History - 1987 was the first year of the LIONS CLUB BALLOON FESTIVAL AND FAIR, at Highland Village, Texas, with two balloon flights scheduled during the one-day event.  With the help of the North Texas Ballooning Association, there were eighteen balloons involved.  The festival, with twenty five craft booths, drew an estimated two thousand people.  As the festival grew larger year after year, constant improvements were incorporated.  Two simultaneous balloon glows, on stage entertainment, food and drink vending, covered and lighted tents for arts and crafters, and a carnival were added to the festival.  In 2008 the name of the event was changed to Highland Village Balloon and Music Festival to reflect the growing musical entertainment aspects of the festival.  From a humble beginning over twenty years ago, the Lions Club Balloon Festival and Fair at Highland Village, Texas, has grown to be the largest scheduled event in Denton County with upward of twenty five thousand people attending.  The Lions Club Balloon and Music Festival is truly the premier event of Denton County.