List of festivals in the United States

The United States hosts festivals of diverse types, among them regional festivals, commerce festivals, fairs, food festivals, arts festivals, religious festivals, folk festivals, and recurring festivals on holidays.

Festivals unique to the United States (and Canada and Mexico in some cases) include pow wows, Rocky Mountain Rendezvous, blues festivals, county fairs, state fairs, ribfests, and strawberry festivals. The first U.S. state fair was that of New York, held in 1841 in Syracuse, and has been held annually to the present year. The second state fair was in Detroit, Michigan, which started in 1849.Michigan.gov

The list is sorted by geographic location and lists other festival lists.

Lists of festivals by locale

Territories List of festivals in American Samoa List of festivals in Guam List of festivals in Puerto Rico List of festivals in the United States Virgin Islands

Cities

List of festivals in Atlanta List of festivals in Buffalo, New York List of festivals in Chicago (music) List of events in Houston List of attractions and events in Indianapolis List of San Francisco Bay Area festivals and fairs List of Seattle street fairs and parades List of festivals and events in Tulsa, Oklahoma

States

Festivals by type

Alternative festivals Burning Man — Black Rock City, Nevada Coney Island Mermaid Parade — New York City, New York Exotic Erotic Ball — San Francisco, California How Weird Street Faire — San Francisco, California King Mango Strut — Coral Gables, Florida New York's Village Halloween Parade — New York City, New York Porcupine Freedom Festival — Lancaster, New Hampshire Rainbow Gathering — national and regional locations, worldwide Roswell UFO Festival — Roswell, New Mexico Sawdust Art Festival — Laguna Beach, California SLUG Queen — Eugene, Oregon

Arts and crafts festivals Art in the Pearl — Portland, Oregon Allentown Arts Festival — Buffalo, New York Amish Acres Arts & Crafts Festival — Nappanee, Indiana Ann Arbor Art Fairs — Ann Arbor, Michigan Bayou City Art Festival — Houston, Texas Catoctin Colorfest — Thurmont, Maryland Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts — State College, Pennsylvania Cherry Creek Arts Festival — Cherry Creek, Colorado Detroit Festival of the Arts — Detroit, Michigan Dogwood Arts Festival — Knoxville, Tennessee Festival of the Arts — Grand Rapids, Michigan Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival — Half Moon Bay, California Lake Eden Arts Festival (LEAF) — Black Mountain, North Carolina Mayfair Festival of the Arts — Allentown, Pennsylvania St. James Art Fair — Louisville, Kentucky Sawdust Art Festival — Laguna Beach, California Summer Camp Music Festival — Chillicothe, Illinois Vermont Quilt Festival — Essex, Vermont

Beer festivals Great American Beer Festival (established 1982) — Denver, Colorado Houston Beer Fest (established 2011) — Houston, Texas Oregon Brewers Festival (established 1988) — Portland, Oregon

Celebration/talk festivity Cheeseburger in Caseville — Caseville, Michigan ComFest — Columbus, Ohio Friendship Festival — Buffalo, New York and Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada Gasparilla Pirate Festival — [

Contemporary Christian Festivals Cornerstone Festival — Bushnell, Illinois Creation Festival — The Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Washington and Agape Farm in Mount Union, Pennsylvania LifeLight Festival — Sioux Falls, South Dakota Sonshine Festival — Willmar, Minnesota

Culture, heritage and folk festivals Aloha Festivals — Hawaii Arlington International Film Festival — Arlington, Massachusetts Borderfest — Rio Grande Valley, Texas Cleveland Feast of the Assumption Festival — Cleveland, Ohio Dublin Irish Festival — Dublin, Ohio Feast of San Gennaro — New York City, New York Festival Latinoamericano — Provo, Utah FinnFestUSA Folkmoot — Waynesville, North Carolina Greek Food Festival of Dallas — Dallas, Texas Hungarian Festival — New Brunswick, New Jersey Indy Irish Festival — Indianapolis, Indiana International Children's Festival — Washington, DC Italian Heritage Festival — Wheeling, West Virginia Johnny Appleseed Festival — Fort Wayne, Indiana Kansas City Irish Fest — Kansas City, Missouri Little Italy Festival — Clinton, Indiana Lowell Folk Festival — Lowell, Massachusetts Mothman Festival — Point Pleasant, West Virginia New Jersey Folk Festival — New Brunswick, New Jersey New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival — New Orleans, Louisiana Nisei Week — Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, California North Texas Irish Festival — Dallas, Texas Northwest Folklife Festival — Seattle, Washington Pepper Jelly Festival — Thomaston, Alabama Pittsburgh Folk Festival — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Portugal Day Festival — Newark, New Jersey Taste of Polonia — Chicago, Illinois Texas Folklife Festival — San Antonio, Texas Tulip Time Festival — Holland, Michigan World of Nations Celebration — Jacksonville, Florida World's Largest Disco — Buffalo, New York Ypsilanti Heritage Festival — Ypsilanti, Michigan

Film festivals List of film festivals in the United States

Fine art and theatre festivals Alabama Shakespeare Festival — Montgomery, Alabama Allentown Art Festival — Buffalo, New York Arizona Renaissance Festival — Apache Junction, Arizona Artscape — Baltimore, Maryland Bristol Renaissance Faire — Kenosha, Wisconsin Carolina Renaissance Festival — Huntersville, North Carolina Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts — State College, Pennsylvania Contemporary American Theater Festival - Shepherdstown, West Virginia Curtain Up! — Buffalo, New York Grand Cities Art Fest — Grand Forks, North Dakota/East Grand Forks, Minnesota Kansas City Renaissance Festival — Bonner Springs, Kansas Maryland Renaissance Festival — Crownsville, Maryland MasterWorks Festival — Cedarville, Ohio Minnesota Renaissance Festival — Shakopee, Minnesota New York Renaissance Faire — Tuxedo, New York North Carolina School of the Arts Summer Performance Festival — Manteo, North Carolina Oregon Shakespeare Festival — Ashland, Oregon The River To River Festival — New York, New York Savannah Music Festival — Savannah, Georgia Sterling Renaissance Festival — Sterling, New York True/False Film Festival — Columbia, Missouri Utah Shakespearean Festival — Cedar City, Utah

Flower festivals International Cherry Blossom Festival — Macon, Georgia Lilac Festival — Rochester, New York Lompoc Valley Flower Festival — Lompoc, California National Cherry Blossom Festival — Washington, DC Philadelphia Flower Show — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Portland Rose Festival — Portland, Oregon Seattle Hempfest — Seattle, Washington Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival — Winchester, Virginia Texas Rose Festival — Tyler, Texas Tulip Festival — Holland, Michigan Washington State Apple Blossom Festival — Wenatchee, Washington

Food, harvest and wild game festivals

Apple Festival — Bayfield, Wisconsin Banana Split Festival — Wilmington, Ohio Barnesville Pumpkin Festival — Barnesville, Ohio Brushy Mountain Apple Festival — North Wilkesboro, North Carolina Circleville Pumpkin Show — Circleville, Ohio Delmarva Chicken Festival — Delmarva Peninsula Festival of the Fish — Vermilion, Ohio Florida food festivals — Florida Gilroy Garlic Festival — Gilroy, California Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival — Half Moon Bay, California Jackson County Apple Festival — Jackson, Ohio Kentucky Apple Festival — Paintsville, Kentucky Lexington Barbecue Festival — Lexington, North Carolina Louisiana Fur and Wildlife Festival — Cameron, Louisiana Morton Pumpkin Festival — Morton, Illinois National Buffalo Wing Festival — Buffalo, New York National Cherry Festival — Traverse City, Michigan National Cornbread Festival National Cornbread Festival — South Pittsburg, Tennessee North Carolina Wine Festival — Clemmons, North Carolina Norwalk Oyster Festival — Norwalk, Connecticut Parker County Peach Festival — Weatherford, Texas Paso Robles Wine Festival — Paso Robles, California Roanoke-Chowan Pork-Fest — Murfreesboro, North Carolina Schmeckfest — Freeman, South Dakota Strawberry Festival — Poteet, Texas Sweet Corn Festival — Fairborn, Ohio Taste of Buffalo — Buffalo, New York Taste of Chicago — Chicago, Illinois A Taste of Colorado West Side Nut Club Fall Festival — Evansville, Indiana West Virginia Hot Dog Festival — Huntington, West Virginia Yadkin Valley Wine Festival — Elkin, North Carolina Yambilee Festival — Opelousas, Louisiana

Holiday festivals Christmas on the River — Demopolis, Alabama New Orleans Mardi Gras — New Orleans, Louisiana Spirit of America Festival — Decatur, Alabama West Side Nut Club Fall Festival — Evansville, Indiana

LGBT festivals Capital Pride — Washington, DC Fantasia Fair — Provincetown, Massachusetts Frameline — San Francisco, California Newfest — New York, New York Outfest — Los Angeles, California PeaceOUT World Homo Hop Festival — Oakland, California Southern Decadence — New Orleans, Louisiana Utah Pride Festival — Salt Lake City, Utah White Party — Palm Springs, California

Music festivals

Pagan festivals

Faerieworlds — Eugene, Oregon Pagan Spirit Gathering — near Salem, Missouri Starwood Festival — Wisteria Campground in Pomeroy, Ohio

Pioneer festivals Days of '47 Parade — Salt Lake City, Utah Pioneer Days — Kalida, Ohio Pioneer Days — Utah state holiday with multiple celebrations throughout the state

Religious festivals Vaisakhi — Yuba City, California Wild Goose Festival — Hot Springs, North Carolina X-Day (Church of the SubGenius) — Wisteria Campground in Pomeroy, Ohio

Renaissance fairs

Rodeo and horse racing festivals Days of '47 Rodeo — Salt Lake City, Utah Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo — Houston, Texas Kentucky Derby Festival — Louisville, Kentucky

Science festivals Trenton Computer Festival World Science Festival — New York, New York

Seasonal festivals Apple Blossom Festival — Winchester, Virginia Evansville Freedom Festival — Evansville, Indiana Memphis in May — Memphis, Tennessee Sawdust Art Festival — Laguna Beach, California Three Rivers Festival — Fort Wayne, Indiana West Side Nut Club Fall Festival — Evansville, Indiana Woollybear Festival — Vermilion, Ohio

Sports festivals Arnold Sports Festival — Columbus, Ohio Bridge Day — Fayetteville, West Virginia

Storytelling festivals National Storytelling Festival — Jonesborough, Tennessee Southern Ohio Storytelling Festival — Chillicothe, Ohio Timpanogos Storytelling Festival — Orem, Utah

Transportation festivals Segway Fest — varying locations Tall Stacks — Cincinnati, Ohio

See also

Culture of the United States Public holidays in the United States Tourism in the United States Tourist attractions in the United States

References

External links United States Festival Briefing - Festivals and cultural events in United States, updated regularly