Upcoming Northern Festival Weekend: March 5-8, 2026

St. Patrick’s, Holi, Chocolate, Pugs and Rocky Mountain Oysters.

Welcome back, Festival Fans.

There’s a nice pickup in this weekend’s festivals as themes include St. Patrick’s Day (early), Chocolate, Holi, Maple Syrup, Wine, Owls, the Arts and more.

There’s even a Testicle Festival for you more adventurous diners (the beer helps).

Take a gander at some of the interesting festivals going on this weekend…

St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Festivities at Quayside in Delaware
Manhattan Irish Festival in Illinois
March in the Pugs! in Indiana
Testicle Festival at Keystone Turner Hall in Iowa
St. Michaels ChocolateFest in Maryland
Grand Rapids Bourbon Fest in Michigan
International Festival of Owls in Minnesota
St. Louis Holi Festival in Missouri
The Chocolate Expo in New Jersey
Downtown Chili Cook-Off in New York
Cardboard Classic and Mountainfest in Pennsylvania
Celtic Calling Gathering in West Virginia
Buergbrennen in Wisconsin

And there are many more so be sure to check out the lists below!

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 have just completely going through the October festivals for the first time and am about to take another look at June’s events.

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-030826/

And here are the other two sections again…
Southern Section: https://festivalguidesandreviews.com/south-festival-weekend-030826
Western Section: https://festivalguidesandreviews.com/west-festival-weekend-030826

Until next week…

Love, Peace and Festival Grease!

Upcoming Festival Weekend: March 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

3/8 – St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Festivities at Quayside – Milton

ILLINOIS

3/6-3/7 – Manhattan Irish Festival – Manhattan
3/7 –Chicago Bagel Fest – Chicago
3/7 – Maple Syrup Festival at Argyle State Park – Colchester

INDIANA

3/6-3/7 – Jay County Fiber Arts Festival – Portland
3/7 – March in the Pugs! – Lebanon
3/7-3/8 – Maple Sugarbush Festival – Evansville
3/7-3/8 – Maple Syrup Festival II – Salem

MISSOURI

3/7 – Maple Sugar Festival – Defiance
3/7 – Uncorked: KC Wine Festival – Kansas City
3/7 – St. Louis Holi Festival – Olivette
3/7 – West Plains Brewfest – West Plains

NEW JERSEY

3/6-3/8 – Wildwood Blues, Brews and Country Fest – Wildwood
3/7* – The Big Brew Beer Festival – Morristown – CANCELLED
3/7 – Mount Holly St. Patrick’s Parade and Irish Festival – Mount Holly
3/7 – Red, White and Brew Fest – Trenton
3/7-3/8 –The Chocolate Expo – Edison
3/8 – Rumson St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Festival – Rumson

NEW YORK

3/6 – The Art of Beer – Niagara Falls
3/6-3/8 – Lake George Winter Carnival V – Lake George
3/7 – Fire and Ice Craft Beverage Festival (Brave Brews Weekend) – Auburn
3/7 – Downtown Chili Cook-Off – Ithaca
3/7 – Ticonderoga End of Winter Carnival – Ticonderoga

OHIO

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

PENNSYLVANIA

3/6-3/7 – Starkbierfest – Philadelphia
3/6-3/7 – Cardboard Classic and Mountainfest – Scranton
3/6-3/7 – Skytop Lodge Food and Wine Festival – Skytop
3/7 – Mac and Cheese Fest – Bloomsburg
3/7 – SnowBlast Winter Arts Festival – Emmaus
3/7 – Asbury Woods Maple Festival – Erie
3/7 – Ice and Fire Festival – Harrisburg

WEST VIRGINIA

3/4-3/8 – Celtic Calling Gathering – Charleston
3/7 – Oak Leaf Festival’s Spring Fling – Oak Hill
3/8 – Irish Spring Festival I – Ireland

WISCONSIN

3/7 – Buergbrennen – Belgium
3/7 – Shamrock Shuffle – Milwaukee
3/7 – Earth Rider Bock Fest – Superior

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