Oysters, King Cake, Cultural Festival and more!
Welcome back, Festival Fans.
I hope all of your are safe and sound after last weekend’s weather.
If so, you may be ready to check out this weekend’s festivals and see what’s going on.
Festivals aren’t coming in any great numbers this weekend (apart from Florida), but there are some great Cultural Festivals (Highland Games, Pow Wows, Lebanese Festival, etc.), delicious Food Festivals (Gumbo, Seafood, Chocolate, King Cake), Renaissance Festivals and more.
Here are some festivals that look good to me this weekend…
- Prattville’s Mardi Gras Celebration in Alabama
- South Florida Folk and Acoustic Music Festival in Florida
- Goodland Mullet Festival in Florida
- Jacksonville Villain Arts Tattoo Festival in Florida
- Kumquat Festival in Florida
- Suncoast Scots Highland Games and Celtic Festival in Florida
- Smyrna Oysterfest in Georgia
- John Hartford Days in Kentucky
- Opelousas Gumbo Cook-Off in Louisiana
- Louisiana King Cake Festival in Louisiana
- After Dark Renaissance Festival in Mississippi
- Haywood Ice Fest Weekend in North Carolina
- Lowcountry Oyster Festival in South Carolina
- ChocolateFest in Tennessee
If you don’t see any festivals you like (or if there are no festivals going on in your state), you can see what’s going on later in the year via the 2026 Festival Guide.
I’ve been doing my best to update events on the guides and I’m sure there have been some changes since the last time you checked.
So keep checking the guide and please share it 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-020126/
And here are the other two sections again…
Northern Section: https://festivalguidesandreviews.com/north-festival-weekend-020126
Western Section: https://festivalguidesandreviews.com/west-festival-weekend-020126
Until next week…
Love, Peace and Festival Grease!
Upcoming Festival Weekend: January 29 – February 1, 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.
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Reviews for Festivals this Week
No festival reviews this week.
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Only want to see festivals in your state?
Go directly to your State Festival Guide.
Alabama | Arizona | Arkansas | California | Colorado | Delaware | Florida
Georgia | Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Kansas | Kentucky | Louisiana
Maryland | Michigan | Minnesota | Mississippi | Missouri | Nevada
New Jersey | New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | Ohio | Oklahoma
Oregon | Pennsylvania | South Carolina | Tennessee | Texas | Virginia
Washington | Washington, DC | West Virginia | Wisconsin
Otherwise, continue down for all of this weekend’s festivals…
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ALABAMA
No festivals this weekend.
ARKANSAS
No festivals this weekend.
FLORIDA
1/28-2/1 – Key West Food and Wine Festival – Key West
1/29-2/1 – St. Mark Greek Festival – Boca Raton
1/29-2/1 – The Amelia Island Festival of Stories and Songs – Fernandina Beach
1/29-2/1 – Fort Lauderdale Greek Festival – Fort Lauderdale
1/30-2/1 – Spirit of the Buffalo Pow Wow I – Auburndale
1/30-2/1 – South Florida Folk and Acoustic Music Festival – Davie
1/30-2/1 – St. Vincent Ferrer Parish Festival – Delray Beach
1/30-2/1 – Fort Myers Seafood and Music Festival – Fort Myers
1/30-2/1 – Foodees Food and Culture Festival: Fort Walton/Destin – Fort Walton Beach
1/30-2/1 – Goodland Mullet Festival – Goodland
Weekend continues below…
1/30-2/1 – Seminole Tribal Fair and Pow Wow – Hollywood
1/30-2/1 – Jacksonville Villain Arts Tattoo Festival – Jacksonville
1/30-2/1 – Our Lady of Lebanon Lebanese Festival – Miami
1/30-2/1 – Naples Winter Wine Festival – Naples
1/30-2/1 – St. Katherine Greek Fest – Naples
1/30-2/1 – St. George’s Winter Carnival – New Port Richey
1/31 – Taste of Ave – Ave Maria
1/31 – Buckhead Ridge Catfish Festival – Buckhead Ridge
1/31 – Kumquat Festival – Dade City
1/31 – Howey Artisan Market at Mission Resort and Club I – Howey in the Hills
Weekend continues below…
1/31 – Wekiva Island Otter Fest: A Celebration of Craft Beer and Wine – Longwood
1/31 – Milton Mardi Gras Parade and Afterparty – Milton
1/31 – Oakland Heritage Day – Oakland
1/31 – Celebrate Lunar – Orlando
1/31 – Big Bend Brew Fest – Perry
1/31 – Charlotte Harbor Chili, Beer and Music Festival – Punta Gorda
1/31 – Suncoast Scots Highland Games and Celtic Festival – Sarasota
1/31 – Seminole Hard Rock Gasparilla Pirate Fest – Tampa – My Review
1/31-2/1* – Brevard Renaissance Fair III – Melbourne – CANCELLED
1/31-2/1 – Mount Dora Arts Festival – Mount Dora
1/31-2/1 – Sarasota Fine Art Show I – Sarasota
2/1 – East West Music and Dance Festival – Tampa
GEORGIA
1/30-2/1 – Smyrna Oysterfest – Smyrna
1/31 – Atlanta Cask Ale Tasting – Atlanta
1/31 – Brunswick Rockin’ Stewbilee – Brunswick
KENTUCKY
1/26-1/30 – Patti’s Festival of Lights XIII – Grand Rivers
1/31 – Louisville Chocolate, Wine and Whiskey Festival – Louisville
1/31 – John Hartford Days – Owensboro
LOUISIANA
1/31 – Krewe of Oshun Parade and Festival – Baton Rouge
1/31 – Bossier Night Market I – Bossier City
1/31 – Opelousas Gumbo Cook-Off – Opelousas
1/31 – Louisiana King Cake Festival – Thibodaux
1/31 – Welsh Mardi Gras Street Dance – Welsh
1/31-2/1 – Acadiana Renaissance Faire IV – Ville Platte
MISSISSIPPI
1/31-2/1 – After Dark Renaissance Festival – Hattiesburg
NORTH CAROLINA
1/29-2/1 – Haywood Ice Fest Weekend – Haywood County
1/31 – The Arbor Hills Holiday Festival X – Cleveland
SOUTH CAROLINA
1/31 – Winter Bluegrass Jubilee – Pickens
2/1 – Lowcountry Oyster Festival – Mount Pleasant
TENNESSEE
1/26-1/31 – Lights Over Gatlinburg XIII – Gatlinburg
1/29-2/1 – Memphis Zoo Lantern Festival XII – Memphis
1/29-2/1 – Zoolumination: Chinese Festival of Lights XII – Nashville
1/30-1/31 – ChocolateFest – Knoxville
VIRGINIA
No festivals this weekend.
Alabama | Arizona | Arkansas | California | Colorado | Delaware | Florida
Georgia | Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Kansas | Kentucky | Louisiana
Maryland | Michigan | Minnesota | Mississippi | Missouri | Nevada
New Jersey | New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | Ohio | Oklahoma
Oregon | Pennsylvania | South Carolina | Tennessee | Texas | Virginia
Washington | Washington, DC | West Virginia | Wisconsin
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