It’s Groundhog Day Weekend with Chocolate, Mardi Gras, the Lunar New Year Festivals.
Welcome back, Festival Fans.
The weather has been getting a little warmer and more agreeable lately, just in time for the weekend so that we can get out of the house and enjoy some festivals.
(Let’s just hope the Groundhog doesn’t see his shadow this year.)
Just like last weekend, there’s a fair amount of Lunar New Year Festivals, especially in Texas, with Mardi Gras Festivals in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Missouri and Texas and Chocolate Festivals in North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Virginia.
Florida is offering a lot this weekend with Seafood Festivals, Cultural Festivals, Music Festivals, and Art Festivals.
New York has a fair amount of Winter Carnivals/Fairs and a Wing Fest.
Pennsylvania has your Groundhog Day Celebrations.
And Texas has some Wine Festivals worth checking out.
Here’s what to look for in each state this weekend:
Alabama
Mardi Gras Celebrations
Arkansas
Frost Fest
Colorado
Music Festivals
Delaware
Fire and Ice Festival
Florida
Music Festivals, the Renaissance and more.
Georgia
Irish Fest. Oyster Fest.
Illinois
Ice Fest and Polarpalooza
Indiana
Winter Jam
Iowa
Twinterfest
Kansas
Lunar New Year
Kentucky
John Hartford Days
Louisiana
Mardi Gras Events
Maryland
Fire in Ice.
Michigan
Ice Festivals, Beer and BBQ
Minnesota
Finnish Festival, Brewsology, Fire and Ice
Mississippi
No festivals this weekend.
Missouri
Bacon, Bourbon, Mardi Gras
New Jersey
Whiskey, Wine, Ice.
New York
Winter Carnivals, Wings, Eagles
North Carolina
Ice, Chocolate, Brunch.
Oklahoma
Chocolate.
Pennsylvania
Groundhog Day, Ice Fests
South Carolina
Oysters
Tennessee
Light Festivals
Texas
Wine and the Lunar New Year
Virginia
Chocolate, Winter Renaissance
Washington, DC
No festivals this weekend.
West Virginia
No festivals this weekend.
Wisconsin
Beer and Winter Festivals.
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SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM ME:
I’ve been updating the Festival Guides, removing the asterisk (*) once able to confirm the 2025 date and link.
This week, I’m working on the month of May while I should be able to go through June and July in February.
Keep in mind that the festival websites linked to events – even those I haven’t yet confirmed – may already be updated with 2025 info.
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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-020225/
AND, if you’re going to be in California this weekend, you can find the map and listings on the California Festival Guide.
Until next week…
Love, Peace and Festival Grease!
Upcoming Holiday Festival Weekend: January 30 – February 2, 2025
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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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ALABAMA
1/31-2/2 – Mardi Gras at MidCity I – Huntsville
2/1 – Mardi Gras on Main – Enterprise
2/1 – Prattville’s Mardi Gras Celebration – Prattville
2/1 – Wetumpka Mardi Gras Festival – Wetumpka
ARKANSAS
2/1 – Frost Fest – Fayetteville
COLORADO
1/31-2/2 – UllrGrass Music and Beer Festival – Golden
2/1 – Xodiax Music and Arts Festival – Lafayette
DELAWARE
1/31-2/2 – Fire and Ice Festival – Bethany Beach
FLORIDA
1/30-2/2 – Fort Lauderdale Greek Festival – Fort Lauderdale
1/30-2/3 – Farm to Grass MamaLinda Music Festival – Fort Pierce
1/31-2/2 – South Florida Folk and Acoustic Music Festival – Davie
1/31-2/2 – Englewood Seafood and Music Festival – Englewood
1/31-2/2 – The Amelia Island Festival of Stories and Songs – Fernandina Beach
1/31-2/2 – Foodees Food and Culture Festival: Fort Walton/Destin – Fort Walton
1/31-2/2 – Goodland Mullet Festival – Goodland
1/31-2/2 – Seminole Tribal Fair and Pow Wow – Hollywood
1/31-2/2* – St. Katherine Greek Fest – Naples
1/31-2/2 – St. George’s Winter Carnival – New Port Richey
2/1 – Taste of Ave – Ave Maria
2/1 – Cocoa Village Brewer’s Bash – Cocoa Village
2/1 – Farm Festival and Quilt Show – Dade City
Weekend continues below…
2/1* – Millennial Mardi Gras Block Party – Fort Myers
2/1 – All Aboard Festival – Live Oak
2/1 – Brew Miami: Beats, Bites and Brews – Miami
2/1 – Afro Carib Festival – Miramar
2/1 – Ortona Cane Grinding Festival – Moore Haven
2/1 – Biz Art in the Park – North Lauderdale
2/1 – Granada Grand Festival of the Arts – Ormond Beach
2/1 – Suncoast Scots Highland Games and Celtic Festival – Sarasota
2/1 – Hernando County Greek Festival – Spring Hill
2/1 – Tampa Bay/St. Pete Whiskey Riot – St. Petersburg
2/1 – Coral Isles Church Winter Festival – Tavernier
2/1-2/2 – Florida Renaissance Festival and Craft Village I – Deerfield Beach
2/1-2/2 – ArtFest Fort Myers – Fort Myers
2/1-2/2 – Brevard Renaissance Fair III – Melbourne
2/1-2/2 – Mount Dora Arts Festival – Mount Dora
2/1-2/2 – Gardenfest! – Vero Beach
2/1-2/2 – South Florida Garlic Fest – Wellington
2/2 – Sunshine Reggae Festival – Apopka
GEORGIA
1/31-2/1 – Savannah Irish Festival – Savannah
1/31-2/2 – Colonial Winter Village – Darien
1/31-2/2 – Smyrna Oysterfest – Smyrna
2/1-2/2 – Vietnamese-American Community of George National Spring Festival – Lilburn
ILLINOIS
1/31-2/2 – Downers Grove Ice Festival – Downers Grove
2/1 – POLARpalooza – DeKalb
INDIANA
1/30 – Winter Jam: Evansville – Evansville
2/1-2/2 – For the Love of Art Fair – South Bend
IOWA
2/1 – Twinterfest – Twin Lakes
KANSAS
2/2 – Lunar New Year – Lenexa
KENTUCKY
1/27-1/31 – Patti’s Festival of Lights XIV – Grand Rivers
1/31-2/2 – John Hartford Days – Owensboro
2/1 – Winter Jam: Louisville – Louisville
LOUISIANA
1/31 – Les Fous du Carnaval Parade – New Orleans
1/31-2/2 – Tết Festival at Mary Queen of Vietnam Church – New Orleans
2/1 – Market at the Marina II – Houma
2/1 – Algiers Mardi Gras Festival – New Orleans
2/1 – Cook-Off for the Coast – St. Bernard
MARYLAND/WASHINGTON, DC
2/1 – Fire in Ice – Frederick
2/1 – Lunar New Year – Rockville
MICHIGAN
1/29-2/2 – Zehnder’s Snowfest – Frankenmuth
1/31-2/2 – Plymouth Ice Festival – Plymouth
1/31-2/2 – Royal Oak Winter Blast Weekend – Royal Oak
1/31-2/2 – Ice Breaker Festival – South Haven
2/1 – Que the Creek BBQ Festival – Battle Creek
2/1 – St. Joseph Winter Beer Fest – St. Joseph
2/2 – Da Yooper Winterfest – Menominee
2/2 – Winter Jam: Ypsilanti – Ypsilanti
MINNESOTA
1/30-2/1 – Winterfest in Crosslake – Crosslake
2/1 – Chanhassen February Festival – Chanhassen
2/1 – Fire and Ice Fest – Redwood Falls
2/1 – Brewsology Beer Fest – Saint Paul
2/1-2/2 – Laskiainen Finnish Festival – Aurora
MISSISSIPPI
No festivals this weekend.
MISSOURI
2/1 – MO Bacon and Bourbon Festival – Columbia
2/1 – Mardi Gras Parade and After Party – St. Charles
NEW JERSEY
1/31-2/2 – Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church Greek Winter Feast – Egg Harbor
2/1 – Jersey City Whiskey Festival – Jersey City
2/1 – Jersey City Wine Fest – Jersey City
2/1-2/2 – Winter Fire and Ice Festival – Cream Ridge
NEW YORK
1/30-2/2 – Cooperstown Winter Carnival – Cooperstown
1/31-2/1 – Funky Ice Fest II – Lake George
1/31-2/1 – Wild Center Wild Lights X – Tupper Lake
1/31-2/2 – Winter Hoot – Olivebridge
1/31-2/2 – Saranac Lake Winter Carnival I – Saranac Lake
1/31-2/2 – Syracuse Winter Fair – Syracuse
2/1 – Teatown Hudson River EagleFest – Croton-on-Hudson
2/1 – Hudson Valley WingFest – Poughkeepsie
2/1-2/2 – Lake George Winter Carnival I – Lake George
NORTH CAROLINA
1/30-2/2 – NC Smokies Ice Fest Weekend – Haywood County
2/1 – Haywood Ice Festival – Maggie Valley
2/1-2/2 – Carolina Chocolate Festival – Morehead City
2/2 – Charlotte Brunch Festival – Charlotte
OHIO
Ohio Festivals can be found at ohiofestivals.net/ohio-festivals/
OKLAHOMA
2/1 – Yukon Chocolate Festival – Yukon
2/2 – International Food Fair – Harrah
PENNSYLVANIA
1/30-2/2 – IceFest – Chambersburg
1/31-2/2 – Carlisle Ice Art Fest – Carlisle
1/31-2/2 – Groundhog Days in the Park – Punxsutawney
2/1 – Chili-Q and Beer Garden – Chambersburg
2/1 – Warren County Winterfest – Clarendon
2/1 – Groundhog Wine Festival – Clearfield
2/1 – Founders Philly Freeze-Out – Philadelphia
2/1 – Carve 4 Cancer Winter Festival at Montage Mountain – Scranton
2/1 – Skytop Lodge Winter Beer Festival – Skytop
2/1-2/2 – Groundhog’s Winter Fest – Waterford
SOUTH CAROLINA
2/2 – Lowcountry Oyster Festival – Mount Pleasant
TENNESSEE
1/27-1/31 – Lights Over Gatlinburg XIII – Gatlinburg
1/30-2/2 – Zoolumination: Chinese Festival of Lights XII – Nashville
TEXAS
1/27-2/2 – Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo III – Fort Worth
2/1 – Lunar New Year Festival at Grandscape Texas – The Colony
2/1 – Harlingen Market Days I – Harlingen
2/1 – Texas Lunar Festival – Houston
2/1 – Longview Wine Fest – Longview
2/1 – Bud Light Mardi Gras Festival and River Parade – San Antonio
2/1 – Seguin Wino Wine Festival – Seguin
2/1 – Southlake Spring Festival – Southlake
2/1-2/2 – Lunar New Year at Asia Times Square III – Grand Prairie
2/1-2/2 – Wino Wine Fest: Houston – Houston
2/1-2/2 – Kerrville Renaissance Festival III – Kerrville
2/1-2/2 – Faire of Champions V – Palestine
2/2 – Lunar New Year at Discovery Green – Houston
VIRGINIA
1/31-2/2 – Chocolate Lovers Festival – Fairfax
2/1 – Winter Renaissance Fair – McLean
2/1 – AuroraFest – Richmond
WEST VIRGINIA
No festivals this weekend.
WISCONSIN
1/29-2/2 – Winterfest – Lake Geneva
1/31-2/2 – Fish Creek Winterfest – Fish Creek
1/31-2/2 – Iola Winter Carnival – Iola
1/31-2/2 – Knickerbocker Ice Festival – Lake Mills
2/1 – Fond Du Lac Brewfest – Fond Du Lac
Alabama | Arkansas | California | Colorado | Delaware | Florida
Georgia |Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Kansas | Kentucky | Louisiana
Maryland | Michigan | Minnesota | Mississippi | Missouri
New Jersey | New York | North Carolina | Ohio | Oklahoma
Pennsylvania |South Carolina | Tennessee | Texas | Virginia
Washington, DC | West Virginia | Wisconsin
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