Easter Weekend offers Spring Festivals, Beer Festivals, Strawberries, Grits and Chocolate!
It’s Easter Weekend and, for the Northern States, this really means much few festivals. Meanwhile, many Southern States, like Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas, still have an impressive amount of festivals this weekend.
Some of the fun-sounding festivals include the Worm Gruntin’ Festival (Florida), the East Coast Dog Surfing Festival (Florida), the National Grits Festival (Georgia), the Indianapolis Mariachi and Folklore Festival (Indiana), Fool Moon (Michigan), the Caterpillar Parade (Mississippi), Dyngus Day (New York), the Wilmington Goth Fest (North Carolina), the Castleburg Brewery Renaissance Faire (Virginia) and the Lewisburg Chocolate Festival (West Virginia).
Plus there are all sorts of Spring Festivals that deal with plant sales or blossoms, a few Easter Festivals, Beer and Wine Festivals Galore, and even a Brewed and Tattooed Fest in Wisconsin.
However you spend this weekend, I hope it’s a great one!
Festival numbers should pick back up for all states next weekend.
Until then, have a wonderful weekend and I’ll talk to you soon.
Love, Peace and Festival Grease!
Upcoming Festival Weekend: April 6-10, 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
No festival reviews this weekend.
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ALABAMA
4/7-4/8 – Smoke on the Falls – Gadsden
4/8 – Mt. Laurel Spring Festival – Birmingham – CANCELLED
4/8-4/9 – Baldwin County Strawberry Festival – Loxley
DELAWARE
No festivals this weekend.
FLORIDA
4/7-4/8 – Sebring Soda Fest – Sebring
4/7-4/8 – Afro Roots Fest Gainesville – Gainesville
4/7-4/9 – Bonita Springs Shrimp and Music Festival: Spring – Bonita Springs
4/7-4/9 – Pier 60 Sugar Sand Festival I – Clearwater
4/8 – Keel Farms Tampa Bay Blueberry Festival I – Plant City
4/8 – O’Leno Ole’ Chili Cook-Off and Springs Celebration – High Springs
4/8 – Brick City Beer and Wine Festival – Ocala
4/8 – Worm Gruntin’ Festival – Sopchoppy
4/8 – Lake Helen Easter Festival – Lake Helen
4/8 – Spring Festival and Plant Sale – Palm Coast
4/8 – HorsePower for Kids Spring Fest I – Tampa
4/8 – Brews Around the Zoo – Sanford
4/8 – Marion County Farmland Preservation Festival – Micanopy
4/8 – Suwannee River Catfish Festival – Branford
4/8 – Absolutely Avalon – Orlando
4/8 – Pasco County Beer and Burger Festival – Land O’ Lakes
4/8-4/9 – Mandarin Art Festival – Jacksonville
4/8-4/9* – Lemon Bay Nautical Fest and Boat Show – Englewood
4/9 – East Coast Dog Surfing Festival – Cocoa Beach
GEORGIA
4/3-4/8 – Savannah Music Festival III – Savannah
4/6-4/8 – Cherokee of Georgia Spring Pow Wow – St. George
4/7 – Peachtree City Night Market I – Peachtree City
4/8 – BBQ and Brews Downtown Ball Ground – Ball Ground
4/8 – Another Bloomin’ Festival – Metter
4/8 – 229 Day – Albany
4/8 – The Taste – Cumming
4/8 – Hot Glass Beer Festival – Americus
4/8 – National Grits Festival – Warwick
4/8 – Tallapoosa Dogwood Festival – Tallapoosa
4/8-4/9 – Sandy Springs Artsapalooza Spring Arts Festival – Sandy Springs
ILLINOIS
4/8 – Sheep and Craft Festival – Waterloo
4/8 – Holi – The Festival of Colors – Naperville
INDIANA
4/6-4/9 – xZOOberance III – Indianapolis
4/7 – Horseshoe Foundation FamFest (Kentucky Derby Festival) – New Albany
4/8 – Indianapolis Mariachi and Folklore Festival – Indianapolis
KENTUCKY
4/3-4/9 – Wild Lights at the Louisville Zoo V – Louisville
4/8 – Get Ready to Garden! – Calvert City
MARYLAND/WASHINGTON, DC
4/8 – Interstate BBQ Festival: Woofstock – Boonsboro
4/8 – DC Beer Fest – Washington, DC
4/8 – Petalpalooza (National Cherry Blossom Festival) – Washington, DC
MICHIGAN
4/6 – Grand Slam Festival – Detroit
4/7 – Fool Moon – Ann Arbor
4/7-4/9 (nights) – Ramadan Suhoor Festival III – Dearborn
MISSISSIPPI
4/8 – Caterpillar Parade and Spring into Green Market – Clinton
NEW YORK
4/8 – Syracuse Wine Festival – Syracuse
4/8 – Kegs, Barrels and Crafts – Buffalo
4/10 – Dyngus Day – Buffalo
NORTH CAROLINA
4/3-4/9 – Charlotte SHOUT! II – Charlotte
4/5 – Raleigh Night Market III – Raleigh
4/5-4/8 – Wilmington Goth Fest – Wilmington
4/7-4/8 – Southport Spring Festival – Southport
4/8 – Pink Hill Eggstravaganza Festival – Pink Hill
4/8 – ‘Tawba Walk Arts and Music Festival: Spring – Cornelius
4/8 – Seven Springs Wine Festival – Norlina
4/8 – The Bond Brothers’ Mid-Town Square Festival – Cary
4/8-4/9 – Spring Pottery and Glass Festival II – Creedmoor
OHIO
Ohio Festivals can be found at ohiofestivals.net/ohio-festivals/
PENNSYLVANIA
4/8 – Easter Eggstravaganza Food Truck Festival at Playwicki Farm – Feasterville
4/8 – Schuylkill County Homebrew Festival – Pottsville
SOUTH CAROLINA
4/6-4/8 – Lowcountry Strawberry Festival II – Mount Pleasant
4/7-4/8 – Smoke on the Beach BBQ Festival – Myrtle Beach
4/7-4/8 – Total Death Fest – Spartanburg
TENNESSEE
4/4 – Goodlettsville Heritage Day I – Goodlettsville
4/7 – Friday Night Market in the BORO and Food Truck Festival I – Murfreesboro
VIRGINIA
4/8 – Clarksville Lake County Wine Festival – Clarksville
4/8 – Lizard Ridge Farm Spring Festival – Bedford
4/8 – Castleburg Brewery Renaissance Faire – Richmond
WEST VIRGINIA
4/8 – Chocolate Festival – Lewisburg
4/8 – Lewisburg Baptist Church Community Easter Festival – Lewisburg
WISCONSIN
4/7-4/8 – Brewed and Tattooed Fest – Green Bay
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Festival Schedule Pages
Miami | Tallahassee/Florida Panhandle | Tampa
Akron/Canton | Cincinnati | Cleveland | Columbus | Dayton | Toledo
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