Events of Wednesday, July 15, 2026
Women's National Balloon Championship. More than fifteen female pilots across the country will converge on Jackson to vie for the title of the 2025 National Champion and potentially secure a spot to represent Team USA in the 2027 Women’s World Hot Air Balloon Championships. Competitive ballooning puts pilots to the test in distance, speed, and navigational precision. Each flight entails various competitive tasks, requiring pilots to skillfully utilize winds at different altitudes to guide their balloons to specific targets around Jackson. Pilots will be competing all throughout Jackson County, various locations and various times, watch the sky! Pilots receive their starting locations around Jackson each morning of the competition and locations are not publicized. Flights are weather permitting, July 13-18, 2026. “Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie”. $1 Kids Movie Series at the Michigan Theatre. $1 Admission • July 14–16 • Showings at 11 AM & 2 PM • Doors 30 Minutes Before Each Showing. Join us at the Michigan Theatre for Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie as part of our Summer Kids Movie Series, sponsored by Kiwanis & Southern Michigan Bank and Trust. Best friends George and Harold love making comics and pulling pranks, but things get wildly out of hand…
