WICKED Hot Air Balloon Featured in Lisle's Eyes to the Skies Festival, Now thru 7/6

Broadway In Chicago has announced WICKED, Broadway's biggest blockbuster, will be flying its own WICKED Hot Air Balloon, to Lisle, Illinois, for the "Eyes to the Skies Festival." Their very own Defying Gravity hot air balloon will appear at the festival today, July 3 - 6, 2013. The WICKED hot air balloon is making this special appearance in honor of the smash hit musical's return to Chicago's Oriental Theatre Oct. 30 - Dec. 21, 2013.

WICKED is sure to be one of this year's most treasured balloons at the Eyes to the Skies Festival, which is celebrating its 31st Anniversary. The festival attracts an attendance each year of more than 50,000 patrons. Highlights include performances by nationally known musical groups, the best in local band performances, a large carnival, a craft fair, a special children's area, two food courts and of course, daily launches of hot air balloons and a balloon glow before the spectacular nightly fireworks show. The Eyes to the Skies Festival has been selected six times as "One of the County's Top 100 Tourist Destinations" by the American Bus Association. Since 2009, The Lisle Eyes to the Skies Committee, a not-for-profit (501c3) corporation, comprised of local citizens and volunteer business leaders, has organized and produced the festival. Proceeds from the festival are divided up between six local charitable affiliations: The Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions, Chamber of Commerce, Partners for Parks and the Lisle Education Foundation. Located in Community Park in Lisle, on 110 acres of beautiful trees, lakes and open space, the festival runs from today, July 3 through July 6, 2013. The carnival operates today, July 3 through July 7, 2013. Please visit www.eyestotheskies.org for complete details.

Tickets are now available for groups of 20 or more by calling Broadway In Chicago Group Sales at (312) 977-1710. Individual tickets for WICKED will go on-sale at a later date. For more information about WICKED, please visit www.wickedthemusical.com or www.BroadwayInChicago.com.