Temecula Valley Balloon & Wine Festival Wins International Awards

Andrea Jacobson (l) and Carol Popejoy of the Temecula Valley Balloon and Wine Festival Pick up a Gold Award

DENVER, CO           The International Festivals & Events Association (IFEA) paid tribute to the 2012 Temecula Valley Balloon & Wine Festival   on September 21, 2012 during the IFEA 57th Annual Convention & Expo  –  where the Festival was presented with four awards in the prestigious IFEA/Haas & Wilkerson Pinnacle Awards competition.  Awards were won in the following categorie

Gold Pinnacle (top honors) -          Best Media/Press Kit

Silver Pinnacle -                              Best New Event - Wine Barrel Races

Silver Pinnacle -                              Best Media Relations Campaign

Bronze –                                           Best Volunteer Program

Melody’s Ad Works, Inc. of Wildomar, the Festival’s Public Relations firm created the press kid and media relations campaign. The firm also produced materials and campaigns for four 2011 IFEA Awards, including two Gold for the press kit and most effective/creative news stunt. 

The Temecula Valley Balloon and Wine Festival has won 15 IFEA Awards since 2009 and competes against world's top festivals and events. Winning entries came from organizations as diverse as the 500 Festival, Indianapolis, In; Cherry Creek Arts Festival, Denver ,Co; Pro-Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival, Canton OH, and the Kentucky Derby Festival, Louisville KY. International contenders included Showtime Events, New Delhi, India; World Gourmet Summit, Singapore; Burlington's Sound of Music Festival, Burlington, ON,Canada, and the Van Beethoven Easter Festival, Krakow Poland.

The Festival's Best NewEvent award was sandwiched between Gold Pinnacle winner, Showtime Events, from New Delhi, India, and Bronze winner World Gourmet Summit, Singapore.

Awards were handed out in 69 different categories in total including Best TV Promotion; Event Program; Commemorative Poster; Overall Sponsorship Program; Environmental Program; Educational Program, Children’s Programming; Media Relations Campaign; Overall Merchandising Program; Festival & Event Management Degree Programs to the highest award reflecting the best overall festival & event in the world – the Grand Pinnacle. For a complete list of winners and more information on the IFEA, go to www.ifea.com.

            The Temecula Valley Balloon & Wine Festival celebrates its 30th Anniversary, May31, June 1 and June 2, 2013  at Lake Skinner Recreation area, in the heart of Temecula Valley Wine Country. Located just north of San Diego County, in California, the Festival has successful  history of celebrating Southern California Wine Country’s finest assets of clear skies dotted by hot air balloons, mild temperatures, and rolling vineyards. For Festival information visit www.tvbwf.comhttp://www.tvbwf.com or call (951) 676-6713.

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What You Need to Know about 2012 Temecula Valley Balloon & Wine Fest

CONCERTS: What a Lineup this year. Country Friday is back at the 2012 Temecula Valley Balloon and Wine Festival with 3 headliners!!

Phil Vassar is one of 3 Headliners for Country Friday, June 1 at the Temecula Valley Balloon & Wine Festival.

Phil Vassar hits include “Carlene,” “Just Another Day in Paradise” and “Six-Pack Summer” “American Child,” That’s When I love You,” “In A Real Love,” “I’ll Take That as a Yes (The Hot Tub Song),” “Last Day of My Life” and “Love is a Beautiful Thing.”

Chris Cagle: " "My Love Goes On and On" from his 2001 debut album "Play It Loud." The first album had two more hits "Laredo" and "I Breathe In. I Breathe Out." Since then his hits include  “Chicks Dig It” (#5 ), "What a Beautiful Day" (#4) , "Miss Me Baby"(#12),  "What Kinda Gone" (#3), and “Got My Country On” (#15).  

And rising Country stars Gloriana: Gloriana won the Academy of Country Music’s Award for Top New Vocal Group and was nominated for a Teen Choice Award for “Choice Country Group.”  Their hit single "(Kissed You) Good Night" is climbing country charts.... right now.

Then comes SATURDAY, with a Rockin' Lineup of greats.

LIFEHOUSE: The band hit mainstream prominence in 2001 with the hit single "Hanging by a Moment" from their debut studio album, "No Name Face."  The single won a Billboard Music Award for Hot 100 Single of the Year, beating out Janet Jackson and Alicia Keys for the #1 Single of 200Lifehouse released the album "Smoke & Mirrors"  in 2010 which spawned the hit song "Half Way Gone," "All In" and "Falling In." The album was #2  on the Billboard Rock Album Charts for 2010.

SOUL ASYLUM - They have a new album coming soon so expect new tunes in this concert.

Soul Asylum has maintained their reputation for honest, heartfelt rock from their beginnings through their commercially successful days on A&M and Columbia Records (where they scored a Grammy for the monster hit single "Runaway Train"). The band has persevered through the good times of garnering several platinum albums and accolades including a performance for the Presidential inauguration of Bill Clinton. Soul Asylum will release their first album in six years, "Delayed Reaction" on July 17. 

Plus Tonic who won two Grammy nominations -- one for Best Rock Performance By A Duo or Group With Vocal for "Take Me As I Am" and Best Rock Album. The band contributed to soundtracks including Scream 2, American Pie, The X Files, and Clay Pigeons.

BEST WAY TO SEE THE CONCERTS? Reserved Seats, choose from either the Cabana Club a private lounge stage right, with catered buffet dinner, four complimentary beverages, a private restroom and front reserved seats for the entire night of your choice, or silver reserved located right behind the Cabana Club seats ... front of the rest.

On a Budget? Lake Skinner's Amphitheater provides ample lawn seating for Festival Guests and general admission tickets include festival seating at the concerts held that day.

Buy your tickets online at www.tvbwf.com or in advance at participating Vons and CVS stores for a $2 discount. There is also a weekend combo ticket, that gets you in all three days and is only fifty bucks. That's a $14 savings per person. Adult tickets at the gates are Friday $22, Saturday $25 and Sunday $17.  Save some bucks - buy in advance.

Also you can buy beverage tickets in advance and stay out of the lines for beer and wine tickets.

One final note: Free Tickets - yep there are free tickets. Listen to KISS FM, KLOS, Go Country, KBig, KYXY, Clear Channel in San Diego - KGB My 94, KOGO, etc and Inland Empire Katy, Q103, My 94.5, and KFROG for tickets.

Campsites, premium tickets? Got to facebook.com/tvbwf and enter our contests, sweepstakes, and scavenger hunt. And check out prize packages at NCTIMES.COM.

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I WANT TO CAMP CODES

Great Festival Lineup with Third Eye Blind - and VENDOR SPACES -- just a few left

Third Eye Blind

Dennis DeYoung

The Temecula Valley Balloon & Wine Festival announced their lineup recently. Friday includes Ambrosia and Dennis DeYoung: The Music of Styx. Saturday is hot, hot, hot, with THIRD EYE BLIND, Candlebox and two others that we probably will get to tell tomorrow - GOOD FRIDAY! Sunday - it's a world kind of music thing - Young Dubliners and Common Sense are headliners on the wine stage - freestyle motocross is at the main stage.



Friday night before the concert (at dark) we will make the BIG ATTEMPT to form the largest glow stick design - a hot air balloon. Everyone gets a glow stick and stands in a designated spot at the Amphitheater -- and then .... and then ... well if we are good and luck we will break the Guinness Book of Records. WE NEED YOUR HELP so join us. (Oh and you can volunteer just to help with this if you want at www.tvbwf.com).

Candlebox

Wine and Food Pairing is all set but I've been a bit confused by the list - got different logos and bios than the list our chair gave us so I'm waiting to tell you about this one. Basically three chef specialties and three award-winning wines are presented, with a cooking demonstration in each seating. There are two on Saturday and one on Sunday.

A new addition, WINEMAKERS RESERVE "BIG RED" TASTING, where wines that aren't poured during the day will be poured and you get a larger tasting glass than the standard little souvenir glass. These have bigger bowls for good swirling and sipping. There are only going to be 250 guests each evening in this "Winemaker's Reserve" tasting and it is only Friday and Saturday nights, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. I for one am going to be here - at least Saturday -- want to set that record Friday night.

Evening balloon glow at TVBWF

Tickets are online at www.tvbwf.com. Oh - and if you didn't get a campsite - the Festival is doing another Campsite Sweepstakes starting April 29th. Watch Facebook for details.

Campsites go on sale Tuesday, March 8th for Balloon & Wine Festival

GET YOUR GLOW ON!!

Each year campsites at Lake Skinner for the Temecula Valley Balloon and Wine Festival sell out in less than an hour. Campers have the best seats in the house for the early morning hot air balloon launches, awaking to the dawn skies filled with balloons June 3-5, 2011. All reservations will be online at www.tvbwf.com beginning 8 a.m., March 8, 2011.


“We switched to online registration last year and it was very successful” stated executive director Carol Popejoy, adding that many campers who had tried for years to get reservations via the old 800 telephone method, got a campsite for the first time.

The Festival has also customized the purchase by allowing Festival guests to choose from a variety of ticket packages including one day and three day passes. Tickets are not included with the campsite price and must be added to the reservation.

Campsites at Lake Skinner start at $80 for dry camping and range up to $200 for full hookup with power, water and sewer dump.

Campsites will only be available online only.

For information visit www.tvbwf.com or call (951) 676-6713.