Balloons Over Wanaka
No confirmed balloon festival has been established under the name Balloons Over Wanaka. Warbirds Over Wanaka is a different event.
Wanaka’s established aviation event is Warbirds Over Wanaka, an airshow centred on aircraft displays. Its organiser has announced the next show for Easter 2028. Those dates belong to Warbirds and should not be assigned to a balloon festival with a similar name.
This directory entry explains the naming problem. We have not found a confirmed organiser or programme for Balloons Over Wanaka. That finding is a reason to withhold festival dates, rather than a historical proof that no balloon gathering has ever taken place here.
If you want the airshow, use the Warbirds organiser’s programme and ticket information. For a balloon festival in New Zealand, consult a separately verified event such as Balloons over Waikato in Hamilton. The cover is a landscape photograph of Lake Wanaka, not an image of a balloon festival.
Sources and photograph
Lake Wanaka. Landscape photograph, not a balloon festival. Photograph by philbird. Magnific stock license. Responsive versions may be cropped and resized.