List of festivals in the United States
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This is a list of festivals in the United States.
Alternative festivals
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
Film festivals
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