SkyView Vineyard & Event Venue

08/05/2023

Join us tonight to celebrate Indianola Community Youth Foundation's TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION! Free Parking! Free Inflatables! Music on the lower patio! Delicious food choices from Iiawah Grill, Mojo's Grinders and Roll With It. And a gorgeous view of balloons and fireworks across the street. It's our last night of food trucks, hot air balloons and fun, you don't want to miss it!

08/04/2023

We hate to disappoint you but we have made the tough decision to close tonight. With the dark clouds and forecasted rain we aren't going to chance it. We don't want to waste our food vendors time or have you spend money to park and then not have the balloons fly. Please come see us tomorrow night for the Indianola Community Youth Foundation 10 year Anniversary Celebration - we'll have free parking, free inflatables and delicious food from food vendors new and old to us. You don't want to miss it!

08/03/2023

It's Bent Pipe LIVE night! Come out and support these talented kids. We have Liza’s Sushi & More, Ninas Tacos and Roll With It serving up so much good stuff! You don't want to miss tonight!

08/02/2023

Anytime we know in advance that the balloons will not be flying we cancel our activities as well. Our pilot owner just received the notification that they are canceling tonight's flight so we will be closed. Come see us tomorrow night - Saturday!

08/01/2023

Tonight we have 3 fantastic food vendors. Our ride or die, Heather Lane Thomas is here with Roll With It - making incredible Americanized egg rolls (find her on the South side of the barn). We also have 2 new to us food trucks. Liza’s Sushi & More will be parked on the North side, offering Japanese sushi, yakisoba, fried rice, chicken wings and more. This is their first time in Indianola, come show them how much y'all love sushi! The Farm Warren Co. Iowa-The Farm Creamery is locally owned and offers delicious hand scooped ice cream and other treats. You will find them parked on the West side of the barn.
All three of these incredibly sweet vendors are newer to the food truck business and are working hard to get their names known. Come give them a try, you won't be disappointed.For the first time ever, neither owner will be onsite. We are parents first and a required orientation happened to fall during tonight's events. Since Eric will hopefully be in the sky and Abby will be at the orientation, our friends Sara and Ally will be running things for us in our brief absence. Please be extra kind to them, we couldn't be open without their help and it is a lot of work to 2 people.
Kim Sheets will also be here mingling with the crowd and taking time to meet those who are interested.
(Please note we at SkyView and the food vendors joining us tonight are not promoting or politically affiliated with any candidate. We would welcome anyone who wanted to rent time here.)

🥳 Join us August 1st for a special event at Skyview Vineyard & Event Venue!

07/31/2023

Edit: We have Fruits N’ Such too!
We will be open tonight but due to a multitude of factors we will likely only have one food vendor Roll With It. We will have non-alcohol drinks, wine, beer and mixed drinks at the bar. $10 to park and it looks to be a good night for flying. Come see us!

07/29/2023

Balloons are on a weather hold... stay tumed.

07/29/2023

Tonight we will be open at 5:00! $10 Cash Per Car (exact change is always appreciated). The weather looks good for a night of balloon filled skies.
We will 5 have yummy food vendors to chose from. Joining us tonight we have Kaaswagen, Hotsy Totsy Food Truck, Fruits N’ Such, Roll With It, Stickyfingers mobile food unit and Sweet T's Ice Cream. So many delicious options, menus will be posted in the comments. Let's show them that our small town can sell them out!
Inflatables will be up in our West lot, brought to you by Smittys Kids Amusements. Smitty will be serving up Kettle Corn as well.
Inside you'll find air conditioning, clean restrooms and a bar ready to grab you a beer, pour you a glass of wine or make you a delicious mixed drink.
(Please note all tonight's staff is new, we appreciate your patience as we learn together!)

Saturday, July 29 - Night 2!
Kaaswagen and Hotsy Totsy Food Truck will be joining us. Stick around after the balloons fly and catch the fireworks show happening across the street. We can't wait to see you!

07/28/2023

Due to the extreme heat we will be closed tonight. Two of our 3 food vendors will not be attending and it is too hot for the inflatables to be safely used. We simply do not feel it is good night for anyone to be in the heat for an extended amount of time.
The weather looks great for the rest of the week and we hope you will come see us then! Thank you and we appreciate your understanding!
(We do have a small private event that is not cancelling, if you are coming for the IHS 1998 Class Reunion this event is still happening.)

07/25/2023

Thursday, August 3 - Night 7!
This is the night I am most excited about, we're bringing local band, Bent Pipe, to the stage! Bent Pipe is made up of two 2023 IHS grads and two future 2025 grads, who are fantastic musicians (and friends of our son). They put on an awesome show and I would love to have a giant crowd of support for them to look out at.
We will also Liza’s Sushi & More back with us for their final night. As well as the delicious Ninas Tacos joining us.
If you aren't sure what night to come out and you have to pick only one, this is the one. The music and the food make this a night not to miss!

07/25/2023

Canceled
Wednesday, August 2 - Night 6!
Hotsy Totsy Food Truck will be back for another night with us. And we're bringing in a treat you can usually only find at Disney, Whip Delight will be with us serving up creamy, dreamy pineapple goodness

07/23/2023

Monday, July 31 - Night 4! & Tuesday, August 1 - Night 5!
Monday, Kaaswagen will be with us for their final night. And The Farm Warren Co. Iowa-The Farm Creamery will be joining us with their sweet treats.
Tuesday, The Farm Warren Co. Iowa-The Farm Creamery and Liza’s Sushi & More will be joining us. We can't wait to see you!

07/22/2023

Sunday, July 30 - Night 3!
Kaaswagen and Tacos Don Juan will be joining us. Stick around after the balloons fly to sneak a peek of the Nite Glow happening across the street. We can't wait to see you!

07/21/2023

Saturday, July 29 - Night 2!
Kaaswagen and Hotsy Totsy Food Truck will be joining us. Stick around after the balloons fly and catch the fireworks show happening across the street. We can't wait to see you!

07/20/2023

Friday, July 28th - Come kick off Indianola's most loved balloon event with us. Treat yourself to dinner at one of our on site food vendors (Roll With It & Stickyfingers mobile food unit & Fruits N’ Such) enjoy a drink from the bar and watch the first flight of the week!

07/18/2023

We hope to see you and your family, July 28 - August 5th!
Be sure to like and follow our page - over the next week we will be spotlighting our vendors. Then during the Classic our favorite pilot will be keeping us posted on if/when the balloons are flying.

07/17/2023

07/12/2023

SkyView is owned by #66 pilot, Eric Martens, and his wife, Abby. Stop by the bar, we’ll will hook you up with one of his pilot cards. And when you see him fly over be sure to cheer your loudest!

07/11/2023

It's almost our favorite time of year, when our view is filled with hot air balloons! This year we are bringing in more food vendors, hosting more events and hoping to once again bring you a relaxing balloon watching experience. Details on vendors and plans will be released in the next couple days, we can't wait to see you!

08/06/2022

Due to the heat and low chance of a balloon flight we will be closed tonight.

08/03/2022

08/03/2022

It's Wine Wednesday! Join us for $2 off bottles and $1 off glasses of Annelise wine.
Roll With It will be here tonight with their killer good gourmet egg rolls. And Mama Rid’s will be here with all kinds of baked goodies. These 2 ladies alone are worth coming out for!
(We apologize that not all the food trucks we promised have made it. Unfortunately, our location was not profitable enough for the ice cream truck and the doughnut lady no showed. The taco truck may be back for the weekend depending on the forecast.)

08/02/2022

We will be closed tonight, it will be way too hot for anyone to enjoy themselves. And it is very, very unlikely the balloons will fly. Thank you for your understanding.

08/01/2022

Due to the heat we've decided that it isn't a good night for your furry friends to be out. Please leave your dogs at home.
If you want to come have a drink and hang out in the a/c while you wait for the balloons to fly we'd love to have you.
The food trucks feel it is too hot for them but our friend Heather with Roll With It will be here making her delicious egg rolls.
We'll be opening up at 5:00 and staying open as long as we have people to serve.

07/31/2022

FLIGHT CANCELED.

Edit: Please don't come out tonight, the glow is canceled, the flight is unlikely and the taco truck isn't coming.

Reg says, load up your dogs and bring them out to SkyView Vineyard & Event Venue to enjoy the balloons during Dog Days -tonight and tomorrow night! Half of the $10 parking fee will be donated to our friends at Kiya Koda Humane Society.
Please make sure your furry friend is on a leash and that you pick-up after them, we'll have p**p bags. And shared water bowls.

07/30/2022

Our view tonight!

07/29/2022

Tonight is opening night of the balloons! We hope to see you sometime over the next 10 days!
(Try to keep in mind, we have only owned this business since October and this is our first time hosting something like this. Please be patient with everyone working here, almost all of the people you will meet are our friends who are volunteering their time to help us out. Many of our usual helpers are members of the ballooning community and are not able to help during the Classic. We may only have one person working outside and one working inside some nights. We have no idea how many people will be joining us and would greatly appreciate your understanding if we are swamped or their are some hiccups along the way.)
Thank you for supporting our small family business! We will be posting daily to let you know what we have planned, as well as balloon flight statuses.

02/26/2022

We'd love to host your event!
The most common question we get is, "How much does a rental cost?" We want to be as transparent and easy to work with as possible, we don't feel our pricing should be something you have to contact us to find out. These are our basic prices, however we are always willing to customize a rental to fit your budget and unique needs.

02/24/2022

We're hosting this fun event on Saturday night, we'd love to have you join us in supporting our local library - there's still time to sign up and show off your trivia skills!

Time is running out to register for the Friends of the Library Trivia Fundraiser! Support the Friends of the Indianola Public Library while playing trivia at the beautiful local SkyView Vineyard & Event Venue on Saturday, February 26th. Hurry! Register today: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSec4wm03f74yWdOm1ar5leEehcxc3E0XULQ8OqDsFuEFnMAFw/viewform

11/21/2021

Welcome to SkyView Vineyard and Event Venue!
We're a work in progress from our venue to our web presence. We're OPEN anytime our cars are here, usually weekdays after 6:00 PM and all day on weekends (feel free to message us to double check or to schedule an appointment). We currently have the remaining Annelise wine stock, as well as beer and pop available for sale. We'd love to have you stop by to say hello, check out the updates we're making and share a drink. Thank you for your support and for coming along with us on this exciting journey! ❤ Eric & Abby Martens