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Uttoxeter Racecourse

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We attended the event Saturday evening after having such an amazing experience at the last balloon fiesta we were left deflated and disappointed. We wanted to get there for 5pm to watch the bike trials but due to large amounts of traffic we didn't even reach the racecourse until 5:50pm and then had to queue to find a parking spot. When arriving in the racecourse we were not told the balloons weren't flying but were greeted by a large amount of people leaving which wasn't the best start, we had no idea what was going on. We were expecting 50/52 balloons and arrived to see around 5 vans on the field with only one balloon being attempted. With the weather in mind we knew the chances of the balloons flying was always a possibility which we completely understood so as per the Facebook page we were under the impression everything was cash and card friendly. We had our 3 young children with us and we thought we could still make an evening of it but we didn't bring any cash apart from £3 due to thinking we could pay card so one child had one ride and that was it but the staff member wouldn't allow one of our children on alone so we would of had to pay for an adult too!  We looked for the "buy tokens" but when approaching a fair member of staff he said he didn't know anything about tokens and it was cash only. We then thought we'd buy very overpriced candyfloss and we would watch the stunt show and to put it politely it wasn't really a "show" it wasn't entertaining and nothing was really happening.. so again we thought we'd wait to see the balloon glow.. which then turned out to be a "basket glow" at 8:30pmwhich then moved to 9:00pm so we didn't even have the option to see any balloons for the "balloon" glow! By 8:40pm after reading the updated Facebook post we decided to leave, after such a disappointing night i then emailed asking for a refund, the Facebook page went missing and we heard nothing back. The Facebook page has since returned and I sent a message asking for a response for a refund, the page messaged me weeks later with a rude response and has now blocked me! ABSOLUTELY AVOID!

Review of Staffordshire Hot Air Balloon Festival

A waste of money and a huge disappointment for the kids. Balloons didn't fly due to wind, get that but there only looked like there were 3 baskets. Hardly a balloon festival! Rides and stalls overpriced.

Awful, absolute waste of money! Over priced and terribly organised.  Huge waste of money for an awful day out!

The Uttoxeter balloon festival was a big let down as this was basically a big funfair with little else on offer. The negative feedback is not in relation to the hot air balloonâs not going up as this is clearly weather dependent. Event was more for families with young children. Definitely would NOT recommend!!!

Entered the venue at 3pm and didn’t see a single balloon. Basically paid to enter a funfair to then have to pay for everything else inside.

I think the event should have been cancelled. I think organisers were well aware the show couldn't go ahead. A real disappointment. Such a shame. It ended up really expensive as the balloon event wasn't substituted for anything else and therefore the only other thing for the children to do was the over priced rides.

Absolute waste of time security staff where a complete jobs worth!! Really BAD attitude and discrimination against people for no reason, they allowed people through restricted routes by choice and when approached by other family’s they were told to go all they way around, The rides where going up in price by the hour, fairground ride staff were absolute vile bad attitude and manners to say the least as for the shows there were people who decided to put the whole kitchen and dinning room along the fence which was a massive obstruction, honestly can say it was chav tastic to say the least very limited entertainment couldn’t even hear any music as for the balloons they could have improvised and had something to replace them if the wind was to strong, the traffic coming into and out the venue was disgusting what a complete scam & waste of money the organisers defiantly need to go back to the drawing board with this event which was more like a typical fairground if I had the choice would give it a minus 10!!

In agreement with other reviews. I do understand the issues with weather and the balloons, but there was really very little to do except pay exorbitant prices for fairground rides. 
The entertainment put on in the main arena could not be seen by all spectators. The 'trials bike demonstration' consisted of one man on a mountain bike performing in around 5m² of the field. I think around 20 people could actually see him. How is that 'main arena entertainment'. 
You would be better off getting a 2 for 1 ticket for Alton Towers and spending all day there. Will not be going again.

Unfortunately won’t be in a hurry to come back, I think the traffic to get parked tarnished the whole experience, we live close by and was still in the car queuing for two hours. The weather wasn’t on your side which is fair enough, everyone knew this when booking, safety is a priority for all involved and we did get to see one hot air balloon and I’m grateful to those people for that but I think our day would of been saved if you had moved the fireworks and basket glow up in the schedule as there was not much else to do apart from fork out money for fairground rides and when you’ve already paid to get in you want to feel like the money you paid was worth it and unfortunately for us it wasn’t.

The. Balloon festival was very good, plenty of food outlets  and the tribute acts were very entertaining 

Review of Staffordshire Balloon Festival

Great day out. Lots to do and see throughout the day

A very hot day but wonderful to see all the balloons go up! Children's rides a bit pricey, entertainment in the ring for the crowds to enjoy. Will go for the evening session next year, thankfully sufficient disabled accessible toilets available! 

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Stoke On Trent

Situated just off the A50 between Burton on Trent and Stoke on Trent the racecourse is clearly signposted from the A50, A515, A518 and Uttoxeter Town Centre.

90s Rave Rewind Festival Uttoxeter

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80s Retro Revival Festival - Uttoxeter

Balloons & Tunes - Midlands - Weekend (Fri-Sun)

Tier 1 - Weekend Entry - 0-3 years

Weekend Parking - 1 vehicle

Final Release - Weekend Entry - Family (2 adults & 2 children)

Final Release - Weekend Entry - Adult 16+

Final Release - Weekend Entry - 3-15 years

Final Release - Weekend Entry - 0-3 years

Tier 1 - Weekend Entry - Family (2 adults & 2 children)

Tier 1 - Weekend Entry - Adult 16+

Tier 1 - Weekend Entry - 3-15 years

Balloons & Tunes UK

Balloons & Tunes - Midlands - Friday

Final Release - Friday Entry - 3-15 years

Friday Parking - 1 vehicle

Tier 1 - Friday Entry - Adult 16+

Tier 1 - Friday Entry - Family (2 adults & 2 children)

Final Release - Friday Entry - Family (2 adults & 2 children)

Final Release - Friday Entry - Adult 16+

Final Release - Friday Entry - 0-3 years

Tier 1 - Friday Entry - 3-15 years

Tier 1 - Friday Entry - 0-3 years

Balloons & Tunes - Midlands - Saturday

Tier 1 - Saturday Entry - 0-3 years

Saturday Parking - 1 vehicle

Tier 1 - Saturday Entry - Adult 16+

Tier 1 - Saturday Entry - Family (2 adults & 2 children)

Final Release - Saturday Entry - Family (2 adults & 2 children)

Final Release - Saturday Entry - Adult 16+

Tier 1 - Saturday Entry - 3-15 years

Final Release - Saturday Entry - 0-3 years

Final Release - Saturday Entry - 3-15 years

Trucks & Tunes - Midlands - Sunday

Sunday Parking - 1 vehicle

Tier 1 - Sunday Entry - Adult 16+

Tier 1 - Sunday Entry - Family (2 adults & 2 children)

Tier 1 - Sunday Entry - 3-15 years

Tier 1 - Sunday Entry - 0-3 years

Final Release - Sunday Entry - Family (2 adults & 2 children)

Final Release - Sunday Entry - Adult 16+

Final Release - Sunday Entry - 3-15 years

Final Release - Sunday Entry - 0-3 years

Monster Country Festival - Uttoxeter

Tier 1 - Adult Entry - 16+ years

Tier 1 - Family Entry - 2 x adults & 2 x children

Parking - 1 vehicle

Tier 1 - Child Entry - 4 - 15 years

Child Entry - 0 - 3 years

Final Release - Adult Entry - 16+ years

Final Release - Child Entry - 4 - 15 years

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