Upcoming Southern Festival Weekend: April 9-12, 2026

Big festival weekend with all sorts of Food, Cultural Festivals, Music Festivals and more.

Welcome back, Festival Fans.

Festivals are really picking up this weekend with plenty of options. It’s nice to look at the map below and see all the pinned Festival Cities.

If you’re into Food (like I am), you are in for a treat as there are festivals for all sorts of delicious dishes from Crawfish and Tacos to Pimento Cheese and Hot Slaw (a Tennessee delicacy).

There are also interesting festivals like Rooster Day in Alabama, Colonel Fest in Kentucky, and Mayberry Festival in Tennessee; there are Spirited (beer, wine, whiskey) Festivals and Spring Festivals.

Just a LOT of explore so go through the lists below.

Here are some of the festivals going on in each state…

Rooster Day in Alabama
Druid City Arts Festival in Alabama
Festival on the Rails in Arkansas
Tortuga Music Festival in Florida
Tampa Bay Blues Festival in Florida
The Fuzzy Pineapple Fairy Festival in Florida
Old Florida Celebration of the Arts in Florida
Atlanta Dogwood Festival in Georgia
Perry Dogwood Festival in Georgia
National Grits Festival in Georgia
Colonel Fest in Kentucky
Festival des Fleurs de Louisiane in Louisiana
Parks Cracklin Cook-Off in Louisiana
King Cotton Crawfish Boil in Mississippi
World Catfish Festival in Mississippi
Pimento Cheese Festival in North Carolina
North Carolina Azalea Festival in North Carolina
World Grits Festival in South Carolina
Bluebird Nature Fest and Crawfish Boil in Tennessee
Hot Slaw Festival in Tennessee
Chocolate Fondue Festival in Virginia
Virginia Osprey Festival 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.

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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-041226/

And here are the other two sections again…
Northern Section: https://festivalguidesandreviews.com/north-festival-weekend-041226
Western Section: https://festivalguidesandreviews.com/west-festival-weekend-041226

Until next week…

Love, Peace and Festival Grease!

Upcoming Festival Weekend: April 9-12, 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

4/8-4/10 – Southeastern Indian Festival – Atmore
4/9-4/11 – Henderson Bluegrass Jamboree – Goshen
4/10-4/11 – Loop Music and Art Festival – Dothan
4/10-4/11 – Druid City Arts Festival – Tuscaloosa
4/11 – Noble Street Festival – Anniston
4/11 – Birmingham Festa Italiana – Birmingham
4/11 – Birmingham Holi Festival – Birmingham
4/11 – Spring CahabaQue – Birmingham
4/11 – Rooster Day – Demopolis
4/11 – Spring Showcase at the Monument – Enterprise
4/11 – Helena United Festival – Helena
4/11 – Leeds Walk: Leeds in the 1960s – Leeds
Weekend continues below…

4/11 – Spring Fling Music Festival – Mobile
4/11 – Flimp Festival – Montgomery
4/11 – Tuscaloosa Margarita Festival – Northport
4/11 – Tuscumbia Second Saturdays I – Tuscumbia
4/11-4/12 – U.S. 250 Tour – Childersburg
4/11-4/12 – Calico Fort Arts and Crafts Fair – Fort Deposit
4/11-4/12 – Patton Creek Art Festival – Hoover
4/11-4/12 – Baldwin County Strawberry Festival – Loxley
4/12 – The Market at MidCity V – Huntsville
4/12 – Pup Palooza – Huntsville
4/12 – Paws in the Park – Pelham
4/12 – Tuscaloosa Heritage Festival/ WAMA Fest – Tuscaloosa

ARKANSAS

4/9-4/12 –Scorched Mountain Music and Flow Fest – Sidney
4/10-4/11 – Hogskin Holidays Festival – Hampton
4/10-4/12 – Vintage Market Days of NW Arkansas: Spring – Bentonville – My Review
4/11 – Arkansas Roots Music Festival – Dyess
4/11 – Festival on the Rails – McNeil
4/11 – Crawfish Festival – Wilson

FLORIDA

4/6-4/12 – Pier 60 Sugar Sand Festival III – Clearwater
4/9-4/11 – Ferdinanda Beach Songwriters Festival – Amelia Island
4/10-4/11 – Tampa Bay Rodeo and Family Festival – Dover
4/10-4/12 – Fox Fam Jam – Brooksville
4/10-4/12 – Delray Affair – Delray Beach
4/10-4/12 – Tortuga Music Festival – Fort Lauderdale
4/10-4/12 – Springing the Blues – Jacksonville Beach
4/10-4/12 – Oldsmar Days and Nights – Oldsmar
4/10-4/12 – Gamble Rogers Music Festival – St. Augustine
4/10-4/12 – Gasparilla Music Festival – Tampa
4/10-4/12 – PhilFest – Tampa
4/10-4/12 – Tampa Bay Blues Festival – Tampa
4/10-4/12 – Vintage Market Days of Metro Tampa: Bloom – Tampa – My Review
4/11 – American Legion Catfish Festival – Branford
4/11 – Bunnell History Day – Bunnell
4/11 – Davie Jazz Festival – Davie
Weekend continues below…

4/11 – Chautauqua Winery’s Spring Fling – DeFuniak Springs
4/11 – Dunedin Highland Games and Festival – Dunedin
4/11 – Dunnellon Boomtown Days Festival – Dunnellon
4/11 – Santa Fe Springs Celebration– High Springs
4/11 – Marion County Farmland Preservation Festival – Micanopy
4/11 – Newberry Main Street Spring Festival – Newberry
4/11 – Absolutely Avalon – Orlando
4/11 – Love Your Mother Earth Day Festival – Sanford
4/11 – Worm Gruntin’ Festival – Sopchoppy
4/11 – The Fuzzy Pineapple Fairy Festival – Tallahassee
4/11 – Kidsfest – Tallahassee
4/11 – Treasure Coast Craft Spirits Festival – Vero Beach
4/11-4/12 – Old Florida Celebration of the Arts – Cedar Key
4/11-4/12 – Fort Myers Fine Art Show – Fort Myers
Weekend continues below…

4/11-4/12 – Fort Pierce Oyster and Sea Fest – Fort Pierce
4/11-4/12 – Santa Fe College Spring Arts Festival – Gainesville
4/11-4/12 – Cajun Crawfish and Music Festival – Jupiter
4/11-4/12 – Blueberry Fest at Wickham Park – Melbourne
4/11-4/12 – Miami Beach Pride Festival – Miami Beach
4/11-4/12 – Florida Groves Music Festival – Orlando
4/11-4/12 – Keel Farms Tampa Bay Blueberry Festival II – Plant City
4/11-4/12 – Sebring Soda Fest – Sebring
4/11-4/12 – Tallahassee Jazz and Blues Festival – Tallahassee
4/11-4/12 – Venice Sharks Tooth Festival – Venice
4/12 – Jewish Heritage Festival – Ormond Beach
4/12 – Sanford Food Truck Fiesta IV – Sanford
4/12 – Taste of St. Augustine – St. Augustine

GEORGIA

4/9-4/12 – FLAME Festival – Washington
4/10-4/11 – Georgia Mountain Storytelling Festival – Hiawassee
4/10-4/11 – Valdosta Bluesberry Festival – Valdosta
4/10-4/11 – Swampfest – Waycross
4/10-4/12 – Atlanta Dogwood Festival – Atlanta
4/11 – Atlanta Spring Wine Festival – Atlanta
4/11 – Hot Glass Beer Festival – Americus
4/11 – Lavonia Spring Festival – Lavonia
4/11 – Odum Food Truck Festival – Odum
4/11 – Tallapoosa Dogwood Festival – Tallapoosa
Weekend continues below…

4/11 – National Grits Festival – Warwick
4/11 – Georgia Craft Brewers Festival – Woodstock
4/11-4/12 – Acworth Art Fest – Acworth
4/11-4/12 – Haunt Fest – Athens
4/11-4/12 – Spring Festival on Ponce – Atlanta
4/11-4/12 – Ottawa Farms Strawberry Festival – Bloomingdale
4/11-4/12 – 4F Renaissance Festival and Fantasy Faire: Spring II – Danielsville
4/11-4/12 – The Georgia Renaissance Festival I – Fairburn
4/11-4/12 – Hamilton Gardens Rhododendron Festival I – Hiawassee
4/11-4/12 – Perry Dogwood Festival – Perry

KENTUCKY

4/10-4/11 – Colonel Fest – Corbin
4/10-4/12 – Kentucky Tulip Festival at Bear Wallow Farms IV – Nancy
4/11 – Spring Revel: An Afternoon of Whimsy and Wonder – Louisville
4/11 – Western Kentucky Beer Festival – Madisonville
4/11 – Munfordville Cherry Blossom Festival – Munfordville

LOUISIANA

4/9-4/11 – Louisiana Railroad Days Festival – DeQuincy
4/10 – Destrehan Plantation Heritage Day – Destrehan
4/10-4/11 – Hogs for Cause – New Orleans
4/10-4/11 – Parks Cracklin Cook-Off – Parks
4/10-4/12 – Bayou Blue Fireman’s Fair – Houma
4/10-4/12 – Volksfest – New Orleans
4/10-4/12 – Battle of Pleasant Hill Reenactment and Festival – Pelican
4/10-4/12 – Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival – Ponchatoula
4/10-4/12 –Boudin Festival – Scott
4/11 – Baton Rouge Margarita Festival – Baton Rouge
4/11 – Springapalooza – Covington
4/11 – Boot Brew Fest – Eunice
4/11 – Festival des Fleurs de Louisiane – Lafayette
4/11 – Jazz Fest on the Red – Shreveport
4/12 – Abita Springs Busker Festival – Abita Springs
4/12 – Krewe de Acadian Hamburger and Hotdog Festival – Youngsville

MISSISSIPPI

4/9-4/12 – Amory Railroad Festival – Amory
4/10-4/11 – Catfish in the Alley – Columbus
4/10-4/12 – Foodees Food and Culture Festival: Outlets of Mississippi – Pearl
4/11 – World Catfish Festival – Belzoni
4/11 – Juke Joint Festival – Clarksdale
4/11 – Caterpillar Parade and Spring into Green Market – Clinton
4/11 – McLaurin Day Festival – Florence
4/11 – Mississippi Shakespeare in the Park Festival – Lucedale
4/11 – Sipp and Savor – Meridian
4/11 – Loose Caboose Arts and Crafts Festival – Newton
4/11 – Flower Fest – Ocean Springs
4/11 – Desoto Wings and Ribs Competition and Festival – Olive Branch
4/11 – Celebrate the Gulf Marine Education Festival – Pass Christian
4/11 – Township Jazz Festival – Ridgeland
4/11 – King Cotton Crawfish Boil – Starkville
4/11-4/12 – Art in the Pass – Pass Christian
4/11-4/12 – Picayune Spring Street Festival – Picayune
4/12 – Cat Heat Mini Blues Fest – Clarksdale

NORTH CAROLINA

4/6-4/12 – Charlotte SHOUT! II – Charlotte
4/8-4/12 – North Carolina Azalea Festival – Wilmington
4/10-4/11 – Peak City Pig Fest – Apex
4/10-4/11 – Tarheel Antiques Festival: Spring – Efland
4/10-4/11 – Newport Pig Cookin’ Contest – Newport
4/10-4/12 – Prelude to Revolution: Halifax Resolves Days – Halifax
4/11 – Pimento Cheese Festival – Cary
4/11 – Charlotte StrEATS Tasting Tour – Charlotte
Weekend continues below…

4/11 –Lucknow Music Festival – Dunn
4/11 – Hickory Hops Craft Beer and Music Festival – Hickory
4/11 – Chalk of the Town – Holly Springs
4/11 – Regional Festival of India – Matthews
4/11 – Southern Charm at the Farm: Spring – Mocksville
4/11-4/12 – Renaissance Festival at Spring Haven Farm – Chapel Hill
4/11-4/12 – Spring Pottery and Glass Festival II – Creedmoor
4/11-4/12 – Eastern North Carolina Renaissance Faire – Kinston
4/11-4/12 – Roanoke Island Native American Heritage Festival and Pow Wow – Manteo
4/11-4/12 – Poplar Grove Herb and Garden Fair – Wilmington
4/12 – Charlotte StrEATS Festival – Charlotte
4/12 – Halifax Day 250th Celebration – Halifax

SOUTH CAROLINA

4/9-4/11 – Festival on the Avenue – Sumter
4/9-4/12 – Midlands Spring Plant and Flower Festival – West Columbia
4/10-4/11 – Isle of Palms Songwriters Festival – Isle of Palms
4/10-4/11 – Hub City Hog Fest – Spartanburg
4/10-4/12 – Myrtle Beach Food Truck Festival – Myrtle Beach
4/10-4/12 – Vintage Market Days of Charleston – North Charleston – My Review
4/10-4/12 – World Grits Festival – St. George
4/11 – Hippie Fest – Easley
4/11 – Mac Arnold Cornbread and Collard Greens Blues Festival – Fountain Inn
4/11 – Woofstock: A Lowcountry Dog Music Festival – Hanahan
4/11 – Dancing Goats Folk Fest – Honea Path
4/11 – Herb Festival – Lexington
4/11 – Spring Pickin’ in the Corner – Moncks Corner
4/11 – Shadow Bay Celtic Festival – Myrtle Beach
4/11 – Southern Roots BBQ Festival – Travelers Rest
4/12 – Tacos ‘N Tequila Fiesta – Greenville

TENNESSEE

4/8 – Freely Fest – Nashville
4/9-4/11 – Mule Day – Columbia
4/10-4/11 – Atoka BBQ Fest – Atoka
4/10-4/11 – Mayberry I Love Lucy Days – Granville
4/10-4/12 – Trails and Trilliums Festival – Beersheba Springs
4/10-4/12 –Ritterfest I – Knoxville
4/11 – Sip Chattanooga Wine Festival – Chattanooga
4/11 – Hot Slaw Festival – Cleveland
4/11 – Middle TN Food Truck and Arts Festival – Cookeville
4/11 – Bluebird Nature Fest and Crawfish Boil – Germantown
4/11 – Museum of Scott County Spring Fling – Huntsville
Weekend continues below…

4/11 – Knoxville Whiskey Festival – Knoxville
4/11 – Shop Black Fest: Memphis I – Memphis
4/11 – Taste the Rarity Festival – Memphis
4/11 – East Nashville Beer Festival – Nashville
4/11 – Nashville Cherry Blossom Festival – Nashville
4/11 – Spring Market at Cambridge Square – Ooltewah
4/11 – Tennessee River Rendezvous History, Heritage, and Weaponry Festival – Saltillo
4/11 – Piping on the Green: Celtic Music and Crafts Festival – Tullahoma
4/11-4/12 – Chattanooga River Market VI – Chattanooga
4/11-4/12 – Cookeville Firefly Festival – Cookville
4/11-4/12 – Crafty Bastards Spring Arts and Crafts Fair – Nashville

VIRGINIA

4/10 – Richmond African American Book Festival – Richmond
4/11 – Spring Blossom Festival at the Avoca Museum – Altavista
4/11 – Apple Blossom Festival at The Orchard – Bedford
4/11 – Clarksville Lake County Wine Festival – Clarksville
4/11 – Virginia Osprey Festival – Colonial Beach
4/11 – Redbud Arts and Crafts Festival – Dayton
4/11 – Franklin Spring Fest – Franklin
4/11 – Phoebus Spring Fling and Beer Fest – Hampton
4/11 – Chocolate Fondue Festival – McLean
4/11 – Henrico’s Earth Day Celebration – Richmond
4/11 – Punjabi Mela North Indian Festival – Richmond
4/11 – Smithfield Wine and Brew Fest – Smithfield
4/11 – Blossom Fest at Springfield Town Center – Springfield
4/11 – Pilsner Invitational – Williamsburg
4/12 – Kite Day – Glen Allen

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