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This is a list of festivals in the United States.
[edit] 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
- 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
[edit] Film festivals
[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
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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
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
[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
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
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