Complete list of festivals in United States of America (USA)

Complete list of festivals in United States of America (USA)

Alternative festivals

Burning Man, Black Rock City, Nevada
Coney Island Mermaid Parade, New York City, New York
Exotic Erotic Ball, San Francisco, California
King Mango Strut, Coral Gables, Florida
New York's Village Halloween Parade, New York City, New York
SLUG Queen, Eugene, Oregon
[edit]Arts and crafts festivals

Allentown Arts Festival — Buffalo, New York
Amish Acres Arts & Crafts Festival — Nappanee, Indiana
Ann Arbor Art Fairs - Ann Arbor, Michigan
Art in the High Desert - Bend, OR [1]}
Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts — State College, Pennsylvania
Cherry Creek Arts Festival - Cherry Creek, Colorado
Festival of the Arts — Grand Rapids, Michigan
Festival of Murals - Wayne County, Indiana [2]
Detroit Festival of the Arts — Detroit, Michigan
Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival — Half Moon Bay, California
Lake Eden Arts Festival — Black Mountain, North Carolina
The Pink Parlour Festival — Arcadia, California [3]
St. James Art Fair — Louisville, Kentucky
Summer Camp Music Festival — Chillicothe, Illinois
Vermont Quilt Festival — Essex, Vermont [4]
[edit]Beer festivals

Great American Beer Festival (established 1982) — Denver, Colorado
Oregon Brewers Festival (established 1988) — Portland, Oregon
[edit]Talk festivity/celebration

Eeyores Birthday Party— Austin, TX
Gasparilla Pirate Festival Tampa, Florida
Hessler Street Fair — Cleveland, Ohio
Pecan Street Festival — Austin, Texas
Red River Revel — Shreveport, Louisiana
Friendship Festival — Buffalo, New York - Fort Erie, Ontario -Canada
ComFest — Columbus, Ohio
Minneapolis Aquatennial — Minneapolis, Minnesota
Saint Paul Winter Carnival — Saint Paul, Minnesota
Cheeseburger in Caseville — Caseville, Michigan
[edit]Culture, heritage and folk festivals

Aloha Festivals — Hawaii
Borderfest --- Rio Grande Valley, Texas
Connecticut Irish Festival — [5] — North Haven, CT
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
Iowa Irish Fest — Waterloo, Iowa [6]
Johnny Appleseed Festival — Fort Wayne, Indiana
Kansas City Irish Fest — Kansas City, Missouri
Little Italy Festival — Clinton, Indiana
Lowell Folk Festival — Lowell, Massachusetts
New Jersey Folk Festival — New Brunswick, NJ
North Texas Irish Festival — Dallas, Texas
Northwest Folklife Festival — Seattle, Washington
Palestinian Festival - Houston — Houston, Texas website
Pittsburgh Folk Festival — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Irish Festival — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania website
Portugal Day Festival — Newark, New Jersey
Riverfront Irish Festival — Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
Texas Folklife Festival — San Antonio, Texas
Tulip Time Festival — Holland, Michigan
Taste of Polonia — Chicago, Illinois
World of Nations Celebration — Jacksonville, Florida
World's Largest Disco — Buffalo, New York
Ypsilanti Heritage Festival — Ypsilanti, Michigan
[edit]Earth and nature festivals

Whale Fest — Sitka, Alaska
NY Green Fest
[edit]Film festivals

List of film festivals in the United States
[edit]Fine art and theatre festivals

Alabama Shakespeare Festival — Montgomery, Alabama
Allentown Art Festival — Buffalo, New York
Arizona Renaissance Festival — Apache Junction, Arizona
Artscape [7] — Baltimore, Maryland
Bristol Renaissance Faire — Kenosha, Wisconsin
Carolina Renaissance Festival — Huntersville, North Carolina
Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts — State College, Pennsylvania
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 — [8] - Winona Lake, Indiana
Minnesota Renaissance Festival — Shakopee, Minnesota
New York Renaissance Faire — Tuxedo, New York
North Carolina School of the Arts Summer Performance Festival
Oregon Shakespeare Festival — Ashland, Oregon
True/False Film Festival - Columbia, Missouri
The River To River Festival — New York, New York
Savannah music festival in Savannah, Georgia
SNOB (Somewhat North Of Boston) Film Festival [9] - Concord, New Hampshire
Sterling Renaissance Festival in Sterling, New York
Utah Shakespearean Festival — Cedar City, Utah
[edit]Flower festivals

National Cherry Blossom Festival — Washington, D.C.
Philadelphia Flower Show — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Portland Rose Festival — Portland, Oregon
Texas Rose Festival — Tyler, Texas
Washington State Apple Blossom Festival — Wenatchee, Washington
Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival — Winchester, Virginia
Lilac Festival, Rochester, New York
[edit]Food, harvest and wild game festivals

For food festivals in the United States, see also Category: Food festivals in the United States
Banana Festival [10], Sacramento, California
Banana Split Festival, Wilmington, Ohio
Barnesville Pumpkin Festival, Barnesville, Ohio
Charleston Ribfest [11], Charleston, West Virginia
Circleville Pumpkin Show, Circleville, Ohio
Delmarva Chicken Festival, Delmarva Peninsula
Festival of the Fish, Vermilion, Ohio
Florida food festivals, Florida
Great Ogeechee Seafood Festival [12], Richmond Hill, GA
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 Barbeque Festival, Lexington, North Carolina
Morton Pumpkin Festival, Morton,Illinois
National Buffalo Wing Festival, Buffalo, New York
Norwalk Oyster Festival, Norwalk, Connecticut
Parker County Peach Festival, Weatherford, Texas
Paso Robles Wine Festival, Paso Robles, California
Pensacola Crawfish Festival[13], Pensacola, Florida
Pensacola Seafood Festival[14], Pensacola, Florida
Preble County Pork Festival[15], Eaton, Ohio
Schmeckfest — Freeman, South Dakota
Sweet Corn Festival, Fairborn, Ohio
Taste of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Taste of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
A Taste of Colorado
Yambilee Festival, Opelousas, Louisiana
[edit]Holiday festivals

Christmas on the River — Demopolis, Alabama
New Orleans Mardi Gras — New Orleans, Louisiana
Spirit of America Festival — Decatur, Alabama
Tacoma Holiday Food and Gift Festival — Tacoma, Washington [16]
Colorado Country Christmas Show — Denver, Colorado [17]
[edit]LGBT Festival

Capital Pride (Washington) — Washington, D.C.
Fantasia Fair[18] — Provincetown, Massachusetts
Frameline — San Francisco, California
Newfest — New York City
Outfest — Los Angeles, California
Provincetown Bear Week[19] — Provincetown, Massachusetts
PeaceOUT World Homo Hop Festival — Oakland, California
Southern Decadence — New Orleans, Louisiana
Utah Pride Festival — Salt Lake City, Utah
Winter Party Festival [20] — Miami Beach, Florida
[edit]Music festivals



M.I.A. performing at the Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival.
Rock festivals in the United States, see Category: Rock festivals in the United States
¡Globalquerque! — Albuquerque, New Mexico
10,000 Lakes Festival — Detroit Lakes, Minnesota
311 Pow Wow Festival — Live Oak, Florida
80/35 Music Festival — Des Moines, Iowa
All Good Music Festival & Campout — Thornville, Ohio — And other various locations over the years
All Points West Music & Arts Festival — Jersey City, New Jersey
American MusicFest — Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
ARTSaha! — Omaha, Nebraska
Atlantic Music Festival — Waterville, Maine
Austin City Limits Music Festival — Austin, Texas
The Bamboozle — Asbury Park, New Jersey & East Rutherford, New Jersey
Banjo Jubilee Jazz Festival — San Jose, California
Bay Area Indie Music Festival — San Francisco, California
Bay Area Rock Festival — San Francisco, California
Bayfest — Mobile, Alabama
Beale Street Music Festival — Memphis, Tennessee
Bele Chere — Asheville, North Carolina
Bellingham Festival of Music — Bellingham, Washington
Big Spring Jam — Huntsville, Alabama
The Big Up Music & Arts Festival — Ghent, New York
Blossom Festival — Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival — Manchester, Tennessee
Britt Festival — Jacksonville, Oregon
Bumbershoot — Seattle, Washington
Buzz Bake Sale — West Palm Beach, Florida
Camp Bisco — Mariaville Lake, New York
Camp Creek — Oxford, Maine — And other various locations over the years
Central Park SummerStage — New York, New York
Chicago Blues Festival — Chicago, Illinois
Clearwater Festival — Croton-on-Hudson, New York
CMJ Music Marathon — New York City
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival — Indio, California
Comstock Music Festivals — Comstock, Nebraska
Cornerstone Festival — Bushnell, Illinois
Country Stampede Music Festival — Manhattan, Kansas
Dally in the Alley — Detroit, Michigan
Dave Matthews Band Caravan — Atlantic City, New Jersey, Chicago, Illinois, Manhattan, New York & George, Washington
Decibel Festival — Seattle, Washington
Detroit Electronic Music Festival — Detroit, Michigan
Dillo Day — Evanston, Illinois
Diversafest LLC DFEST — Tulsa, Oklahoma
Drop Dead Festival — New York, New York
Electric Daisy Carnival — Los Angeles, California
Electric Forest — Rothbury, Michigan
Electric Zoo Festival — New York, New York
Electronic Music Midwest — Kansas City, Kansas & Lewisville, Illinois
Fantasy Fair and Magic Mountain Music Festival — Marin County, California
Festival International de Louisiane — Lafayette, Louisiana
Festivals Acadiens — Lafayette, Louisiana
Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival of Music and Dance — Trumansburg, New York
FloydFest — Floyd, Virginia
Forecastle Festival — Louisville, Kentucky
Free Press Summer Fest — Houston, Texas
Fun Fun Fun Fest — Austin, Texas
Gathering of the Juggalos — Cave-In-Rock, Illinois — And other various locations over the years
Gathering of the Vibes — Bridgeport, Connecticut — And other various locations over the years
Governors Ball Music Festival — New York, New York
Grand Point North Festival — Burlington, Vermont
Great Blue Heron Music Festival — Sherman, New York
Great Hudson River Revival — Croton-on-Hudson, New York
Hangout Music Festival — Gulf Shores, Alabama
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass — San Francisco, California
Harmony Sweepstakes A Cappella Festival — San Francisco, California
Harvest of Hope Fest — St. Augustine, Florida
HFStival — Washington, D.C.
High Sierra Music Festival — Quincy, California
Homegrown Music Festival — Duluth, Minnesota
Hopscotch Music Festival — Raleigh, North Carolina
Kahbang Music, Art & Film Festival — Bangor, Maine
Kanrocksas Music Festival — Kansas City, Kansas
Lake Eden Arts Festival — Black Mountain, North Carolina
La Musica — Sarasota, Florida
Langerado Music Festival — Big Cypress Indian Reservation, Florida — And other various locations over the years
Lollapalooza — Chicago, Illinois — Previously a touring festival
Long Beach Blues Festival — Long Beach, California
Lotus World Music and Arts Festival — Bloomington, Indiana
Lowell Folk Festival — Lowell, Massachusetts
MAHA Music Festival — Omaha, Nebraska
Mendocino Music Festival — Mendocino, California
MerleFest — Wilkesboro, North Carolina
MidPoint Music Festival — Cincinnati, Ohio
Mile High Music Festival — Commerce City, Colorado
Mississippi River Festival — Edwardsville, Illinois
moe.down — Turin, New York
Monolith Festival — Morrison, Colorado
Monterey International Pop Music Festival — Monterey, California
Moondance Jam — Walker, Minnesota
Mostly Mozart — New York City, New York
Mountain Jam — Hunter, New York
Mucklewain — Pinewood, Tennessee
Music from Angel Fire — Angel Fire, Taos, Raton, Las Vegas, New Mexico
MusicfestNW — Portland, Oregon
Musikfest — Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Nateva Music & Camping Festival — Oxford, Maine
Naukabout Music Festival — East Falmouth, Massachusetts
NEARfest — Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Nerdapalooza — Eureka, California
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival — New Orleans, Louisiana
Newport Folk Festival — Newport, Rhode Island
Newport Jazz Festival — Newport, Rhode Island
Newport Music Festival — Newport, Rhode Island
Newport Pop Festival — Costa Mesa, California
Norman Music Festival — Norman, Oklahoma
Northwest Folklife Festival — Seattle, Washington
Old Settler's Music Festival — Austin, Texas
On the Waterfront Festival — Rockford, Illinois
Oregon Bach Festival — Eugene, Oregon
Oregon Festival of American Music — Eugene, Oregon
PDX Pop Now! — Portland, Oregon
Philadelphia Folk Festival — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Phish festivals — Various locations over the years
Pitchfork Music Festival — Chicago, Illinois
Planetfest — Jacksonville, Florida
Pointfest — St. Louis, Missouri
ProgPower USA — Atlanta, Georgia
Red Bank Jazz & Blues Festival — Red Bank, New Jersey
Red Sky Music Festival — Omaha, Nebraska
Re:Generation — North Plains, Oregon
Rites of Spring Festival — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
River To River Festival — New York, New York
Riverbend Festival — Chattanooga, Tennessee
Rochester International Jazz Festival — Rochester, New York
Rock the Garden — Minneapolis, Minnesota
Rockfest — Kansas City, Missouri
Rocklahoma — Pryor, Oklahoma
Rock N Resort Music Festival — North Lawrence, Ohio
Rock on the Range — Columbus, Ohio
Roots N Blues N BBQ Festival — Columbia, Missouri
Rothbury Music Festival — Rothbury, Michigan
Sacramento Jazz Jubilee — Sacramento, California
Sasquatch! Music Festival — George, Washington
Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival — Silk Hope, North Carolina
Signal - The Southeast Electronic Music Festival — Chapel Hill & Carrboro, North Carolina
Sitka Jazz Festival — Sitka, Alaska
Sitka Summer Music Festival — Sitka, Alaska
SmokeOut Festival — San Bernardino, California
Snoe.down — Killington, Vermont & Rutland, Vermont
Solid Sound Festival — North Adams, Massachusetts
Sonshine Festival — Willmar, Minnesota
South by Southwest — Austin, Texas
South Padre International Music Festival — South Padre Island, Texas
Stagecoach Festival — Indio, California
Street Scene — San Diego, California
Summer Camp Music Festival — Chillicothe, Illinois
Summerfest — Milwaukee, Wisconsin
SunFest — West Palm Beach, Florida
Takoma Park Folk Festival — Takoma Park, Maryland
Telluride Bluegrass Festival — Telluride, Colorado
Treasure Island Music Festival — San Francisco, California
Ultra Music Festival — Miami, Florida
US Festival — San Bernardino, California
Vegoose — Las Vegas, Nevada
Virgin Festival — Baltimore, Maryland
Voodoo Music Experience — New Orleans, Louisiana
Wakarusa Music & Camping Festival — Ozark, Arkansas
Wanee Festival — Live Oak, Florida
WE Fest — Detroit Lakes, Minnesota
Woodstock Music & Art Fair — Bethel, New York — And other various locations over the years
Xclamation Festival — Modesto, California
Yosemite International Jazz Festival — Coarsegold, California
[edit]Pagan festivals

Main article: List of Neo-Pagan festivals and events
Heartland Pagan Festival — Tonganoxie, Kansas
Pagan Spirit Gathering — near Salem, Missouri
Starwood Festival— Wisteria Campground in Pomeroy, Ohio
Faerieworlds — Eugene, Oregon
CENTRAL OHIO FOLK FESTIVAL: Sponsored by the COLUMBUS FOLK MUSIC SOCIETY, INC., & Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park, Columbus/Galloway, OH 43119, USA. This festival is always held on the first full weekend (Including Friday) of May and is held at the Battelle Darby-Creek Metro Park. The Festival usually features 30 or more mini-concerts and teaching workshops, with a main-stage concert in the evening. The workshops are for various traditional instruments, music & other folk arts. Check web site for specifics: http://www.cfms-inc.org/central_ohio_folk_festival.htm
[edit]Pioneer festivals

Days of '47 Parade — Salt Lake City, Utah
Pioneer Day (Utah) — Utah state holiday with multiple celebrations throughout the state
Pioneer Days (Ohio) — Kalida, Ohio
[edit]Religious festivals

Cornerstone Festival — Bushnell, Illinois
Creation Festival— George, Washington The Gorge Amphitheater and Mount Union, Pennsylvania Agape Farm
LifeLight Festival — Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Sonshine Festival — Willmar, Minnesota
X-Day (Church of the SubGenius) — Wisteria Campground in Pomeroy, Ohio
[edit]Renaissance fairs

Main article: List of Renaissance fairs
[edit]Sports festivals

Bridge Day [21] — Fayetteville, West Virginia
Ontario Lacrosse Festival [22] — Durham Region, Ontario, Canada
[edit]Rodeo and horse racing festivals

Days of '47 Rodeo — Salt Lake City, Utah
Kentucky Derby Festival — Louisville, Kentucky
[edit]Science festivals

World Science Festival — New York City
USA Science and Engineering Festival, Washington, D.C. — [23]
[edit]Seasonal festivals

Apple Blossom Festival — Winchester, Virginia
Autumnfest — Woonsocket, Rhode Island
Evansville Freedom Festival, — Evansville, Indiana
Three Rivers Festival — Fort Wayne, Indiana
West Side Nut Club Fall Festival — Evansville, Indiana
Woollybear Festival — Vermilion, Ohio
[edit]Storytelling festivals

National Storytelling Festival — Jonesborough, Tennessee
Southern Ohio Storytelling Festival — Chillicothe, Ohio
Timpanogos Storytelling Festival — Orem, Utah
[edit]Transportation festivals

Dragging the Gut Festival — McMinnville, Oregon
Segway Fest — varying locations
Tall Stacks — Cincinnati, Ohio