Ernest Hemingway, UFO’s, Baby Food and Bagels.
It’s a wide assortment of festival themes this weekend. Along with the various Community, Food, and Cultural Celebrations, there’s an Ernest Hemingway Festival, which includes a Look-Alike contest, in Florida. There are also an interesting UFO Festival in Pennsylvania, a Baby Food Festival in Michigan and a Bagel Festival in Illinois.
Just like last weekend, the majority of festivals are in the northern states, but even their numbers are temporarily down this week. Numbers pick back up next weekend and then really start to climb in August. In September, these posts will get really long with all the festivals going on.
Let’s take a look at some of the festivals going on in each state this weekend:
Alabama
No festivals this weekend.
Florida
It’s a good weekend to dress up as Ernest Hemingway and head to Key West. You can also celebrate Columbia in two Floridian cities (Miramar and Tampa).
Georgia
There is a Christmas in July Festival, plus an Ice Cream Festival in Atlanta and a French Festival in Hoschton.
Illinois
Not only is there a Taco Festival this weekend, but there’s a Margarita Festival as well. Plus you can eat your way through festivals about Bagels, Corn, BBQ and Pizza.
Indiana
Circus City continues through Saturday. There’s also a Wilbur Wright Fly-in, a Pride Fest in Fort Wayne and a Pakistan Independence Day Celebration.
Kentucky
Two BBQ Festivals in Dawson Springs and Louisville as well as the Mountain Grrl Experience, a music and arts festival run by women to raise money for women in need.
Michigan
Trout Festivals, a Baby Food Festival, Faster Horses and Music. There’s a good number of festivals in Michigan this weekend, so check out the list.
New York
There really is an interesting mix of festival celebrations this weekend: Murals, Blueberry and Books, Indigenous Music, Salt and Light, the Civil War, Jazz, Wine, Italians and more.
North Carolina
The same state serving a Hillbilly Jam and a Fiddlers Fest is also giving us a Beatles Festival and Dragon Boat Fest. I love North Carolina.
Pennsylvania
I would really love to check out the UFO Festival in Kecksburg this weekend (but it may be just a tad far from me). There are also some Parish Festivals, Music Festivals and Beer Festivals.
South Carolina
A Water Festival in Beaufort and a Sweetgrass Festival in Mount Pleasant.
Tennessee
Tomatoes, Beer and all sorts of Music in Tennessee this weekend.
West Virginia
A Riverfest and Summer Celebrations!
Wisconsin
Various Music Festivals (Gypsy Swing, Country, Polka, Blues), Storytelling, Wine, Butterflies, Lavender and Fire.
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Have a great weekend, everyone!
Love, Peace and Festival Grease!
Upcoming Festival Weekend: July 21-24, 2022
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MAP of festival and fair food cities this weekend.
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ALABAMA
No festivals this weekend.
FLORIDA
7/19-7/24 – Hemingway Days – Key West
7/22-7/24 – Rolling Loud Miami – Miami
7/22-7/24 – El Gran Festival Colombiano – Miramar
7/23 – Festival Colombiana Tampa – Tampa
7/23 – Greater Jacksonville Kingfish Tournament Festival – Jacksonville
7/24 – Festival of St. James – Jacksonville
GEORGIA
7/22-7/23 – Christmas in July Festival and Car Show – Patterson
7/23 – Atlanta Ice Cream Festival – Atlanta
7/23 – U-Pick Harvest Festival – Sautee Nacoochee
7/23 – Atlanta Jollof, Music and Food Festival – Atlanta
7/23 – Fete De La Hoschton French Festival – Hoschton
7/23-7/24 – City of Cumming Music Festival – Cumming
ILLINOIS
7/19-7/23 – Mattoon Bagelfest – Mattoon
7/20-7/24 – Elk Grove Rotaryfest – Elk Grove Village
7/21-7/23 – Warrensburg Corn Festival – Warrensburg
7/21-7/24 – Taco Fest and Highwood Days – Highwood
7/22-7/23 – Electric Island EDM Festival – Antioch
7/22-7/23 – EffingHAM-JAM BBQ Cookoff – Effingham
7/22-7/24 – El Gran Festival Colombiano – Chicago
7/22-7/24 – AlpineFest – Lake Zurich
7/22-7/24 – Wicker Park Fest – Chicago
7/22-7/24 – Taste of Lincoln Avenue – Chicago
7/23 – Medici Craft Beer and Jazz Festival – Normal
7/23 – Bike Jam Festival – Pontiac
7/23-7/24 – Chicago Margarita Festival – Chicago
7/23-7/24 – Bantu Fest – Chicago
7/23-7/24 – Pizza City Fest – Chicago
7/23-7/24 – Peotone Hot Air Balloon Festival – Peotone
7/23-7/24 – Sleepy Creek Vineyards Art and Music Festival – Fairmount
7/23-7/24 – Glencoe Festival of Art – Glencoe
INDIANA
7/18-7/23 – Circus City Festival II – Peru
7/19 – Wilbur Wright Fly-in – Hagerstown
7/22-7/23 – Fort Wayne Pride Fest – Fort Wayne
7/22-7/23 – Beyond the Void Music and Arts Festival – Medora
7/23 – Valparaiso Wine Festival – Valparaiso
7/23 – Indiana Microbrewers Festival – Indianapolis
7/23 – Blackberry Jam – Fortville
7/23-7/24 – St. Martin Festival – Yorkville
7/24 – Pakistan Independence Day Celebration – Noblesville
KENTUCKY
7/21-7/23 – St. Rita Church Picnic – Louisville
7/22 – Dawson Springs Barbecue and Homecoming – Dawson Springs
7/22-7/23 – North Fork Music Festival – Hazard
7/22-7/23 – The Mountain Grrl Experience – Pikeville
7/22-7/23 – Kosair Shrine Backyard BBQ Competition and Carnival – Louisville
MICHIGAN
7/18-7/23 – Muskegon Heights Festival in the Park – Muskegon Heights
7/18-7/24 – Michigan Brown Trout Festival II – Alpena
7/18-7/24 – Charlevoix Venetian Festival II – Charlevoix
7/20 – Sad Summer Festival: Pontiac – Pontiac
7/20-7/23 – National Baby Food Festival – Fremont
7/20-7/23 – Baldwin Troutarama – Baldwin
7/20-7/24 – Sparta Town and Country Days – Sparta
7/21-7/23 – Ann Arbor Street Art Fair – Ann Arbor
7/21-7/24 – Indian River SummerFest – Indian River
7/21-7/24 – Fraser Lions Carnival – Fraser
7/21-7/24 – Pigeon Farmer’s SummerFest – Pigeon
7/22 – Ravenna Dog Daze and Car Cruise-In – Ravenna
7/22-7/23 – Michigan Summer Beer Festival – Ypsilanti
7/22-7/23 – En Gedi Music Festival – Leonidas
7/22-7/23 – Bronson Polish Festival – Bronson
7/22-7/24 – St. Joseph Parish Festival – Dexter
7/22-7/24 – Hot Air Jubilee – Jackson
Weekend continues below…
7/21-7/24 – Mayville Sunflower Festival – Mayville
7/22-7/24 – Faster Horses Festival – Brooklyn
7/22-7/24 – Arcadia Daze – Arcadia
7/22-7/24 – Hiawatha Traditional Music Festival – Marquette
7/22-7/24 – Dunesville Music Festival – Lake Ann
7/22-7/24 – Roar on the River – Trenton
7/23 – Harsens Island Roots Music Festival – Harsens Island
7/23 – Tyrone Township Pioneer Day – Fenton
7/23 – Art, Wine and Music Festival – Berrien Springs
7/23 – Walk the Beat – Whitehall
7/23-7/24 – Arab and Chaldean Festival – Detroit
7/23-7/24 – Mid-Michigan Renaissance Festival’s Enchanted Forest II – Vassar
7/23-7/24 – Bay Harbor Arts Festival – Bay Harbor
7/23-7/24 – Michigan Medieval Faire II – Lake Orion
7/23-7/24 – AuSable River Festival I – Grayling
7/24 – Lemon Creek Winery’s Vintage Blues Bash – Berrien Springs
NEW YORK
7/18-7/24 – Canal Fest of the Tonawandas II – Tonawanda/North Tonawanda
7/19 – Taste of Wayne County – Newark
7/21-7/23 – Skaneateles Curbside Festival – Skaneateles
7/21-7/24 – Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival of Music and Dance – Trumansburg
7/21-7/24 – Zoomagination: The Festival of Lanterns and Lights VIII – Buffalo
7/22 – ZooBrew III – Rochester
7/22-7/23 – Walworth Festival in the Park – Walworth
7/22-7/24 – The Macedonian Ethnic Festival – West Henrietta
7/22-7/24 – Rock n Roll Camp Music Festival – Springville
7/23 – Onofest – Onoville
7/23 – LivCo Walls Mural Festival III – Mount Morris/Nunda/Dansville
7/23 – St. James Italian Festival – Jamestown
7/23 – Blueberry and Book Festival – Berkshire
7/23 – Buffalo Water Lantern Festival – Buffalo
7/23 – Smoke in the Valley – Canisteo
7/23 – 42 North Brewing’s HillTap Festival – Ellicottville
7/23 – ZugFest – Geneva
7/23-7/24 – Indigenous Music and Arts Festival – Victor
7/23-7/24 – Sterling Renaissance Festival IV – Sterling
7/23-7/24 – Salt and Light Festival – Gasport
7/23-7/24 – Civil War Re-enactment and Encampment – Mumford
7/23-7/24 – Arts at the Garden – Canandaigua
7/23-7/24 – Sanborn and Lewiston Farm Museum Festival – Sanborn
7/23-7/24 – Niagara USA Wine Uncorked! – Lewiston
7/24 – Taste of Olean – Olean
7/24 – Disability Pride Festival – Buffalo
7/24 – Masten Jazz Festival I – Buffalo
7/24 – Kingdom Bound I – Darien
NORTH CAROLINA
7/21-7/23 – Hillbilly Jam – Maggie Valley
7/21-7/23 – Ashe County Fiddlers Fest – Jefferson
7/22-7/23 – Peak City Pig Fest – Apex
7/22-7/23 – FabFest: Beatles Festival – Charlotte
7/23 – Pork, Pickles and Peanuts – Durham
7/23 – Rowan Chamber Dragon Boat Festival – Salisbury
OHIO
Ohio Festivals can be found at ohiofestivals.net/ohio-festivals/
PENNSYLVANIA
7/18-7/23 – Blessed Trinity Festival at St. Albert’s – Pittsburgh
7/19 – Sad Summer Festival: Pittsburgh – Pittsburgh
7/20-7/23 – Houtzdale Days – Houtzdale
7/20-7/23 – St. Joseph the Worker Summer Festival at St. Maurice – Forest Hills
7/21-7/23 – Shannock Valley Community Festival – Rural Valley
7/21-7/23 – Horse Trading Days – Zelienople
7/21-7/24 – Oil Heritage Festival – Oil City
7/22-7/23 – St. James Feast Fest – Sewickley
7/22-7/24 – UFO Festival – Kecksburg
7/22-7/24 – Butler Bikes and BBQ – Butler
7/22-7/24 – Deutschtown Music Festival – Pittsburgh
7/23 – WaterFire Sharon I – Sharon
7/23 – Whitaker Community Day – Whitaker
7/23 – The Beer and Wine Music Fest – Seven Fields
7/23 – Beer on the Bay – Erie
SOUTH CAROLINA
7/18-7/24 – Beaufort Water Festival II – Beaufort
7/23 – Sweetgrass Festival – Mount Pleasant
TENNESSEE
7/18-7/23 – Fun Fest II – Kingsport
7/21-7/24 – Summer Jamz Music Fest – Brownsville
7/22-7/23 – Bluegrass Along the Harpeth Fiddlers Jamboree – Franklin
7/22-7/23 – Greenbrier Mountain Festival – Pittman Center
7/22-7/23 – Grainger County Tomato Festival – Rutledge
7/23 – Jefferson Street Jazz and Blues Festival – Nashville
7/23 – Music City Brewer’s Festival – Nashville
WEST VIRGINIA
7/21-7/24 – Riverfest – Nitro
7/23 – Beverly Heritage Days – Beverly
7/23 – Ellenboro Summer Bash – Ellenboro
7/24 – St. Joseph the Worker Block Party – Weirton
WISCONSIN
7/20 – Town Food Truck Festival III – Brookfield
7/20 – Midwest Gypsy Swing Fest III – Madison
7/20 – Phelps Steak in the Park – Phelps
7/20-7/24 – The Great Folle Avoine Fur Trade Rendezvous – Danbury
7/21-7/23 – Country Jam USA – Eau Claire
7/21-7/24 – Pulaski Polka Days – Pulaski
7/21-7/24 – Sovereign State Days – Winneconne
7/21-7/24 – Country Thunder – Twin Lakes
7/22 – Milton Night Market I – Milton
7/22-7/23 – La Crosse Storytelling Festival – La Crosse
7/22-7/23 – Paramount Music Festival – Port Washington
7/22-7/23 – Black River Heritage Festival – Black River Falls
7/22-7/24 – Two Rivers Snowfest – Two Rivers
7/23 – River Bluff Daze Festival – Ferryville
7/23 – Hometown Festival Art and Craft Fair (Hometown Festival Week) – Platteville
7/23 – Hartland Party in the Park – Hartland
7/23 – Kentuck Day Festival – Crandon
7/23 – Falls Lavender Fest – Menomonee Falls
7/23 – Karner Blue Butterfly Festival – Black River Falls
7/23-7/24 – Midwest Fire Fest – Cambridge
7/23-7/24 – Art in the Park – Appleton
7/23-7/24 – Granville Blues Fest I – Milwaukee
7/23-7/24 – Chateau St. Croix Winery Jazz Festival – St. Croix Falls
7/23-7/24 – Iron River Lions Blueberry Festival – Iron River
7/23-7/24 – Bristol Renaissance Faire III – Kenosha
7/24 – Holy Spirit Parish’s SpiritFEST – Stevens Point
7/24 – Airport Day – New Holstein
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