Northern Labor Day Festival Weekend: September 3-7, 2026

Labor Day Weekend with hundreds of festivals throughout the region!

Welcome back, Festival Fans.

Labor Day Weekend is finally here, bringing in a period of so many festivals into mid-October.

For the month and a half, there will be crazy maps filled with pins that represent all the cities with festivals.

If you have had any festivals near you lately, all of that is about to change.

Get ready for some festivals and start scrolling down to see them all.

Here’s a couple of festivals for each state throughout the region…

Arden Fair in Delaware
Manito Popcorn Festival in Illinois
Kewanee Hog Days in Illinois
Ligonier Marshmallow Festival in Indiana
Marshall County Blueberry Festival in Indiana
Neola Hoo Doo Days in Iowa
Guthrie County Fair in Iowa
National Hard Crab Derby in Maryland
Little Bear Artisan and Makers Fair in Michigan
Michigan Chicken Wing Festival in Michigan
Red Rooster Days in Minnesota
O-Bah-Shiing Labor Day Celebration Pow Wow in Minnesota
Macon Fork and Cork Festival in Missouri
Big River Steampunk Festival in Missouri
Budd Lake Scandinavian Festival in New Jersey
Maplewood Porchfest in New Jersey
Hudson Valley Hot-Air Balloon Festival in New York
Garlic Jam Fest in New York
Back to the 50’s Weekend in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire in Pennsylvania
Oak Leaf Festival in West Virginia
Jackson’s Mill Jubilee in West Virginia
Cheese-A-Palooza in Wisconsin
Harrisville Brat Fest in Wisconsin

And there are many more so be sure to check out the lists below!

With so many festivals going on now, be sure to take your time going through both the festivals listings and the map as there are plenty of events to check out.

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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-090726/

And here are the other two sections again…
Southern Section: https://festivalguidesandreviews.com/south-festival-weekend-090726
Western Section: https://festivalguidesandreviews.com/west-festival-weekend-090726

Until next week…

Love, Peace and Festival Grease!

Upcoming Festival Weekend: September 3-7, 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.

DELAWARE

9/5 – Arden Fair – Wilmington

ILLINOIS

8/31-9/7 – Du Quoin State Fair II – Du Quoin
9/2-9/7 –Pana Tri-County Fair – Pana
9/3 – Downtown Evanston Thursday Night Market IV – Evanston
9/3-9/5 – Pittsfield Fall Festival – Pittsfield
9/3-9/6 – Chicago Jazz Festival – Chicago
9/3-9/7 – Buffalo Grove Days – Buffalo Grove
9/3-9/7 – Colchester Labor Day Celebration – Colchester
9/3-9/7 – The National Sweetcorn Festival – Hoopeston
9/3-9/7 – Milan Harvest Festival – Milan
9/3-9/7 – Central States Threshermen’s Reunion – Pontiac
9/4-9/5 – Arthur Amish Country Cheese Festival – Arthur
9/4-9/5 – Carlinville Lions Carnival – Carlinville
9/4-9/5 – Patoka Fall Festival – Patoka
9/4-9/5* – Peoria Blues and Heritage Music Festival – Peoria – CANCELLED
9/4-9/6 – ARC Music Festival – Chicago
9/4-9/6 – North Coast Music Festival – Chicago
9/4-9/6 – Festival of the Vine – Geneva
9/4-9/6 – Nashwood – Highwood
9/4-9/6 – Bengtson’s Fall Fest I – Homer Glen
9/4-9/6 – Summer Sunset Festival – Lake in the Hills
Weekend continues below…

9/4-9/6 – Lebanese Festival at Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church – Lombard
9/4-9/6 – Manito Popcorn Festival – Manito
9/4-9/6 – Shoe Fest Music and Camping – Manteno
9/4-9/6 – Nauvoo Grape Festival – Nauvoo
9/4-9/6 – Orion Fall Festival – Orion
9/4-9/6 – Pioneer City Rodeo – Palestine
9/4-9/6 – Yorkville Hometown Days Festival – Yorkville
9/4-9/7 – Bethalto Homecoming – Bethalto
9/4-9/7 – Casey Popcorn Festival – Casey
9/4-9/7 –Taste of Polonia Festival – Chicago
9/4-9/7 – Edinburg Labor Day Festival – Edinburg
9/4-9/7 – Kewanee Hog Days – Kewanee
9/4-9/7 – Last Fling – Naperville
9/4-9/7 – Feast of Maria SS. Lauretana of Altavilla Milicia – Niles
9/4-9/7 – Westville Labor Day Celebration – Westville
9/5 – Alto Vineyards Harvest Festival – Alto Pass
9/5 – BrazIL Fest Chicago – Chicago
9/5 – VolksFest Craft Beer and Wine Festival – Genoa
9/5 – Lombard Food Truck Social – Lombard
Weekend continues below…

9/5 – Bacon and Blues Fest at The Railyard – Springfield
9/5 – Springfield Oyster and Beer (SOB) Feztival – Springfield
9/5 – Roamer Cruise Night and Car Show – Streator
9/5-9/6 – The Great American Lobster Fest – Chicago
9/6-9/7 – Delavan Fall Festival – Delavan
9/5-9/6 – Taste of Serbia Festival – Lake Forest
9/5-9/6 – Maple Park Fun Fest – Maple Park
9/5-9/6 – Goebbert’s Farm Fall Festival I – South Barrington
9/5-9/7 – African Festival of the Arts – Chicago
9/5-9/7 – Frankfort Fall Festival – Frankfort
9/5-9/7 – Long Grove’s Irish Days – Long Grove
9/5-9/7 – Schaumburg Septemberfest – Schaumburg
9/6 – Batavia Block Party and Taste of Batavia – Batavia
9/6 – Lemont Keepataw Day and Fun Fest – Lemont
9/6 – Grape Stomp and Harvest Festival – Mackinaw
9/6 – Manhattan Labor Day Party – Manhattan
9/6 – Old Times Family Picnic – Oak Forest
9/6-9/7 – Fox Valley Folk Music and Storytelling Festival – Geneva
9/6-9/7 – Deer Path Art Fair on the Square – Lake Forest
9/6-9/7 –Toluca Labor Day Festival – Toluca
9/7 – Paw Paw Lions Club Labor Day Celebration – Paw Paw

INDIANA

9/3-9/5 – Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival – Auburn
9/3-9/6 – Rock ‘N’ Rail Street Festival – Griffith
9/3-9/6 – Tri-State Bluegrass Festival – Kendallville
9/3-9/6 – Montpelier Jamboree – Montpelier
9/4 – Food Truck Feast-ival at Washington Township Park – Avon
9/4-9/5 – Chelsea Jubilee – Madison
9/4-9/5 – Chandelier Barn Market: Fall – Montgomery
9/4-9/6 – Paoli Fall Festival – Paoli
9/4-9/6 – Paragon Homecoming Festival – Paragon
9/4-9/7 – Little Italy Festival – Clinton
9/4-9/7 – The Earl Park Fall Festival – Earl Park
9/4-9/7 – Ligonier Marshmallow Festival – Ligonier
9/4-9/7 – Michigan City Oktoberfest – Michigan City
9/4-9/7 – Monterey Days Festival – Monterey
9/4-9/7 – Farmer’s Pike Festival – New Castle
9/4-9/7 – Marshall County Blueberry Festival – Plymouth
Weekend continues below…

9/4-9/7 – Princeton Labor Day Celebration – Princeton
9/5 – Cedar Lake Farmers Market: Saturday VI – Cedar Lake
9/5 – Through the Looking Glass Festival – Columbus
9/5 – Huntington Chalk Walk Festival – Huntington
9/5 – Indy Laborfest – Indianapolis
9/5 – Rockin’ on the River – Madison
9/5 – Holtkamp Wine and Fireworks Festival – Sunman
9/5-9/6 – Fourth Street Festival – Bloomington
9/5-9/6 – Come and See Egyptian Festival – Carmel
9/5-9/6 – Haynie’s Corner Arts District Front Porch Fest – Evansville
9/5-9/6 – Fishers Blues Fest – Fishers
9/5-9/6 – Metamora Music Festival – Metamora
9/5-9/6 – Tecumseh Lodge Labor Day Pow Wow – Winchester
9/5-9/7 – Lowell Labor Day Festival – Lowell
9/5-9/7 – North Salem Old Fashion Days – North Salem
9/7 – St. Peter Labor Day Festival – Brookville
9/7 – St. Anthony Labor Day Festival – Morris

IOWA

9/3-9/7 – Guthrie County Fair – Guthrie Center
9/3-9/7 – Midwest Old Threshers Reunion – Mt. Pleasant
9/3-9/5 – Multicultural Festival: Taste of the Junction – West Des Moines
9/4 – FRYfest – Coralville
9/4-9/5 – Farmington’s Bluegrass Weekend Festival and Jam – Farmington
9/4-9/5 – Stockport Lions BBQ Days – Stockport
9/4-9/7 – Essex Labor Day Celebration – Essex
9/4-9/7 – Dayton Labor Day Rodeo – Dayton
9/4-9/7 – Big Sioux River Days – Hawarden
9/4-9/7 – Madrid Labor Day Celebration – Madrid
9/5 – Apfelfest – Amana
9/5 – Wings and Wheels – Ottumwa
9/5 – Alley Art Festival – Sioux City
9/5 – Waterloo’s Food Truck Festival – Waterloo
9/5-9/6 – Renaissance Faire at Sleepy Hollow: Fall Faire I – Des Moines
9/5-9/7 – Neola Hoo Doo Days – Neola
9/5-9/7 – Cedar Valley Engine Club Threshers Reunion – Rockford
9/6 – Iowa Craft Beer Bash at Millstream Brewing Co. – Amana
9/6-9/7 – McCausland Labor Day Festival – McCausland

MARYLAND/WASHINGTON, DC

9/3-9/7 – Maryland State Fair II – Timonium
9/4-9/6 – National Hard Crab Derby – Crisfield
9/4-9/7 – Greenbelt Labor Day Festival – Greenbelt
9/5 – Charm City Live – Baltimore
9/5 –Downtown Largo Festival – Largo
9/5 – Rock Hall Volunteer Fire Company Scrapple Fest – Rock Hall
9/5-9/6 – DC Jazz Festival – Washington, DC
9/5-9/7 – Flower Festival at Summers Farm III – Middletown
9/5-9/7 – Maryland Renaissance Festival II – Crownsville
9/6 – House Music Festival – Baltimore
9/6 – Boonsboro Food Truck Festival – Boonsboro
9/6 – Western Maryland Craft Beverage Festival – Frostburg
9/6 – Summer Soul Music Festival – La Plata
9/6 – Ethiopian Day – Silver Spring

MICHIGAN

8/31-9/6 – Chippewa County Fair II – Kinross
9/3-9/6 – St. Pius Festival – Southgate
9/3-9/7 – Romeo Peach Festival – Romeo
9/4-9/5 – Muskegon Polish Festival – Muskegon
9/4-9/6 – Brethren Days – Brethren
9/4-9/6 – Bell’s Beer Copper Harbor Trails Fest – Copper Harbor
9/4-9/6 – Ontonagon Labor Day Festival – Ontonagon
9/4-9/6 – Boogie Fest too – Rock
9/4-9/6 – Trufant Jubilee – Trufant
9/4-9/7 – Belding Labor Day Celebration – Belding
9/4-9/7 – Detroit Jazz Festival – Detroit
9/4-9/7 – Lawrence Ox Roast and Homecoming Festival – Lawrence
9/4-9/7 – Manton Area Harvest Festival – Manton
9/4-9/7 – Soaring Eagle Arts, Beats and Eats – Royal Oak
9/5 – Minnehaha Brewhaha Music Festival – Arcadia
9/5 – Elkton Autumn Fest – Elkton
9/5 – Manistee LaborFest – Manistee
9/5 – Little Bear Artisan and Makers Fair – Mecosta
9/5* – Muskegon County Latino Festival – Muskegon – CANCELLED
Weekend continues below…

9/5 – Thumbfest – Lexington
9/5-9/6 – Algonac Art Fair – Algonac
9/5-9/6 – Festival of Oddities – Charlotte
9/5-9/6 – Harmony Fest – Harrisville
9/5-9/6 – Honoring Our Elders Traditional Pow Wow – Hart
9/5-9/6 – Michigan Chicken Wing Festival – Lansing
9/5-9/6 – Art on the Bay – New Baltimore
9/5-9/6 – Logging Festival – Newaygo
9/5-9/6 – Arts and Crafts Dockside – St. Ignace
9/5-9/7 – Blake’s Sunflower Festival II – Armada
9/5-9/7 – Michigan Bean Festival – Fairgrove
9/5-9/7 – Hamtramck Labor Day Festival – Hamtramck
9/5-9/7 – Michigan Renaissance Festival III – Holly – My Review
9/6 – Three Rivers Harmony Fest – Three Rivers
9/6-9/7 – Cars for Cancer Labor Day Car Show and Cruise – Muskegon
9/7 – Escanaba Labor Day Celebration – Escanaba
9/7 – Big Rapids Labor Fest – Big Rapids

MINNESOTA

8/31-9/7 – Minnesota State Fair II – St. Paul
9/3-9/6* – Milaca Country Fest and Jam – Milaca – NO FEST THIS YEAR
9/4-9/6 – Fest du Nord Family Music Festival – Ely
9/4-9/7 – Bovey Farmer’s Day – Bovey
9/4-9/7 – Western Minnesota Steam Threshers Reunion – Hawley
9/4-9/7 – O-Bah-Shiing Labor Day Celebration Pow Wow – Ponemah
9/4-9/7 – Box Car Days – Tracy
9/5 – Daisy Fest – Albert Lea
9/5 – Duluth-Superior Pride Festival – Duluth
9/5 – Lake Superior Harvest Festival – Duluth
9/5* – Grand Rapids Riverfest – Grand Rapids – CANCELLED
9/5 – McGregor Wild Rice Days – McGregor
9/5-9/7 – Minnesota Renaissance Festival III – Shakopee
9/6 – St. Rose of Lima Parish Festival – Freeport
9/6 – Native American Music and Arts Festival – Onamia
9/7 – Red Rooster Days – Dassel
9/7 – Waldfest – Stillwater

MISSOURI

9/3 – Get the Red Out! – Warrensburg
9/3-9/5 – Benton Neighbor Days – Benton
9/3-9/7 – Northwest Missouri State Fair – Bethany
9/4-9/5 – Crocker Railroad Days – Crocker
9/4-9/5 – Hicks in the Sticks – Summersville
9/4-9/6 – Highlonesome Music Festival – Chadwick
9/4-9/6 – JOMO Pridefest – Joplin
9/4-9/6 – Kansas City Irish Fest – Kansas City
9/4-9/6 – Mokane Lions Club World’s Fair – Mokane
9/4-9/7 – Deepwater Labor Harvest Picnic – Deepwater
9/4-9/7 – Big River Steampunk Festival – Hannibal
9/4-9/7 – SantaCaliGon – Independence
9/5 –St. Joseph Parish Picnic – Apple Creek
9/5 – Macon Fork and Cork Festival – Macon
9/5 – Rocky Mount Sweet Corn Festival – Rocky Mount
9/5-9/6 – St. Louis Water Lantern Festival – Maryland Heights
9/5-9/7 – CiderFest at the Fun Farm III – Kearney
9/5-9/7 – Japanese Festival at Missouri Botanical Garden – St. Louis
9/5-9/7 – St. Nicholas Greek Festival – St. Louis
9/6 – St. Paul Parish Picnic – St. Paul
9/7 – Dancefestopia I – Kansas City
9/7 – Taste of Kansas City – Kansas City

NEW JERSEY

9/3-9/6 – Airfest at Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum – Cape May
9/4 – Glassboro Car Show and Food Truck Festival – Glassboro
9/4-9/6 – Hammonton Puerto Rican Festival II – Hammonton
9/4-9/6 – The Red Barn Farm Sunflower and Fall Fest II – Hammonton
9/4-9/6 –Meadowlands Villain Arts Tattoo Festival – Secaucus
9/4-9/6 – Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival – Woodstown
9/4-9/7 – Saint Joseph Feast – Lodi
9/4-9/7 – St. Bartholomew Unico Italian Festival – Scotch Plains
9/5 – NJ Friends of Clearwater Festival – Asbury Park
9/5 – Berkeley Township Food Truck and Music Festival III – Bayville
Weekend continues below…

9/5 – West Cape May Tomato Festival – West Cape May
9/5 – Whitesboro Reunion Festival – Whitesboro
9/5-9/6 – Fall Harvest Festival at Johnson’s Locust Hall Farm I – Jobstown
9/5-9/6* – Johnson’s Corner Farm Harvest Festival I – Medford
9/5-9/6 – Fall Flower Festival and Craft Market – Port Murray
9/5-9/6 – Sparta Renaissance Festival I – Sparta
9/5-9/7 – Lambertville Sunflower Festival IV – Lambertville
9/5-9/7 –BBQ and NJ Craft Beer Festival at Monmouth Park – Oceanport
9/6 – Budd Lake Scandinavian Festival – Budd Lake
9/6 – Out in the Park Festival at Cooper River – Cherry Hill
9/6 – Clifton Food and Music Festival – Clifton
9/6 – Dunellen Open-Air Market IX – Dunellen
9/6 – Frenchtown Riverfest – Frenchtown
9/6 – Maplewood Porchfest – Maplewood
9/7 – Riverdale’s Labor Day Street Fair – Riverdale
9/7 – South Plainfield Labor Day Parade and Festival – South Plainfield

NEW YORK

9/1-9/7 – Great New York State Fair II – Syracuse
9/2 – Wisner Market XIV – Elmira
9/2-9/7 – Columbia County Fair – Chatham
9/3-9/6 – Autumn Glow Festival II – Rotterdam Junction
9/3-9/7 – Labor of Love Music and Arts Festival – Sterling
9/4 – ZooBrew IV – Rochester
9/4-9/6 – Labor Day Fair – Clarence Center
9/4-9/6 – Findley Lake Harvest Festival – Findley Lake
9/4-9/6 – Greenlawn Fireman’s Fair – Greenlawn
9/4-9/6 – Adirondack Indepedence Music Festival – Lake George
9/4-9/6 – Hudson Valley Hot-Air Balloon Festival – Union Vale
9/4-9/7 – Blues in the Bay – Alexandria Bay
9/4-9/7 – Tall Pines Farm Fest – Andover
9/4-9/7 – Labor Day Weekend Street Festival on Old Falls Street – Niagara Falls
9/4-9/7 – Sunflower Festival at Barton Orchards II – Poughquag
9/4-9/7 – Shinnecock Powwow – Southampton
9/5 – Albany Riverfront Jazz Festival – Albany
9/5 – Capital District Scottish Games – Altamont
9/5 – Buffalo Water Lantern Festival – Buffalo
9/5 – Cassadaga Labor Day Festival – Cassadaga
9/5* – Drumstock Music and Arts Festival – Geneva – DISCONTINUED
Weekend continues below…

9/5 – Better Off Read Summer Book Festival at Artpark – Lewiston
9/5 – Hop Harvest Festival – Mumford
9/5 – Irondequoit Arts and Music Festival – Rochester
9/5 – Rochester R & B Festival – Rochester
9/5-9/6 – Cooperstown Artisan Festival – Cooperstown
9/5-9/6 – Iroquois Arts Festival – Howes Cave
9/5-9/6 – Garlic Jam Fest – Poughkeepsie
9/5-9/6 – Redfield Old Home Days – Redfield
9/5-9/6 – War of 1812 Weekend – Youngstown
9/5-9/7 – Woodstock-New Paltz Art and Crafts Fair II – New Paltz
9/5-9/7 – Oakfield Labor Daze – Oakfield
9/5-9/7 – Rushford Labor Day Festival – Rushford
9/5-9/7 – New York Renaissance Faire IV – Tuxedo
9/6 – Bethel Woods Harvest Festival II – Bethel
9/6 – Festival Soy Salvadoreno – Garden City
9/6* – Peruvian Festival – Hempstead – DISCONTINUED
9/6 – St. Rocco’s Italian Festival – Holley
9/6 – Hooley on the Hudson – Kingston
9/6 – Ronkonkoma Labor Day Street Fair – Ronkonkoma
9/6 – Northern Current Music Festival – Saranac Lake
9/6* – Highlands Bluegrass Music and Craft Festival – Sloatsburg – CANCELLED
9/6 – Artisanal and Craft Market at Woodland V – Utica

WISCONSIN

9/2-9/7 – Walworth County Fair – Elkhorn
9/2-9/7 – Shawano County Fair – Shawano
9/3 – Omro Thursday Night Market XIV – Omro
9/3-9/6 – The Jackpine Jamboree – Birnamwood
9/3-9/7 – Iowa County Fair – Mineral Point
9/3-9/7 – Sheboygan County Fair – Plymouth
9/4 – Waupaca Rocktoberfest – Waupaca
9/4-9/5 – Farmageddon – Kaukauna
9/4-9/5 – Wisconsin State Cow Chip Throw and Festival – Prairie du Sac
9/4-9/6 – Brooklyn Labor Day Truck and Tractor Pull – Brooklyn
9/4-9/6 – Milwaukee’s Original Oktoberfest I – Glendale
9/4-9/6 – Wisconsin Highland Games – Waukesha
9/4-9/6 – Kendall Fest – Kendall
9/4-9/7 – Calumet County Fair – Chilton
9/4-9/7 – Marathon City Fun Days – Marathon City
9/4-9/7 – Oak Creek LionsFest – Oak Creek
9/4-9/7 – Redgranite Labor Day Festival – Redgranite
9/4-9/7 – Portage County Fair – Rosholt
Weekend continues below…

9/5 – Cheese-A-Palooza – Kenosha
9/5 – Pride in the Park – La Crosse
9/5 – Caribbean and Latin American Festival – Milwaukee
9/5* – Fall Crush Fest at Vines and Rushes Winery – Ripon
9/5 – Redbrook Revel – Springbrook
9/5 – Red Arrow Corn Roast – Townsend
9/5-9/6 – Appleland’s Sunflower Festival – Fredonia
9/5-9/6 – Taste of Madison – Madison
9/5-9/6 – Fox Jazz Fest – Menasha
9/5-9/6 – Third Ward Art Festival – Milwaukee
9/5-9/6 – Hmong National Labor Day Festival – Oshkosh
9/5-9/6 – St. George Serbian Orthodox Church Serb Fest – Racine
9/5-9/6 – Marina Fest – Sister Bay
9/5-9/6 – Riverfront Jazz Festival – Stevens Point
9/5-9/7 – Glidden Community Fair – Glidden
9/5-9/7 – Bristol Renaissance Faire IX – Kenosha
9/6 – Belgian Kermis Festival – Brussels
9/6 – Labor Day Arts and Crafts Show – Eagle River
9/6 – Sausage Fest – Eagle River
9/6 – Hancock Labor Day Celebration – Hancock
9/6 – Harrisville Brat Fest – Harrisville
9/6 – Wheels on Main – West Bend
9/7 – Laborfest Milwaukee – Milwaukee
9/7 – Merrill Lion’s Car Show, Parade and Celebration – Merrill

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