Mark Your Calendar!  The 30th Annual Quick Chek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning returns July 27-29th in Readington.  Live entertainment, food, family activities – and of course the mass accession of 125 balloons! 

And don’t miss Motown Legend and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Smokey Robison, headlining a concert Saturday night in conjunction with the “Greatest Glow on Earth"- this beautiful sight occurs when the balloon pilots ignite their burners simultaneously, creating an amazing glow that has been compared to Christmas in July!

For more info, check out their website at http://www.balloonfestival.com/

By Jenny Tananbaum

Jenny Tananbaum is a writer, wife and mom to three. suburbanmom@njkidsonline.com