Upcoming Southern Festival Weekend: May 7-10, 2026

Mother’s Day Festival Weekend with Strawberries, Music, and Art!

Welcome back, Festival Fans.

There’s a slight dip in festivals this Mother’s Day Weekend to give many mothers a break so that you can take them out to brunch.

Fortunately, there are still plenty of festivals going on and maybe you can take your mom to one of them.

Festivals this weekend celebrate Strawberries, Arts and Crafts, all sorts of Music and delicious Food that ranges from BBQ Pork, Wings and Grilled Cheese to Ramps, Tacos, and Crawdads.

Plus you have Steampunk and Renaissance Festivals, Cinco de Mayo and May Day Celebrations, a Peacock Fest, a Frog Fest, Cultural Festivals and so much more.

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

Belle Mont Celtic Fest in Alabama
May on the Mountain Bluegrass Festival in Alabama
Steampunk Old Timers Day Festival in Arkansas
Free State of Yell Fest in Arkansas
Palm Harbor Art and Food Festival in Florida
Worm Fiddlin’ Festival in Florida
Glennville Sweet Onion Festival in Georgia
Peacock Day Festival in Georgia
The Lower Town Arts and Music Festival in Kentucky
Queen City Artisan Festival in Kentucky
Rayne Frog Festival in Louisiana
Red Hills Festival in Mississippi
Carthage Buggy Festival in North Carolina
Foothills Folk Art Festival in North Carolina
Barnwell Sundial Festival in South Carolina
SpringSkunk Music Fest in South Carolina
Multiple Strawberry Festivals in Tennessee
Holleroo Street Fair in Tennessee
Crozet Arts and Crafts Festival: Spring 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, you can see what’s going on later in the year via the 2026 Festival Guide.

I am currently updating the September Festivals.

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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-051026/

And here are the other two sections again…
Northern Section: https://festivalguidesandreviews.com/north-festival-weekend-051026
Western Section: https://festivalguidesandreviews.com/west-festival-weekend-051026

Until next week…

Love, Peace and Festival Grease!

Upcoming Festival Weekend: May 7-10, 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

5/8 – Ross Bridge Strawberry Day – Hoover
5/8-5/10 – Logan Martin LakeFest and Boat Show – Pell City
5/8-5/10 – Homestead Hollow Spring Arts and Crafts Festival – Springville
5/9* – Magic City Flow Fest – Birmingham – DISCONTINUED
5/9 – May on the Mountain Bluegrass Festival – Henagar
5/9 – Art in the Park – Jasper
5/9 – Prattville Page Fest – Prattville
5/9 – Sheffield PorchFest – Sheffield
5/9 – Belle Mont Celtic Fest – Tuscumbia
5/9 – Tuscumbia Second Saturdays II – Tuscumbia
5/9-5/10 – Foley Art in the Park – Foley
5/10 – The Market at MidCity IX – Huntsville

ARKANSAS

5/7-5/9 – Free State of Yell Fest – Dardanelle
5/7-5/9 – Crawdad Days Festival – Harrison
5/8-5/9 – 501 Festival – Little Rock
5/8-5/9 – Tuckerman Hometown Days – Tuckerman
5/8-5/10 – Mount Ida Gem, Mineral and Craft Show – Mount Ida
5/9 – Hop Alley Rally – Corning
5/9 – Historic Strawberry Festival – Marshall
5/9 – Texarkana Taco Festival – Texarkana
5/9-5/10 – Steampunk Old Timers Day Festival – Van Buren

LOUISIANA

5/5 – Cinco de Mayo Fest – Metairie
5/7-5/9 – Boggy Bayou Festival – Pine Prairie
5/8-5/9 – Rayne Frog Festival – Rayne
5/8-5/10 – Cochon de Lait Festival – Mansura
5/9 – Sacred Hearts Community Crawfish Festival – Bogalusa
5/9 – Kegs and Corks – Bossier City
5/9 – Woodmere Festival – Harvey
5/9 – Lake Providence Levee Festival – Lake Providence
5/10 – Stuffed Shrimp Festival – Shreveport

MISSISSIPPI

5/7-5/9 – Jimmie Rodgers Music Festival – Meridian
5/8-5/9 – Wildlife Heritage Festival/FrogFest/Leland Crawfish Festival – Leland
5/8-5/9 – Five Star City Fest – Senatobia
5/8-5/10 – Collins Arts and Music Festival – Collins
5/9 – Clarksdale Caravan Music Fest – Clarksdale
5/9 – May Makers Market – Clinton
5/9 – Makers and Mudbugs – Columbia
5/9 – Derma Round Top Festival – Derma
5/9 – Mississippi Makers Fest – Jackson
5/9 – Lake Fest – Lake
5/9 – Red Hills Festival – Louisville
5/9 – Stay Tuned Music Fest – Natchez
5/9 – Free Flowin’ Fest – Pascagoula
5/10 – Mothers’ Day Blues Festival – Hattiesburg

NORTH CAROLINA

5/7-5/9 – Down Home Festival – Bessemer City
5/7-5/9 – Malpass Brothers Bluegrass and Country Music Festival – Denton
5/7-5/10 – Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance – Pittsboro
5/8-5/9 – LaurelFest – Laurel Hill
5/8-5/9 – Matthews Summerfest – Matthews
5/8-5/9 – Nashville Blooming Festival – Nashville
5/8-5/10 –Alcovets Balloon Festival – Graham
5/8-5/10 – Mayfest – Pilot Mountain
5/9 – Carthage Buggy Festival – Carthage
5/9 – Charlotte Beer, Bourbon and BBQ – Charlotte
5/9 – Charlotte Grilled Cheese Festival – Charlotte
5/9 – Spring Wine Festival at Ballantyne Village – Charlotte
Weekend continues below…

5/9* – NC Muslim Festival – Greensboro – NEXT IN 2027
5/9 – Hudson Spring in the Park – Hudson
5/9 – Artrageous Kids Art Festival – Manteo
5/9 – Race City Festival – Mooresville
5/9 – Foothills Folk Art Festival – Newton
5/9 – CultureFest – Oxford
5/9 – Ma and Pa Festival – Raleigh
5/9 – Raleigh’s Spring Festival – Raleigh
5/9 – Ritmo Latino Festival – Raleigh
5/9 – Spring in the Park – Sawmills
5/9 – Kaleidoscope Fest – Waxhaw
5/9 – The Whole Bloomin’ Thing – Waynesville
5/9 – The Hunter Farm Mother’s Day Celebration on the Farm – Weddington
5/9-5/10 – Lake Lure Spring Arts and Crafts Festival – Lake Lure
5/9-5/10 – Boho Hippie Festival – Maggie Valley

SOUTH CAROLINA

5/6-5/9 – SpringSkunk Music Fest – Greer
5/7-5/10 – South Carolina Poultry Festival – Batesburg-Leesville
5/8-5/9 – Barnwell Sundial Festival – Barnwell
5/8-5/9 – Hog on the Hill – Chester
5/8-5/10 – Charleston Greek Festival – Charleston
5/8-5/10 – Artisphere – Greenville
5/8-5/10 – Myrtle Beach Bike Week Spring Rally I – Myrtle Beach
5/9 – Bluffton Mayfest – Bluffton
5/9 – Best Dam Food Festival – Tega Cay
5/9 – Wings and Wheels Air Festival – Winnsboro

TENNESSEE

5/4-5/9 – Tennessee Strawberry Festival – Dayton
5/4-5/9 – West Tennessee Strawberry Festival II – Humboldt
5/7-5/9 – Poke Sallet Festival – Gainesboro
5/8 – Friday Night Market in the BORO and Food Truck Festival II – Murfreesboro
5/8-5/9 – Chattanooga Strawberry Festival – Chattanooga
5/8-5/9 – Memphis Greek Festival – Memphis
5/8-5/9 – Nine Mile Bluegrass Festival I – Pikeville
5/8-5/9 – Middle Tennessee Strawberry Festival – Portland
Weekend continues below…

5/9 – Chattanooga River Market X – Chattanooga
5/9 – Mother’s Day Gala at Collegedale Commons – Collegedale
5/9 – Oreo Festival at Walter L Bilbrey Memorial Park – Cookeville
5/9 – Chattanooga Water Lantern Festival – Hixson
5/9 – Candoro Marble’s Vestival Festival – Knoxville
5/9 – Holleroo Street Fair – Knoxville
5/9 – Strawberry Jubilee Festival – Nashville
5/9 – Fairly Odd Finds Festival – Murfreesboro
5/9 – Murfreesboro Seafood Festival – Murfreesboro
5/9 – Ramp Festival – Tellico Plains
5/9 – Wartrace Strawberry Festival – Wartrace
5/9 – High on the Hog – Winchester
5/9-5/10 – Tennessee Renaissance Festival II – Arrington

VIRGINIA

5/8-5/9 – Strasburg Mayfest – Strasburg
5/8-5/9 – Wine, Balloons and Tunes at Wind Vineyards – Tappahannock
5/8-5/9 – Virginia International PANFest – Virginia Beach
5/8-5/10 – St. George Coptic Orthodox Church Egyptian Festival: Spring – Hampton
5/9 – El Balderinos Music Fest at Center of the Universe Brewing II – Ashland
5/9 – Tacos and Beer Festival – Fredericksburg
5/9 – Gretna Strawberry and Wine Festival – Gretna
5/9 – Middleburg Art in the Burg – Middleburg
5/9-5/10 – Fort Clifton Festival – Colonial Heights
5/9-5/10 – Crozet Arts and Crafts Festival: Spring – Crozet
5/9-5/10 – Virginia Fantasy Festival II – Madison
5/9-5/10 – Virginia Renaissance Faire I – Spotsylvania Courthouse
5/10 – 2nd Sundays Williamsburg III – Williamsburg

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