Kite Event Calendar

[Kapiti Coast] Want to paint the sky? Kite making workshops leading up to the Otaki Kite Festival invite participants to get colourful with their own designs.
The increasingly popular festival returns on the weekend of March 5 and 6, with four workshops teaching construction methods, and providing a canvas in the sky.
International kite makers Mikio Toki, from Japan, and Tony Rice, from Australia, will lead workshops, along with internationally-recognised Otaki-based kite maker Yvonne de Mille, who helped launch the festival in 2013.
Toki is a proponent of the Edo-Kaku-Dako kites, a rectangle kite made from Japanese paper and bamboo and emblazoned with intricate Japanese-graphics to give a "stained glass window effect" when the kite is flown.
His workshop will teach how to make an orizome kaku dako, fold and dye Tokyo style kite.
Brisbane-based kite maker Tony Rice will be teaching how to make a type of Indian dart fighter kite, made with nylon that is painted with designs before the kite is assembled.
De Mille will show how to make kites shaped as swallows, that are created almost totally from recycled materials.
Festival-goers are invited to bring their own kites to fly during the festival, and a special time and section has been set aside especially for kites made during the workshops, coordinator Barbara Franks said.
"So the public can enjoy what they’ve been working on.
"With each of the kite makers specialising in different types of kites, people can expect to see some amazing creations flying high."
This year’s festival will be accompanied by a wide range of stalls and entertainment, including fun activities for children. A Kite Doctor’s stall will allow people to bring their kite in for advice about how to make it fly better, or fix it.
A shuttle bus has also been introduced, and will run from Waikanae station to the festival and back, stopping in Te Horo, State Highway 1 Otaki, and at the library.
Last year, Franks sa

[Denver] A Mile Hi Kite Club /RMKA meets every Sunday at approx. 10AM and we keep flying kites until mid to late afternoon.

[Austin] Texans celebrate the spring by flying every kind of kite imaginable on Sunday March 6, 2016 in Austin, Texas. The ABC Zilker Park Kite Festival is a single line competition. There is no admission or registration charge. With good weather this festival draws a crowd over 10,000. Everyone is welcome whether they fly a kite or just come to see the hundreds of kites in the air and enjoy a spring day in Austin’s crown jewel park.
Competition is for single line kites but every kind of kite is welcome. Categories include largest, smallest, highest angle, steadiest, most unusual and strongest pulling. All ages are eligible to compete in categories for youth and adults. See our web page for events and rules. Trophies are awarded to first, second and third place winners. The Oldest and youngest competitors win trophies too. Manufactured kites are not eligible for competition but hand crafted kites are welcome to compete.
If you would like to attend, email in advance for a parking permit and entry directions. We’d love to see your kites!

[Basildon]

[Long Beach] It’s that time again. Join us for our second Saturday fun fly at the Beach. Hwy 90 @ Jeff Davis - Long Beach MS. Bring your kite or fly one of ours. Free Lessons 10:AM - 4PM

[Longmont]

[Rosebud] A family kite flying festival which is now in its 12th year. Located on the beautiful foreshore at Rosebud, the festival includes a wide variety of activities including demonstrations of huge Peter Lynn inflatables. Attracting a crowd of up to 10,000, this year’s event will include demonstrations of kite buggies and will have a family fun flying area, music on stage, food stalls, circus workshops, roving entertainment, and a kids carnival.

[Hampton] 97th Annual Vernal Equinox and St Patrick’s Day Fly; fun for all; kites, friends, stories

[San Diego] San Diego Kite Club Indoor Fly is shared with Electro Model Flyers every fourth Friday beginning March through November @7:30pm-9:30pm. Since the offical schedule is unpublished please check SDKC website.

[Chatelaillon]

[Semaphore] 26, 27, 28 March 2016
The Adelaide International Kite Festival is a free community event that is held annually at Semaphore Beach in South Australia.
Come along to Semaphore beach over the Easter long weekend in 2016 and watch the sky fill with colour, twists and twirls, kites of all shapes and size - when the Adelaide International Kite Festival returns!
The 2016 Festival will feature international guest kite flyers from New Zealand and as far away as Florida in the USA! As always, we will have kite flyers from interstate and locally in South Australia flying too.
As in 2015, the Festival Marketplace will return with stallholders selling their wares and running activities for all to be involved in. This area is on the foreshore and open 11am - 5pm daily so be sure to check it out.
The AIKF is run by the Adelaide Kite Flyers Association in conjunction with K Marie Events, and was established in 1997.

[Kingston]

[Chatelaillon]

[Wisconsin Rapids] There will be various types of kites demonstrated with any and all questions answered.

[East Mersea]

[Glenwood] Gather up your family and friends and come to Glenwood and join us for the annual Whitewater Mesa Fun Kite Flying Picnic. There are usually 100+ people and there is plenty of space without fences to tangle your kite strings and room to park for your tailgate picnic. Admission is free and there will be a free raffle drawing for a kite at 2.30pm so be sure to pick up your raffle ticket on arrival at the gate with the labyrinth sign. While you are here and for a completely different experience, walk one or all five of the labyrinths at Whitewater Mesa Labyrinths.

[Emu Park] Festival of the Wind is a fun-filled alcohol free family day run by Emu Park Lions. We have kite flyers from all over Australia who not only fly their own kites but also help the children (and adults) who wish to learn. Last year an estimated 3000 people attended to watch the kites, visit the market stalls and enjoy our great weather. As well as kite flying we have beach games, frizbee flying and sandcastle competitions.

[Houston]

[Semaphore] 26, 27, 28 March 2016
The Adelaide International Kite Festival is a free community event that is held annually at Semaphore Beach in South Australia.
Come along to Semaphore beach over the Easter long weekend in 2016 and watch the sky fill with colour, twists and twirls, kites of all shapes and size - when the Adelaide International Kite Festival returns!
The 2016 Festival will feature international guest kite flyers from New Zealand and as far away as Florida in the USA! As always, we will have kite flyers from interstate and locally in South Australia flying too.
As in 2015, the Festival Marketplace will return with stallholders selling their wares and running activities for all to be involved in. This area is on the foreshore and open 11am - 5pm daily so be sure to check it out.
The AIKF is run by the Adelaide Kite Flyers Association in conjunction with K Marie Events, and was established in 1997.