IN AJIJIC

COST

There is no cost to watch the event, which makes it open to everyone, including those who can’t afford to pay. You are encouraged to leave a small donation as you enter, so consider $50 or $100 pesos per person to support the cost of running this annual event.



DANE STROM • THE LAKESIDE GUIDE

I moved to Ajijic in 2010 when I decided to quit my job of seven years as an editorial assistant at The Denver Post in Colorado. I’m the photographer, web designer, programmer, marketer, writer… the everything behind this website, The Lakeside Guide. All of the businesses on this website appear here for free at no cost to them. Learn more about The Lakeside Guide or check out my other website about photography of Mexico.

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