List of festivals in the United States

This is a list of festivals in the United States.

Alternative festivals

• Burning Man
• Jacksonville Hemp Festival

Arts and crafts festivals

• Allentown Arts Festival — Buffalo, New York
• Amish Acres Arts & Crafts Festival — Nappanee, Indiana
• Festival of Native Arts — Fairbanks, Alaska
• Festival of the Arts — Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Detroit Festival of the Arts — Detroit, Michigan
• Fair Grove Heritage Reunion — Fair Grove, Missouri
• Lake Eden Arts Festival — Black Mountain, North Carolina
• Letchworth Arts & Crafts Show — Letchworth State Park, New York
• QuiltFest Jacksonville — Jacksonville, Florida
• St. James Art Fair — Louisville, Kentucky
• Texas State Arts and Crafts Fair — Kerrville, Texas
• Vermont Quilt Festival — Vermont (location varies) [1]
• Wiregrass Festival of Murals — Dothan, Alabama
• Wildflower Art and Music Festival in Richardson Texas http://www.wildflowerfestival.com

Beer festivals

• Great American Beer Festival (established 1982) — Denver, Colorado
• Great Taste of the Midwest (established 1987) — Madison, Wisconsin
• Jacksonville Beer & Food Festival (established 2006) — Jacksonville, Florida
• Oregon Brewers Festival (established 1988) — Portland, Oregon

Community festivals and celebrations

• Buffalo Chicken Wing Festival — Buffalo, New York
• Buffalo Grove Days — Buffalo Grove, Illinois
• Gasparilla Pirate Festival — Tampa, Florida
• Hessler Street Fair — Cleveland, Ohio
• Pecan Street Festival — Austin, Texas
• Red River Revel — Shreveport, Louisiana
• New City Festival — New City, New York
• Canal Fest — Tonawanda, New York
• Frontier Days — Arlington Heights, Illinois
• Friendship Festival — Buffalo, New York - Fort Erie, Ontario -Canada
• International Water Sports Expo — Buffalo, New York
• Subaru Cherry Blossom Festival of Greater Philadelphia — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Syracuse Polish Festival — Syracuse, New York

Culture, heritage and folk festivals

• 9th Street Italian Market Festival — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Aloha Festivals — Hawaii
• Borderfest --- Rio Grande Valley, Texas
• Buffalo Irish Festival — (South) Buffalo, New York
• Buffalo Irish Festival — (South) Buffalo, New York
• City Folk Festival — Dayton, Ohio
• Dublin Irish Festival — Dublin, Ohio
• Dyngus Day Polish Festival — Buffalo, New York
• Farmer's Day — Richlands, North Carolina
• Feast of San Gennaro — New York City, New York
• FinnFestUSA
• Florida Folk Festival @ Stephen Foster State Park — White Springs, Florida
• The Great Italian Festival — Hosted by St. Nicholas of Tolentine Parish in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Greek Food Festival of Dallas — Dallas, Texas
• Hungarian Festival — New Brunswick, New Jersey
• Indy Greek Festival — Indianapolis, Indiana
• Indy Irish Festival — Indianapolis, Indiana
• International Folk Festival — Fayetteville, North Carolina
• Italian Street Festival — Indianapolis, Indiana
• Jacksonville Caribbean Carnival, Street Parade & Festival — Jacksonville, Florida
• Jacksonville Irish Festival — Jacksonville, Florida
• Juneteenth Festival — Buffalo, New York
• Kansas City Irish Fest — Kansas City, Missouri
• Little Italy Festival — Clinton, Indiana
• Lowell Folk Festival — Lowell, Massachusetts
• Middle Eastern Festival of Indianapolis — Indianapolis, Indiana
• New Jersey Folk Festival — New Brunswick, NJ
• Northeast Florida Scottish Games & Festival — Jacksonville, Florida
• Northwest Folklife Festival — Seattle, Washington
• Pittsburgh Folk Festival — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Riverfront Irish Festival — Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
• Sorrento Cheese Italian Heritage Festival — Buffalo, New York — Second Largest Italian Festival in the US
• Subaru Cherry Blossom Festival of Greater Philadelphia — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Syracuse Polish Festival — Syracuse, New York
• Tulip Time Festival — Holland, Michigan
• Taste of Polonia — Chicago, Illinois
• World of Nations Festival — Jacksonville, Florida
• World's Largest Disco! — Buffalo, New York

Earth and nature festivals

• Whale Fest — Sitka, Alaska

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
• 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
• Elmwood Festival of the Arts — Buffalo, New York
• Fremont Festival of the Arts — Fremont, California
• FotoFest - Houston, Texas
• Grand Cities Art Fest — Grand Forks, North Dakota/East Grand Forks, Minnesota
• Hawaii Shakespeare Festival — Honolulu, Hawaii
• Kansas City Renaissance Festival — Bonner Springs, Kansas
• Maryland Renaissance Festival — Crownsville, Maryland
• MasterWorks Festival — [2] - Winona Lake, Indiana
• Memphis International Film Festival — Memphis, Tennessee
• Minnesota Renaissance Festival — Shakopee, Minnesota
• New York Renaissance Faire — Tuxedo, New York
• Oregon Shakespeare Festival — Ashland, Oregon
• Savannah music festival in Savannah, Georgia
• Sterling Renaissance Festival in Sterling, New York
• Tennessee Renaissance Festival - Arrington-Triune, TN
• Utah Shakespearean Festival — Cedar City, Utah

Flower festivals

• National Cherry Blossom Festival — Washington, D.C.
• Portland Rose Festival — Portland, Oregon
• Texas Rose Festival — Tyler, Texas
• Washington State Apple Blossom Festival — Wenatchee, Washington
• Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival — Winchester, Virginia
• Subaru Cherry Blossom Festival of Greater Philadelphia — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Food, harvest and wild game festivals

• Circleville Pumpkin Show — Circleville, Ohio
• Chowder Fest — Beach Haven, New Jersey
• DeKalb Corn Fest — Dekalb, Illinois
• Delmarva Chicken Festival — Delmarva Peninsula
• Festival of the Fish — Vermilion, Ohio
• Florida food festivals — Florida
• The Food & Wine Festival at National Harbor — National Harbor, MD
• Geneva Area Grape JAMboree — Geneva, Ohio
• Gilroy Garlic Festival — Gilroy, California
• GingerRoot Wild Food Rendezvous — Hood River Valley, Oregon
• Jackson County Apple Festival — Jackson, Ohio
• National Buffalo Wing Festival — Buffalo, New York
• Native Shores Wild Food Rendezvous — Central Oregon Coast
• Nature Wonder Wild Food Weekend — Cairo, West Virginia
• Niagara Grape & Wine Festival — Niagara County, New York
• North Carolina Wild Food Weekend — Reidsville, North Carolina
• Norwalk Oyster Festival — Norwalk, Connecticut
• Ohio Pawpaw Festival — Albany, Ohio
• Parker County Peach Festival — Weatherford, Texas
• Paso Robles Wine Festival — Paso Robles, California
• Pennsylvania Maple Festival — Meyersdale, Pennsylvania
• Schmeckfest — Freeman, South Dakota
• SPAMARAMA — Austin, Texas
• Sycamore Pumpkin Festival — Sycamore, Illinois
• Taste of Chicago — Chicago, Illinois— Largest Food Festival in the US
• Taste of Chinatown — Manhattan
• Taste of Buffalo — Buffalo, New York— Second Largest Food Festival in the US
• Sweet Corn Festival — Fairborn, Ohio
• U.S. Oyster Festival — Leonardtown, Maryland

Holiday festivals

• First Night On New Year's Eve — Salt Lake City, Utah
• New Orleans Mardi Gras — New Orleans, Louisiana
• Spirit of America Festival — Decatur, Alabama

LGBT Festivals

• Capital Pride (Washington) — Washington, D.C.
• Outfest — Los Angeles, California
• PeaceOUT World Homo Hop Festival — Oakland, California
• Southern Decadence — New Orleans, Louisiana
• Utah Pride Festival — Salt Lake City, Utah

Music festivals

• 10,000 Lakes Festival — Detroit Lakes, Minnesota
• All Good Music Festival — Preston County, West Virginia
• ARTSaha! — Omaha, Nebraska
• A Taste of Colorado
• Audubon Rock Festival — Audubon, Iowa
• Austin City Limits Music Festival — Austin, Texas
• Austin Reggae Festival — Austin, Texas
• Bach Festival at Baldwin-Wallace College[[3]] — [Berea, Ohio]]
• Bang Music Festival Festival — Miami, Florida[4]
• Bay Area Indie Music Festival — Martinez, California
• Beaufort Music Festival — Beaufort, North Carolina [5]
• Bele Chere — Asheville, North Carolina [6]
• Bluegrass in the Park — Henderson, Kentucky
• Bobolink Music Festival — Belden, California
• Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival — Manchester, Tennessee
• Bonner Mountain Music Festival — Orofino, Idaho
• Buffalo-Niagara Guitar Festival — Buffalo, New York
• Bumbershoot — Seattle, Washington
• City Folk Festival — Dayton, Ohio
• Carrboro Music Festival — Carrboro, North Carolina
• Central Park SummerStage — New York, New York http://www.summerstage.org
• Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival — Indio, California
• Comstock Music Festivals — Comstock, Nebraska
• Cornerstone Festival— Bushnell, Illinois
• Diversafest LLC DFEST — Tulsa, Oklahoma
• Dally in the Alley — Detroit, Michigan
• Deer Valley Music Festival — Salt Lake City, Utah
• Detroit Electronic Music Festival — Detroit, Michigan
• Dillo Day — Evanston, Illinois
• Drop Dead Festival — NYC, NY
• Drums Along the Waterfront Drums Corp. International Competition — Buffalo, New York
• Earthdance — Laytonville, California
• The Echo Project— Atlanta, Georgia
• Electronic Music Midwest Kansas City, Kansas and Lewisville, Illinois
• Endless Festival
• Floyd World Music Festival — Floyd, Virginia
• Forecastle Festival — Louisville, Kentucky
• Fun Fun Fun Fest — Austin, Texas
• Gathering Of The Vibes — Bridgeport, Connecticut
• The Great Blue Heron Music Festival — Sherman, New York
• GrassRoots Festival of Music and Dance — Trumansburg, New York
• GrassRoots Festival of Music and Dance — Pittsboro, North Carolina
• Hardly Strictly Bluegrass — San Francisco, California
• Harmony Sweepstakes A Cappella Festival — San Francisco, California
• HFStival — Washington, D.C.
• High Sierra Music Festival — Quincy, California
• Homegrown Music Festival — Duluth, Minnesota
• HONK! Festival — Somerville (Boston), MA
• Jacksonviille Jazz Festival — Jacksonville, Florida
• Jam on the River — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Kate Wolf Memorial Music Festival[7] — Laytonville, California
• Kerrville Folk Music Festival -- Kerrville Texas [8]
• Lake Eden Arts Festival — Black Mountain, North Carolina
• Langerado Music Festival — Broward County, Florida
• Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise — Fort Lauderdale, Florida — San Diego, California
• Lifelight Music Festival — Sioux Falls, South Daktoa
• Lollapalooza — currently held in Chicago, Illinois but was previously a touring festival.
• Lowell Folk Festival — [9]
• MasterWorks Festival — [10]Winona Lake, Indiana
• Memphis International Film Festival — Memphis, Tennessee
• Memphis Music and Heritage Festival — Memphis, Tennessee
• MerleFest — Wilkesboro, North Carolina
• Moondance Jam — Walker, Minnesota
• Mountain Jam (Radio Woodstock) — Hunter, New York
• Mostly Mozart — New York City, New York
• Mucklewain — Pinewood, TN
• Musikfest — Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
• National Polka Festival — Ennis, Texas
• NEARfest (North East Art Rock Festival) — 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 Pop Festival — Costa Mesa, California
• 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
• Oregon Jamboree — Sweet Home, Oregon
• Ozzfest
• Paducahpalooza — Rock the Vote-sponsored event held annually in Paducah, KY
• PDX Pop Now! — Portland, Oregon
• Peninsula Music Festival — Door County, Wisconsin
• Petestock Music Festival Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Philadelphia Folk Festival — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Pitchfork Music Festival — Chicago, Illinois
• Portland Jazz Festival — Portland, Oregon
• ProgDay — Chapel Hill, North Carolina
• Provincetown Music Festvial in Provincetown, Cape Cod, Massachusetts http://www.provincetownmusicfestival.org
• Provincetown Jazz Festival in Provincetown, Cape Cod, Massachusetts http://www.provincetownjazzfestival.org
• Red Bank Jazz & Blues Festival — Red Bank, New Jersey
• Reach Music Festival— Sugar Land, Texas
• Rock The Bells
• Sacramento Jazz Jubilee — Sacramento, California
• Santa Fe Muzik Fest — Santa Fe, New Mexico
• Sasquatch! Music Festival — George, Washington
• Scott Joplin Ragtime Festival — Sedalia, Missouri
• Sitka Jazz Festival — Sitka, Alaska
• Sitka Summer Music Festival — Sitka, Alaska
• Sonshine Festival — Willmar, Minnesota
• Sounds of the Underground
• South by Southwest — Austin, Texas
• Stagecoach — Indio, California
• Spirit of Bluegrass Music Fest — Live Oak, Florida
• SummerCamp Music Fesitval — Chillicothe, IL
• Summerfest — Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Treasure Island Music Festival — San Francisco, California
• Thyagaraja Music Festival of Utah — Salt Lake City, UT
• Ultra Music Festival — Miami, Florida
• Vegoose — Las Vegas, Nevada
• Virgin Festival — Baltimore, Maryland
• Voodoo Music Festival — New Orleans, Louisiana
• Wakarusa Music Festival — Lawrence, Kansas
• Walnut Valley Festival — Winfield, Kansas
• W. C. Handy Blues and Bar-B-Q Fest — Henderson, Kentucky
• WE Fest — Detroit Lakes, Minnesota
• Wildflower Art and Music Festival in Richardson Texas http://www.wildflowerfestival.com
• WIMFEST Women's International Music Festival www.wimfest.com — NE, OHIO
• Woodstock Mozart Festival — Woodstock, Illinois
• Xclamation Festival Downtown Music Festival http://www.xfestmodesto.com — Modesto, California
• XPoNential Music Festival http://www.xpn.org — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• YarmonyGrass — State Bridge, Colorado

Pagan festivals

• Blue Ridge Beltaine Festival — Virginia
• Free Spirit Gathering — Maryland
• Heartland Pagan Festival — Tonganoxie, Kansas
• Pagan Spirit Gathering - Wisteria, Ohio
• Starwood Festival — Sherman, New York Brushwood Folklore Center
• WytcheHaven Weekends — Salem, Arkansas
• Florida Pagan Gathering — Central Florida

Pioneer festivals

• Days of '47 Parade — Salt Lake City, Utah
• Pioneer Day (Utah) — Utah state holiday with multiple celebrations throughout the state
• Pioneer Days (Chico, California) — First Saturday in May
• Pioneer Days (Ohio) — Kalida, Ohio
• Santa-Cali-Gon Days— Independence, Missouri

Religious festivals

• Cornerstone Festival — Bushnell, Illinois
• LifeLight Festival — Sioux Falls, South Dakota
• Sonshine Festival — Willmar, Minnesota
• X-Day (Church of the SubGenius) — Sherman, New York Brushwood Folklore Center
• Xfest NW — Stevenson, Washington Skamania County Fairgrounds

Rodeo and horse racing festivals

• Days of '47 Rodeo — Salt Lake City, Utah
• Kentucky Derby Festival — Louisville, Kentucky
• Ogden Pioneer Days — Ogden, Utah

Seasonal festivals

• Apple Blossom Festival — Winchester, Virginia
• Autumnfest — Woonsocket, Rhode Island
• Autumn Leaf Festival — Clarion, Pennsylvania
• Harvest Fest at the Trolley Museum Elgin — South Elgin, Illinois
• Subaru Cherry Blossom Festival of Greater Philadelphia — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• West Side Nut Club Fall Festival — Evansville, Indiana
• Woollybear Festival — Vermilion, Ohio
• Apple Harvest Festival Southington, Connecticut

Storytelling festivals

• Bay Area Storytelling Festival — El Sobrante, California
• Corn Island Storytelling Festival — Louisville, Kentucky
• Illinois Storytelling Festival — Spring Grove, Illinois
• National Storytelling Festival — Jonesborough, Tennessee
• Sierra Storytelling Festival — Nevada County, California
• Southern Ohio Storytelling Festival — Chillicothe, Ohio
• St. Louis Storytelling Festival — St. Louis, Missouri
• Taos Storytelling Festival — Taos, New Mexico
• Texas Storytelling Festival — Denton, Texas
• Three Apples Storytelling Festival — Bedford, Massachusetts
• Three Rivers Storytelling Festival — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Timpanogos Storytelling Festival — Orem, Utah

Transportation festivals

• Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival — Auburn, Indiana
• Tall Stacks — Cincinnati, Ohio

By state

• List of festivals in Louisiana

See also

• Carnival
• Festival
• Hot air balloon festivals
• Mexican fiestas in the United States
• List of Pueblos and Feast Days
• Renaissance faire
• List of film festivals