LongView, Texas (KLTV) – The Great Texas Balloon Race and the US National Air Balloon word championship at Balloon Federation of America returns to June 10 to 15 at the Longview Convention complex. On Tuesday, the organizers announced the entertainment program for the event.
One of the most popular events in eastern Texas brings with him for 2025 the best hot air balloon pilots from across the country, one of the most popular recording artists from country music, and the return of an entertaining and inspiring drone show on the theme of Texas.
The headliner of the concert program on Saturday evening June 14 will be the star of multi-Platine Country Music Joe Nichols. The New Orleans donuts group, which is known as a group of Super-Pop parties, will be in Lamane on Friday June 13, the organizers said.
Acts of opening are an indexed story on June 13 and Sheila and the Caddo Kats on June 14.
“We are proud to continue bringing high -quality musical entertainment to Longview as part of the Great Texas Balloon Race. With a mixture of country, a large stage show group, Americana and Country Pop, this year’s entertainment program is intended to appeal to a large audience, and we are impatient to present these talented artists, “said Gai Bennett, president of this year’s event.
After the Bill Bussey Balloon Glow, Friday and Saturday evening, the crowds this year will be treated with a drone performance with 350 drones creating a unique 3D show in the sky. One of the most discussed characteristics of last year’s event, the Drone Show will warm the crowds for the headliner each evening.
“We are very happy to bring the drones back to Flylight this year. Last year, the drone show was a huge success with our guests. They will be back this year with an even larger drone fleet!” Said Bennett.
To find out more about the headliners and opening actions, as well as details on the tickets, consult the information below shared by Scott Brunner de GTBR:
Joe Nichols, who makes the headlines on June 14, has a sound that blurs the boundaries between the past and the present of country music which earned him more than two billion cumulative / views audio flows and half a dozen n ° 1 two results. His songs like “Brokenheartsville”, “Size Matters”, Gimme That Girl “,” Sunny and 75 “and” Tequila makes his clothes fall “at Nichols CMA and ACM Awards, three Grammy nominations, and are sure to have crowds singing.
Sheila and the Caddo Kats, of “East Edge of Texas”, will open on June 14. Showing the voice of the native of Marshall, Sheila Clark Fox, the double winner of the artist of the year of Nashville, the Kats draw on an acclaimed international rhythm section to present a performance that brings the listeners back in time. The third album of the group “Country Soul Living in the City” won the album of the year 2022 during the largest independent award ceremony, JMAS.
LongView will have a taste of New Orleans on the night of Friday June 13, as a bundle bag, bringing its flamboyant performances combining the staging, the participation of the public of calls and responses, visual ingenuity and pure entertainment on stage. New Orleans named Bag of Donuts one of the most popular local acts, and they have been named the cover group of Offbeat magazine several times. The alternative and classic rock cover group Untold Story Out of Tyler will open on June 13.
The Great Texas Balloon Race will take place on Friday June 13 to Sunday June 15. All ticket events will take place in the Longview Complex Convention, 1123 Jaycee Drive. The doors open at 4 p.m. from June 13 to 14 for the festival, which includes (if we allow time) sweeteners of special shape balloons, a re / max parachuting team, sellers, children, tied ball walks, Bill Bill Bussey Gussey Glows and more and more and more live music and drone shows. The national hot air balloon championships of the American Balloon Federation in the United States are launching action in the air with world-class pilots engaged in competition flights above LongView from Tuesday, June 10. https://events.outhonnetickets.com/e/great-texas-Balloon-race-2025/tickets. More information on this year’s event is at https://gtbr.net.
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