List of festivals in the United States

Festivals of the United States
Festivals of the United States
External sublists
By state	Festivals of Florida; Festivals of Georgia; Festivals of Louisiana; Festivals of Michigan; Festivals of New Jersey; Festivals of Pennsylvania; Festivals of Virginia;
By city	Festivals of Buffalo, New York; Festivals of Chicago; Events of Houston; Festivals of Indianapolis; Festivals and fairs of the San Francisco Bay Area; Street fairs and parades of Seattle; Festivals and events of Tulsa, Oklahoma;
By type	Music festivals of the United States (US); Film festivals of the US; Dogwood festivals of the US;
Regional types
	Bluegrass music festival; Blues festival; Country music festival; County fair; Dogwood festival; Hip hop festival; Jazz festival; mushroom festival; Old-time music festival; Pow wow; Ribfest; State fair; Strawberry festival;
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	Culture of the United States (US); Tourism in the US (attractions); Public holidays in the US;
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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.^[1] The second state fair was in Detroit, Michigan, which started in 1849.^[2]

Lists of festivals by locale

Territories

Cities

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

Fine art and theatre festivals

Flower festivals

Food, harvest and wild game festivals

Holiday festivals

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

Science festivals

Seasonal festivals

Sports festivals

Storytelling festivals

Transportation festivals

Segway Fest — varying locations
Tall Stacks — Cincinnati, Ohio

References

^ "Syracuse University Press".
^ Michigan.gov Archived November 25, 2009, at the Wayback Machine

External links

[su-1] "Syracuse University Press".

[2] Michigan.gov Archived November 25, 2009, at the Wayback Machine

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v t e List of festivals in the United States by political division
States	Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
Federal district	Washington, D.C.
Territories	American Samoa Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands

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Sovereign states	Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Canada Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago United States
Dependencies and other territories	Anguilla Aruba Bermuda Bonaire British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Curaçao Greenland Guadeloupe Martinique Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Barthélemy Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saba Sint Eustatius Sint Maarten Turks and Caicos Islands United States Virgin Islands