Kite Event Calendar

[Bintulu]

[Skipton]

[Hardelot Plage]

[Plestin-les-Greve]

[Epinal]

[Margate] Watch the website for updated information

[Brooklyn at Coney Island] Fly for fun. On the beach there will be big kites as octopus kite. We also will have dual kites and Quad kites. Large area for free flights of kites for everyone.

[Waterford]

[Milton]

[Waynesboro] Great day of kite flying, check back for additional details. We hope to add some competitions

[Staten Island] The New York City Department of Parks & Recreation is excited to invite you to the first public event *ever* at the Freshkills Park site! Autumn is the most beautiful season to see the hills and creeks of the closed 2,200-acre Fresh Kills Landfill, now beginning their transformation into the City’s biggest and most fascinating new park, on Staten Island’s west shore. Join us for a preview of what the park will have to offer!

KITE FLYING | KITE MAKING | CANOE TOURS | WALKING TOURS | BIRDWATCHING | BIRDHOUSE BUILDING | COMPOSTING & REUSE WORKSHOPS | LIVE MUSIC | CHILDREN’S GAMES | FOOD | GIVEAWAYS | ARTS & CRAFTS | PONY RIDES | MUCH MORE!

A full schedule of programs, including canoe tours, birdwatching tours, workshops and guided walking tours (with park planners, landscape architects, landfill engineers, ecologists and anthropologists) is available online. All scheduled programs are free but require on-site registration on the day of the event.

For more information on Freshkills Park, visit the project’s home page (www.nyc.gov/parks/freshkillspark) or the Freshkills Park Blog (freshkillspark.wordpress.com).

[Greenfield]

[Plateau de Gergovie]

[Burton] Wonder Festival where we have a large open field to fly and enjoy the fall colors.

[Lincoln City]

[Cambridge] Fun for the whole family, this casual kite festival brings kite enthusiasts from D.C., Maryland, and Virginia due to the beautiful location and great winds on the banks of the Choptank River. Trophies awarded to stunt kite fliers and demonstrations. Great food, funnel cakes, sandwiches, subs, and ice cream. Kites for sale, fun flies, and some of the longest kites in the world! This is our 6th Annual Kite Festival!

[Columbia] A central Missouri annual fly to unite kiters from St. Louis’s Gateway Kite Club, Jefferson City Kiters, Columbia Kiters, and Kansas City Kite Club from Kansas City.
Columbia Friends of China (http://friendsofchina.missouri.org/) is sponsoring a kite master from Weifang Kite Museum, China, to the “One Sky, One World” festival on Oct. 10, 2010. Qian Jianguo will bring his expertise in kite making as well as kite flying to Columbia's community.

This year will feature kite tying and flying demonstrations by Chinese Kite Master Qian Jianguo. Master Qian and his wife, kite artist Lang Fenglian, are sponsored by Columbia Friends of China. Kites will be available for purchase at the Columbia Friends of China booth.

[MIAMI BEACH] The Miami Kite Club is organizing "Fly for Autism", a kite flying day at Haulover Park, Miami Beach. Approximately 500-1000 people will participate in this event to support autistic kids and their "Autism Speaks" foundation.

[Cape Town] ‘Uplifting Mind and Body’ is the theme for the sixteenth Cape Town International Kite Festival proudly hosted by Cape Mental Health.This is Africa’s biggest kite festival and attracts over 20,000 visitors, including some of the biggest names in kiting in South Africa and the world who fly in to show off their magnificent kite creations

[Granbury]

[Otterspool] In conjunction with the BBC Children In Need Appeal

[Orange]

[Strasbourg]

[Frejus]