New Mexico Balloon Festival 2025 Photos. The albuquerque balloon festival is back with its mesmerizing display of colorful hot air balloons painting the skies of new mexico. 29—balloon fiesta may be over, but more than 1,200 new mexicans saw nine balloons light up as the sun set on sunday in a display designed to look like a massive.

From its modest beginnings in 1972 with 13 balloons launching from a shopping mall. The event begins at 4:30 p.m.