Fiore Dodgeball Tournament returns for third year at Balloon Fiesta Park
Hundreds of people packed Balloon Fiesta Park for the third annual Fiore Dodgeball Tournament on July 19, giving the Albuquerque event another year as a midsummer fixture rather than a one-off novelty. The day was billed around nonstop action, with Sage Badweather of The Night Shift serving as host and spectators invited to come even if they were not playing.
The tournament began at 10 a.m. at Balloon Fiesta Park, 4401 Alameda Blvd NE in Albuquerque, according to the event listing from High Desert Relief. That start time pushed it into an all-day format, with the crowd expected to build around the games as the summer heat settled over one of the city’s biggest open venues.
The third annual label mattered because the event already had a visible track record. A Facebook event page shows the Second Annual Fioré Dodgeball Tournament was held on Sunday, August 3, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. MDT at Balloon Fiesta Park, and a gallery page on fiorefrequency.com preserves highlights from that same day. With a second straight year documented at the same park, the tournament has now returned to the venue for a third run.
That repeat appearance is what gives the event its shape. The Hustle 101.3 promotion described the 2026 tournament as drawing hundreds of people and framed it as a day of nonstop action, language that points to a setting built for more than just the matchups on the court. Balloon Fiesta Park gives the tournament room for players, families and casual onlookers, and the invitation for non-players to attend suggests the event is being positioned as both competition and summer gathering.
The result is a tournament that is starting to look established on Albuquerque’s summer calendar. With a set start time, a fixed public venue and a host tied to the local music and nightlife scene, the Fiore Dodgeball Tournament has moved into the kind of repeatable format that can sustain teams, spectators and attention from one year to the next.