Balloon Festival 2024 Albuquerque Schedule. All park & ride tickets must be purchased online only. For nine days in october, the albuquerque skies are colorfully painted as more than 500 balloons lift off from balloon fiesta park.

Buses run from remote lots to balloon fiesta park at 3 p.m. In 2024, the festival will run from saturday, october 5 to sunday, october 13.