An extended weekend to capture the Mardi Gras Festivals and other great festivals going on.
Welcome back, Festival Fans.
Fat Tuesday is finally here.
So whether you celebrate with paczki, king cakes or other culinary specialties, now is the time to indulge before Ash Wednesday rolls around (unless you’re not Catholic, of course).
Whatever your religious affiliation or lack of, there are all sorts of Mardi Gras festivals you can enjoy through Tuesday, so be sure to look over the festival listings below and the map provided. Some states holding such celebrations include:
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Colorado
- Florida
- Louisiana
- Mississippi
- North Carolina
- South Carolina
- Texas
- Virginia
But there are other festival themes this weekend as well, celebrating:
- Oreos in Tennessee
- Testicles in Iowa
- Donuts in Kentucky
- Oysters in Maryland, Oklahoma and Virginia
- Mac and Cheese in Pennsylvania
- Pizza in Texas
- Vikings in Arkansas
- Collard Greens in Alabama
- Strawberries in Florida
- Rattlesnakes in Georgia
- Pancakes in Kansas
And so much more!
Cultural Festivals, Beer Festivals, Winter Festivals and more.
Check out the lists below!
Here’s what to look for in each state this weekend:
Alabama
Collard Greens and Joe Cain
Arkansas
Daffodils and Vikings
Colorado
Gumbo and Beer
Delaware
No festivals this weekend.
Florida
Pirates, Strawberries, Cultural Fests!
Georgia
Rattlesnakes, BBQ, Wine
Illinois
Maple Syrup and Beer.
Indiana
Maple Syrup and Beer.
Iowa
Testicles.
Kansas
Pancakes!
Kentucky
Meat and Donuts
Louisiana
Mardi Gras Fests
Maryland
Stout and Oysters
Michigan
Noodles, Beer and Bourbon
Minnesota
Bluegrass
Mississippi
Gumbo and Mardi Gras
Missouri
Wine, Whiskey and Maple
New Jersey
Beer and Irish Festivals
New York
Chili and Winter Carnivals
North Carolina
Mardi Gras
Oklahoma
Oyster Fry
Pennsylvania
Mac and Cheese, Chocolate, Wine, Whiskey
South Carolina
Mardi Gras and Irish Fest
Tennessee
Oreos, Whiskey, Chuck Wagon Cookoff
Texas
Mardi Gras, Crawfish, Pizza, Holi
Virginia
Oysters and Mardi Gras
Washington, DC
No festivals this weekend.
West Virginia
Celtic Calling
Wisconsin
Buergbrennen
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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.
Last week, I finished updating August events and went through March a second time, so now I’m about to give May a second look before continuing on with September.
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-030425/
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 Festival Weekend: February 27 – March 4, 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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Reviews for Festivals this Week
No festival reviews this weekend.
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ALABAMA
2/27-3/4 – Mardi Gras at MidCity V – Huntsville
3/1 – Collard Green Festival – Evergreen
3/1 – Wetumpka Mardi Gras Festival and Parade – Wetumpka
3/1-3/2 – Ballyhoo Festival – Gulf Shores
3/2 – Joe Cain Day – Mobile
3/2 – Winter Jam: Mobile – Mobile
3/2 – Kites and Bites – Pelham
ARKANSAS
3/1 – Fayetteville Mardi Gras – Fayetteville
3/1 – SoMardi Gras – Little Rock
3/1-3/2 – Wye Daffodil Festival I – Bigelow
3/1-3/2 – The Viking Festival – Hot Springs
COLORADO
2/28-3/2 – WinterWonderGrass Festival – Steamboat Springs
3/1 – Mile High Beer Fest – Denver
3/1 – Mumbo Jumbo Gumbo Cook-Off – Manitou Springs
3/4 – Keystone Mardi Gras Party and Gumbo Cook-Off – Keystone
DELAWARE
No festivals this weekend.
FLORIDA
2/27 – Sunshine Music and Arts Festival – Gainesville
2/27-3/2 – Little Flower Carnival – Hollywood
2/27-3/2 – Florida Strawberry Festival I – Plant City
2/28 – Afro Roots Fest Miami Beach – Miami Beach
2/28 – Taste of Oakland Park – Oakland Park
2/28-3/1 – Chalo Nitka Festival and Rodeo – Moore Haven
2/28-3/1 – Panama City Beach Scottish Festival – Panama City Beach
2/28-3/2 – Festival of the Arts Boca I – Boca Raton
2/28-3/2 – Bonita Springs Shrimp and Music Festival: Winter – Bonita Springs
2/28-3/2 – Clearwater Sea-Blues Festival – Clearwater
2/28-3/2 – Daytona Beach Bike Week I – Daytona Beach
2/28-3/2 – St. Vincent Ferrer Parish Festival – Delray Beach
2/28-3/2 – Englewood Food Truck Rally and Music Festival – Englewood
2/28-3/2 – Saint Sophia Greek Festival – Miami
2/28-3/2 – Thundering Spirit Family Pow Wow – Mount Dora
2/28-3/2 – West Fest– Royal Palm Beach
2/28-3/2 – Italian Food Festival – Vero Beach
Weekend continues below…
3/1 – Bunnell SpringFest – Bunnell
3/1 – Cracker Cowboy Day – Dade City
3/1 – WuffStock Festival – Lake City
3/1 – Longwood Strawberry Fest – Longwood
3/1 – Naples Craft Beer Festival – Naples
3/1 – Festival Latino Downtown Ocala – Ocala
3/1 – Habitat Ocala Strawberry Festival – Ocala
3/1 – Sausage Fest – Pinellas Park
3/1 – Scottish Festival and Highland Games – Plantation
3/1 – Tallahassee Pride in the Park – Tallahassee
3/1 – Florida Brewers Guild Craft Beer Festival – Tampa
3/1 – Umatilla Chili and BBQ Cook-off – Umatilla
Weekend continues below…
3/1-3/2 – Pride Cape Coral – Cape Coral
3/1-3/2 – Cocoa Village Art and Craft Fair I – Cocoa
3/1-3/2 – Bay Area Renaissance Festival III – Dade City
3/1-3/2 – Florida Renaissance Festival and Craft Village V – Deerfield Beach
3/1-3/2 – Floral City Strawberry Festival – Floral City
3/1-3/2 – Grant Seafood Festival – Grant-Valkaria
3/1-3/2 – Clay County Strawberry Fest – Green Cove Springs
3/1-3/2 – Rotary Club of Homestead Stone Crab and Seafood Festival – Homestead
3/1-3/2 – Longwood Pirate Days – Longwood
3/1-3/2 – The Gulf Coast Renaissance Fair and Pirate Festival II – Milton
3/1-3/2 – Gasparilla Festival of the Arts – Tampa
3/2 – Cape Coral Vegan Street Fest – Cape Coral
3/2 – Taste of Ormond – Ormond Beach
3/4 – Pensacola Mardi Gras Fat Tuesday Priscus Celebration – Pensacola
GEORGIA
3/1 – Downtown Albany Street Festival – Albany
3/1 – Cumming Wine Festival – Cumming
3/1 – Perry International Festival – Perry
3/1 – Cows Come Home Celebration – Sautee Nacoochee
3/1 – Rhythm and Ribs BBQ Festival – Tifton
3/1 – Whigman Rattlesnake Roundup – Whigman
3/1-3/2 – Atlanta Brunch Festival I – Atlanta
ILLINOIS
3/1 – Maple Syrup Festival at Argyle State Park – Colchester
3/1-3/2 – Glow Wild! at the Peoria Zoo I– Peoria
3/2 – Beer Fest at the Beach – Chicago
3/2 – Marchtoberfest – Peoria
INDIANA
3/1 – Frozen Firkin Festival – Fort Wayne
3/1 – Bock Beer Fest – Indianapolis
3/1 – March in the Pugs! – Lebanon
3/1-3/2 – Maple Sugarbush Festival – Evansville
3/1-3/2 – Parke County Maple Fair II – Rockville
3/1-3/2 – Maple Syrup Festival II – Salem
IOWA
3/1 – SaPaDaPaSo Hooley – Cedar Rapids
3/1 – Testicle Festival at Keystone Turner Hall – Keystone
3/1 – India Association of Iowa Harvest Festival – North Liberty
KANSAS
3/1 – Kansas Craft Brewers Expo – Lawrence
3/4 – International Pancake Day – Liberal
KENTUCKY
2/28-3/1 – Kentucky Women’s Book Festival – Louisville
3/1 – Tailspin Ale Fest – Louisville
3/1 – KY Meat Shower Festival – Owingsville
3/1-3/2 – Purchase Area Coffee and Chocolate Festival – Calvert City
3/2 – Donut Fest Louisville – Louisville
LOUISIANA
2/28-3/4 – Cajun Mardi Gras Festival – Eunice
2/28-3/4 – Le Festival de Mardi Gras – Lafayette
3/1 – Baton Rouge Mardi Gras Festival – Baton Rouge
3/1 – Winter Jam – Bossier City
3/1 – Market at the Marina III – Houma
3/1 – Jennings Mardi Pardi – Jennings
3/1 – Krewe of Gemini Mardi Gras Parade/Red River Mardi Gras Bash II – Shreveport
3/3 – Lundi Gras Festival – New Orleans
3/4 – Carnival d’ Acadie – Crowley
3/4 – Tee Mamou-Iota Mardi Gras Folklife Festival – Iota
3/4 – Lake Charles Mardi Gras Block Party – Lake Charles
MARYLAND/WASHINGTON, DC
3/1 – Captain Os Stout and Oyster Fest – Mt. Airy
MICHIGAN
3/1 – Grand Rapids Bourbon Fest – Grand Rapids
3/1 – Noodle Fest (World of Winter) – Grand Rapids
3/1 – Lansing Frost Fest – Lansing
3/1 – Suds and Snow – Traverse City
3/2 – The Vintage Market: My Vintage Valentine – Ann Arbor
MINNESOTA
2/28-3/2 – Minnesota Bluegrass Winter Weekend – Plymouth
MISSISSIPPI
2/28 – Krewe de Roux Festival Parade and Block Party – Brandon
3/1 – Krewe de Roux Festival: Gumbo Cook-Off – Brandon
3/1 – Gulf Coast Beer and Bacon Festival – Gulfport
3/1 – Beast and Brews – Senatobia
3/1 – Carnaval de Mardi Gras and Gumbo Cook-off – Vicksburg
MISSOURI
3/1 – 4C Sertoma 417 Whiskey Festival – Ozark
3/1 – Maple Sugar Festival – Defiance
3/1 – Uncorked: KC Wine Festival – Kansas City
NEW JERSEY
3/1 – Brewsology Beer Fest – Jersey City
3/1 – Mount Holly St. Patrick’s Parade and Irish Festival – Mount Holly
3/1 – The Big Brew Beer Festival – Morristown
3/1 – Downtown Irish Festival – Toms River
3/1-3/2 – Laurita Winery’s Shamrock and St. Patrick’s Weekends I – New Egypt
3/2 – Millburn Lunar New Year Festival – Millburn
3/2 – Maple Sugar Fest at Reeves Reed Arboretum – Summit
NEW YORK
2/28-3/1 – Ticonderoga End of Winter Carnival – Ticonderoga
3/1 – Downtown Chili Cook-Off – Ithaca
3/1 – Adirondack Brewery Barrel Fest – Lake George
3/1-3/2 – Lake George Winter Carnival V – Lake George
NORTH CAROLINA
3/1 – Cornelius Mardi Gras Market at Lost Worlds Brewing – Cornelius
3/1 – New Bern Mardi Gras – New Bern
3/1 – Cape Fear Hooley at Waterline Brewing Company – Wilmington
3/2 – Wilmington’s Women’s Market at Waterline Brewing Company – Wilmington
OHIO
Ohio Festivals can be found at ohiofestivals.net/ohio-festivals/
OKLAHOMA
3/1 – Frederick Oyster Fry and Craft Show – Frederick
3/4 – Taste of Stillwater – Stillwater
PENNSYLVANIA
2/27 – Greensburg Night Market II – Greensburg
2/28-3/1 – Cardboard Classic and Mountainfest – Scranton
3/1 – Mac and Cheese Fest – Bloomsburg
3/1 – Ice and Fire Festival – Harrisburg
3/1 – Pittsburgh Chocolate, Wine and Whiskey Festival – Pittsburgh
SOUTH CAROLINA
3/1 – Irish Fest Camden – Camden
3/1 – Mardi Gras Columbia – Columbia
3/1 – Hilton Head Bold Beer Festival – Hilton Head Island
3/1 – Front Beach Fest – Isle of Palms
TENNESSEE
2/28-3/1 – Cousin Jack Tullock Memorial Bluegrass Festival – Etowah
2/28-3/2 – Pigeon Forge Chuck Wagon Cookoff – Pigeon Forge
3/1 – Knoxville Whiskey Festival – Knoxville
3/1 – Mardi Growl – Knoxville
3/1 – Oreo Festival – Murfreesboro
TEXAS
2/27-3/1 – Charro Days Fiesta – Brownsville
2/27-3/1 – Sombrero Festival – Brownsville
2/28-3/1 – Mardi Gras Galveston II – Galveston
2/28-3/2 – Mardi Gras of Southeast Texas – Beaumont
2/28-3/2 – North Texas Irish Festival – Dallas
2/28-3/2 – Fort Worth Music Festival – Fort Worth
2/28-3/2 – Texas Independence Day Jam – McDade
3/1 – Saltwater Mardi Gras – Aransas Pass
3/1 – Native American Student Association Benefit Powwow – Arlington
3/1 – Austin Crawfish Kickoff Festival – Austin
3/1 – TEXFest – Carrollton
Weekend continues below…
3/1 – Red, White and Blue Festival – Danbury
3/1 – Harlingen Market Days II – Harlingen
3/1 – Houston Holi Festival of Colors – Houston
3/1 – Spring Festival Farmers Market – Humble
3/1 – Market Day on Main Street I – Marble Falls
3/1 – Smokin’ Hot BBQ and Bluegrass Festival – Mineral Wells
3/1 – New Braunfels Wino Wine Festival – New Braunfels
3/1 – Mardi Gras Nocona Style – Nocona
3/1 – Texas Pizza Festival – Salado
3/1-3/2 – Sherwood Forest Faire I – McDade
3/1-3/2 – Big Top Shopping Festival at City Place – Spring
3/2 – Texas Independence Day Market at Grandscape – The Colony
3/2 – Houston Kosher Chili Cookoff – Houston
3/2 – Austin Sazón Latin Food Market I – Leander
3/2 – Candlelight Ranch Chili Cook-Off and Car Show – Marble Falls
VIRGINIA
3/2 – VBVRS Oyster Fest – Virginia Beach
3/4 – Mardi Gras Festival – McLean
WEST VIRGINIA
2/26-3/2 – Celtic Calling Gathering – Charleston
WISCONSIN
3/1 – Buergbrennen – Belgium
3/1 – Flannel Beer Fest – Port Washington
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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