Upcoming Southern Festival Weekend: February 26 - March 1, 2026

Strawberry Festivals Seafood, Meat Showers and more!

Welcome back, Festival Fans.

February is ending and March is just around the corner, which will bring an increase in festival numbers throughout the South. You’ll likely see a difference as early as next week.

Concerning the themes of this weekend’s festivals, there are lot of Food Festivals that include Strawberries, Oysters, Tacos, BBQ and more. There are also some Music Festivals, Cultural Festivals, Arts Festivals and Markets.

And check out Kentucky’s Meat Shower Festival, celebrating the 1876 phenomenon 150 years after.

Here are some of the festivals that look great for this weekend…

Cowboy Day in Alabama
Shrimp and Grits Festival in Florida
Strawberry Festivals in Florida
Daytona Beach Bike Week in Florida
Orlando Holi Festival in Florida
Delray Beach Garlic Fest in Florida
Beer, Bourbon and BBQ Festival in Georgia
KY Meat Shower Festival in Kentucky
Houma Rotary Cast Iron Cookoff in Louisiana
African American Heritage Festival in North Carolina
Hilton Head Island Seafood Festival in South Carolina
International Festival in Tennessee
VBVRS Oyster Fest in Virginia

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.

This week, I’m still working on updating the October (a big festival month).

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-030126/

And here are the other two sections again…
Northern Section: https://festivalguidesandreviews.com/north-festival-weekend-030126
Western Section: https://festivalguidesandreviews.com/west-festival-weekend-030126

Until next week…

Love, Peace and Festival Grease!

Upcoming Festival Weekend: February 26 – March 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.

ALABAMA

2/27-3/1 – Vintage Market Days of Mobile – Mobile – My Review
2/28 – Cowboy Day – Columbiana
2/28 – Orange Beach Seafood Festival and Car Show – Orange Beach
2/28-3/1 – Fort Morgan Oyster Fest – Gulf Shores

ARKANSAS

No festivals this weekend.

FLORIDA

2/23-2/28 – Georgefest II – Eustis
2/26-3/1 – Florida Strawberry Festival I – Plant City
2/27-3/1 – Festival of the Arts Boca I – Boca Raton
2/27-3/1 – Daytona Beach Bike Week I – Daytona Beach
2/27-3/1 – Englewood Seafood and Music Festival – Englewood
2/27-3/1 – Miami’s Original Greek Festival at Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral – Miami
2/28 – Coconut Creek Butterfly Festival – Coconut Creek
2/28 – Shrimp and Grits Festival – Destin
2/28 – Howey Artisan Market at Mission Resort and Club II – Howey in the Hills
2/28 – Mexico Beach Gumbo and Brunswick Stew Cook-off – Mexico Beach
Weekend continues below…

2/28 – Afro Carib Festival – Miramar
2/28 – Mermaids and Pirates and Seafood, Oh My! – New Smyrna Beach
2/28 – Avalon Spring Fest: Lunar New Year Festival – Orlando
2/28 – Sausage Fest – Pinellas Park
2/28 – Northeast Florida Scottish Highland Games – Green Cove Springs
2/28 – Tampa Taco Fest – Tampa
2/28 – Florida ASL Festival – West Palm Beach
2/28 – Fuel Fest – West Palm Beach
2/28 – Pigz in Z’Hills BBQ and Blues Festival – Zephyrhills
2/28-3/1 – Clearwater Sea-Blues Festival – Clearwater
2/28-3/1 – Bay Area Renaissance Festival III – Dade City
2/28-3/1 – Florida Renaissance Festival and Craft Village IV – Deerfield Beach
Weekend continues below…

2/28-3/1 –Delray Beach Garlic Fest – Delray Beach
2/28-3/1 – Amber Brooke Farm Strawberry Festival: Eustis I – Eustis
2/28-3/1 – Anna Maria Island Springfest – Holmes Beach
2/28-3/1 – World of Nations Celebration – Jacksonville
2/28-3/1 – Lake Wales Arts Festival – Lake Wales
2/28-3/1 – Live Oak Strawberry Fest – Live Oak
2/28-3/1 – The Gulf Coast Renaissance Faire I – Milton
2/28-3/1 – Amber Brooke Farm Strawberry Festival: Mount Dora III – Mount Dora
2/28-3/1 – Florida Bohemian Festival – Palm Coast
2/28-3/1 – Princess Place Preserve Pow Wow/Flagler County Native American Festival – Palm Coast
2/28-3/1 – Gasparilla Festival of the Arts – Tampa
3/1 – SWFL Taste of Latino: Fort Myers – Fort Myers
3/1 – Orlando Holi Festival – Orlando
3/1 – Field Day Music Festival – Tallahassee

GEORGIA

2/27-2/28 – Pig in the Park BBQ Championship (Dublin-Laurens St. Patrick’s Festival) – Dublin
2/28 – Beer, Bourbon and BBQ Festival – Atlanta
2/28-3/1 – Braselton Artisan Festival: February Vintage Market – Braselton
2/28-3/1 – Lunar New Year at Stone Mountain Park III – Stone Mountain

KENTUCKY

2/28 – KY Meat Shower Festival – Owingsville

LOUISIANA

2/28 – Houma Rotary Cast Iron Cookoff – Houma
2/28 – Cook-Off for the Coast – St. Bernard
2/28 – Louisiana Redbud Festival – Vivian

MISSISSIPPI

No festivals this weekend.

NORTH CAROLINA

2/27 – Winter Jam: Raleigh – Raleigh
2/28 – African American Heritage Festival – Charlotte
2/28 – Cape Fear Hooley at Waterline Brewing Company – Wilmington
3/1 – Wilmington’s Women’s Market at Waterline Brewing Company – Wilmington

SOUTH CAROLINA

2/23-3/1 – Hilton Head Island Seafood Festival – Hilton Head Island
2/28 – Cork Shuckin’ Festival – Wadmalaw Island

TENNESSEE

2/28 – International Festival – Oak Ridge

VIRGINIA

3/1 – Winter Jam: Norfolk – Norfolk
3/1 – VBVRS Oyster Fest – Virginia Beach

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