Kite Event Calendar

[Bodega Bay] Join the Second Wind Flying Team & help us fill the sky with kites! We are participating in the Sonoma county Parks event called Castles & Kites. Bring your own kite or fly one of ours! Come see the Spirit of Sonoma County flying overhead in all it’s red white & blue glory! join us in a fun family event for everyone. Build a sand castle, fly a kite, enjoy the beautiful Sonoma Coast!

[Idaho Falls,] Idaho’s Orginal Kite festival.
Come fly with the friendliest kite flyers in Idaho Falls! Many events are schedualed thru the afternoon. Last year had folks from 800 miles away attending. Come have a little fun with us.

[Logansport] NEW this year! There will be a children’s kite-making workshop at the Little Turtle Plaza from 9AM - 11:30AM followed by a fun fly at the Federal Mogul plant on South State Road 329 from 1PM - 4PM.

[Valparaiso] Sunset Hill Farms County Park is located near Indiana Dunes and is the perfect setting to have kiting fun for the entire family! Come out Friday night and watch kites with lights take to the skies like UFO’s! On Saturday, families can enjoy clowns, food & drinks, a hayride and kites, kites, kites!

[Galesburg] The 3rd annual Kites Over Lake Storey event is May 7 & 8 2005. This fun family festival is FREE and welcomes EVERYONE! Professional Kite flying,sinlge kite flying,show kite flying, kite making,kite vendors and candy drops make this event successful!On Staurday, May 7th the event will end with the Nite Lites & Kites firework and kite show. A silent auction will take place all weekend long and will end at 1:30p.m. Sunday, May 8th. Bring your kite and come fly with us or just come to watch. There will be great prizes and gifts for everyone. Any questions or concerns regarding the event please contact myself, Kelsey Fuller at 309.345.3604.
GREAT food and drinks will be avaliable by some of Galesburg’s finest ... both days!Don't miss this SPECTACULAR event!
If you are interested in receiving any information contact me and I would be glad to send you some information on the event and/or what the city of Galesburg has to offer YOU!
If you are a professional kiter and are interested in participating call me to see if I still have some rooms avaliable for you for FREE- both nights. You are what makes this event possible. I look forward to your call. Rooms are going quick so, please call me(309.345.3604) by January 2005 to reserve your room! Hope to see you!

[Tulsa] 12th annual festival of kites will include buggies, fighters, single line, dual line, ground display, family kiting, kid’s kite making. A silent auction will be provided at the field with various kite related items donated by kite enthusiasts from the surrounding area.

[Grinnell, IA 50112] A young event, in its 4th year, but growing every year. Lots of open space to fly those biiiiiggg kites! Last year we had about 8 big kites looking for more. Group ascension at l:00 pm. A dusk fly, indoor kites, children’s workshop in morning. Good food, good times. Come join us!!!G

[Muncie] Bring the kids to the kite-making workshop starting at 10AM and then fly the kites just made at one of the best flying venues in the area!

[Salisbury] Annual kite fly featuring performances by Archie Stewart and others choreographed to music. Live DJ spinning tunes all day. free hot dogs and soda.

[Easton] LVKS Kite Day in the Park is an annual event. It’s a day to bring your kites an come out to fly or just come out and watch all the colorful kites in the sky. There will be free kite building for the kids, a rokkaku battle and much more.

[Kendallville] This is a sled kite-making workshop for children of all ages. The event will be from 11AM - 4PM with a fun fly taking place at the same time.

[Grand Haven]

[Madison] The 7 annual Hammonasset Kite Festival is located next to the beautiful Atlantic Ocean.

Bring the family … come play … have fun …

Volunteers are always welcome. For additional information, please call Gary at 401.942.3606.

[Fort Walton Beach] This is our 1st Annual Kite Festival & Beach Fun Fly,and we hope to expand & grow each year. This year we will have free kids kite-making, stunt kite demos on the beach, of course a mass ascencion, and lots of games and fun. There will also be an amateur kite making contest with the winner being selected by "People’s Choice", and lots of other fun contests such as largest kite, smallest kite, oldest flier,& youngest flier.

[Topeka, Kansas] A three day event starting Friday 5pm with night fly. Competition on Saturday, Sunday if needed. Buggy races, fighter kite, demo’s, kite store, concession, candy drops, water balloon drop. Camping on site with no hookups. indoor fly Saturday with a live auction with proceeds going to our charity, American Diabetes Association.

[Varennes] Vent D’Ékinox presents FreeFly 2005 June 4-5 ,2005.

This event kicks off the 2005 summer season. Normand Girard (AKA member) and owner of Vent D'Ekinox (VDE) is happy to sponsor the FreeFly 2005 event, Normand Girard will be the official AKA Chairperson for this event, the FQCV (AKA affiliated club Federation Quebecoise du Cerf-Volant) will help out by supplying AKA members to provide the security requirements of the AKA for obtaining the AKA Sanctioned status and insurance required by the City of Varennes, Quebec, Canada.

By having a festival at the beginning of the summer, new fliers will have the opportunity to meet up with the experienced ones, thus creating an evironment where the experienced fliers can pass on their knowledge. Its also a good time to discuss the upcoming events and make arrangements to attend them.

The majority of one line fliers in Quebec build their own kites. So this festival is also a venue for exchanging information on all facets of kite design and construction and stimulates creativity.

The site which is approximately 2000' long and 500' wide and will be divided into 2 fields with field orientation depending on wind direction.

Field 1 is reserved for Vent D'Ekinox for their kite demo tryouts and for the stunt kites.

Field 2 will be used mainly for free flying single line kites.

This the list of the AKA members who will be acting as the onfield safety personnel :

Normand Girard
Pierre Grégoire
André Bernard

[Mooresville] Time: 4pm until dark. The annual Relay for Life event that raises funds and awareness for cancer and cancer research has asked kite flyers to put on a little demo to help participants pass the time. The demo can consist of ballet routines and/or examples of different kite types.

[Muncie] Times: Sat. 9AM - 5PM; Sun. 10AM - 3PM. This will be a fun fly in the company of some thrilling model aircraft flyers! Join us for some fun kite flying and then marvel at the unique and awesome model aircraft that will be flying most of the time.

[Albuquerque] This is our third annual event and again marks the beginning of the annual !Traditions! Wind Festival, a three month display of wind sculptures from artists around the world. The !Traditions! complex is located mid way between Albuquerque and Santa Fe New Mexico. This historic area is home to a number of Native American Pueblos and is rich in both history and beauty. The area is also home to some of the country’s best known Native American artists. This year’s event will feature an historic display of kites from Germany placed by The Drachen Foundation. This is a don't miss festival with some of the bluest skys you're ever likely to see.

[Glen Ellyn] The GLEN ELLYN PARK DISTRICT Family Fun Kite Fly will include the following activities: Demonstrations and stunts by “Chicago Kite”, “Sparling Kite Entertainment”, and “Chromatic Kites”. Kites of all sizes, as large as 90 feet, will be soaring through the sky for all to see. Families will have the opportunity to participate in learn-to-fly lessons, fun family flying, kite-making workshops, single line flying, and a night fly along with a chance to look at the stars, featuring the “Star Gazers”! But wait there is more... “Universal Hover Craft” will be showcasing with live demonstrations and stunts, children and parents will also have the opportunity to try remote control hover crafts on site. Come and enjoy free musical entertainment, raffles, and a kite flyin’ good time! Concessions will be sold at Holes & Knolls Miniature Golf Course.
Participants are encouraged to bring their own kites for this fun, leisurely kite fly sponsored by CHICAGO KITE.
For more information about the GLEN ELLYN PARK DISTRICT’S “Family Fun Fly Kite Festival” event, please call CORRINE KROGER at 630-858-2462 ext. 24 or visit www.gepark.org.

[Bangor] Bangor’s first annual KiteFest, produced by Maine Discovery Museum, will take place at the Bangor Waterfront on the Penobscot River. In addition to playing host to several Northeast kiting clubs, the festival will offer professional kiting areas where the pros can show off their incomprarable skills. There will also be a novice flying area, lessons from the pros for beginners, kite history and kite building workshops, musical entertainment and the grand opening of a spectacular traveling kite exhibit from the Drachen Foundation at Maine Discovery Museum, a short walk from the flying field.