Bristol International Balloon Fiesta 2025: Day Three
Here's everything you need to know about the third day of the Fiesta
It's the final day of the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta, and pilots are hoping for clear skies and warm weather for an easy flight.
Gates open at Ashton Court at 5:30am in time for the first mass ascent at 6am (weather permitting).
What's on in 2025?
Festival-favourites will be returning to the 47th Fiesta, with mass ascents planned to take flight twice a day.
The popular nightglow will also return on Friday and Saturday night, with 12 balloons setting alight in time to music.
In a fiesta first, visitors will get a chance to walk inside a half-inflated balloon as part of the "In The Clouds" experience. The immersive attraction will play archive footage of Bristol's ballooning past and replicate the soundscape of a pilot in flight.
Getting to the Fiesta
Once again the Balloon Fiesta is back at its home of Ashton Court.
Entry to the site is free but if you want to drive, car parking comes at a cost.
Walking and cycling to Ashton Court is encouraged, but a shuttle bus service is also available.
Services will run from Bristol Temple Meads and the City Centre to get people to the site and from Ashton Court for people leaving.
This service runs from 10:00am with return journeys running until 9.30pm.
The m2 metro bus service runs between Bristol Temple Meads and Long Ashton Park & Ride, which is a short walk from the event site.
The weather
For hot air balloons to take to the skies, the right weather conditions are absolutely crucial.
Ideally we need to see dry conditions with only a little bit of wind, as too strong a breeze makes it difficult to control the balloon in the air, while too little wind means the balloons simply wouldn't go anywhere after take off.
Today it is forecast to be dry, warm and sunny all day.
The wind is also not forecast to be too strong with a general speed of just 2mph forecast at the time of the first scheduled mass ascent, meaning a successful flight could be on the cards.
Forecasts also look good for the evening's ascent.
Schedule
6am - Scheduled Mass Ascent (weather permitting)
6:20am - Opening Ceremony
7:30am - Family Yoga (by Moon Stage)
8:15am - Model Balloons
9:15am - Model Planes
9:45am - Peter Powell's Stunt Kite Display
10:30 - Avon and Somerst Police Dog Display
11am - Fire Engine Engagement
11:45 - The Rockets Motorbike Display Team
11:55 - Hawker Hurricane Flypast
1pm - Special Shapes SUnday
2pm - Meet the Pilot
2pm - Cookie cartoonery workshops
3:30pm - Avon and Somerset Police Dog Display
4:30pm - The Rockets Children's Motorcycle Display Team
5pm - Cookie Cartoonery Workshops (Circus Tent)
6pm - Scheduled Mass Ascent (weather permitting)
6:30pm - Closing Ceremony