Irish Festivals, Weenie Roasts, Maple Syrup, Beer and More!
March is here, Festival Fans, and I’m happy to say that every state listed has at least one festival this weekend, including Delaware with its Chocolate Festival, Virginia with a Cabin Fever Pickin’ Party and a Celtic Calling Gathering in West Virginia.
Speaking of Celtic Callings, there are quite a number of Irish Festivals going on this weekend, especially in Alabama, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, South Carolina and Wisconsin. But, if your state isn’t celebrating St. Patrick’s Day just yet, they will likely be having something next weekend – or maybe you can attend one of the many Beer/Wine/Whiskey/Moscow Mule festivals going on this weekend instead and just raise a glass to St. Patrick while you’re there?
If you’re hungry this weekend, there are food festivals galore celebrating Bacon, Chili, Noodles, Ribs, Brunch, BBQ, Strawberries, Stone Crab, Garlic, Sausage, Collard Greens, Crawfish, Mac and Cheese, Pierogi, and even Weenies…
…at the World’s Longest Weenie Roast in Cable, Wisconsin.
And still, there’s the following: a Bluegrass Festival, Cardboard (Sleds) Classics, Night Market, a Dirt Fest, a Book Festival, Renaissance Festivals, Highland Games, Cowboy Day, Bike Week, Dogwood Days and a Swamp Fest.
It’s an exciting weekend, festival fans, so be sure to go through the listings below, check out the map and make some fantastic fans with your friends or family.
Until next week…
Love, Peace and Festival Grease!
Upcoming Festival Weekend: March 2-5, 2023
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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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My Experiences of this Weekend’s Festival
3/3-3/5 – Vintage Market Days of Mobile – Mobile, Alabama – My Review
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ALABAMA
3/3 – Shamrocks and Crawfish – Calera
3/3-3/5 – Vintage Market Days of Mobile – Mobile – My Review
3/4 – Satsume Swamp Fest – Satsuma
3/4 – Dogwood Days Festival – Vestavia Hills
3/4 – Bridge Crossing Jubilee Street Festival – Selma
3/4 – Collard Green Festival – Evergreen
3/4 – Cahaba Night Bazaar – Birmingham
3/4 – Bellingrath’s Beers and Blooms – Theodore
3/4-3/5 – Ballyhoo Festival – Gulf Shores
3/5 – Taste of Birmingham – Birmingham
DELAWARE
3/4 – Rehoboth Beach Chocolate Festival – Rehoboth Beach
FLORIDA
3/2-3/5 – Florida Strawberry Festival I – Plant City
3/2-3/5 – Little Flower Carnival – Hollywood
3/2-3/5 – Okeechobee Music and Arts Festival – Okeechobee
3/3 – Miami Wine Festival: Spring – Miami
3/3-3/4 – Chalo Nitka Festival and Rodeo – Moore Haven
3/3-3/4 – Lake Mary – Heathrow Festival of the Arts – Lake Mary
3/3-3/5 – Thundering Spirit Family Pow Wow – Mount Dora
3/3-3/5 – Saint Sophia Greek Festival – Miami
3/3-3/5 – Festival of the Arts Boca I – Boca Raton
3/3-3/5 – Downtown Sarasota Blues Festival – Sarasota
3/3-3/5 – SunWest Crab and Shrimp Festival – Hudson
3/3-3/5 – Daytona Beach Bike Week I – Daytona Beach
3/4 – Festival Dor De Moldova – Casselberry
3/4 – Whiskey in the Cloud Festival – St. Cloud
3/4 – Zephyrhills Founders Day Festival – Zephyrhills
3/4 – Japanese Food and Festival – Pensacola
3/4 – Lighthouse United Methodist Church Strawberry Festival – Boca Grande
3/4 – North Florida VegFest – Tallahassee
3/4 – Naples Craft Beer Festival – Naples
3/4 – ZooBrews – Tampa
Weekend continues below…
3/4 – Scottish Festival and Highland Games – Plantation
3/4 – Cracker Cowboy Day – Dade City
3/4 – Sausage Fest – Pinellas Park
3/4 – Florida Brewers Guild Craft Beer Festival – Tampa
3/4 – Habitat Ocala Strawberry Festival – Ocala
3/4 – Panama City Beach Scottish Festival – Panama City Beach
3/4-3/5 – Big Cypress Indigenous Arts and Music Festival – Clewiston
3/4-3/5 – Grant Seafood Festival – Grant-Valkaria
3/4-3/5 – Gasparilla Festival of the Arts – Tampa
3/4-3/5 – Pride Cape Coral – Cape Coral
3/4-3/5 – Rotary Club of Homestead Stone Crab and Seafood Festival – Homestead
3/4-3/5 – Treasure Coast Garlic Fest – Port St. Lucie
3/4-3/5 – Florida SpringsFest – Ocala
3/4-3/5 – The Gulf Coast Renaissance Fair and Pirate Festival – Milton
3/4-3/5 – Clay County Strawberry Fest – Green Cove Springs
3/4-3/5 – Floral City Strawberry Festival – Floral City
3/4-3/5 – Bay Area Renaissance Festival III – Dade City
3/4-3/5 – Cocoa Village Spring Fine Art and Craft Fair – Cocoa
3/4-3/5 – Florida Renaissance Festival and Craft Village V – Deerfield Beach
3/5 – Taste of Ormond – Ormond Beach
3/5 – Destin Food Truck Fest: Spring – Destin
3/5 – Townes Fest – Gainesville
GEORGIA
3/3-3/4 – Sip and Swine BBQ Festival – Lawrenceville
3/3-3/4 – Pig in the Park BBQ Championship (Dublin-Laurens St. Patrick’s Festival) – Dublin
3/4 – Savannah River Fire Festival – Guyton
3/4 – Cumming Wine Festival – Cumming
3/4 – Small World Festival – Hinesville
3/4 – Cumming Wine Festival – Cumming
3/4 – Rhythm and Ribs BBQ Festival – Tifton
3/4 – Roswell Beer Festival – Roswell
3/4 – Atlanta Brunch Festival I – Atlanta
3/4 – Downtown Albany Street Festival – Albany
3/4-3/5 – Fiddlin’ Folk Art Fest at the Garden – Macon
3/5 – Atlanta Jewish Life Festival – Atlanta
ILLINOIS
3/3-3/4 – Manhattan Irish Festival – Manhattan
3/4 – Maple Syrup Festival at Argyle State Park – Colchester
3/4 – Chicago Brewsology – Chicago
3/5 – Marchtoberfest – Peoria
3/5 – Spring Food Festival – Mount Prospect
INDIANA
3/4 – The Wildflower Spring Market and Food Truck Rally – Terre Haute
3/4 – Bock Beer Fest – Indianapolis
3/4-3/5 – Maple Syrup Festival II – Salem
3/4-3/5 – For the Love of Art Fair – South Bend
3/4-3/5 – Maple Sugarbush Festival – Evansville
3/4-3/5 – Parke County Maple Fair II – Rockville
KENTUCKY
3/4 – Tailspin Ale Fest – Louisville
3/4 – Kentucky Women’s Book Festival – Louisville
3/4 – Purchase Area Coffee and Chocolate Festival – Calvert City
MARYLAND/WASHINGTON, DC
3/4 – St. Michaels ChocolateFest – St. Michaels
3/4 – Leprechaun Luau – Frederick
3/4-3/5 – Baltimore Street Food Festival – Baltimore
MICHIGAN
3/4 – Kalamazoo Fretboard Festival – Kalamazoo
3/4 – Wine Not? Wine Festival – Kalamazoo
3/4 – Grand Rapids Bourbon Fest – Grand Rapids
3/4 – Noodle Fest (World of Winter) – Grand Rapids
3/4 – Brrs, Beards & Brews: A Lumberjack Festival – Lansing
3/4 – Suds and Snow – Traverse City
MISSISSIPPI
3/4 – Gulf Coast Beer and Bacon Festival – Gulfport
3/4 – DirtFest – Merigold
3/4 – Hattiesburg Craft Beer Festival – Hattiesburg
NEW YORK
3/3-3/5 – Brave Brews Fest – Auburn
3/4 – Downtown Chili Cook-Off – Ithaca
3/4 – Rochester Wine and Chocolate Festival – Rochester
NORTH CAROLINA
3/1 – Raleigh Night Market I – Raleigh
3/3-3/4 – Rumba on the Lumber – Lumberton
3/3-3/4 – Red Daisy Festival – Winston-Salem
3/4 – North Carolina Rice Festival – Winnabow
3/4 – Mardi Gras Farewell Party and Pop-Up Market – Asheville
3/5 – Charlotte Donut Festival – Charlotte
OHIO
Ohio Festivals can be found at ohiofestivals.net/ohio-festivals/
PENNSYLVANIA
3/3-3/4 – Cardboard Classic and Mountainfest – Scranton
3/3-3/4 – Starkbierfest – Philadelphia
3/3-3/5 – Mountain Fest – Ridgway
3/4 – Mac and Cheese Fest – Bloomsburg
3/4 – Winterlude Festival – Kennett Square
3/4 – SnowBlast Winter Arts Festival – Emmaus
3/4 – Ice and Fire Festival – Harrisburg
3/4-3/5 – Asbury Woods Maple Festival – Erie
3/5 – Pittsburgh Pierogi Festival – Canonsburg
SOUTH CAROLINA
3/1-3/5 – Charleston Wine and Food Festival – Charleston
3/2 – Taste of Lake Murray – Columbia
3/3 – St. Patrick’s Festival – Orangeburg
3/3-3/5 – Rock ‘N Paws Music Festival – North Myrtle Beach
3/4 – Irish Fest Camden – Camden
3/4 – Surfside Beach BBQ Festival – Surfside Beach
3/4 – Front Beach Fest – Isle of Palms
3/4 – BBQ and Brews – Summerville
3/5 – West Ashley Restaurant Festival – Charleston
TENNESSEE
3/3 – Whiskey Warmer Memphis – Memphis
3/3-3/4 – Cousin Jack Tullock Bluegrass Festival – Etowah
3/3-3/5 – Pigeon Forge Chuck Wagon Cookoff – Pigeon Forge
3/4 – Mardi Growl – Knoxville
VIRGINIA
3/2-3/4 – Cabin Fever Pickin’ Party – Virginia Beach
WEST VIRGINIA
3/3-3/5 – Celtic Calling Gathering – Charleston
WISCONSIN
3/3-3/5 – World’s Longest Weenie Roast – Cable
3/4 – Pour Another Round Outdoor Winter Beer Festival – Green Bay
3/4 – Farewell to Winter Festival – Fountain City
3/4 – Ice Breaker and Beer and Seltzer Festival – New Glarus
3/4 – Moscow Mules Up North – Eagle River
3/4 – Shamrock Shuffle – Milwaukee
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Festival Schedule Pages
Miami | Tallahassee/Florida Panhandle | Tampa
Akron/Canton | Cincinnati | Cleveland | Columbus | Dayton | Toledo
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