34°34′26″N 86°56′16″W / 34.57389°N 86.93778°W / 34.57389; -86.93778 The Alabama Jubilee Hot Air Balloon Classic is held annually on Memorial Day weekend in Decatur, Alabama . Each year the Jubilee hosts about 60 local and national hot-air balloons at Point Mallard Park .
6-467: Alabama Jubilee may refer to: Alabama Jubilee Hot Air Balloon Classic Mobile Bay jubilee , a periodic natural summer phenomenon wherein sea life comes near shore "Alabama Jubilee" (song) , by Jack Yellen Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Alabama Jubilee . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
12-461: Is free of charge, and several activities take place during the weekend. Below a partial listing of events that are part of each year's Jubilee: The Alabama Jubilee is unique in that it allows for the crowd of around 50,000 to mingle with pilots and crews, while 7-story tall balloons inflate and float overhead. The Alabama Jubilee Hot Air Balloon Classic consists of three different balloon events: The Alabama Jubilee Hot Air Balloon Classic, one of
18-558: The Atlanta -based Southeast Tourism Society . The Alabama Jubilee is held on the grounds of Point Mallard Park , a municipal recreation complex that offers a 35-acre (140,000 m ) water park featuring an aquatic center with a wave pool, Olympic-sized swimming pools , lazy river , and several water slides , as well as tennis courts, ball fields, hiking trails, campground, 18-hole championship golf course, indoor ice skating rink and recreation center. This Alabama -related article
24-754: The annual Memorial Day holiday weekend. The 2020 event went virtual, due to public gathering restrictions in Alabama caused by the COVID-19 pandemic . The continued popularity of the Alabama Jubilee prompted the Alabama Legislature to designate the City of Decatur as the “Ballooning Capital of Alabama .” The Jubilee has been named a Top 20 Tourism Event in the Southeast for May by
30-412: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alabama_Jubilee&oldid=801416348 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Alabama Jubilee Hot Air Balloon Classic Public admission
36-499: The oldest hot-air balloon races in the mid-South, started in Decatur in 1978 with competition among 17 balloonists from Alabama , Kentucky , Ohio , Georgia , Mississippi and Louisiana . It was a showcase for the new Decatur balloon, one of the first to represent a city, and an event to kick off Alabama's tourism season. The Jubilee now draws, on average, about 60 pilots from some 20 states for two days of friendly competition during
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