Upcoming Festival Weekend: July 25-28, 2024

UFO’s, Hot Dogs, Snappin Turtles, Leprechauns, Bologna and other great Festivals.

Welcome back, Festival Fans!

It’s the last weekend of July and there are some pretty amazing festivals going on this weekend.

For example, if you’re anywhere near Northern Kentucky, there’s a Goettafest waiting for you so that you can taste this interesting sausage concoction, mixed with oats and spices, in all sorts of ways…

…such as goetta over chips and cheese…

…fried goetta balls…

…or in a sandwich with cheese.

Check out the review HERE.

If Goetta is not your thing, your stomach may appreciate…

a Bologna Festival in Michigan
an Ice Cream Festival in Georgia
Pickle Festivals in Iowa and Missouri
a Chicken Wing Festival in Pennsylvania
Hot Dog Festivals in Indiana, West Virginia, and Wisconsin
a Cornbread Festival in Iowa
various Fruit and Vegetable Festivals (Watermelon, Corn, Potato, Blueberry, Cantaloupe)
and many Cultural Festivals with great food (Italian, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Nordic)

And that’s only the food festivals. There is also…

a Leprechaun Festival in Minnesota
a UFO Festival in Wisconsin
Dragonpalooza in West Virginia
a Snappin Turtle Festival in Kentucky
a Mosquito Festival in Texas
a Canna Festival in Pennsylvania
Wizard Festivals in North Carolina
a Viking Festival in Kentucky
Dragon Boat Festivals in New Jersey and North Carolina
a Hippie Festival in Michigan
and plenty more!

Here are some other suggestions, based on each state:

Alabama
Gulf Coast Ethnic and Heritage Jazz Festival (Mobile)
Arkansas
Cave City Watermelon Festival
Delaware
KarmaFest Summer Sun (Milton)
Florida
Summertime in the City (Jacksonville)
Georgia
Madison Firefly Festival
Illinois
Japanese Summer Festival (Rockford), Fiesta en el Rio (Peoria)
Indiana
Frankfort Hot Dog Festival, Artie Fest (Martinsville)

Iowa
Walker Pickle Days, Iowa Cornbred Cornbread Festival (Des Moines)
Kentucky
The Children of Odin Festival (Campton), Snappin’ Chaplin Turtle Derby (Perryville)
Louisiana
Louisiana Watermelon Festival (Farmerville)
Maryland
Sippin’ on Summer Festival (Sykesville)
Michigan
Yale Bologna Festival, Arab and Chaldean Festival (Detroit)
Minnesota
Leprechaun Days (Rosemount), Firefest (Cold Spring)
Mississippi
Farish Forward Festival (Jackson)

Missouri
St. Louis Pickle Fest
New Jersey
Italian Festival at Monmouth Park (Oceanport)
New York
Buffalo Irish Festival, Saint Stephen Serbfest (Lackawanna)
North Carolina
Rowan Chamber Dragon Boat Festival (Salisbury)
Pennsylvania
Swoyersville Chicken Wing Fling, Vandergrift Arts Festival
South Carolina
Sweetgrass Festival (Mount Pleasant)
Tennessee
Swiss Heritage Festival (Gruetli-Laager)

Texas
National Day of the Cowboy (San Antonio)
Virginia
Virginia Cantaloupe Festival (South Boston)
Washington, DC
Broccoli City
West Virginia
The West Virginia Hot Dog Festival (Huntington)
Wisconsin
UFO Days (Elmwood), Roma Lodge Italian Festival (Racine)

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For a few weeks, since I’ll be away writing these posts ahead of time, I won’t be able to do any highlighting of festivals. If you really really like the highlighting, let me know. If I find that many people appreciate the highlighting, then I will start doing it again when I get back.

And, 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-072824/

Until next week…

Love, Peace and Festival Grease!

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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 Festivals

7/25-7/28 – Glier’s Goettafest I – Newport, KENTUCKY – My Review

7/26-7/28 – Vintage Market Days – Monroeville, PENNSYLVANIA – My Review

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ALABAMA

7/22-7/28 – W.C. Handy Music Festival II – Florence
7/25-7/28 – Gulf Coast Ethnic and Heritage Jazz Festival – Mobile
7/26 – Ross Bridge Back 2 School Bash – Hoover
7/27 – Vina July Fest – Vina

ARKANSAS

7/25-7/27 – Cave City Watermelon Festival – Cave City
7/26-7/27 – Altus Grape Fest – Altus

ILLINOIS

7/25-7/27 – Waverly Old Fashioned Picnic – Waverly
7/25-7/28 – Sugar Grove Corn Boil Festival – Sugar Grove
7/25-7/28 – Lincolnwood Fest – Lincolnwood
7/25-7/28 – Fiesta del Sol – Chicago
7/25-7/28 – Algonquin Founders’ Day Festival – Algonquin
7/26 – Summer Wine Fest at Lincoln Park Zoo – Chicago
7/26-7/27 – Merchant Street Musicfest – Kankakee
7/26-7/27 – Findlay Walleye Festival – Findlay
7/26-7/27 – Downhome Music Festival – Springfield
7/26-7/28 – Out of Space Music Festival – Evanston
7/26-7/28 – Taste of Lincoln Avenue – Chicago
7/26-7/28 – Wicker Park Fest – Chicago
7/26-7/28 – Ginza Holiday Festival – Chicago
7/26-7/28 – Blarney Island 90’s Fest – Antioch
Weekend continues below…

7/26-7/28 – Farm Heritage Days – Greenville
7/26-7/28 – Streamwood Summer Celebration – Streamwood
7/27 – Willow Springs Blues Fest – Willow Springs
7/27 – Uncorked Festival – Sumner
7/27 – GhanaFest – Chicago
7/27 – Homegrown Arts and Music Festival – Lisle
7/27 – Pride Community Picnic – Evanston
7/27 – Fiesta en el Rio – Peoria
7/27 – Iron&Glass LagerFest – Romeoville
7/27 – Barro Fest – Plainfield
7/27 – Pops is for Lovers Festival – Sauget
Weekend continues below…

7/27 – Rhythm of the Heart – Loves Park
7/27-7/28 – Bantu Fest – Chicago
7/27-7/28 – Long Grove Vintage Days – Long Grove
7/27-7/28 – Chinatown Summer Fair – Chicago
7/27-7/28 – Art at the Glen – Glenview
7/27-7/28 – Japanese Summer Festival – Rockford
7/28 – Aurora Puerto Rican Heritage Festival – Aurora
7/28 – Maxwell Street Market III – Chicago

INDIANA

7/25-7/27 – Swiss Days – Berne
7/26 – Schererville Corn Roast – Schererville
7/26-7/27 – Frankfort Hot Dog Festival – Frankfort
7/26-7/27 – Morristown Derby Days – Morristown
7/26-7/27 – Fort Wayne Pride Fest – Fort Wayne
7/26-7/27 – Fingerstyle Guitar Festival – Nashville
7/26-7/28 – New Carlisle Hometown Days – New Carlisle
7/26-7/28 – Pierogi Fest – Whiting
7/26-7/28 – Bass Lake Festival – Knox
7/26-7/28 – Orland Vermont Settlement Festival – Orland
Weekend continues below…

7/27 – Pennsy Trail Art Fair and Music Festival – Greenfield
7/27 – Rushville Libations by the Levee – Rushville
7/27 – Dixie Day Festival – North Webster
7/27 – Rockville Block Party – Rockville
7/27 – New Castle-Henry County Renaissance Festival – New Castle
7/27 – Far Eastside Festival – Indianapolis
7/27 – Fowler Brew Fest – Fowler
7/27 – ARTS in the Street Festival – Plymouth
7/27 – Artie Fest – Martinsville
7/27 – Cumberland’s Blues, Beer and BBQ II – Cumberland
7/27 – A Taste of Versailles: Legionfest – Versailles
7/27 – Zanesville Lions Club Homespun Day and Car Show – Zanesville
7/27-7/28 – St. Martin Festival – Yorkville

IOWA

7/21-7/27 – RAGBRAI II – Various Cities
7/25 – Sweet Corn Serenade – Oskaloosa
7/25-7/27 – Nordic Fest – Decorah
7/25-7/27 – Davis County Old Soldiers and Settlers Reunion – Drakesville
7/25-7/28 – Elkader Sweet Corn Days – Elkader
7/26-7/27 – Walker Pickle Days – Walker
7/26-7/27 – Pine Lake Festival – Eldora
7/26-7/28 – Rowley Days – Rowley
7/26-7/28 – Milford Pioneer Days Celebration – Milford
7/26-7/28 – National Balloon Classic I – Indianola
Weekend continues below…

7/26-7/28 – Backbone Bluegrass Festival – Strawberry Point
7/27 – Steeple Day – Lourdes
7/27 – Lazy Days – Corning
7/27 – Art Sail – Clear Lake
7/27 – Heart of BBQ – Dunlap
7/27 – Iowa Cornbred Cornbread Festival – Des Moines
7/27 – Carter Lake Days – Carter Lake
7/27 – The Floyd County Museum Heritage Fest – Charles City
7/27-7/28 – Brown Farm Pioneer Days – Central City
7/27-7/28 – Indianola Summer Art Festival – Indianola

KENTUCKY

7/24-7/27 – Sandy Lee Songwriters Festival – Henderson
7/25-7/27 – St. Francis of Assisi Church Picnic – Loretto
7/25-7/28 – Glier’s Goettafest I – Newport – My Review
7/26 – Dawson Springs Barbecue and Homecoming – Dawson Springs
7/26-7/27 – Cruisin’ the Heartland – Elizabethtown
7/26-7/27 – The Big Stomp – Louisville
7/26-7/27 – Bash On The Branch Music Festival – Irvine
7/26-7/27 – Burn Run Weekend – Prestonsburg
7/26-7/27 – North Fork Music Festival – Hazard
Weekend continues below…

7/26-7/27 – St. Michael Parish Picnic – Louisville
7/26-7/28 – Rislofest – Harrodsburg
7/26-7/28 – The Children of Odin Festival – Campton
7/27 – Summer Beer Fest at Frazier – Louisville
7/27 – Cynthiana Bike Night – Cynthiana
7/27 – Balloons and Tunes – Falmouth
7/27 – Snappin’ Chaplin Turtle Derby – Perryville
7/27 – Henry County Harvest Showcase – New Castle
7/27 – Kentucky Heartwood Music Festival – Frankfort
7/27-7/28 – Louisville Street Food Festival – Louisville
7/27-7/28 – Crave Lexington Food + Music Festival – Lexington

LOUISIANA

7/25-7/27 – Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo – Grand Isle
7/26-7/27 – Marshland Festival – Lake Charles
7/26-7/27 – Bayou BBQ Bash – Morgan City
7/26-7/27 – Louisiana Watermelon Festival – Farmerville
7/27 – Summer Market – Livonia

MARYLAND/WASHINGTON, DC

7/27 – Wright’s Market Watermelon Festival – Mardela Springs
7/27 – Sippin’ on Summer Festival – Sykesville
7/27 – La Placita DMV – Washington, DC
7/27-7/28 – Broccoli City – Washington, DC

MICHIGAN

7/22-7/27 – AuSable River Festival II – Grayling
7/22-7/27 – Charlevoix Venetian Festival II – Charlevoix
7/22-7/27 – Muskegon Heights Festival in the Park – Muskegon Heights
7/22-7/27 – Marshall Bluegrass Festival – Marshall
7/22-7/28 – Michigan Brown Trout Festival II – Alpena
7/24-7/27 – Baldwin Troutarama – Baldwin
7/25-7/27 – Sterlingfest Art and Music Fair – Sterling Heights
7/25-7/28 – Burr Oak Heritage Festival – Burr Oak
7/25-7/28 – Holton Days – Holton
7/25-7/28 – Munger Potato Festival – Munger
7/25-7/28 – St. Clair River Classic – St. Clair
7/25-7/28 – Byron Days Festival – Byron Center
7/25-7/28 – Antique-Tractor Engine and Craft Show – Walloon Lake
7/26 – Blueberry Festival – Marquette
7/26 – CRUZ’IN Classic Car Show – Whitehall/Montague
7/26-7/27 – Tailgate n’ Tallboys Festival – Midland
Weekend continues below…

7/26-7/27 – Revive Fest – Leonidas
7/26-7/27 – Michigan Summer Beer Festival – Ypsilanti
7/26-7/27 – Sounds and Sights Festival – Chelsea
7/26-7/27 – Rockin’ in the Tee Box – Jackson
7/26-7/27 – Brandenburg Park Summer Festival – Chesterfield Township
7/26-7/27 – Saugatuck Venetian Fest – Saugatuck
7/26-7/28 – Tamarack Music Festival – Morley
7/26-7/27 – Royal Oak Pride – Royal Oak
7/26-7/28 – Arcadia Daze – Arcadia
7/26-7/28 – Dunesville Music Festival – Lake Ann
7/26-7/28 – Tommystock Music Festival – Lake Orion
7/26-7/28 – Yale Bologna Festival – Yale
7/26-7/28 – Saginaw Chippewa Powwow – Mt. Pleasant
7/26-7/28 – Grand Haven Coast Guard Festival I – Grand Haven
7/27 – The Fair Ground Festival – Hastings
Weekend continues below…

7/27 – Peace, Love and Hippies Festival: Prudenville – Houghton Lake
7/27 – Leilapalooza Music Festival – Battle Creek
7/27 – The Vintage Market: Birthday Bash – Trenton
7/27 – Mackinaw City Heritage Village Festival – Mackinaw City
7/27 – Day on the Town – Birmingham
7/27 – Ishpeming’s Italian Fest – Ishpeming
7/27 – Grace Christian Music Festival – Harrison Township
7/27-7/28 – Arab and Chaldean Festival – Detroit
7/27-7/28 – Jesus Festival – Escanaba
7/27-7/28 – Blueberry Festival at Blueberry Lane Farms – Otter Lake
7/27-7/28 – OutBack Art Fair – Marquette
7/27-7/28 – Art on the Rocks – Marquette
7/27-7/28 – Global Water Fest – Grand Rapids
7/27-7/28 – Orchard Lake Fine Art Show – West Bloomfield Township
7/27-7/28 – Mid-Michigan Renaissance Festival’s Enchanted Forest III – Vassar
7/28 – La Feria Festival – Shelby Township
7/28 – Lemon Creek Winery’s Vintage Blues Bash – Berrien Springs

MINNESOTA

7/23 – Rockin’ Robbins II – Willmar
7/25 – Marketfest VII (Manitou Days) – White Bear Lake
7/25 – Taste and Tour of Golden Valley – Golden Valley
7/25-7/27 – Leprechaun Days – Rosemount
7/25-7/27 – Dilworth Loco Daze – Dilworth
7/25-7/27 – The Great Midwest Rib Fest – Prior Lake
7/25-7/28 – Frazee Turkey Days – Frazee
7/25-7/28 – Recfest Bluegrass Festival – Milaca
7/26 – Wild Nights at the Minnesota Zoo IV – Apple Valley
7/26 – Dumpster Days Festival – Princeton
7/26-7/27 – Wabasha Riverboat Days – Wabasha
7/26-7/27 – Frequency One Fest – Rochester
7/26-7/28 – Aebleskiver Days – Tyler
7/26-7/28 – Palmfest – Minneapolis
7/26-7/28 – Center City Days – Center City
Weekend continues below…

7/26-7/28 – Blueberry Art Festival – Ely
7/26-7/28 – Slice of Shoreview – Shoreview
7/26-7/28 – Houston Hoedown Days – Houston
7/26-7/28 – Onigum Traditional Powwow – Onigum
7/26-7/28 – Gii-Ishkonigewag Pow-Wow – McGregor
7/26-7/28 – Montgomery Kolacky Days – Montgomery
7/26-7/28 – Chaska River City Days – Chaska
7/26-7/28 – Glenwood Waterama – Glenwood
7/26-7/29 – Boats and Bluegrass – Winona
7/27 – All Pints North – Duluth
7/27 – Firefest – Cold Spring
7/27 – Truman Days – Truman
7/27 – Vintage Band Festival – Northfield
Weekend continues below…

7/27 – Lake George Blueberry Festival – Lake George
7/27 – Goodridge Freedom Fest – Goodridge
7/27 – Corn Capital Days – Olivia
7/27 – Midsommar Metal Fest – Monticello
7/27 – Blackduck Woodcarvers Festival – Blackduck
7/27 – Twin Cities Carifest – Minneapolis
7/27 – St. Paul Water Lantern Festival – Saint Paul
7/27-7/28 – Alexandria Art in the Park – Alexandria
7/27-7/28 – Loring Park Art Festival – Minneapolis
7/27-7/28 – Waconia Wine Festival – Waconia
7/28 – The PeopleFest! Party – Eden Prairie
7/28 – St. Wendelin Parish Festival – Luxemburg

MISSISSIPPI

7/27 – Farish Forward Festival – Jackson

MISSOURI

7/22-7/28 – Kansas City Fringe Festival II – Kansas City
7/27 – St. Louis Pickle Fest – St. Louis
7/27-7/28 – Old Settler’s Day – Waynesville

NEW JERSEY

7/24-7/28 – St. Ann Italian Festival – Hoboken
7/25-7/28 – Peterstown Cultural Festival – Elizabeth
7/26-7/28 – Our Lady Star of the East Lebanese Festival – Pleasantville
7/27 – Plainfield Art Festival – Plainfield
7/27 – Montclair JamFest – Montclair
7/27 – Soulsational Festival – Bayville
7/27 – Cooper River Dragon Boat Festival – Pennsauken Township
7/27-7/28 – Von Thun Farms Sunflower Festival I – Monmouth Junction
7/27-7/28 – Italian Festival at Monmouth Park – Oceanport

NEW YORK

7/24 – Taste of Orchard Park (Quaker Days) – Orchard Park
7/24-7/27 – Jamboree in the Woods – Springville
7/25-7/27 – St. Francis and St. Clare Summer Festival – Waterloo
7/25-7/28 – Brantling Bluegrass Festival – Sodus
7/25-7/28 – Oswego Harborfest – Oswego
7/26-7/27 – St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Festival – Syracuse
7/26-7/27 – YWCA Arts and Crafts Festival – Westfield
7/26-7/27 – Newfield Old Home Days – Newfield
7/26-7/27 – Walworth Festival in the Park – Walworth
7/26-7/27 – Northeast Jazz and Wine Festival – Syracuse
7/26-7/28 – Finger Lakes Wine Festival – Watkins Glen
7/26-7/28 – Ellicottville Jazz and Blues Weekend – Ellicottville
7/26-7/28 – Buffalo Irish Festival – Buffalo
7/26-7/28 – Salt and Light Festival – Gasport
7/26-7/28 – Galbani Italian Heritage Festival – Buffalo
7/26-7/28 – Syracuse Arts and Crafts Festival – Syracuse
Weekend continues below…

7/26-7/28 – Cheektowaga Polish-American Arts Festival – Cheektowaga
7/27 – Smoke in the Valley – Canisteo
7/27 – Onofest – Onoville
7/27 – 42 North Brewing’s HillTap Festival – Ellicottville
7/27 – St. John’s Festival – Olean
7/27 – Newark Valley Summerfest – Newark Valley
7/27-7/28 – Wild America Nature Festival – Panama
7/27-7/28 – Waterfront Art Festival – Webster
7/27-7/28 – Black Culture Festival – Rochester
7/27-7/28 – Indigenous Music and Arts Festival – Victor
7/27-7/28 – Sanborn and Lewiston Farm Museum Festival – Sanborn
7/27-7/28 – Spencerport Canal Days – Spencerport
7/27-7/28 – Glen Park Art Festival – Williamsville
7/27-7/28 – Sterling Renaissance Festival IV – Sterling
7/28 – Masten Jazz Festival II – Buffalo
7/28 – Saint Stephen Serbfest – Lackawanna

NORTH CAROLINA

7/25-7/28 – Love Shine Play Yoga Festival – Asheville
7/26-7/27 – Hillbilly Jam – Maggie Valley
7/26-7/27 – Ashe County Bluegrass and Old-Time Fiddlers Convention – Jefferson
7/26-7/28 – Wizarding Weekend in Wilson – Wilson
7/27 – Knotts Island Peach Festival – Knotts Island
7/27 – Fair Bluff Watermelon Festival – Fair Bluff
7/27 – Brewstock Music Festival – Gastonia
7/27 – Wizard Fest Asheville – Asheville
7/27 – July Daze Food Flavor Frenzy and Vendor Pop-Up – Gibsonville
7/27 – Gold Rush Art an Craft Festival – Gold Hill
7/27 – Rowan Chamber Dragon Boat Festival – Salisbury
7/27 – The Brushy Mountain Peach and Heritage Festival – Wilkesboro
7/28 – Wizard Fest Chapel Hill – Chapel Hill
7/28 – Charlotte Peruvian Festival – Charlotte

OHIO

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

PENNSYLVANIA

7/22-7/28 – Philadelphia Chinese Lantern Festival VI – Philadelphia
7/22-7/28 – Discover Presque Isle Weekend – Erie
7/23 – Sad Summer Festival: Pittsburgh – Pittsburgh
7/23-7/27 – New Galilee Carnival – New Galilee
7/23-7/28 – Big Dub Festival – Artemas
7/24 – Northern Liberties Night Market: Summer – Philadelphia
7/24-7/27 – CSVFD Fireman’s Carnival – Cambridge Springs
7/24-7/27 – Triumph of the Holy Cross Summer Fest – Jefferson Hills
7/24-7/28 – Oil Heritage Festival – Oil City
7/25 – Wingfest at Tussey Mountain VI – Boalsburg
7/25-7/27 – Moscow Country Street Fair – Moscow
7/25-7/27 – Houtzdale Days – Houtzdale
7/25-7/28 – Gathering of the Artist – Austin
7/25-7/29 – Grass in the Glades – Bluegrass Festival and Campout – Gibbon Glade
7/26-7/27 – Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival – New Freedom
Weekend continues below…

7/26-7/27 – Flood City Music Festival – Johnstown
7/26-7/27 – Scranton Bike Weekend – Scranton
7/26-7/28 – SoulStock – St. Marys
7/26-7/28 – Uptown Chalk the Block – Somerset
7/26-7/28 – Christ the King Parish Picnic – Archbald
7/26-7/28 – SpringGate Vineyard Peach Festival – Harrisburg
7/26-7/28 – Vintage Market Days – Monroeville – My Review
7/27 – WaterFire Sharon I – Sharon
7/27 – Celebrate the Bloom! – Slippery Rock
7/27 – Schuylkill County Brew Fest – Pottsville
7/27 – Beer on the Bay – Erie
Weekend continues below…

7/27 – Anson B. Nixon Park Roots and Blues Festival – Kennett Square
7/27 – Jambrewzle Music, Art and Brew Festival – Latrobe
7/27 – Martin on Main – Nazareth
7/27 – Meadville Pride and Street Fair – Meadville
7/27 – Puerto Rican Day Festival – Bristol
7/27 – Indian Valley Beer Fest – Souderton
7/27 – Wine on the Waterfront – Washington Crossing
7/27 – Central PA Pride Festival – Harrisburg
7/27 – Ebensburg Homecoming – Ebensburg
7/27 – Derrick Day Festival – Bradford
Weekend continues below…

7/27-7/28 – Pocono Canna Fest – Gilbert
7/27-7/28 – Fuzion Festival – Easton
7/27-7/28 – Swoyersville Chicken Wing Fling – Swoyersville
7/27-7/28 – Hermitage Arts Festival – Hermitage
7/27-7/28 – The Hill District Arts Festival – Pittsburgh
7/27-7/28 – Millheim SummerFest – Millheim
7/27-7/28 – Pittsburgh Blues and Roots Festival – Pittsburgh
7/27-7/29 – McSummerFest I – McDonald
7/28 – Concordia Summer Festival – Cabot
7/28 – Vandergrift Arts Festival – Vandergrift

SOUTH CAROLINA

7/25 – Party in the Park VI – Hilton Head Island
7/27 – Sweetgrass Festival – Mount Pleasant

TENNESSEE

7/22-7/27 – Fun Fest II – Kingsport
7/26 – Friday Night Market in the BORO and Food Truck Festival XII – Murfreesboro
7/26 – Kuumba Festival – Knoxville
7/26-7/27 – St. Patrick’s Irish Picnic – McEwen
7/26-7/27 – Greenbrier Mountain Festival – Pittman Center
7/26-7/27 – Bluegrass Along the Harpeth Fiddlers Jamboree – Franklin
7/26-7/27 – Frey Fest – Knoxville
7/27 – Swiss Heritage Festival – Gruetli-Laager
7/27 – Knoxville Water Lantern Festival – Knoxville
7/27-7/28 – Mountain Market for Arts and Crafts – Monteagle
7/28 – Chattanooga Bluegrass – Chattanooga

TEXAS

7/24-7/28 – Viva Big Bend Music Festival – Alpine/Marfa/Marathon/Terlingua/Presidio/Fort Davis
7/25-7/27 – The Great Texas Mosquito Festival – Clute
7/27 – Frida Fest – Edinburg
7/27 – Naples Watermelon Festival – Naples
7/27 – Mimosa Fest DFW – Arlington
7/27 – National Day of the Cowboy – San Antonio

VIRGINIA

7/24-7/28 – FloydFest – Check
7/26 – Virginia Cantaloupe Festival – South Boston
7/26-7/27 – Shenandoah Valley Music Festival II – Orkney Springs
7/26-7/28 – Virginia Highlands Festival I – Abingdon
7/27 – Graves Mountain Farm Peach Day Festival – Syria
7/27 – Beats, Bites and Brews – Alexandria
7/27 – World Arts Celebration – Newport News
7/27 – Beer, Bourbon and BBQ Festival – Richmond

WEST VIRGINIA

7/24-7/27 – Grecian Fest – Wheeling
7/25-7/27 – WV State Water Festival – Hinton
7/25-7/27 – Fly In Festival – Huntington
7/26-7/27 – Williamsburg Community Fair – Williamsburg
7/26-7/27 – WV Homegrown Harvest Fest – Eglon
7/26-7/28 – Upper Ohio Valley Italian Heritage Festival – Wheeling
7/27 – The West Virginia Hot Dog Festival – Huntington
7/27 – Mad Fest at Ridenour Lake – Nitro
7/27 – Ellenboro Summer Bash – Ellenboro
7/27 – Grant Town VFD Fireman’s Festival – Grant Town
7/27 – Dragonpalooza – St. Albans
7/27 – RetroFest – Charleston
7/27 – Bears and Brews – Oak Hill

WISCONSIN

7/24 – Milwaukee Night Market II – Milwaukee
7/25 – A Taste of Germantown – Germantown
7/25 – Superior Porchfest III – Superior
7/25-7/27 – Hub City Days – Marshfield
7/25-7/27 – Moon Dance Music Festival – Gleason
7/25-7/27 – Prairie Dog Blues Festival – Prairie du Chien
7/25-7/28 – Bowfest – Superior
7/25-7/28 – Milwaukee Rally at West Bend Harley – West Bend
7/25-7/28 – Milwaukee Rally – Milwaukee
7/25-7/28 – The Midsummer Bluegrass Music Festival – Manitowish Waters
7/25-7/28 – Waunafest – Waunakee
7/25-7/28 – Harley-Davidson Homecoming – Milwaukee
7/26-7/27 – Parkfest – Lyndon Station
7/26-7/27 – Taste and Tunes of Iola-Scandinavia – Iola
7/26-7/27 – St. Mary’s Summer Festival – Tomahawk
7/26-7/27 – Northwoodstock – Land O’Lakes
Weekend continues below…

7/26-7/28 – Holland Fest – Cedar Grove
7/26-7/28 – German Fest – Milwaukee
7/26-7/28 – Lionsfest (South Milwaukee Heritage Days) – South Milwaukee
7/26-7/28 – UFO Days – Elmwood
7/26-7/28 – Taste of Wisconsin – Kenosha
7/26-7/28 – Union Thresheree – Symco
7/26-7/28 – Rumblefest Auto Show – Medford
7/26-7/28 – Two Rivers Snowfest – Two Rivers
7/26-7/28 – Butternut Pioneer Days – Butternut
7/26-7/28 – Cheech’s Deecefest Family Music Festival – La Crosse
7/27 – Forest Fest – Eagle River
7/27 – Malt City Brewfest – Manitowoc
7/27 – Wisconsin Mac and Cheese Fest – Appleton
7/27 – River Bluff Daze Festival – Ferryville
7/27 – Balloons and Tunes Festival – Sparta
7/27 – Milwaukee Brewfest – Milwaukee
Weekend continues below…

7/27 – Kentuck Day Festival – Crandon
7/27 – WDRT Block Party – Viroqua
7/27 – Art Fair on the Green – La Crosse
7/27 – Duck Creek Wine-Spirit Fest I – Denmark
7/27 – Taste on the Lake – Pewaukee
7/27 – Armstrong Creek Polish Heritage Days – Armstrong Creek
7/27 – Celebrate Plover – Plover
7/27 – Elkhorn Truck and Shuck – Elkhorn
7/27 – Big Foot Lions Club Lobster Boil and Steak Fry – Fontana-On-Geneva Lake
7/27 – Wienerfest North – Lakewood
7/27-7/28 – Art at the Park – Appleton
Weekend continues below…

7/27-7/28 – Roma Lodge Italian Festival – Racine
7/27-7/28 – Our Savior National Catholic Church Polish Fest – Mosinee
7/27-7/28 – Iron River Lions Blueberry Festival – Iron River
7/27-7/28 – Liberty Grove Antique Tractor and Arts Festival – Ellison Bay
7/27-7/28 – Mount Horeb Art Fair – Mount Horeb
7/27-7/28 – Bristol Renaissance Faire IV – Kenosha
7/27-7/28 – Washburn Community Brownstone Block Party – Washburn
7/27-7/28 – Hmong Wausau Festival – Wausau
7/27-7/28 – AtwoodFest – Madison
7/27-7/28 – St. Dennis Festival – Madison
7/27-7/28 – Williams Bay Fine Art and Fine Craft Fest – Williams Bay
7/28 – Stanley Watermelon Festival – Stanley
7/28 – Holy Spirit Parish’s SpiritFEST – Stevens Point

Festival Guides

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UFO’s, Hot Dogs, Snappin Turtles, Leprechauns, Bologna and other great Festivals.