Upcoming Southern Festival Weekend: March 5-8, 2026

Irish Festivals, Strawberry Festivals, Holi Celebrations, Vikings, Rattlesnakes and more!

Welcome back, Festival Fans.

March is here and festivals have picked up a little bit.

This weekend’s themes include early St. Patrick’s Day and Irish Festivals, all sorts of Food festivals – from BBQ, Rice and Collard Greens to Strawberries and Chocolate – Holi Festivals, Renaissance Faires and Festivals and more.

Take a look at some of the interesting festivals happening this weekend…

East Alabama Bigfoot Town Hall in Alabama
Collard Green Festival in Alabama
Possum Palooza in Arkansas
The Viking Festival in Arkansas
Italian Food Festival in Florida
Strawberry Festivals in Florida
Tallahassee Pride in the Park in Florida
Renaissance Festivals in Florida
Tampa Fine Art Show in Florida
Norcross Irish Fest in Georgia
Whigman Rattlesnake Roundup in Georgia
Calvert City Coffee and Chocolate Festival in Kentucky
Here’s the Beef Cookoff in Louisiana
North Carolina Rice Festival in North Carolina
Irish Fest Camden in South Carolina
Pigeon Forge Chuck Wagon Cookoff in Tennessee
El Balderinos Music Fest at Center of the Universe Brewing in Virginia

Find many more in the list before and don’t forget about the map.

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 just finished updating the October festivals and am about to go through June a second time.

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-030826/

And here are the other two sections again…
Northern Section: https://festivalguidesandreviews.com/north-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.

ALABAMA

3/7 – Collard Green Festival – Evergreen
3/7 – Mobile Chocolate Festival – Mobile
3/7 – Mobile Chili Cook Off – Mobile
3/7 – Satsume Swamp Fest – Satsuma
3/7 – East Alabama Bigfoot Town Hall – Seale
3/7 – Bridge Crossing Jubilee Street Festival – Selma
3/7-3/8 – Ballyhoo Festival – Gulf Shores
3/8 – Kites and Bites – Pelham

ARKANSAS

3/6-3/8 – Vintage Market Days of Little Rock: Spring – Little Rock – My Review
3/7 – Possum Palooza – Russellville
3/7-3/8 – The Viking Festival – Hot Springs

FLORIDA

3/2-3/8 – Festival of the Arts Boca II – Boca Raton
3/2-3/8 – Daytona Beach Bike Week II – Daytona Beach
3/2-3/8 – Florida Strawberry Festival II – Plant City
3/5-3/7 –St. Petersburg International Folk Fair (SPIFF) – St. Petersburg
3/5-3/8 – Little Flower Carnival – Hollywood
3/6-3/7 – Chalo Nitka Festival and Rodeo – Moore Haven
3/6-3/7 – Flluxe Arts Festival – Panama City
3/6-3/7 – Panama City Beach Scottish Festival – Panama City Beach
3/6-3/8 – Thundering Spirit Family Pow Wow – Mount Dora
3/6-3/8 – Babcock Ranch Reggae Festival – Punta Gorda
3/6-3/8 – Dream Asia Food Fest – Tampa
3/6-3/8 – Italian Food Festival – Vero Beach
3/7 – Pride Cape Coral – Cape Coral
3/7 – Festival Dor De Moldova – Casselberry
Weekend continues below…

3/7 – Orange-A-Fair – Citra
3/7 – Cracker Cowboy Day – Dade City
3/7 – Dunedin Seafood and Music Festival – Dunedin
3/7 – Lake Alfred Heritage Festival – Lake Alfred
3/7 – Lakewood Ranch Irish Celtic Festival – Lakewood Ranch
3/7 – Longwood Strawberry Fest – Longwood
3/7 – Naples Craft Beer Festival – Naples
3/7 – Festival Latino Downtown Ocala – Ocala
3/7 – Habitat Ocala Strawberry Festival – Ocala
3/7 – Taste of Oviedo – Oviedo
3/7 – Palm Bay Multicultural Festival – Palm Bay
3/7 – Palm Coast-Flagler Regional Chamber of Commerce SpringFest – Palm Coast
3/7 – Parrish Florida Chili Cookoff – Parrish
3/7 – Tallahassee Pride in the Park – Tallahassee
3/7 – Florida Brewers Guild Craft Beer Festival – Tampa
3/7 – Umatilla Chili and BBQ Cook-off – Umatilla
Weekend continues below…

3/7-3/8 – Cocoa Village Art and Craft Fair I – Cocoa
3/7-3/8 – Bay Area Renaissance Festival IV – Dade City
3/7-3/8 – Florida Renaissance Festival and Craft Village V – Deerfield Beach
3/7-3/8 – Amber Brooke Farm Strawberry Festival: Eustis II – Eustis
3/7-3/8 – Floral City Strawberry Festival – Floral City
3/7-3/8 – Fort Myers Beach Lions Club Shrimp Festival – Fort Myers Beach
3/7-3/8 – Grant Seafood Festival – Grant-Valkaria
3/7-3/8 – Clay County Strawberry Fest – Green Cove Springs
3/7-3/8 – Rotary Club of Homestead Stone Crab and Seafood Festival – Homestead
3/7-3/8 – Lake Mary – Heathrow Festival of the Arts – Lake Mary
3/7-3/8 – Jazz in the Gardens Music Fest – Miami Gardens
3/7-3/8 – The Gulf Coast Renaissance Faire II – Milton
3/7-3/8 – Tampa Fine Art Show – Tampa
3/8 – Kumquat Festival – Dade City – RAIN DATE
3/8 – Honey Bee and Wine Fest at Whispering Oaks Winery – Oxford
3/8 – Spring into Fun Community Event – Ponte Vedra Beach
3/8 – Sanford Food Truck Fiesta III – Sanford

MISSISSIPPI

No festivals this weekend.

NORTH CAROLINA

3/6-3/7 – Rumba on the Lumber – Lumberton
3/7 – Carolina Indian Circle Powwow – Chapel Hill
3/7 – Cornelius Mardi Gras Market at Lost Worlds Brewing – Cornelius
3/7 – North Carolina Rice Festival – Winnabow
3/8 – Charlotte Donut Festival – Charlotte

SOUTH CAROLINA

3/4-3/8 – Charleston Wine and Food Festival – Charleston
3/7 – Irish Fest Camden – Camden
3/7 – Cottontown Art Crawl – Columbia
3/7 – BBQ and Brews – Goose Creek
3/7 – Front Beach Fest – Isle of Palms
3/7 – Let the Shenanigans Begin: St. Patrick’s Festival – Moncks Corner
3/7 – South Carolina Crawfish and Music Festival – Pawleys Island
3/7 – Surfside Beach BBQ Festival – Surfside Beach

TENNESSEE

3/6-3/7 – Cousin Jack Tullock Memorial Bluegrass Festival – Etowah
3/6-3/8 – Pigeon Forge Chuck Wagon Cookoff – Pigeon Forge
3/7 – County Sumner Irish Festival – Castalian Springs
3/7 – Mystical March at Collegedale Commons – Collegedale
3/7 – Mardi Growl – Knoxville
3/7 – CRY Tennessee Holi – Mt. Juliet
3/7-3/8 – Chattanooga River Market I – Chattanooga

VIRGINIA

3/7 – El Balderinos Music Fest at Center of the Universe Brewing I – Ashland

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