Upcoming Southern Festival Weekend: April 16-19, 2026

Tons of great Food Fests, Spring Festivals, Cultural Fests and more!

Welcome back, Festival Fans.

There are so many delicious Food Festivals this weekend with bountiful offerings including Crawfish, Soft Shell Crab, Wings, Tacos, BBQ, Slawburgers, Strawberries, and Tomatoes.

Plus there are all sorts of Springtime Festivals – from Floral Fests to Gardening to Seasonal Celebrations – and Cultural Festivals, Music Fests, a few 420 Celebrations (which could help with the food fests) and so much more…

…including a cool Hillbilly Festival (Review) in eastern Kentucky.

Here are only a few of the festivals going on in each state…

Piney Woods Fine Arts Festival in Alabama
Chilton County Strawberry Festival in Alabama
Texarkana Catfish and Mudbug Music Festival in Arkansas
Sea Turtle Festival in Florida
St. George Island Brewfest in Florida
Chain of Parks Art Festival in Florida
Chickamauga Crawfish Festival in Georgia
Flowery Branch Spring Festival in Georgia
Williamson Wisteria Festival in Georgia
Hillbilly Days in Kentucky
Lamb Weston’s North Louisiana Sweet Potato Festival in Louisiana
Le Fête Du Monde in Louisiana
Our Lady of Prompt Sucor Tomato Festival in Louisiana
Threefoot Festival in Mississippi
Long Beach Radish Festival in Mississippi
Grifton Shad Festival in North Carolina
Loch Norman Highland Games in North Carolina
Soft Shell Crab Festival in South Carolina
Newberry Pork in the Park in South Carolina
Slawburger Festival in Tennessee
Crossville Strawberry Festival in Tennessee
Rajun Cajun Crawfish Festival in Tennessee
Honaker Redbud Festival in Virginia
Franklin County Moonshine 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-041926/

And here are the other two sections again…
Northern Section: https://festivalguidesandreviews.com/north-festival-weekend-041926
Western Section: https://festivalguidesandreviews.com/west-festival-weekend-041926

Until next week…

Love, Peace and Festival Grease!

Upcoming Festival Weekend: April 16-19, 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

4/16-4/19 – Awakenus Bloom – Talladega
4/17-4/18 – St. Elias Lebanese Food and Cultural Festival – Birmingham
4/17-4/18 – Mark Curl BBQ Cook-Off – Camden
4/17-4/18 – Gardendale Magnolia Festival – Gardendale
4/17-4/18 – Antiques in the Garden – Jemison
4/18 – Magic City Tequila Festival – Birmingham
4/18 – Dec Days Festival – Decatur
4/18 –Blooms and Brews Spring Fest – Fairhope
4/18 – Battle of the Buffalo – Huntsville
4/18 – Crawfish Festival – Huntsville
Weekend continues below…

4/18 – Earth Day Mobile Bay – Mobile
4/18 – Montevallo Arts Fest – Montevallo
4/18 – Herb Day and Earth Day Celebration – Montgomery
4/18 – Chilton County Strawberry Festival – Thorsby
4/18-4/19 – Bloomin Festival – Cullman
4/18-4/19 – Piney Woods Fine Arts Festival – Enterprise
4/18-4/19 – Art on the Lake – Guntersville
4/18-4/19 – Kites over Mobile – Mobile
4/18-4/19 – OLD 280 Boogie – Waverly
4/19 – The Market at MidCity VI – Huntsville
4/19 – MudBottom Revival Music Festival – Mobile
4/19 – West Alabama Food and Wine Festival – Northport

ARKANSAS

4/16-4/18 – Cabot Strawberry Festival – Cabot
4/16-4/19 – Lanterns Festival at Wildwood Park – Little Rock
4/17 – Arkansas Times Craft Beer Festival – Little Rock
4/17-4/18 – Mountain View Folk Festival – Mountain View
4/17-4/18 – ByrdFest Music Festival – Ozark
4/18 – Booneville Jazz Fest – Booneville
4/18 – 3rd Street Fair – Fort Smith
4/18 – Arkansas Bee Day – Little Rock
4/18 – Blazin’ BBQ Festival – Manila
4/18 – Texarkana Catfish and Mudbug Music Festival – Texarkana

FLORIDA

4/13-4/19 – Bern’s Winefest – Tampa
4/15-4/19 – Sacred Heart Spring Festival – Pinellas Park
4/16 – New Smyrna Beach Food Festival – New Smyrna Beach
4/16-4/18 – Resonate Suwannee – Live Oak
4/16-4/19 – Sandestin Wine Festival – Miramar Beach
4/17 –Taste of Oakland Park – Oakland Park
4/17-4/18 – Breakaway Festival – Tampa
4/17-4/19 – Rock and Roll Revival – Brooksville
4/17-4/19 – Grant BBQ Fest – Grant-Valkaria
4/17-4/19 – Punta Gorda Seafood and Music Festival – Punta Gorda
4/18 – Black Gold Jubilee – Belle Glade
4/18 – Sea Turtle Festival – Fernandina Beach
4/18 – Land O’ Lakes Seafood Festival – Land O’Lakes
4/18 – Down Home Days Festival – Madison
4/18 – Middleburg Spring Festival – Middleburg
4/18 – Naples Pride Fest – Naples
Weekend continues below…

4/18 – Earth Day Pensacola Festival – Pensacola
4/18 – Spring Break Reggae Fest – Ormond Beach
4/18 – Sarasota International Dragon Boat Festival – Sarasota
4/18 – St. George Island Brewfest – St. George Island
4/18 – Blues and BBQ – Tampa
4/18* – Reggae in the Gardens – Williston – DISCONTINUED?
4/18 – 863 Art Fest – Winter Haven
4/18-4/19 – Clermont Arts and Jazz Festival – Clermont
4/18-4/19 – Savor SoFlo Festival – Hollywood
4/18-4/19 – Ormond Beach Celtic Festival – Ormond Beach
4/18-4/19 – Keel Farms Tampa Bay Blueberry Festival III – Plant City
4/18-4/19 – Songkran the Water Festival: Lao New Year Festival – Sanford
4/18-4/19 – Chain of Parks Art Festival – Tallahassee
4/18-4/19 – Tampa Bay Caribbean Festival – Tampa
4/18-4/19 – Tampa Bay Empanada Festival – Tampa
4/19 – Jax Veg Fest – Jacksonville

GEORGIA

4/16 – Taste of Atlanta – Atlanta
4/16-4/18 – Thomaston Art and Soul Fest – Thomaston
4/16-4/19 – illumine I – Atlanta
4/16-4/19 – Georgia Tribute Festival – Brunswick
4/17* – Peachtree City Night Market I – Peachtree City – DISCONTINUED?
4/17-4/18 – Spring Fling and Backyard BBQ Festival – Moultrie
4/17-4/18 –441 Vintage Junque Market Spring Junkfest – Pearson
4/17-4/18 – Atlanta International Night Market: Glow in the Park – Suwanee
4/17-4/19 – SweetWater 420 Fest – Atlanta
4/17-4/19 – Blessings of the Fleet – Darien
4/17-4/19 – Mitchell Springfest – Mitchell
4/18* – FreakNik Festival The Reunion – Atlanta – DISCONTINUED?
4/18 –International Street Festival – Athens
4/18 – Root and Rise WellFest – Canton
4/18 – BBQ and Brews Cartersville – Cartersville
4/18 – Chickamauga Crawfish Festival – Chickamauga
4/18 – Mayhaw Festival – Colquitt
4/18 – Cumming City Center Spring Market – Cumming
4/18 – Arts ‘Round the Square – Cuthbert
4/18 – Possum Hollow Festival – Dexter
4/18 –Columbia County Cultural Festival – Evans
4/18 – Flowery Branch Spring Festival – Flowery Branch
Weekend continues below…

4/18 – Southland Jubilee – Greensboro
4/18 – Porch Songs and Public Voices Festival – Hartwell
4/18 – Locust Grove Day – Locust Grove
4/18 – Picnic in the Park Food Truck Festival: April – Macon
4/18 – Dickey Farms Strawberry Festival – Musella
4/18 – Bluesberry Beer and Music Festival – Norcross
4/18 – Richmond Hill Fire Department Spring Fling – Richmond Hill
4/18 – Roswell Music Festival – Roswell
4/18 – Olde Effingham Festival – Springfield
4/18 – Summerville Main Street Spring Market – Summerville
4/18 – Due South – Thomasville
4/18 – Orange Crush Festival – Tybee Island
4/18-4/19 – 4F Renaissance Festival and Fantasy Faire: Spring III – Danielsville
4/18-4/19 – Bear on the Square Mountain Festival – Dahlonega
4/18-4/19 – The Georgia Renaissance Festival II – Fairburn
4/18-4/19 – Hamilton Gardens Rhododendron Festival II – Hiawassee
4/18-4/19 – Big Shanty Festival – Kennesaw
4/18-4/19 – Spring Fling Festival – Warm Springs
4/18-4/19 – Williamson Wisteria Festival – Williamson
4/19 – Food Trucks and Airplanes – Griffin
4/19 – Taste of Camden – St. Marys

KENTUCKY

4/15* – Madisonville International Cultural Celebration – Madisonville – DISCONTINUED
4/16-4/18 –Hillbilly Days – Pikeville – My Review
4/17 – Earth Day Fest at Broad Run Park – Louisville
4/17-4/19 – Tri-Fest – Henderson
4/18 – Tequila N’ Tacos – Bowling Green
4/18 – Boyle County Earth Day Festival – Danville
4/18 – Pride of Morehead Festival – Morehead
4/18 – The Serenity Spring Jam – Newport
4/18 – Shelbyville Dogwood Artisan Showcase – Shelbyville
4/18 – Foodstock – Somerset
4/18 – Native and Heirloom Plant Fest – Somerset

LOUISIANA

4/16-4/18 – Morehouse Parish Crawfish Festival and Fair – Bastrop
4/16-4/18* – Grand Isle Fireman’s Fair – Grand Isle – CANCELLED
4/16-4/19 – French Quarter Festival – New Orleans
4/17-4/18 – Baton Rouge Blues Festival – Baton Rouge
4/17-4/18 – Burn Run Weekend – Doyline
4/17-4/18 – Zwolle Loggers and Forestry Festival – Zwolle
4/17-4/19 – Our Lady of Prompt Sucor Tomato Festival – Chalmette
4/17-4/19 – El Festival Español de Nueva Iberia – New Iberia
4/17-4/19 – A Taste of New Orleans – New Orleans
4/17-4/19 – Le Fête Du Monde – Raceland
4/18 – Spring Fest at Cotile Recreational Park – Boyce
4/18 – Bourbon and Butts – Houma
4/18 – This is Home Fest – Lake Charles
4/18 – Crawfest at Tulane University – New Orleans
4/18 – The Sunshine Festival – Jonesboro
4/18 – Lamb Weston’s North Louisiana Sweet Potato Festival – Oak Grove
4/18 – Slidell’s Crawfish Cook-Off – Slidell
4/18 – Youngsville Lions Fais Do Do Fest – Youngsville
4/18-4/19 – Cajun Woodstock for St. Jude – Church Point
4/18-4/19 – Covington Antiques and Uniques Festival – Covington
4/18-4/19 – Grand Isle Migratory Bird Celebration – Grand Isle
4/18-4/19 – Melrose Arts and Crafts Festival – Melrose
4/19 – Earth Day presented by COX – Lafayette

MISSISSIPPI

4/16-4/18 – Tunica Rivergate Festival – Tunica
4/17-4/18 – Threefoot Festival – Meridian
4/17-4/18 – Smokin’ on the Tracks – Summit
4/17-4/19 – Crawfish Music Festival – Biloxi
4/18 – Crosstie Arts and Jazz Festival – Cleveland
4/18 – Downtown Crawfish Jam Music Festival – Hattiesburg
4/18 – Rockin’ Railroad Festival – Hazlehurst
4/18 – DeSoto County Earth Day Celebration – Hernando
4/18 – Mudbug Bash – Hernando
4/18 – Community Bank’s Downtown Crawfest – Laurel
4/18 –Long Beach Radish Festival – Long Beach
4/18 – Earth Day Extravaganza – Moss Point
4/18 – Ocean Springs Earth Day – Ocean Springs
4/18 – Star Spring Festival – Star
4/18 – Cotton District Arts Festival – Starkville
4/18 – Whistle Stop Festival – Waynesboro
4/18 – Wings Over Wiggins – Wiggins

NORTH CAROLINA

4/13-4/19 – Charlotte SHOUT! III – Charlotte
4/16-4/18 – Big Lick Bluegrass Festival – Oakboro
4/17 – Cary Night Market II – Cary
4/17-4/18 – Carolina BBQ Festival – Charlotte
4/17-4/18 – Appalachian True Heritage Festival – Waynesville
4/17-4/19 – Grifton Shad Festival – Grifton
4/17-4/19 – Haliwa-Saponi Indian Tribe Powwow – Hollister
4/18 – Vin de Mer (Beaufort Wine and Food Festival) – Beaufort
4/18 – Cary Tacos ‘N Taps – Cary
4/18 – Children’s Day Festival of Cary – Cary
4/18 – Fest in the West – Cary
4/18 – CLT Edge Fest – Charlotte
4/18 – Strange Fruit Music Festival – Greensboro
Weekend continues below…

4/18 – Earth Day at the Gateway Trail – Kings Mountain
4/18 – Neo Soul Festival at Seven Springs Farms and Vineyard – Norlina
4/18 – Granville Gardeners Expo – Oxford
4/18 – Earth Jam Day – Salisbury
4/18 – The North Carolina ‘Cuegrass Festival – Raleigh
4/18 – Southport Spring Festival – Southport
4/18 – Vass Spring Festival – Vass
4/18 – Forest Fest – Wake Forest
4/18 – Wilmington Earth Day – Wilmington
4/18-4/19 – Loch Norman Highland Games – Huntersville
4/19 – Elevated Earth Day Market – Clayton
4/19 – Durham Earth Day Festival – Durham
4/19 – Temple Emanuel Jewish Festival – Greensboro
4/19 – The Lost Colony Wine, Art and Culinary Festival – Manteo
4/19 – Spring Mayberry Food Truck Fest – Mount Airy

SOUTH CAROLINA

4/16-4/19 –Charleston Jazz Festival – Charleston
4/16-4/19 – Pee Dee Plant and Flower Festival – Florence
4/16-4/19 – Euphoria Spring Fest – Greenville
4/16-4/19 – Come-See-Me Festival I – Rock Hill
4/16-4/19 – Saluda County Farmers Festival – Saluda
4/17-4/18 – Newberry Pork in the Park – Newberry
4/17-4/18 – Old Time Weekend Jam Festival – Pickens
4/17-4/18 – Meeting Street Music Fest – West Columbia
4/17-4/19 – Puddin’ Swamp Festival – Turbeville
4/18 – Chucktown Brewdown: Homebrew Festival – Charleston
4/18 – Lowcountry Cajun Festival – Charleston
4/18 – Moon Fest: Spring – Chesnee
4/18 – Harambee Festival – Columbia
4/18* – Italian American Heritage Festival – Fountain Inn – CANCELLED
4/18 – Combahee Heritage of Rice Festival – Green Pond
4/18 –Hemlock Festival – Mountain Rest
4/18 – Soft Shell Crab Festival – Port Royal
4/18 – Purple Martin Festival – St. Matthews
4/18-4/19 – Columbia International Festival – Columbia
4/18-4/19 – High Water Fest – North Charleston
4/19 – Inman’s Market on Mill II – Inman
4/19 – Blues by the Sea – Kiawah Island

TENNESSEE

4/16-4/19 –Johnson City Jazz Festival – Johnson City
4/17-4/18 – Market in the Park: Spring – Gallatin
4/17-4/18 – Shell Daze Music Festival – Memphis
4/17-4/19 – 4 Bridges Arts Festival – Chattanooga
4/17-4/19 – Spring Plant Sale and Festival – Chattanooga
4/17-4/19 –Ritterfest II – Knoxville
4/18 – Mosaic Arts Festival – Clinton
4/18 – Big Bleu Pickin’ Party – Columbia
4/18 – Crossville Strawberry Festival – Crossville
4/18 – Slawburger Festival – Fayetteville
4/18 – South Greene Band Bazaar – Greeneville
4/18 – Old Time Bluegrass and Fiddlers’ Jamboree – Holladay
4/18 – Jackson 420 Hemp Festival – Jackson
4/18 – Thirsty Orange Brew Extravaganza – Johnson City
Weekend continues below…

4/18 – Earth Day at Shelby Farms Park – Memphis
4/18 – Vintage 901 Spring Festival – Memphis
4/18 – World Championship Hot Wing Festival – Memphis
4/18 – Butterfly Festival – Murfreesboro
4/18 – Nashville Earth Day – Nashville
4/18 – Grainger’s Green Jubilee – Rutledge
4/18-4/19 – Chattanooga River Market VII – Chattanooga
4/18-4/19 – Sweet Tea and Sunshine Family Festival – Cleveland
4/18-4/19 – Knoxville Opera’s Rossini Festival International Street Fair – Knoxville
4/18-4/19 – Spring Jubilee at the Appalachian Renaissance Faire of Tennessee – Kodak
4/18-4/19 – Dogs and Dogwoods – Nashville
4/19 – Mid-South Food Truck Festival – Memphis
4/19 – Rajun Cajun Crawfish Festival – Memphis

VIRGINIA

4/16-4/19 – Down by Downtown Music Festival – Roanoke
4/17-4/18* – Culpeperpalooza – Culpeper – DISCONTINUED?
4/18 – Earth Day Festival on the Rappahannock – Fredericksburg
4/18 – James River Cellars’ April Fools’ Wine Festival – Glen Allen
4/18 – Lynchburg Wine and Music Festival – Lynchburg
4/18 – Anything’s Pawsible Festival – Manassas
4/18 – Norfolk NATO Festival – Norfolk
4/18 – Franklin County Moonshine Festival – Rocky Mount
4/18 – Blue Ridge Kite Festival – Salem
4/18-4/19 – Honaker Redbud Festival – Honaker
4/18-4/19 –Leesburg Flower and Garden Festival – Leesburg
4/18-4/19 – Wild and Weird Festival – Powhatan

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