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Photos: 2022 Cedar Rapids Freedom Festival Balloon Glow
Jun. 20, 2022 9:00 am
Community members take their seats on hill before the Freedom Festival Balloon Glow at Jones Park in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Saturday, June 18, 2022. The event featured the Great American Kites company and 80s cover band The Breakfast Club in addition to the hot air balloons. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)
The Breakfast Club performs during the Freedom Festival Balloon Glow at Jones Park in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Saturday, June 18, 2022. The event featured the Great American Kites company and 80s cover band The Breakfast Club in addition to the hot air balloons. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)
Peter Kamp of Marion fires a burner to inflate a hot-air balloon during the Freedom Festival Balloon Glow at Jones Park in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Saturday, June 18, 2022. The event featured the Great American Kites company and 80s cover band The Breakfast Club in addition to the hot air balloons. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)
Peter Kamp of Marion fires a burner to inflate a hot-air balloon during the Freedom Festival Balloon Glow at Jones Park in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Saturday, June 18, 2022. The event featured the Great American Kites company and 80s cover band The Breakfast Club in addition to the hot air balloons. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)
Katin Whitenack dances with his daughter Iris, age 7, during the Freedom Festival Balloon Glow at Jones Park in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Saturday, June 18, 2022. The event featured the Great American Kites company and 80s cover band The Breakfast Club in addition to the hot air balloons. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)
Spectators look on during the Freedom Festival Balloon Glow at Jones Park in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Saturday, June 18, 2022. The event featured the Great American Kites company and 80s cover band The Breakfast Club in addition to the hot air balloons. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)
Susan Stamats fires the burner as other balloonists look on during the Freedom Festival Balloon Glow at Jones Park in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Saturday, June 18, 2022. The event featured the Great American Kites company and 80s cover band The Breakfast Club in addition to the hot air balloons. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)
Peter Kamp of Marion fires a burner to inflate a hot-air balloon during the Freedom Festival Balloon Glow at Jones Park in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Saturday, June 18, 2022. The event featured the Great American Kites company and 80s cover band The Breakfast Club in addition to the hot air balloons. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)
Spectators look on during the Freedom Festival Balloon Glow at Jones Park in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Saturday, June 18, 2022. The event featured the Great American Kites company and 80s cover band The Breakfast Club in addition to the hot air balloons. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)
