Description

Event Map:

Click Here for a PDF view of the event map.


Manitowoc's biggest waterfront family-friendly festival is back! This free community event is organized by The Chamber of Manitowoc County and the City of Manitowoc and all proceeds go back to the community. Visit Lakeshore Balloon Glow on Facebook for more information.

Children's Area Activities 
Activities in the Children's Area include: bounces houses (5:00 - 8:30 p.m.), face painting and balloon animals provided by Mischief & Magic, and activities provided by the Manitowoc Public Library and Lakeshore First Robotics. 

Food and Beverage Options 
Come hungry to Lakeshore Balloon Glow! There will be two beverage areas selling beer, soda and water, and there will be about a dozen food trucks.
Participating food trucks will be released closer to the event date. 

Shuttle Service
Buses and a trolley will continuously shuttle event attendees to the downtown event grounds from offsite parking lots throughout the night. 

Service and parking will be available at the following locations:

Lincoln High School
JFK Fieldhouse Parking Lot
S. 9th St., Manitowoc

Roncalli High School
2000 Mirro Dr., Manitowoc

Faith Church
2201 S 42nd St, Manitowoc

Trolley/Shuttle service will begin at 4:45pm from each of the pickup/parking sites, and will continuously loop throughout the night in about 30 minute segments. The last shuttle/trolleys will leave the event grounds at 9:00pm.

We need more volunteers for this event for the 7:00-9:00pm shift at the Bar and we need more Balloon Handlers (6:30-8:30 PM). Click Here to sign up and get a free t-shirt!