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INTRODUCTION
10 to 19 December 2026
After five years of growth and a record-setting sixth edition, Qatar Balloon Festival is coming back bigger. From 10 to 19 December 2026, the skies over Qatar fill again with hot air balloons, special shapes from around the world, and nightly Night Glows. Created and organized by Safe Flight Solutions, QBF7 lands right in the heart of Qatar’s winter season and the National Day period.
Qatar Balloon Festival 5th Edition participants
Sally stevens
United Kingdom
Yves Lannoy Viner
Belgium
Jean-Philippe audhuy
France
Alexis Bruggeman
France
Ashley Moore
United Kingdom
Francisco Naccarato
Brazil
Luiz Assis
Brazil
Reginaldo Souza
Brazil
Lubor Lelovits
Slovakia
Warley Macedo
Brazil
Caio Avelino da Silva
Brazil
Murilo Redefurnas
Brazil
Fabio Lopes
Brazil
PANG HUIBIN
China
Áron Nyíri
Hungary
Martin Unsworth
Canada
Matthias Schlegel
Germany
Masahiko Fujita
Japan
Robert (Bobby) Frankham
United Kingdom
Sandor Simon
Hungary
Monika Zams
Poland
Karolina Wilk
Poland
Virginijus Remeika
Lithuania
Artiom Babince
Lithuania
Albertas Kerdokas
Lithuania
Borche Paunovski
Macedonia
Dave Baker
United Kingdom
Frédéric gourinel
France
Miklos Lorincz
Romania
Joachim Buron Pilatre
France
Lee hoope
United Kingdom
Sam hooper
United Kingdom
Žydrūnas Kazlauskas
Lithuania
Adriana Llabo
Spain
Roberval Alves De Roza
Brazil
SIMÉONS Patrick
Belgium
John Kenny
Ireland
Thomas Gleixner
Switzerland
Emmanuel Legros
France
Edcar Vermeuien
Netherlands
Debby Young
USA
Rafael Cirimbelli da Lu
Brazil
Bartlomiej Pyza
Poland
Przemyslaw Moscicki
Poland
Juozas Varanka
Lithuania
Vero Garcilazo
Mexico city
Alex Daniels
United Kingdom
Pasha
Turkey
Marije Roozendaal
Netherland
The 6th Edition, by the numbers
45 balloons
35 of them special shapes
The largest gathering of special-shape balloons ever hosted in Qatar.
Overseas pilots and crew flown in
Hotel room nights generated
Countries represented by pilots and crew
QATAR BALLOON FESTIVAL’s Reminiscence
