(AR, LA, NM, OK, TX)
Legend
Sport Kite Competition = (SKC)
Single Line Competition = (SLC)
Fun Festival (Fun flying for all) = (FF)
Kite Making = (KM)
Demonstrations = (DM)
Jan. 12-13-- 2nd Great Texas Kite Club Party/Fly
(FF)
Rockport, TX (Rockport Beach Park)
C: Dano & Nancy
361-442-4608
wickedrevs56@yahoo.com
Feb. 2-3-- SPI Kite Festival (FF/DM)
South Padre
Island, TX (on the flats)
C: Bill & Susie Doan (956)761-1248
bskites@hotmail.com
http://www.bskites.com
Special guest fliers:
John Barresi of Portland, OR
David Hathaway of Vancouver, B.C. Canada
Activities include: Fun flying for anyone, sport kite demos, music, food vendors, raffles, silent auction, Banquet & live kite auction.
Feb.
23 - N.W. Recreation Center kite workshop 26th Annual
(KM)
Austin,TX.
C:
Richard Robertson (512)458-4107
Mar. 2--80th Annual Zilker Park Kite Festival
(SLC/KM/FF/DM)
Austin,TX (2100 Barton Springs Rd.)
(Rain date Mar 9th)
C: Dorsey & Bunnie Twidwell
Home:(512)339-0412
512-471-9117
bunnie@mail.utexas.edu
Click here for Festival webpage.
Mar. 15--2nd Annual Kite Festival and Dog Fair
(FF/DM)
San Antonio, TX (McAllister Park)
C: Ray Knox
ray@star-glow.com
http://www.safriendsoftheparks.org/kitefestival.htm
Mar. 15--21st Annual Spiro Mounds Kite Flite Day
(FF/KM/DM)
Spiro, OK
(Spiro Mounds Archaeological center, located 3 miles east of Spiro, OK, on Hwy 9/271 & 4 miles north on Lock and Dam Rd.)
C: Dennis
Peterson
918-962-2062
spiromds@ipa.net
Activities: Kites of all types, hundreds of participants, Arts & Crafts, food vendors. Donated kites given away hourly by drawing, free guided tour of prehistoric native american archaeological site.
Mar. 15--Kite Flight and Family Fun Day
(FF/KM)
Western Hills Guest Ranch & Sequoyah State Park
Hulbert, OK 74441
C: Todd
918-772-2545 or 918-772-2108
sequoyah@oklahomaparks.com
Activities: Kite building and decorating classes (kites provided.) Prizes wil be awarded for the best decorated and most creative kite in two age groups. Rusty the Rodeo Clown will hand out balloons and paint faces.
Mar. 15--2nd Elzie Odom Kite Festival
(FF/KM/DM)
River Legacy Parks
North Cooper St., Arlington, Texas 76006
C. Jennifer Lecroy (City of Arlington)
(817)459-6434
jennifer.lecroy@arlingtontx.gov
Activities: Sport Kite Competition, fun flying, Kid's kite building, fun single line competition (biggest, smallest. longest tail, etc..., Demos, food, entertainment.
Mar. 22-- 18th Eureka Springs Kite Festival
Eureka Springs, AR
(at Turpentine Creek wildlife Preserve - 7 miles south of Eureka Springs on highway 23)
C: Steve & Linda Rogers
work: 888-836-6251
zizirogers@gmail.com
Mar. 29--Kite Day at the Preserve
(FF/DM)
Mineola Nature Preserve...1860 County Road 2724 Mineola, TX 75773)
C: J.S. Heppner
903-569-8228 membership@mnpfriends.org
Apr.4-6--3rd Annual Cloud Buster Kite Festival
(SLC/FF/KM/DM)
Perrin, TX
(at Mitchell Resort and RV Park...2730 FM 2210 E. Perrin, TX 76486)
C: Doris Reed & Kevin McGrath
940-798-4615
mitchellrvpk@yahoo.com
http://www.mitchellrvpark.com
Event Info:
Fun for all ages! Fun flying, sport kite Demonstrations, Food Vendors, Live Music, Kids Kite Building.
Apr. 5--Go Fly a Kite Kite Festival
(FF/KM/SLC/DM)
LAS VEGAS, N.M.
(at Storrie Lake State Park, which is four miles north of Las Vegas. NM, via N.M. 518)
C: Manuel Villanueva 505-425-7278
Event Info:
Kites, kids, hawks and wind take center stage at the first High Fliers Kite Festival. The new festival includes free kite-making booths, kite competitions, live hawks, a Native American storyteller, and kite and food vendors. The general public is welcome to come and enjoy the event along with the kids. Come out and fly a kite!
For more info:
http://www.emnrd.state.nm.us/prd/documents/PR-ParksGoFlyaKiteatStorrieLakeKiteFestival.pdf
Apr. 5--Whitewater Mesa Fun Kite Fly (4th Annual)
(FF/KM/DM)
Glenwood, NM (Whitewater Mesa LAbyrinths mile marker 3 Bursum Road)
C: Cordelia Rose
575-538-2868
cordelia@starband.net
Description:
Come to Glenwood and fly a kite! Join us for the fourth Annual Whitewater Mesa Fun Kite Flying Picnic, Tailgate too! Free raffle drawing for a kite every hour. Plenty of space!
BRING: your picnic, your kites, your laughter, your family and friends, and something to sit on.
Apr. 5--Siloam Springs Kite Day (6th Annual)
(FF/KM/DM)
Siloam Springs, AR (Siloam Springs Airport...Hwy 59 North)
C: Libby Wand
479-524-5779 Lwand@siloamsprings.com
Apr 5-6--Kite Fest Louisiane
(FF/KM/DM)
Port Allen, LA
C: Gayle Woodul
830-598-2414
drgayle@tstar.net
http://www.westbatonrouge.net/kitefest.php
Apr. 5-6--Portland WindFest
(FF/DM)
Portland, TX
C: Portland Chamber of Commerce
877-643-2475 chamber@portlandtx.org
Apr. 13--Great North Texas Kite Festival
(FF/DM) C: Gloria Harmon (Rainbows 4 Sail)
Cedar Hills, TX (Valley Ridge Park)
972-938-3954 AKA Sanctioned Sport kite competitions will not happen at this year's event, but will return in 2009! Come join us for Fun Flying, Demonstrations, kite store sales, plus more! Apr. 12-13--Highland Bayou Park Kite Festival (FF/DM) 409-762-0990
knixie@aol.com Apr 17-20 The Playas Landsailing & Kite Buggy Event Southern, NM
psafier@comcast.net April
19--5th Annual Cannon AFB Kite Karnival (FF/KM/DM) 505-784-6381 Maria.huff@cannon.af.mil
Apr.25-27--2nd Annual Ruidoso Kite Fest (FF/DM)
Home: 575-258-1546 Cell: 575-973-1004 Apr. 26 - Harlingen Kite Festival
(FF/DM)
956-873-0391 May 3-4--White Rock Lake Festival (FF) 214-893-3157 May
3-4-- 7th Annual New Mexico Wind Festival (FF/DM/SLC) 505-286-5042
May
10-11-----Tulsa Wind Riders 14th Annual Festival of Kites (FF/KM/DM) 405-612-4969 May 16-18--11th Los Alamos Arts Council Kite Festival (FF/DM) C: Marlane Hamilton (505) 663-0477 May 18--DFW Dragon Boat, Kite, & Lantern Festival (Annual) (FF/DM) 830-598-2414
May 23-26--Junction Kitemakers Retreat
Junction, TX
325-692-5927 May 31 & June 1--Ark Air Museum Kite Festival (FF/DM)
479-841-3791 June 7 - Audrey's Beach Day and Kite Fly (KM/FF/DM) C: Dano Wright 361-442-4608
dano@windsongkite.com Proceeds go to assist children with Downs Syndrome. June 20-22--Summer Balloon Fest
(FF) (DM) Midway Airport
off Hwy 287 (Waxahachie/Midlothian, Texas)
June 28-29--15th Annual Libertyfest Kite Fest (KM/FF/DM) (405)341-5477
Sep. 13--Sister Cities 9th Annual Kite Fest (FF/DM/KM) Shawnee, OK C: Cheryl Cowden Sep. 22-27--31st American Kitefliers Association Grand Nationals & Convention. C: Mel Hickman (800)252-2550 Oct. 11--Tulsa Air and Space Museum Kite Fest (FF/DM/KM) Tulsa, OK C: Larry Stiles 918-630-9334 fax 918-745-2038 Oct. 12---23rd Annual One Sky One World Fly World Wide
Mass Ascension for Peace
Any location
you pick! Oct. 18-19--3rd Kites Over Granbury Kite Festival (SLC/KM/FF/DM) phone: 817-573-5483 Nov.
1-2---12th South Padre Island Kite Festival South Padre
Island, TX (the flats) C: Guy Blatnik Nov 17-24--15th Dead Bird Buggy Bash and Kite Fly
C: Charles "AJ" Jackson 832-250-3773
kitemobile2@sbcglobal.net
kitemobile2@juno.com
Festival Notes:
La Marque, TX
(Highland Bayou Park - Exit 10 off of I45 follow the service rd going south. Park entrance will be on right after Oasis RV Park)
C: Kathy Nixie
Activities:
Free kite workshop for 50 kids each day, Fun flying for everyone, demos, etc...
C: Phil Safier
http://www.spinn.net/~blake/events.htm
Directions: Exit off of I-10 half way between Deming & Lordsburg, at exit 49. Take Hwy 146 south 20 miles to Hatchita, NM, then weston Hwy 9 and drive 15 miles to Playas Smelter Rd., then turn south and drive to mile marker #4 and turn right (This turn is onto a dirt road, just before an intersection with tall street lights). The dry lake access will be from the east side of the dry lake bed. NOTE: There are no stores or facilities within 50 miles, so bring what you need!
Clovis, NM
(at Doc Stewart Park on the corner of 60/84 and 311 Ranchvale Road)
C: Maria Huff
Ruidoso, NM
C: Bruce and Beth DeFoor
bd4@zianet.com
Harlingen, TX (Harlingen Sports Complex Park)
C: Esmeralda Martinez
emimartin@yahoo.com
May
Dallas, TX
(on Boy Scout Hill
East on Mockingbird Lane, past W. Lawther, past Dog Park, over Mockingbird Bridge at White Rock)
C: Donna Smithson
donnasmithson@sbcglobal.net
http://www.whiterocklakefoundation.org/festival.html
Event Info:
This is not a regular kite festival, but we would like kite flyers to come and fly.
Other Activities include: crafts, music, face painting, pony rides, pet adoptions, wine tasting, petting zoo, & more!.
Edgewood, NM (Wildlife West Nature Park)
C: Roger Holden
parksrec@edgewood-nm.gov
http://www.edgewood-nm.gov
Tulsa, OK (43rd & Garnett.)
C: Catherine Gabrel
cgabrel@swbell.net
Los Alamos, NM (Spirio Soccer Fields at Overlook Park, Whiterock)
laarts@rt66.com
Activities: Fun flying, kids kite making, kite candy drops, kite demos, food, entertainment, Frday night concert, lighted night fly, free event T-shirts at kids kite workshop for kids.
Irving, Texas (at Lake Carolyn)
C: Gayle Woodul
drgayle@tstar.net
For more info:
http://www.dfwDragonBoatFestival.com
(KM/FF/DM)
(Texas Tech Extension Campus...2 Miles south of I-10 & Hwy 83)
C: Judy Kingery
Judyabilene@suddenlink.net
http://windweavers.tripod.com/junction-retreat.htm
- Instructor proposals accepted through Feb 28. 2008.
- $225 registration fee for participants.
- The registration fee will be waived for instructors.
!!CANCELLED!!
Fayetteville, AR .
(at the Washington County Fairgrounds)
C: Warren Jones
warren.jones1@cox.net
- Festival Comments: This will be an annual festival! We will have restroom facilities and concessions. We have also arranged for discounted hotel rooms that are one and two exits from the flying field (contact for more info).
- Attractions: Kites of all types, kids kite building, demos, etc...
June
Sport Kite Competition
Rockport, TX
Festival Notes:
There will be a free dinner provide to all dedicated kite flyers, so please RSVP to Dano Wright, asap!
C: Debby Standefer (Pres & CEO)
(469) 644-4576
Gloria Harmon
(972) 880-0520
kitemobile2@juno.com
Kite Demos and Flying at designated time intervals before and after balloon launches.
Edmond, OK (N.W. Covell between Kelly & Santa Fe)
C: Terry Officer
Event Website:
http://libertyfest.org/LibertyfestKiteFest.php
July
August & September
(St. Gregory's University)
(405)878-0375
Included on the festivities will be a Japanese kite exhibit.
Gettysburg, PA
XD@aka.kite.org
http://www.aka.kite.org
October
(43rd and Garnett East 43rd and South Garnett Road)
bismallw@aol.com
Activities:
Kite Art Exhibit, Fun Fly, Kids Fly, Kitemaking Competition, Kids Kitemaking Work Shops.
Description:
Fundraiser for Tulsa Air and Space Museum. A one-day event with schools entering kites into competition, kite demonstrations by local kite club, and kite education presented by Richard and Marti Dermer.
c: One Sky One World
Phone: 303-571-1744
jpa@earthnet.net
One Sky One World Website
(Flying kites for kids in Crisis)
Granbury, TX
(300 acre field at Highways 377 and 167 (Fall Creek Hwy) across the street from Jerry Durant Toyota at: 5100 E Hwy 377 N., Granbury, TX 76049)
C: Family Fun Kites
sales@familyfunkites.com
http://familyfunkites.com/?D=11
Host Hotel: Granbury Inn & Suites
1339 N Plaza Dr.
Granbury, TX 76048
800-858-8607
Activities: Open fun flying, Kite making, kite buggies, professional kite demos, Raffles & Prizes, Kids kite candy drop, Concessions, Face painting, sport kite team flying, etc...
November
!!CANCELLED Because of Hurricane Damage!!
Sport Kite Competition
(SKC/SLC/DM/FF)
Home: 956-761-7028
Cell: 956-299-0731
GuyBlatnik@kiteshop.com
(FF/DM)
Galveston, TX. (at East Beach)
(Pre-event at San Luis Pass on the west end of the Island)
action967@msn.com
Website:
http://deadbirdbuggybash.com/
This is one of 2 premier kite buggy gatherings in North America! This event also draws other styles of kite flyers and is one great kite flyers gathering, and everyone is welcome! You can now visit the DBBB website and register your name if you're coming. An accurate head count is necessary so this year's Turkey Day cooks will know how much food to prepare for the DBBB kiting attendees, their guest, and family members.
December
