List of festivals in the United States
This is an incomplete list of festivals in the United States with articles on Wikipedia, as well as lists of other festival lists, by geographic location. 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 (and Canada and Mexico in some cases) 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 (music)
 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
=== 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
Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival — Half Moon Bay, California
Lake Eden Arts Festival (LEAF) — Black Mountain, North Carolina
Mayfair Festival of the Arts — Allentown, Pennsylvania
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 (established 1982) — Denver, Colorado
Houston Beer Fest (established 2011) — Houston, Texas
Oregon Brewers Festival (established 1988) — 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
=== Contemporary Christian Festivals ===
Cornerstone Festival — Bushnell, Illinois
Creation Festival — The Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Washington and Agape Farm in Mount Union, Pennsylvania
LifeLight Festival — Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Sonshine Festival — Willmar, 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, New Jersey
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
=== 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, DC
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
=== 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, DC
Fantasia Fair —  Provincetown, Massachusetts
Frameline —  San Francisco, California
Newfest —  New York, New York
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
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
=== Religious festivals ===
Vaisakhi — Yuba City, California
Wild Goose Festival — Hot Springs, North Carolina
X-Day (Church of the SubGenius) — 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
Pendleton round up — Pendleton, Oregon
=== Science festivals ===
Trenton Computer Festival
World Science Festival — New York, New York
=== Seasonal festivals ===
Apple Blossom Festival — Winchester, Virginia
Evansville Freedom Festival — Evansville, Indiana
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
=== 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, OhioCulture of the United States
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