Upcoming Western Festival Weekend: March 5-8, 2026

Irish Festivals, Chocolate, Beer, Gems, Cultural Celebrations and so much more!

Welcome back, Festival Fans!

Festival numbers are picking up this month with a pretty nice variety of themes.

Along with the early St. Patrick’s Day and Irish Festivals, you have all sorts of great Food Festivals to enjoy from Pizza and BBQ to Oysters and Crawfish. Plus there are Renaissance Festivals, Rodeos, Snake Roundups, Night Markets, Music Festivals and plenty more.

Here’s a quick look at some of the interesting festivals going on this weekend…

Downtown Chandler Barbeque Festival in Arizona
Indian Fair and Market in Arizona
Cotton Day Festival in Arizona
Lake Sonoma Steelhead Festival in California
Women’s Festival in California
Dana Point Festival of Whales in California
Blarney on Belmar in Colorado
Kansas Craft Brewers Expo in Kansas
Night Market at Tivoli Village in Nevada
Rock and Gem Show in New Mexico
Frederick Oyster Fry and Craft Show in Oklahoma
Oregon Chocolate Festival in Oregon
North Texas Irish Festival in Texas
Texas Pizza Festival in Texas
Houston Kosher Chili Cookoff in Texas
Penn Cove Musselfest in Washington

And there are many more, so look at the lists below and be sure to check the map to see if there are festivals going on around you (maybe even in neighboring states).

If you can’t find anything of interest, you can always look ahead at the 2026 Festival Guide.

While I just got through updating the October festivals, I am about to look at June festivals a second time to see what I can update there.

So keep check the guide – it’s always being updated.

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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
Southern Section: https://festivalguidesandreviews.com/south-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.

ARIZONA

3/5-3/8 – Rodeo Scottsdale – Scottsdale
3/6-3/7 – M3F Fest – Phoenix
3/6-3/8 – Cotton Day Festival – Coolidge
3/6-3/8 – Arizona Renaissance Festival VI – Gold Canyon
3/6-3/8 – Lake Havasu Bluegrass Festival – Lake Havasu City
3/6-3/8 – Midnight at the Oasis – Yuma
3/7 – Boots Brews and BBQ Bash – Apache Junction
3/7 – The Shindig – Glendale
3/7 – Mesa Feastival IV – Mesa
3/7 – Latino Pride Festival – Tucson
3/7-3/8 – Downtown Chandler Barbeque Festival – Chandler
3/7-3/8 – Spring Art and Wine Festival – Litchfield Park
3/7-3/8 – High Street Arts Festival – Phoenix
3/7-3/8 – Indian Fair and Market – Phoenix
3/7-3/8 – Apache Gold Intertribal Pow Wow – San Carlos
3/7-3/8 – Oro Valley Spring Festival of the Arts – Tucson
3/8 – Pets of Pima Parade – Tucson

CALIFORNIA

3/2-3/8 – California Mid-Winter Fair II – Imperial
3/3 – Surf City Nights IX – Huntington Beach
3/5 – Oceanside Sunset Markets IX – Oceanside
3/5 – Palm Springs Village Fest X – Palm Springs
3/5-3/8 –Anaheim Spring Carnival– Anaheim
3/6 – Night Market 831 II – Seaside
3/6-3/8 – Calaveras Celtic Faire and Concert – Angels Camp
3/6-3/8 –Cathedral City LGBT+ Days – Cathedral City
3/6-3/8 – Dana Point Festival of Whales – Dana Point
3/7 – Winter Warmer Festival – Felton
Weekend continues below…

3/7 – Fresno Water Lantern Festival – Fresno
3/7 – Women’s Festival – Fullerton
3/7 – Lake Sonoma Steelhead Festival – Geyserville
3/7 – Boots in the Park: Norco – Norco
3/7 – Capitol Beer Fest – Sacramento
3/7 – Holi Fest – San Jose
3/7-3/8 – The Street Fair at College of the Desert X – Palm Desert
3/7-3/8 – Community Street Fair (Chinese New Year Festival and Parade) – San Francisco
3/8 – HoliFunFest – Los Angeles
3/8 –River Ranch Snow Sculpture Contest (North Lake Tahoe SNOWFEST) – Tahoe City
3/8 – Head West Marketplace: Walnut Creek I – Walnut Creek

NEW MEXICO

3/7 – Stout Invitational – Santa Fe
3/7-3/8 – Rock and Gem Show – Truth or Consequences

OKLAHOMA

3/3 –Taste of Stillwater – Stillwater
3/6 – Mustang Chocolate Festival – Mustang
3/7 – Frederick Oyster Fry and Craft Show – Frederick

OREGON

3/5-3/8 – Biamp Portland Jazz Festival I – Portland
3/6-3/8 – Oregon Chocolate Festival – Ashland
3/7 –Greatest of the Grape – Canyonville
3/7 – Winter Music Festival – Milwaukie
3/7 – Portland Saturday Market I – Portland
3/7 – SheBrew Festival – Portland
3/7 –Winter Blues Music Festival – Woodburn

TEXAS

3/2-3/8 – Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo I – Houston
3/5-3/8 – Fulton Oysterfest – Fulton
3/6 – Celina Friday Night Market I – Celina
3/6-3/7 – Fort Clark Days – Brackettville
3/6-3/8 – FoodieLand: Austin – Austin
3/6-3/8 – North Texas Irish Festival – Dallas
3/6-3/8 – MXLAN – McAllen
3/6-3/8 – Texas Independence Day Jam Music Festival – McDade
3/6-3/8 – Walnut Springs Rattlesnake Roundup – Walnut Springs
3/7 – Arlington Wine Festival – Arlington
3/7 – TEXFest – Carrollton
3/7 – The Big Smoke Show: BBQ Competition and Festival – Crowley
3/7 – Red, White and Blue Festival – Danbury
Weekend continues below…

3/7 – Frida Fest – Edinburg
3/7 – Houston Crawfish Kickoff Festival – Houston
3/7 – Winofest Texas Wine Fest– Houston
3/7 – Spring Festival Farmers Market – Humble
3/7 – Screamin’ Javelina Music Festival – Kingsville
3/7 – Market Day on Main Street I – Marble Falls
3/7 – Smokin’ Hot BBQ and Bluegrass Festival – Mineral Wells
3/7 – Holi Mela Dallas Festival of Colors – Parker
3/7 – Texas Pizza Festival – Salado
3/7 – Brews Ewes & BBQ Cook-Off – San Angelo
3/7-3/8 – Sherwood Forest Faire II – McDade
3/7-3/8 – In a Pickle Festival: Rosenburg – Rosenburg
3/8 – Houston Kosher Chili Cookoff – Houston

WASHINGTON

3/7 – CRY Holi – Bellevue
3/7 – Lacey Cultural Celebration – Lacey
3/7 – Surprise Lake Powwow – Milton
3/7 – Lunar New Year Celebration – Seattle
3/7 – Sequim Sunshine Festival – Sequim
3/7 – Snohomish Wine Festival – Snohomish
3/7 – Tacoma Night Market V – Tacoma
3/7-3/8 – Penn Cove Musselfest – Coupeville
3/8 – Tacoma Sunday Drag Market V – Tacoma

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