List of festivals in the United States
This is an incomplete list of festivals in the United States with articles on Wikipedia. This list includes 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 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.
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
- 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
- Killed Jesus Festival — United States
Arts and crafts festivals
- 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
- — Wayne County, Indiana
- Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival — Half Moon Bay, California
- Harvest of the Arts — Carlisle, Pennsylvania
- La Quinta Arts Festival — La Quinta, California
- Lake Eden Arts Festival — Black Mountain, North Carolina
- 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 — Denver, Colorado
- Houston Beer Fest — Houston, Texas
- Oregon Brewers Festival — 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 — Tampa, Florida
- Hessler Street Fair — Cleveland, Ohio
- Minneapolis Aquatennial — Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Pecan Street Festival — Austin, Texas
- Red River Revel — Shreveport, Louisiana
- Saint Paul Winter Carnival — Saint Paul, 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
- New Jersey Folk Festival — New Brunswick, NJ
- 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
- Riverfront Irish Festival — Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
- 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
Earth and nature festivals
- Mother Earth News Fair — national and regional locations
- NY Green Fest — Alfred, New York
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
- 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, D.C.
- 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
- California Poppy Festival — Lancaster, California
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
- 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
Innovation festivals
- One Spark crowdfunding festival — Jacksonville, Florida
LGBT festivals
- Capital Pride — Washington, D.C.
- Fantasia Fair — Provincetown, Massachusetts
- Frameline — San Francisco, California
- Newfest — New York City
- 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
- Heartland Pagan Festival — Tonganoxie, Kansas
- 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
Contemporary Christian Festivals
- Cornerstone Festival — Bushnell, Illinois
- Creation Festival — the Gorge Amphitheater in George, Washington and Agape Farm in Mount Union, Pennsylvania
- LifeLight Festival — Sioux Falls, South Dakota
- Sonshine Festival — Willmar, Minnesota
Religious Festivals
- Vaisakhi — Yuba City, California
- Wild Goose Festival — Hot Springs, North Carolina
- X-Day — 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 City
Seasonal festivals
- Apple Blossom Festival – Winchester, Virginia
- Evansville Freedom Festival – Evansville, Indiana
- IceArt Festival – Carlisle, Pennsylvania
- 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
Steampunk festivals
- The Steam Festival — Fillmore, California
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