A weekend of Birding Festivals, May Fests, Spring Festivals, Cultural Fests and more.
Welcome back, Festival Fans.
Festivals have picked up this week with plenty of great fests.
As the birds migrate north, you have a nice amount of Birding Festivals to enjoy in states like Indiana, Michigan and Minnesota.
There are also plenty of May Day Festivals, Flower/Blossom Festivals and festivals that have anything to do with Spring.
Plus Bike and Railroad Festivals, Food Festivals, Cultural Festivals and even a festival about Wisconsin’s famous Hodag.
Here’s a taste of what you can expect in each state…
- Bellefonte Arts Festival in Delaware
- Long Grove Chocolate Festival in Illinois
- Rhubarb Festival in Illinois
- Indiana Dunes Birding Festival in Indiana
- Indiana Peony Festival in Indiana
- Vesterheim Syttende Mai in Iowa
- Fair Hill Scottish Games in Maryland
- Preakness Stakes InfieldFest in Maryland
- Quad State Pickle Fest in Maryland
- Niles Renaissance Faire in Michigan
- Tawas Point Birding Festival in Michigan
- Minnesota Songkran Festival in Minnesota
- Detroit Lakes Festival of Birds in Minnesota
- St. Louis Scottish Games and Cultural Festival in Missouri
- Nixa Sucker Days in Missouri
- NJ Seafood Festival in New Jersey
- Mullica Hill Asparagus Festival in New Jersey
- May Faire in Oz in New Jersey
- Clymer Tulip Festival in New York
- Apple Blossom Festival in New York
- Millvale Music Festival in Pennsylvania
- Claysville National Pike Festival in Pennsylvania
- Coventry Woods Festival in Pennsylvania
- Washington DC Dragon Boat Festival in Washington DC
- Mountain Mud in West Virginia
- Bringing in the May Fairie Festival in West Virginia
- Hodag Heritage Festival in Wisconsin
- Geneva Cheese Festival in Wisconsin
And there are many more so be sure to check out the lists below!
It’s truly festival season now in the Northern Region, so take advantage of it. Go through the lists and check the map as there may be festivals going on around you.
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Have a great weekend, everyone!
If you happen to be in Ohio this weekend, check this weekend’s post at OhioFestivals.net to see what’s going on. You can find this week’s post at https://ohiofestivals.net/ohio-weekend-051726/
And here are the other two sections again…
Southern Section: https://festivalguidesandreviews.com/south-festival-weekend-051726
Western Section: https://festivalguidesandreviews.com/west-festival-weekend-051726
Until next week…
Love, Peace and Festival Grease!
Upcoming Festival Weekend: May 14-17, 2026
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MAP of festival and fair food cities this weekend.
If you can’t see the map on your smartphone, click HERE.
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Reviews for Festivals this Week
No festival reviews this weekend.
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Only want to see festivals in your state?
Go directly to your State Festival Guide.
Alabama | Arizona | Arkansas | California | Colorado | Delaware | Florida
Georgia | Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Kansas | Kentucky | Louisiana
Maryland | Michigan | Minnesota | Mississippi | Missouri | Nevada
New Jersey | New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | Ohio | Oklahoma
Oregon | Pennsylvania | South Carolina | Tennessee | Texas | Virginia
Washington | Washington, DC | West Virginia | Wisconsin
Otherwise, continue down for all of this weekend’s festivals…
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DELAWARE
5/16 – Bellefonte Arts Festival – Bellefonte
5/16 – A Day in Old New Castle – New Castle
5/16 – Wilmington Street Food Festival – Wilmington
5/16-5/17 – Brandywine Spring Festival of the Arts – Wilmington
ILLINOIS
5/14-5/17 – Glow Wild! at the Peoria Zoo IX – Peoria
5/14-5/17 – MayDays Festival – Clinton
5/14-5/17 – Toledo Spring Festival – Toledo
5/15 – Ottawa’s Third Friday Artisan Market I – Ottawa
5/15-5/17 – Aurora Greek Fest – Aurora
5/15-5/17 – Art on the Square – Belleville
5/15-5/17 – Long Grove Chocolate Festival – Long Grove
5/16 – Young Evanston Artists (YEA!) Festival – Evanston
5/16 – Water Lantern Festival: Lake Zurich – Lake Zurich
5/16* – St. Basil Rastko Folklore Festival – Mettawa – DISCONTINUED?
5/16 – World of Food Truck Festival – Plainfield
Weekend continues below…
5/16 – Rockton Pelican Fest – Rockton
5/16 – Whippoorwill Rodeo – Salem
5/16 – Ballpark Brew Fest – Schaumburg
5/16 – Springfield Pride Fest – Springfield
5/16 – Streator Food Truck Festival – Streator
5/16 – Blooming Fest – West Chicago
5/16-5/17 – Lincoln Roscoe Art and Craft Fair – Chicago
5/16-5/17 – Railroad Days – Rochelle
5/16-5/17 – Skokie Festival of Cultures – Skokie
5/16-5/17 – Old Capitol Art Fair – Springfield
5/17 – Blessing of the Bikes and Bless Fest – Alto Pass
5/17 – Maxwell Street Market I – Chicago
5/17 – Rhubarb Festival – Kankakee
5/17 – St. Jacob UCC Strawberry Fest – St. Jacob
INDIANA
5/13 – Cedar Lake Farmers Market: Wednesday I – Cedar Lake
5/13-5/16 – Dillsboro Homecoming Festival – Dillsboro
5/13-5/16* – St. Joe Festival – Shelbyville – CANCELLED
5/14-5/17 – Indiana Dunes Birding Festival – Chesterton
5/15 – Sugarbelt Mead Festival – Crown Point
5/15-5/16 – Celebration in the Ville – Connersville
5/15-5/16 – Smoke on the Square – Hope
5/15-5/16 – Harrodsburg Heritage Days Festival – Harrodsburg
5/15-5/16 – Frühlingsfest – Seymour
5/15-5/16 – Hen and Chicks Barn Spring Market – Seymour
5/15-5/16 – Sustain Art and Music Festival – Shoals
5/15-5/17 – Panda Fest Indy – Indianapolis
5/15-5/17 – Fat and Skinny Tire Fest – Winona Lake/Warsaw
5/16 – Advance Salutes America’s 250th Birthday Festival – Advance
5/16 – Crawfordsville Spring Festival – Crawfordsville
5/16* – BuskerFest – Fort Wayne – CANCELLED
5/16 – Gentryville Spring Fling – Gentryville
Weekend continues below…
5/16 – Southside Südzfest at German Park – Indianapolis
5/16 – Chalk Walk Arts Festival – Jasper
5/16 – Dark Lord Day – Munster
5/16 – Indiana Peony Festival – Noblesville
5/16 – Blue River Highland Games – Shelbyville
5/16 – Strawberry Festival – Shirley
5/16 – Westfield International Festival – Westfield
5/16-5/17 – MayFEST – Chesterfield
5/16-5/17 – Broad Ripple Art Fair – Indianapolis
5/16-5/17 – Southern Indiana Renaissance Faire IV – Seymour
5/17 – Spring-Palooza Peony Festival at Avon Gardens – Avon
5/17 – Cherry Blossom Festival – Fort Wayne
5/17 – Eco Fest – Fort Wayne
5/17 – Old Jasper Day and Strawberry Festival – Jasper
IOWA
5/14 – Millwork Night Market I – Dubuque
5/14-5/16 – Orange City Tulip Festival – Orange City
5/15 – Vesterheim Syttende Mai – Decorah
5/16 – Bentonsport Heritage Day – Bentonsport
5/16 – Indigenous Heritage Celebration – Dubuque
5/16 – Marion Arts Festival – Marion
5/16-5/17 – Houby Days – Cedar Rapids
5/16-5/17 – Spring Fling at Sleepy Hollow III – Des Moines
MARYLAND/WASHINGTON, DC
5/15-5/17 – Romanian Food Festival: Spring – Potomac
5/15-5/17 – Saint Sophia Greek Festival – Washington, DC
5/15-5/17 – St. Mary Armenian Spring Food Festival – Washington, DC
5/16 – Preakness Stakes InfieldFest – Baltimore
5/16 – Brunswick Springfest – Brunswick
5/16 – Music City Bluegrass and Roots Festival – Catonsville
5/16 – Fair Hill Scottish Games – Elkton
5/16 – BlueGrass Festival at Old Salty’s – Fishing Creek
5/16 – Ferndale Day – Glen Burnie
5/16 – Kent Island Day – Kent Island
5/16 – Taste of Jamaica Food Festival – Mechanicsville
Weekend continues below…
5/16* – Middletown Snallygaster Festival – Middletown – DISCONTINUED
5/16 – Mount Rainier Day Festival – Mount Rainier
5/16 – Anacostia River Festival (National Cherry Blossom Festival) – Washington, DC
5/16 – Fiesta Asia Street Fair – Washington, DC
5/16 – Washington DC Dragon Boat Festival – Washington, DC
5/16-5/17 – Quad State Pickle Fest – Boonsboro
5/16-5/17 – Wine in the Woods – Columbia
5/16-5/17 – South Mountain Spring Festival – Gapland
5/16-5/17* – Southern Maryland Heritage Festival – Hollywood – NEXT IN 2027
5/16-5/17 – DCA Festival and Community Bazaar – Lanham
5/16-5/17* – Boardwalk Rock – Ocean City – NEXT IN 2027
5/16-5/17 – Maryland Iron Festival – Thurmont
5/17 – Arbutus Arts Festival – Baltimore
5/17 – Filipino Fest at Power Plant Live – Baltimore
5/17 – Christ Episcopal Church Chaptico Strawberry Festival – Chaptico
5/17 – Frederick Spring Festival – Frederick
MICHIGAN
5/13-5/17 – Sparta Town and Country Days – Sparta
5/14-5/17 – Baldwin Blessing of the Bikes – Baldwin
5/14-5/17 – National Morel Mushroom Festival – Boyne City
5/14-5/17 – Durand Railroad Days Festival – Durand
5/14-5/17 – St. Peter’s Ox Roast Festival and Carnival – Eaton Rapids
5/15 – Clarkston Food Truck Rally – Clarkston
5/15-5/16 – Tawas Point Birding Festival – East Tawas
5/15-5/16 – World Expo of Beer – Frankenmuth
5/15-5/17 – St. Patrick Spring Festival – Carleton
5/15-5/17 – Jonesville Riverfest – Jonesville
5/16 – Bee Day Festival – Adrian
5/16 – ALEgan Beer, BBW and Blues Fest – Allegan
5/16 – The Dead Pedal Dust Up: Spring – Chesaning
5/16 – Petoskey Stone Festival – Eastport
5/16 – Founders’ Day Festival – Highland Township
5/16-5/17 – East Lansing Art Festival – East Lansing
5/16-5/17 – Great Lakes Boating Festival – Grosse Pointe
5/16-5/17 – Art and Flower Fair – Lake Orion
5/16-5/17 – Niles Renaissance Faire – Niles
5/17 – This and That Market II – Chelsea
5/17 – Nativity of the Virgin Mary Spring Picnic at St. Nicholas Chapel – Sterling Heights
MINNESOTA
5/14-5/16 – Detroit Lakes Festival of Birds – Multiple Cities
5/14-5/17 – Infrasound Music Festival – Clarks Grove
5/15-5/16 – Vintage Artisan Market I – Cambridge
5/15-5/17 – Art-A-Whirl – Minneapolis
5/15-5/17 – SEMBA May Bluegrass Festival – Houston
5/16 – Plant Yourself in Gaylord – Gaylord
5/16 – Belwin Bison Festival – Lakeland
5/16 – International Day of Living Together in Peace Festival – Lakeville
5/16 – Made in Minnesota Craft Beer and Wine Festival – Marshall
5/16 – Rochester Pride – Rochester
5/16 – Shakopee Food Truck Festival – Shakopee
5/16 – Cinco de Mayo: Festival Latinos – Willmar
5/16-5/17 – Minnesota Songkran Festival – Saint Paul
5/17 – Syttende Mai Celebration – Sunburg
5/17 – Honey and Jalapeno Book Fair – Vadnais Heights
MISSOURI
5/13-5/17 – Animals Aglow at the Saint Louis Zoo X – St. Louis
5/15-5/16 – Gladstone Summertime Bluesfest – Gladstone
5/15-5/16 – Arcadia Valley Mountain Music Festival: Spring – Ironton
5/15-5/16 – Taste of Maplewood – Maplewood
5/15-5/16 – Nixa Sucker Days – Nixa
5/15-5/17 – Downtown Washington Art Fair and Wine Fest – Washington
5/15-5/17 – Wentzville Days Fair and Music Festival – Wentzville
5/16 – Caledonia Strawberry Festival – Caledonia
5/16 – CoolFest – Columbia
5/16 – Maifest – Hermann
5/16 – West Bottoms Heritage Days Spring Swing Pop-Up – Kansas City
5/16 – St. Louis Scottish Games and Cultural Festival – Manchester
5/16 – Old Timer’s Day – Perryville
5/16 – Plattsburg Main Street Stroll – Plattsburg
5/16 – Sikeston Jaycees Crawfish Boil and Music Festival – Sikeston
5/16 – Bark in the Park – St. Louis
5/16 – Flowering Artists and Mural Fest – University City
5/16-5/17 – The Dragon Lake Renaissance Festival I – Eldon
NEW JERSEY
5/11-5/16 – St. Mary of the Lakes Carnival and MusicFest – Medford
5/12-5/16 – Livingston Kiwanis Karnival – Livingston
5/13-5/17 – Franklin Lakes Lions Club Carnival – Franklin Lakes
5/14-5/17 – Cape May Spring Festival – Cape May
5/14-5/17 – St. Athanasios Greek Festival – Paramus
5/14-5/17 – St. George Greek Festival – Hamilton
5/14-5/17 – St. George Greek Festival – Piscataway
5/15 – Bloomfield Food Truck and Music Festival – Bloomfield
5/15-5/17 – NJ Seafood Festival – Belmar
5/15-5/17 – Exit Zero Jazz Festival: Spring – Cape May
5/15-5/17 – Phases of the Moon – Egg Harbor Township
5/16 – Fairy and Pirate Festival – Budd Lake
5/16 – Coast Guard Community Festival – Cape May
5/16 – Lunar Faire Night Market II – Freehold
Weekend continues below…
5/16 – Glen Ridge Arts and Eco Fair – Glen Ridge
5/16 – Hackettstown Maifest – Hackettstown
5/16 – Haddon Heights Rhythm and Brews – Haddon Heights
5/16 – Lake Hopatcong Block Party – Landing
5/16 – Ort Farms Long Valley Day – Long Valley
5/16 – Mullica Hill Asparagus Festival – Mullica Hill
5/16 – Mullica Hill Spring Makers Market – Mullica Hill
5/16 – Randolph Arts in the Park – Randolph
5/16 – Country Jamboree Festival – Rockaway
5/16 – Woodbridge Street Fair and Craft Show – Woodbridge
5/16-5/17 – Asbury Park Vegan Food Festival– Asbury Park
5/16-5/17 – PIcklepalooza at Laurita Winery – New Egypt
Weekend continues below…
5/16-5/17 – Riverview Beach Park Wine Festival – Pennsville
5/16-5/17 – Historic Smithville Mayfest – Smithville
5/17 – Cranford Street Fest I – Cranford
5/17 – Dunellen Open-Air Market II – Dunellen
5/17 – May Faire in Oz – Eastampton
5/17 – Freehold PorchFest – Freehold
5/17 – Hoboken Spring Arts and Music Festival – Hoboken
5/17 – Kenilworth Street Fair with Classic Cars – Kenilworth
5/17 – Clinton Township Food Truck and Music Fest – Lebanon
5/17 – Maplewood Street Fair and Craft Show – Maplewood
5/17 – Mayfest: Springfield Ave Street Fair – Maplewood
5/17 – SomerStock Music Festival – Somerdale
5/17 –Springfield Food Truck Festival – Springfield
5/17 – Seafood and BBQ Festival – West Windsor
NEW YORK
5/11-5/17 – Rochester Lilac Festival II – Rochester
5/14-5/17 – Montauk Music Festival – Montauk
5/14-5/17 – Froggy Daze – Narrowsburg
5/14-5/17 – Williamson Apple Blossom Festival – Williamson
5/15-5/16 – Clymer Tulip Festival – Clymer
5/15-5/17 – Muckfest – Penn Yan
5/15-5/17 – Germania of Poughkeepsie Maifest – Poughkeepsie
5/16 – Buffalo Porchfest – Buffalo
5/16 – Downtown Canandaigua International Festival and Vintage Car Celebration – Canandaigua
5/16 – Dansville Dogwood Festival – Dansville
5/16 – Das Bock Lager Festival – Franklin Square
5/16 – Native American Spring Festival – Glen Cove
Weekend continues below…
5/16 – Town of Lloyd Springfest – Highland
5/16 – Mineola Foodie Festival – Mineola
5/16 – Niska Day – Niskayuna
5/16 – Rails and Ales – Rush
5/16 – Suds on the Sound – Rye
5/16 – Art in the Park – Saratoga Springs
5/16 – The Nightmare Market – Schenectady
5/16 – South Otselic Fishing & Heritage Day – South Otselic
5/16 – Waterford Canal Festival – Waterford
5/16 – Thunder in the Glen – Watkins Glen
5/16-5/17 – Mayfaire on the Green – Holland Patent
5/16-5/17 – Tree Peony Festival of Flowers I – Linwood
5/17 – Glens Falls Pet Fest – Glens Falls
5/17 – Apple Blossom Festival – Newfane
5/17 – Nyack-on-the-Hudson Spring Street Fair II – Nyack
OHIO
Ohio Festivals can be found at ohiofestivals.net/ohio-festivals/
PENNSYLVANIA
5/12 – New Brighton Night Mart I – New Brighton
5/13-5/16 – Phoenixville Dogwood Festival and Parade – Phoenixville
5/14-5/17 – St. Nicholas Spring Greek Food Festival – Bethlehem
5/14-5/17 – Downtown Edinboro Art and Music Festival – Edinboro
5/14-5/17 – Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival I – Gettysburg
5/14-5/17 – Upper Darby Greek Festival – Upper Darby
5/15 – Stewartstown Night Market II – Stewartstown
5/15-5/16 – BBQ Bonanza – Huntingdon
5/15-5/16 – Kitchen Kettle Village Rhubarb Festival – Intercourse
5/15-5/16 – Millvale Music Festival – Millvale
5/15-5/17 – PA Greek Fest – Camp Hill
5/15-5/17 – Beaver County Heathen Festival – Hookstown
5/15-5/17 – The World of Fae – Milton
5/16 – SangriaFest at SteelStacks – Bethlehem
Weekend continues below…
5/16 – Flower Moon Festival – Gilbert
5/16 – Fat Bat Artfest – Hanover
5/16 – Baron Brew Fest – Manheim
5/16 – Marietta Day – Marietta
5/16 – New Hope PrideFest Pride Parade and Fair – New Hope
5/16 – Let the Music Play – Noxen
5/16 – Philly Wine Fest: Spring – Philadelphia
5/16 – First Choice Wine Festival – Pittsburgh
5/16 – Kielbasa Festival/Heritage Day – Shenandoah
5/16 – Spring Winetober Fest – Skippack
5/16 – Pour at the Park at South Park – South Park Township
5/16 – Happy Hour Street Fest – Stroudsburg
5/16 – Uncork the Past Wine Festival – Watsontown
Weekend continues below…
5/16 – Boro Brew Fest – Waynesboro
5/16 – West Chester Porchfest – West Chester
5/16 – Rock and Blues Festival – Windsor
5/16-5/17 – National Pike Steam, Gas and Horse Association Spring Show – Brownsville
5/16-5/17 –Egyptian Festival – Carlisle
5/16-5/17 – Claysville National Pike Festival – Claysville
5/16-5/17 – Central Pennsylvania Fiber Festival – Hughesville
5/16-5/17 – Shadyside Spring Art Festival on Walnut Street – Pittsburgh
5/16-5/17 – South 9th Street Italian Market Festival – Philadelphia
5/16-5/17 – Portersville Spring Gas Up – Portersville
5/16-5/17 – The National Road Festival (Pike Days) in Scenery Hill – Scenery Hill
5/16-5/17 – Farm Animal Frolic I – Stroudsburg
5/17 – Fiesta on Hamilton – Allentown
5/17 – Bryn Mawr Clover Market: Spring – Byrn Mawr
5/17 – Coventry Woods Festival – Pottstown
5/17 – Vines and Vibes – Reading
5/17 – Eid Al-Adha Celebration – Whitehall
WEST VIRGINIA
5/11-5/17 – West Virginia Strawberry Festival II – Buckhannon
5/15-5/16 – Festival of Glass – Milton
5/16 – Mountain Mud – Bradshaw
5/16 – Fairmont Hometown Market: Music on Monroe – Fairmont
5/16* – WVPubFest – Ghent – CANCELLED
5/16 – Matewan Heritage Day – Matewan
5/16 – Moonlight Market I – Morgantown
5/16-5/17 – Bringing in the May Fairie Festival – Berkeley Springs
5/16-5/17 – Founders Day/Martinsburg Heritage Fair and Festival – Martinsburg
WISCONSIN
5/14-5/16 – Woodville Syttende Mai – Woodville
5/15-5/16 – Muscoda Morel Mushroom Festival – Muscoda
5/15-5/17 – Scottie Rally and Parade of Scots – Baileys Harbor
5/15-5/17 – Maifest – Germantown
5/15-5/17 – Geneva Cheese Festival – Lake Geneva
5/15-5/17 – Syttende Mai Festival (Norwegian Heritage) – Stoughton
5/16 – Spring Food Truck Festival – Elkhorn
5/16 – Gateway to Asia: Asian Culture Festival – Glendale
5/16 – Merrill’s Food Truck-a-Palooza – Merrill
5/16 – Festival of Spring at Paine Art Center and Gardens – Oshkosh
5/16 – Bloody Mary Fest at Racine Zoo – Racine
5/16 – Hodag Heritage Festival – Rhinelander
5/16 – Frothy Forage – Saukville
5/16-5/17 – Veterans of Menominee Nation Gathering of Warriors Powwow – Keshena
5/16-5/17 – Automotion Classic Car Show – Wisconsin Dells
5/17 – Wisconsin Micro-Brewers Beer Fest – Chilton
5/17* – WORTstock – Madison – CANCELLED
5/17 – Lakefront Brewery Maifest – Milwaukee
Alabama | Arizona | Arkansas | California | Colorado | Delaware | Florida
Georgia | Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Kansas | Kentucky | Louisiana
Maryland | Michigan | Minnesota | Mississippi | Missouri | Nevada
New Jersey | New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | Ohio | Oklahoma
Oregon | Pennsylvania | South Carolina | Tennessee | Texas | Virginia
Washington | Washington, DC | West Virginia | Wisconsin
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