Taiwan International Balloon Festival
Taiwan’s long summer balloon festival is associated with Luye in Taitung. The 2026 dates in the calendar belong to a completed edition.
The Taiwan International Balloon Festival is known for its visiting special-shape balloons and its extended summer programme. The photograph on this page documents an earlier gathering, rather than a promise about which balloons will attend a future edition.
The official festival website did not permit this automated reading, so the review has not treated its programme as newly verified. In particular, daily launch times, night-glow locations, tethered-ride prices and transport arrangements need to be checked directly before travel. An older programme cannot confirm that the same sessions will run next year.
Use the organiser’s announcement for the specific date you want to attend. Tethered ascents, free flights and watching from the ground are different products, and each may have its own booking requirements. The calendar retains the existing 2026 record; this page does not announce a 2027 edition.
Sources and photograph
Editorial review: 9 November 2026. Source 1
Archive photograph of Taiwan International Balloon Festival. It does not show the line-up for a forthcoming edition. Photograph by Dan Cheung. CC BY-SA 2.0. Responsive versions may be cropped and resized.