Locals attend annual Colorado River Crossing Balloon Festival

YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA) - Locals across Yuma County attended the second day of the annual Colorado River Crossing Balloon Festival Saturday.

Hosted by Caballeros de Yuma, they had a static display of about 25 balloons earlier that day until getting ready for the big show: The glow part of the festival.

All proceeds from Caballeros de Yuma will go towards their scholarship program and donations at the end of the year.

The festival had many food vendors and a band for families to enjoy.

"We really appreciate the community being out here because we put this on for you, for the Yuma community...We want to draw people into Yuma. We want to draw economic activity into Yuma," said Josh Finkbeiner, the event coordinator.

The event included a drone show and fireworks towards the end of the night.

While the festival wrapped up Sunday, Finkbeiner says they are already in the planning stages for next year's festival.