We were lucky to get an RV site at the fairgrounds. We visited the hot air balloon festival in 2017 and wrote a post about our fantastic experience. The event is attended by nearly 750,000 visitors each year, many of whom come from out of town in their RVs looking for a place to stay. It is truly a beautiful sight to see hundreds of hot air balloons take off over the Sandia mountains and land each day. It is rightfully one of the world’s most photographed events and makes it to the top of many RV’ers bucket list. hot air balloon festival) is held for nine days each year during the first week in October in New Mexico. The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta (i.e. Last Updated on Novemby The Albuquerque Hot Air Balloon Festival