Upcoming Northern Festival Weekend: February 5-8, 2026

The Yeti, Winter, Art, Culture and Beer.

Welcome back, Festival Fans.

The weather is much more tolerant compared to last weekend, so you may be curious on what’s going on around you.

Overall, this weekend’s festivals are either bringing you into the cold to embrace the Ice and Winter (there are even Winter Carnivals), or they’re helping you warm up with Beer and Wine Festivals (sometimes with Chocolate), and there may be some Ice and Fire Festivals to bring you out AND warm you up.

Other festivals include Cultural Fests (Lunar New Year, Finnish, etc.), Valentine’s Day themed festivals and more.

Here are some of the interesting festivals going on in the region this weekend…

Rockton Yeti Fest in Illinois
For the Love of Art Fair in Indiana
Steins and Vines in Iowa
Heikki Lunta Winter Festival in Michigan
Da Yooper Winter Festival in Michigan
Laskiainen Finnish Festival in Minnesota
Luminary Loppet in Minnesota
Beer, Wine, Cheese and Chocolate Festival in Missouri
Millburn Lunar New Year Festival in New Jersey
Teatown Hudson River EagleFest in New York
Lake George Winter Carnival in New York
Carlisle Ice Art Fest in Pennsylvania
Hot Air Affair in Wisconsin
Scandihoovian Winter Festival in Wisconsin

And there are more!

If none of these festivals appeal to you this weekend, you can always look ahead at what festivals are coming via the 2026 Festival Guide.

I’ve been updating festivals in September and I’ll be glancing over May’s events again soon.

So keep checking the Festival Guide and planning away.

And please share the guides with others!

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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-020826/

And here are the other two sections again…
Southern Section: https://festivalguidesandreviews.com/south-festival-weekend-020826
Western Section: https://festivalguidesandreviews.com/west-festival-weekend-020826

Until next week…

Love, Peace and Festival Grease!

Upcoming Festival Weekend: February 5-8, 2026

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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.

DELAWARE

No festivals this weekend.

MARYLAND/WASHINGTON, DC

2/7 – Fire in Ice – Frederick

MICHIGAN

2/4-2/7 – Michigan Tech Winter Carnival – Houghton
2/5-2/8 – Perchville USA – East Tawas
2/6-2/7 – Downtown Harbor Springs Ice Fest – Harbor Springs
2/6-2/7 – Chilly Fest – Port Huron
2/6-2/8 – Heikki Lunta Winter Festival – Negaunee
2/6-2/8 – St. Joseph Ice Fest – St. Joseph
2/7 – Da Yooper Winterfest – Menominee
2/7 – Saginaw Winter Brew Festival – Saginaw

MINNESOTA

2/5-2/7 – Winterfest in Crosslake – Crosslake
2/5-2/8 – Ely Winter Festival I – Ely
2/6-2/7 – Laskiainen Finnish Festival – Aurora
2/6-2/7 – Winter Frolic – Two Harbors
2/7 – Chanhassen February Festival – Chanhassen
2/7 – Luminary Loppet – Minneapolis
2/7 – Fire and Ice Fest – Redwood Falls
2/7 – Plymouth Fire and Ice – Plymouth
2/7 – Stewartville Winterfest – Stewartville

MISSOURI

2/7 – Beer, Wine, Cheese and Chocolate Festival – Springfield

NEW JERSEY

2/6 – South Orange International Blues Festival: Winter – South Orange
2/8 – Millburn Lunar New Year Festival – Millburn

NEW YORK

2/5-2/8 – Cooperstown Winter Carnival – Cooperstown
2/6-2/7 – Wild Center Wild Lights XI – Tupper Lake
2/6-2/8 – Cazenovia Winter Fest – Cazenovia
2/6-2/8 – Lake George Winter Carnival I – Lake George
2/6-2/8 – Saranac Lake Winter Carnival I – Saranac Lake
2/7 – Buffalo On Tap – Buffalo
2/7 – Buffalo Wine and Chocolate Festival – Buffalo
2/7 – Carthage Winterfest – Carthage
2/7 – Teatown Hudson River EagleFest – Croton-on-Hudson
2/7 – Muscoot Farm’s Winter Festival – Katonah
2/7 – Town of Irondequoit Winterfest – Rochester
2/7 – Saratoga Chowderfest – Saratoga

OHIO

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

PENNSYLVANIA

2/6-2/8 – Carlisle Ice Art Fest – Carlisle
2/6-2/8 – Heart of Lewisburg Ice Festival – Lewisburg
2/7 – Upper Macungie Township Winter Festival – Allentown
2/7 – Warren County Winterfest – Clarendon
2/7 – Franklin on Ice – Franklin
2/7 – Carve 4 Cancer Winter Festival at Montage Mountain – Scranton
2/7 – Skytop Lodge Winter Beer Festival – Skytop

WEST VIRGINIA