Upcoming Easter Festival Weekend: April 17-21, 2025

Celebrating Easter, 420, and the New Year!

Welcome back, Festival Fans.

It’s Easter Weekend and likely a weekend filled with Easter Egg Hunts, Pancake Breakfasts and other fun activities.

While those aren’t the types of events I list, I do actually have an Easter Festival listed this weekend in Texas with food trucks, live music and the works.

There are also some Dyngus Day Festivals (check out my experience at the Cleveland, Ohio Festival HERE) in Indiana and New York (the bigger of the two) with squirt guns, pierogi, beer, Polka and more for this popular Polish Easter Monday celebration

If Easter isn’t your thing, you can celebrate Thai, Cambodian and Lao New Years, where festivals can be found in in California, Florida, Louisiana and Maryland.

And it’s also April 20 (420) on Sunday, so expect various cannabis festivals this weekend in many of the states. It could help take off the edge at Easter family gatherings (not to mention make the food taste better).

Here are some other interesting festivals going on this weekend:

Tequila Festival in Alabama
Butter and Egg Days in California
Sugar Sand Festival in Florida
Spring Fairy Market in Maryland
ThunderFest in North Carolina
Rattlesnake Festival in Oklahoma
Bacon Festival in Pennsylvania
Slawburger Festival in Tennessee
And more.

Here’s a little of what’s going on in each state:

Alabama
Crawfish and Kites
Arkansas
Bees and BBQ
California
Asparagus and Spring
Colorado
420
Delaware
Kites and 420
Florida
Dog Surfing and Earth Day
Georgia
Spring Festivals
Illinois
Tulips

Indiana
Dyngus Day
Iowa
Powwow
Kansas
Jamboree
Kentucky
420 and Tacos
Louisiana
Lao New Year and Sunshine
Maryland
Thai New Year Songkran Festival
Michigan
Beer, Love, Mac and Cheese
Minnesota
No festivals this weekend.

Mississippi
Threefoot and Chandyfest
Missouri
Tulips and Spring
New Jersey
Empanadas
New York
Dyngus, Wings, Wine
North Carolina
Thunder, Cuegrass, Powwow
Oklahoma
Rattlesnakes and Art
Pennsylvania
Cannabis and Chainsaws
South Carolina
Soft Shell Crab

Tennessee
Slawburgers, 420
Texas
Latin Food, Wine, and Easter
Virginia
Wine, Kites, Earth Day
Washington, DC
Uncorked
West Virginia
Ramps
Wisconsin
Joint Beer Fest

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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.

I went through July the second time and now I’m doing a final check through May before looking at November and December this month.

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-042125/

Until next week…

Love, Peace and Festival Grease!

Upcoming Festival Weekend: April 17-21, 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

4/17-4/20 – Awakenus Bloom – Talladega
4/19 – Magic City Tequila Festival – Birmingham
4/19 – Crawfish Festival – Huntsville
4/19 – 420 CannaBama – Mobile
4/19 – Montevallo Arts Fest – Montevallo
4/19-4/20 – Kites over Mobile – Mobile

ARKANSAS

4/18-4/19 – Mountain View Folk Festival – Mountain View
4/19 – Arkansas Bee Day – Little Rock
4/19 – Blazin’ BBQ Festival – Manila

CALIFORNIA

4/7-4/13 – Knott’s Boysenberry Festival III – Buena Park
4/8 – Surf City Nights XIV – Huntington Beach
4/10 – Downtown Fullerton Market II – Fullerton
4/10 – Oceanside Sunset Markets XV – Oceanside
4/10 – Palm Springs Village Fest XV – Palm Springs
4/10 – Temecula Sunset Market III – Temecula
4/11 – Monrovia Street Fair and Market XV – Monrovia
4/11 – Berryessa Night Market I – San Jose
4/11-4/13 – Fresno State Vintage Days – Fresno
4/11-4/13 – Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival I – Indio
4/11-4/13 – Owens Lake Bird Festival – Lone Pine
4/11-4/13 – Los Angeles Spring Fair I – South El Monte
4/11-4/13 – Cambodian New Year – Stockton
4/11-4/13 – San Joaquin Asparagus Festival – Stockton
4/14-4/20 – Knott’s Boysenberry Festival IV – Buena Park
4/15 – Surf City Nights XV – Huntington Beach
Weekend continues below…

4/16-4/20 – National Orange Show Fair – San Bernardino
4/17 – Downtown Fullerton Market III – Fullerton
4/17 – Oceanside Sunset Markets XVI – Oceanside
4/17 – Palm Springs Village Fest XVI – Palm Springs
4/17 – Roseville Earth Night Festival – Roseville
4/17-4/20 – Godwit Days – Arcata
4/17-4/20 – Los Angeles Spring Fair II – South El Monte
4/18 – Monrovia Street Fair and Market XVI – Monrovia
4/18 – Berryessa Night Market II – San Jose
4/18-4/20 – Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival II – Indio
4/18-4/20 – Red Bluff Round Up – Red Bluff
4/19 – Bakersfield Mac and Cheese Fest – Bakersfield
4/19 – Earth Day 661 Festival – Bakersfield
4/19 – Chico Brewfest – Chico
Weekend continues below…

4/19 – Claremont Spring Celebration – Claremont
4/19 – Costa Mesa SpringFest – Costa Mesa
4/19 – Diamond Bar Earth Day Celebration – Diamond Bar
4/19 – Blues, Brews & BBQ – Fairfield
4/19 – Noyo Food Forest’s Earth Day Festival – Fort Bragg
4/19 – Mountain View Earth and Arbor Day Celebration – Mountain View
4/19 – Butter and Egg Days – Petaluma
4/19 – Piedmont Food Fest – Piedmont
4/19 – Almost Fringe Festival – Point Arena
4/19 – Chicano Park Day – San Diego
4/19 – Earth Day Festival at Yerba Buena Gardens Conservancy – San Francisco
4/19 – Bay Area Brew Fest – San Francisco
4/19-4/20 – The Original Renaissance Pleasure Faire III – Irwindale
4/19-4/20 – The Street Fair at College of the Desert XVI – Palm Desert
4/19-4/20 – Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival II – San Francisco
4/20* – Healdsburg Climate Fest – Healdsburg – CANCELLED
4/20 – Head West Marketplace: South B Street II – San Mateo

COLORADO

4/17-4/20 – Palisade Bluegrass Bash – Palisade
4/18-4/19 – FoCoMX – Fort Collins
4/18-4/20 – Bluebird Music Festival – Boulder
4/19 – Longmont Earth Day Celebration – Longmont
4/19 – Collaboration Beer Fest – Westminster
4/20 – Mile High 420 Festival – Denver

DELAWARE

4/18 – Great Delaware Kite Festival – Lewes
4/19-4/20 – Weedstock Spring Fling – Townsend

FLORIDA

4/14-4/20 – Pier 60 Sugar Sand Festival II – Clearwater
4/17 – New Smyrna Beach Food Festival – New Smyrna Beach
4/18-4/20 – Punta Gorda Seafood and Music Festival – Punta Gorda
4/18-4/20 – Lao New Year Festival – Sanford
4/19 – Booze, Bands and BBQ – Brooksville
4/19 – Brick City Beer and Wine Festival – Ocala
4/19 – Central Florida Earth Day – Orlando
4/19 – Earth Day Pensacola Festival – Pensacola
4/19 – HorsePower for Kids Spring Fest II – Tampa
4/19 – Reggae in the Gardens – Williston
4/19 – 863 Art Fest – Winter Haven
4/19-4/20 – Mandarin Art Festival – Jacksonville
4/19-4/20 (Closed Easter) – Keel Farms Tampa Bay Blueberry Festival III – Plant City
4/19-4/20 – ACE Arts and Crafts Festival at Brownwood Paddock Square – The Villages
4/20 – East Coast Dog Surfing Festival – Cocoa Beach
4/20 – 420 Fest at Millennial Brewing Co – Fort Myers

GEORGIA

4/17-4/19 – Thomaston Art and Soul Fest – Thomaston
4/18-4/19 – Atlanta International Night Market – Atlanta
4/18-4/19 – Spring Fling and Backyard BBQ Festival – Moultrie
4/18-4/20 – SweetWater 420 Fest – Atlanta
4/18-4/20 – Hamilton Gardens Rhododendron Festival II – Hiawassee
4/18-4/20 – Orange Crush Festival – Tybee Island
4/19 – FreakNik Festival The Reunion – Atlanta
4/19 – Old Clarkesville Market Spring Show – Clarkesville
4/19 – Mayhaw Festival – Colquitt
4/19 – Possum Hollow Festival – Dexter
Weekend continues below…

4/19 – Flowery Branch Spring Festival – Flowery Branch
4/19 – Hahira Spring Downtown – Hahira
4/19 – Another Bloomin’ Festival – Metter
4/19 – Dickey Farms Strawberry Festival – Musella
4/19 – Pondtown Festival – Rhine
4/19 – Olde Effingham Festival – Springfield
4/19 – Georgia Craft Brewers Festival – Woodstock
4/19-4/20 – 4F Renaissance Festival and Fantasy Faire: Spring III – Danielsville
4/19-4/20 – Sandy Springs Artsapalooza Spring Arts Festival – Sandy Springs
4/19-4/20 – The Georgia Renaissance Festival II – Fairburn

ILLINOIS

4/18-4/20 – Glow Wild! at the Peoria Zoo VIII– Peoria
4/19 – Family Eco Festival – Alto Pass
4/19-4/20 – Midwest Tulip Fest I – Maple Park

INDIANA

4/17-4/20 – xZOOberance V – Indianapolis
4/19-4/20 – Orleans Dogwood Festival I – Orleans
4/21 – Dyngus Day – South Bend

IOWA

4/16-4/20 – Blank Park Zoo’s Wild Lights III – Des Moines
4/19 – EcoFest CR – Cedar Rapids
4/19 – University of Iowa Powwow – Iowa City

KANSAS

4/17-4/20 – Owl Creek Jamboree – Humboldt

MINNESOTA

No festivals this weekend.

MISSISSIPPI

4/18-4/19 – Threefoot Festival – Meridian
4/19 – Chandyfest – Gulfport
4/19 – Cotton District Arts Festival – Starkville
4/19 – Wings Over Wiggins – Wiggins

MISSOURI

4/16-4/20 – Animals Aglow at the Saint Louis Zoo VI – St. Louis
4/17-4/20 – Unbound Book Festival – Columbia
4/18-4/19 – CannaFest – Kansas City
4/18-4/19 – Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival – St. Louis
4/18-4/20 – Tulip Festival at the Fun Farm III – Kearney
4/19 – Spring Fest – Kansas City
4/19 – Vaisakhi: Festival of Harvesting – St. Louis
4/19-4/20 – 4:20 STL Festival – St. Louis

NEW JERSEY

4/19 – Fur Baby Food and Music Fest – Columbus
4/19 – Whole Lotta Empanada, Food Truck and Music Festival – Garfield
4/19-4/20 – Bunny Trail Spring Festival at Terhune Orchards – Princeton
4/19-4/20 – Tulip Festival at Dalton Farms III – Swedesboro

NEW YORK

4/19 – Amsterdam WingFest – Amsterdam
4/19 – Syracuse Wine Festival – Syracuse
4/21 – Dyngus Day – Buffalo

NORTH CAROLINA

4/14-4/20 – Charlotte SHOUT! III – Charlotte
4/17 – ThunderFest – Rockingham
4/18-4/20 – Haliwa-Saponi Indian Tribe Powwow – Hollister
4/19 – Children’s Day Festival of Cary – Cary
4/19 – Strange Fruit Music Festival – Greensboro
4/19 – The North Carolina ‘Cuegrass Festival – Raleigh
4/19 – Southport Spring Festival – Southport
4/19 – 420 Music and Arts Festival at Waterline Brewing Company – Wilmington

OHIO

Ohio Festivals can be found at ohiofestivals.net/ohio-festivals/

OKLAHOMA

4/16-4/19 – Guthrie 89er Celebration Parade and Carnival – Guthrie
4/18-4/19 – Lexington 89er’s Day – Lexington
4/18-4/19 – Stillwater Arts Festival – Stillwater
4/18-4/20 – Apache Rattlesnake Festival – Apache
4/19 – OKC Beautiful Earth Fest – Oklahoma City
4/19 – Herbal Affair and Festival – Sand Springs
4/19 – Big Bite – Tulsa

PENNSYLVANIA

4/17-4/19 – Central PA Chainsaw Carvers Festival – Shippensburg
4/19 – Pennsylvania Cannabis Festival – Kutztown
4/19 – McClure Bacon Fest – McClure

SOUTH CAROLINA

4/17-4/20 – Saluda County Farmers Festival – Saluda
4/18-4/19 – Old Time Jam and Camping Weekend – Pickens
4/19 – Chucktown Brewdown: Homebrew Festival – Charleston
4/19 – Soft Shell Crab Festival – Port Royal

TENNESSEE

4/16-4/17 – Goodlettsville Heritage Day – Goodlettsville
4/18-4/19 – Cheekwood Great Spring Art Hop – Nashville
4/19 – Sip TN Chattanooga Wine Festival – Chattanooga
4/19 – Upper Cumberland Strawberry Festival – Crossville
4/19 – Slawburger Festival – Fayetteville
4/19 – Old Time Bluegrass and Fiddlers’ Jamboree – Holladay
4/19 – 420 Hemp Festival – Jackson
4/19 – Earth Day at Shelby Farms Park – Memphis
4/19 – Shell Daze Music Festival – Memphis
4/19 – Nashville Earth Day – Nashville
4/20 – 423 Day Festival – Chattanooga

TEXAS

4/18-4/19 – East Texas Gusher Days – Gladewater
4/18-4/20 – Wild, Wild West Fest – Andrews
4/18-4/20 – Austin Reggae Festival – Austin
4/18-4/20 – Fredericksburg Trade Days IV – Fredericksburg
4/18-4/20 – Spring Festival at Rockberry Ranch VII – Poteet
4/18-4/20 – Rockport Fulton Market Days IV – Rockport
4/18-4/20 – Walk This Earth Music Festival – Woodson
4/19 – Baytown Taco and Margarita Festival – Baytown
4/19 – Belton Sazon Latin Food Market I – Belton
4/19 – Brownsville Earth Fest – Brownsville
4/19 – Plano Wino Wine Festival – Fairview
4/19 – Fort Worth Wino Wine Festival – Fort Worth
Weekend continues below…

4/19 – A Taste of Nigeria Fort Worth – Fort Worth
4/19 – Green Mountain Energy Earth Day at Discovery Green – Houston
4/19 – Los Fresnos Easter Festival – Los Fresnos
4/19 – Luckenbach Bluegrass Festival – Luckenbach
4/19 – Puranava Indian Art and Culture Fest – Pearland
4/19-4/20 – Avalon Faire II – Kilgore
4/19-4/20 – Sherwood Forest Faire VIII – McDade
4/19-4/20 – Scarborough Renaissance Festival III – Waxahachie

VIRGINIA

4/16-4/20 – Tom Tom Festival – Charlottesville
4/18-4/19 – Culpeperpalooza – Culpeper
4/19 – Farmville Wine Festival – Farmville
4/19 – Franklin Spring Fest – Franklin
4/19 – Lynchburg Wine and Music Festival – Lynchburg
4/19 – Earth Day at Deep Run Park – Richmond
4/19 – Blue Ridge Kite Festival – Salem
4/19 – Spring into Stanley – Stanley

WEST VIRGINIA

4/18-4/20 – Gotta Fest – Shanks
4/19 – Ramp it up! Ramp Festival – Oak Hill
4/19 – Shortline Ramp Festival – Pine Grove
4/19 – Brooke Hills Kite Fest – Wellsburg

WISCONSIN

4/19 – Joint Beer Fest – Muskego

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