Maramureș Balloon Fiesta
Maramureș Balloon Fiesta’s 2026 gathering took place in Țara Lăpușului, between Târgu Lăpuș and Dămăcușeni.
The 11th edition was advertised for 1–4 October 2026 with more than 25 balloons. The venue is in the Lăpuș area of Maramureș, rather than in Baia Mare. Use the organiser’s directions for the field; the name of the wider county is not a precise arrival address.
The programme places local food and community activities alongside flying. The organiser describes a gathering without a conventional main concert stage, with traditional music and local participation instead. Historical publicity about the much larger centenary gathering in 2018 should not be read as the balloon count for 2026.
If a new edition is announced, check passenger booking arrangements separately from access to the site. Weather can change which sessions fly. No 2027 dates were confirmed during this review. The landscape photograph illustrates Maramureș and is not a photograph of the 2026 launch field.
Sources and photograph
Editorial review: 9 November 2026. Source 1
Landscape in Maramureș, Romania. Regional context photograph, not the festival launch field. Photograph by Mihai Lucîț from Baia Mare, Romania. CC BY 2.0. Responsive versions may be cropped and resized.