WBS is delighted to support this festival again with sponsorship of two major events in the programme – the WBS Meander over Martinborough on Saturday 8 April and the WBS Park to Paddock over Greytown on Sunday 9 April.

This year all four Wairarapa towns will host ascensions of the balloons, each beginning at 6:30am, with the fifth day being a final flight from a mystery location. This is a truly wonderful opportunity for the whole family to get up close to balloon crews and enjoy real life action of a lift off. The highlight of the action-packed five-day programme is without a doubt the renowned Night Glow spectacular which will take place at Clareville Showgrounds on the evening of Saturday 8 April. This family-friendly event is set to be bigger and brighter than ever before, include drone racing, balloon walk-throughs, model plane displays, live music, Wairarapa’s largest contingent of street food vendors and a huge Easter egg hunt for the kids. Amongst the fun, anticipation will build as dark descends, when the balloons are showcased, spectacularly lit up in synchronisation to music. Tickets to the Wairarapa Balloon Night Glow 2023 can be purchased here.

WBS is honoured to be supporting this unique and much-loved festival, a special event the whole region can enjoy and be part of.

For the full festival programme, useful information and to purchase tickets, head to nzballoons.co.nz