Grits, Chocolate, Hot Slaw and an Angry Bear.
This weekend, there are some really great sounding festivals going on from Roosters in Alabama to Angry Bears in Michigan, the Polish culture in Wisconsin to Highland Games in North Carolina, and Grits in South Carolina to Chocolate in Alabama, Kentucky, AND West Virginia.
In fact, West Virginia has two Chocolate Festivals and a Ramp Festival. You’ll be eating well there.
But the eating also looks pretty good in Tennessee, where you can celebrate a unique type of coleslaw called Hot Slaw. It looks like coleslaw except it’s more of a mustard-mayo variation with some paprika, lemon juice and more. You can pile it on burgers, hot dogs or just eat it plain. Looks wonderful for me.
If you look to the map below, you’ll see that the south is just bustling with festivals and more will be coming in the weeks ahead. Meanwhile, in the north, while festivals are a little scattered, they will also dramatically improve once Easter has passed.
In any case, look to the lists because there are some great festivals going on. Hopefully, the weather this week and weekend won’t mess with any of them.
Here are some weekend options in each state that I would consider…
Alabama
Chilton County Strawberry Festival (Thorsby), Rooster Day (Demopolis)
Florida
Worm Gruntin’ Festival (Sopchoppy), Tampa Bay Blues Festival (Tampa)
Georgia
National Grits Festival (Warwick), Tallapoosa Dogwood Festival
Illinois
Chicago Beer Fest
Indiana
IU Traditional Powwow (Bloomington)
Kentucky
Old Washington Art and Chocolate Festival (Maysville)
Michigan
Festival of the Angry Bear (Marquette)
New York
Syracuse Wine Festival
North Carolina
Loch Norman Highland Games (Huntersville), PirateFest (Greenville)
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Fringe Festival (VIRTUAL)
South Carolina
World Grits Festival (St. George), Lowcountry Cajun Festival (Charleston)
Tennessee
Hot Slaw Festival (Cleveland), Nashville Cherry Blossom Festival
West Virginia
Chocolate Festival (Lewisburg), Ripley’s WV Chocolate Festival
Wisconsin
Polish Spring Festival (Monona)
Thanks for checking this week’s Upcoming Festival Post. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!
Love, Peace and Festival Grease!
Upcoming Festival Weekend: April 7-10, 2022
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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 of Festivals This Weekend
No festival reviews this weekend.
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ALABAMA
4/7 – West Alabama Food and Wine Festival – Tuscaloosa
4/9 – Mobile Chocolate Festival – Mobile
4/9 – Noble Street Festival – Anniston
4/9 – Corbin Farms Winery Spring Wine Festival – Calera
4/9 – Mt. Laurel Spring Festival – Birmingham
4/9 – Down Home Festival – Cottonwood
4/9 – Spring Festival at the Monument – Enterprise
4/9 – Smoke on the Falls – Gadsden
4/9 – Taylor Made Festival – Taylor
4/9 – Chilton County Strawberry Festival – Thorsby
4/9 – Rooster Day – Demopolis
4/9 – MobPride Fest – Mobile
4/9-4/10 – Kites over Mobile – Mobile
4/9-4/10 – Calico Fort Arts and Crafts Fair – Fort Deposit
4/9-4/10 – Baldwin County Strawberry Festival – Loxley
4/10 – Darter Festival – Birmingham
FLORIDA
4/4-4/10 – Bern’s Winefest II – Tampa
4/5 – Jumbo Shrimp Opening Day Street Festival – Jacksonville
4/7 – Whiskey Obsession Festival – Tampa
4/7-4/9 – Suwanee Rising – Live Oak
4/7-4/9 – Stringbreak Music Fest – Dade City
4/7-4/10 – Sandestin Wine Festival – Miramar Beach
4/8-4/9 – Tampa Bay Rodeo and Family Festival – Dover
4/8-4/9 – Afro Roots Fest Gainesville – Gainesville
4/8-4/10 – Delray Affair – Delray Beach
4/8-4/10 – Bonita Springs Shrimp and Music Festival – Bonita Springs
4/8-4/10 – Tampa Bay Blues Festival – Tampa
4/8-4/10 – Pensacola Habitat Food Truck Festival – Pensacola
4/8-4/10 – Seville Quarter Reggae Festival – Pensacola
4/8-4/10 – Keel Farms Tampa Bay Blueberry Festival I – Plant City
4/8-4/10 – Tortuga Music Festival – Fort Lauderdale
4/8-4/10 – Pier 60 Sugar Sand Festival I – Clearwater
4/9 – Worm Gruntin’ Festival – Sopchoppy
4/9 – Dunnellon Boomtown Days – Dunnellon
4/9 – Swallowtail Farm Spring Festival – Alachua
4/9 – Suwannee River Catfish Festival – Branford
4/9 – Marion County Farmland Preservation Festival – Micanopy
4/9 – Brews Around the Zoo – Sanford
4/9 – Newberry Spring Fling Festival – Newberry
4/9 – Viera Nature Festival – Rockledge
4/9 – Absolutely Avalon – Orlando
4/9 – Pasco County Beer and Burger Festival – Land O’ Lakes
4/9-4/10 – Timberline Farm Butterfly and Blueberry Festival II – Belleview
4/9-4/10 – Tarpon Springs Sponge Docks Craft Festival – Tarpon Springs
4/9-4/10 – Pinellas Pepper Fest – Pinellas Park
4/9-4/10 – HorsePower for Kids Spring Fest I – Tampa
4/9-4/10 – Miami Beach Pride Festival – Miami Beach
4/9-4/10 – Blueberry Fest at Wickham Park – Melbourne
4/9-4/10 – Old Florida Celebration of the Arts (formerly Cedar Key Fine Arts Festival) – Cedar Key
4/9-4/10* – Lemon Bay Nautical Fest and Boat Show – Englewood
4/10 – Deering Seafood Festival – Miami
GEORGIA
4/4-4/9 – Savannah Music Festival III – Savannah
4/8-4/9 – Barnesville BBQ and Blues – Barnesville
4/8-4/10 – Atlanta Dogwood Festival – Atlanta
4/9 – National Grits Festival – Warwick
4/9 – Atlanta Spring Wine Festival – Atlanta
4/9 – International Street Festival – Athens
4/9 – Wolf Creek Plantation Spring Festival – Americus
4/9 – Elberton Spring Fling – Elberton
4/9 – Spring Fling Festival – Warm Springs
4/9 – Tallapoosa Dogwood Festival – Tallapoosa
4/9-4/10 – Big Shanty Festival – Kennesaw
4/9-4/10 – Turtle Creek Spring Arts Festival – Dallas
4/9-4/10 – The Georgia Renaissance Festival I – Fairburn
4/9-4/10 – Perry Dogwood Festival – Perry
ILLINOIS
4/8-4/10 – Spring Festival: an Arts and Crafts Affair – Villa Park
4/9 – Chicago Beer Fest – Chicago
4/9 – Finders Spring Market – Decatur
4/9 – Sheep and Craft Festival – Waterloo
4/9 – Holi – The Festival of Colors – Naperville
4/9 – Tinley Park Brew and Vine Festival – Tinley Park
INDIANA
4/8 – Horseshoe Foundation FamFest (Kentucky Derby Festival) – New Albany
4/9 – IU Traditional Powwow – Bloomington
4/9 – CSS Spring Fest and BBQ Competition – Indianapolis
KENTUCKY
4/4-4/10 – Wild Lights at the Louisville Zoo IV – Louisville
4/9 – Old Washington Art and Chocolate Festival – Maysville
4/9-4/10 – Junk ‘N’ Disorderly Vintage and Handmade Market – Paducah
4/9-4/10 – Bluegrass Creative Market: Spring Edition – Lexington
MICHIGAN
4/8-4/9 (nights) – Ramadan Suhoor Festival I – Dearborn
4/9 – Festival of the Angry Bear – Marquette
4/9 – National Unicorn Day Festival – Ypsilanti
NEW YORK
4/9 – Syracuse Wine Festival – Syracuse
4/9 – Buffalo RiverWorks Thawfest – Buffalo
NORTH CAROLINA
4/4-4/10 – Charlotte SHOUT! II – Charlotte
4/6-4/10 – North Carolina Azalea Festival – Wilmington
4/7-4/9 – Wub N’ Dub Festival – Willard
4/8-4/9 – PirateFest – Greenville
4/9 – UMAR Arts Festival – Winston-Salem
4/9 – Lost Colony Wine, Art and Culinary Festival – Manteo
4/9 – Knightdale Spring Fling Festival – Knightdale
4/9 – Currituck Bulls and BBQ – Powells Point – USUALLY IN NOVEMBER
4/9-4/10 – Loch Norman Highland Games – Huntersville
4/10 – Cary Downtown Chowdown – Cary
4/10 – Spring Pottery and Glass Festival – Creedmoor
4/10 – A Sip of Spring Beer and Wine Festival – Wake Forest
OHIO
Ohio Festivals can be found at ohiofestivals.net/ohio-festivals/
PENNSYLVANIA
4/8-4/10 – Pittsburgh Fringe Festival – Pittsburgh – VIRTUAL
4/9 – Erie Micro Brew Festival – Erie – “IN A CAN” VERSION
SOUTH CAROLINA
4/7 – Taste of Darlington – Darlington
4/7-4/9 – Puddin’ Swamp Festival – Turbeville
4/8-4/9 – World Grits Festival – St. George
4/8-4/10 – Moon Fest – Chesnee
4/8-4/10 – Lowcountry Strawberry Festival I – Mount Pleasant
4/9 – South Carolina Food Truck and Beer Festival – Columbia
4/9 – Food Truck Festival on the Historic Camden Revolutionary War Site – Camden
4/9 – Lowcountry Cajun Festival – Charleston
4/9 – Lowcountry Dogapalooza – Hanahan
4/9-4/10 – Indian Land Fall Festival – Indian Land
TENNESSEE
4/8-4/9 – Window on the World International Festival – Cookeville
4/8-4/10 – Tennessee River History, Heritage, and Weaponry Festival – Saltillo
4/8-4/10 – Bloom Music and Arts Festival – Burns
4/9 – Nashville Cherry Blossom Festival – Nashville
4/9 – BaCon Festival – Cleveland
4/9 – Big 9 Roots Festival – Chattanooga
4/9 – Bourbon and Bubbles Fest – Franklin
4/9 – Hot Slaw Festival – Cleveland
4/9 – Mosaic: A Downtown Celebration of the Arts – Clinton
4/9 – Red Boiling Springs Music Festival and Marketplace – Red Boiling Springs
4/9 – Mayberry Lucy Day – Granville
4/9 – East Nashville Beer Festival – Nashville
4/9 – Upper Cumberland Wine Festival – Granville
4/9-4/10 – 4 Bridges Arts Festival – Chattanooga
4/9-4/10 – Crafty Bastards Spring Arts and Crafts Fair – Nashville
4/9-4/10 – Woolly Days and Garden Arts Festival – Piney Flats
4/10 – Buttercup Festival – Nolensville
WEST VIRGINIA
4/9 – Chocolate Festival – Lewisburg
4/9 – Ripley’s WV Chocolate Festival – Ripley
4/9 – Shortline Ramp Festival – Pine Grove
WISCONSIN
4/9 – Gitchee Gumee Brewfest – Superior
4/9 – Stein and Dine – West Allis
4/9-4/10 – Legendary Waters Winter Pow Wow – Red Cliff
4/10 – Polish Spring Festival – Monona
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Festival Schedule Pages
Miami | Tallahassee/Florida Panhandle | Tampa
Akron/Canton | Cincinnati | Cleveland | Columbus | Dayton | Toledo
Knoxville | Memphis | Nashville
Eau Claire | Madison | Milwaukee
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