Kitefliers often get together to fly, to display their kites, and sometimes to make kites. These events vary in scale from large week long international events to small one - day local events. Most kite festivals are public events, workshops usually require booking.
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Report on the biannual Bali Kite Festival.
Includes an amusing text report on the Berrow buggy festival 1996.
A free UK kite festival run by the Brighton Kite Flyers for both the family and the enthusiast.
Annual May event. Find general information and location map.
Report on Bristol 1995, published in Drachen Magazin.
Features events in and around Chicago, other towns in Illinois, Wisconsin and the Midwest.
Held annually on the first weekend in March. Includes a list of teachers and classes, photos, and instructor application and raffle forms. Located in Port Townsend, Washington, United States.
Festival in Iowa, sponsored by Burlington Jaycees.
Held in Marina California, this festival includes kites, hang gliders, paper airplanes, food and music.
A non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion and support of kiting helps plan kite festivals each spring.
Kitemakers retreat in January on the Oregon coast. In attendance are kite making instructors from all over the US and the world. Site provides lodging information, instructor bios, and registration packets.
South African Kite Flyers Association International Kite Festival at Van Riebeeck Strand Melkbosstrand.
Family fun day fly-in, South London.
Photos and a brief review of the event.
Long Beach, WA festival held annually in August.
Report published in Drachen Magazin.
Includes gallery of images from the biggest festival in the UK.
The World Kite Museum celebrates the achievements and magic of kiting world-wide.
Annual May event. Find general information and location map.
Features events in and around Chicago, other towns in Illinois, Wisconsin and the Midwest.
A non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion and support of kiting helps plan kite festivals each spring.
Report on the biannual Bali Kite Festival.
Includes an amusing text report on the Berrow buggy festival 1996.
Includes gallery of images from the biggest festival in the UK.
Photos and a brief review of the event.
A free UK kite festival run by the Brighton Kite Flyers for both the family and the enthusiast.
Report published in Drachen Magazin.
Held annually on the first weekend in March. Includes a list of teachers and classes, photos, and instructor application and raffle forms. Located in Port Townsend, Washington, United States.
Family fun day fly-in, South London.
The World Kite Museum celebrates the achievements and magic of kiting world-wide.
Report on Bristol 1995, published in Drachen Magazin.
Long Beach, WA festival held annually in August.
Kitemakers retreat in January on the Oregon coast. In attendance are kite making instructors from all over the US and the world. Site provides lodging information, instructor bios, and registration packets.
Held in Marina California, this festival includes kites, hang gliders, paper airplanes, food and music.
South African Kite Flyers Association International Kite Festival at Van Riebeeck Strand Melkbosstrand.
Festival in Iowa, sponsored by Burlington Jaycees.
