Tegucigalpa.- Some 200 hot air balloons will be at the International Balloon Festival (FIC) in the Mexican city of León, with guest artists such as urban music singer J Balvin, electronic music producers Marshmello and Armin van Buuren, and Mexican music performer Julion Alvarez.
Escandra Salim, director of the largest aerostatic festival in Mexico, revealed this Wednesday that the participating balloons come from 25 countries, including ‘Escapology’, a figure owned by singer Robbie Williams that will be in Mexico for the first time.
In addition to others that reproduce characters such as the Swiss cow, Captain Caveman, a candy house or Frankenstein, as explained in a press conference.
The International Balloon Festival (FIC) will take place from November 15 to 18.
“This year the festival offers incredible figures like ‘Candy House’, like Frankenstein, where we become children again, but also where our mood changes,” he said.
Salim explained that, as part of the night concerts, the presentation during the festival will be the only one that J Balvin performs in Mexico as part of the tour he will do in Latin America.
Yasmín Quirós, director of hospitality and tourism of León, stated that this year they expect close to 400,000 people during the three days, 2% more than the 2023 edition, thanks to the fact that the festival has established itself as one of the most important in the world. due to the level and number of balloon pilots it brings together.
“Today the International Balloon Festival is classified as one of the main ones worldwide with the hot-air station theme, it also allows us to have a different dynamic as a city,” he expressed.
In addition to the flight of hot air balloons, the festival offers ‘magical nights’, concerts with star artists, the presentation of figures from youth series, drone shows, morning concerts and gastronomic offerings.
The festival is held in the Metropolitan Park and in this edition it will once again have a camping section, where the public can spend the night in three special themed areas.
Details can be found on the festival’s website and social networks. EFE
