Upcoming Western Festival Weekend: April 30 - May 3, 2026

Spring Festivals, Blossoms, Cinco de Mayo, May Day, Music Festivals, Art Festivals, Asian Festivals and more!

Welcome back, Festival Fans!

There are many pins in this weekend’s map of festival cities.

With Cinco de Mayo around the corner and spring in full force, the celebrations are popping up all over the place with festivals for Cinco de Mayo (including Tacos, Tamales, Micheladas, Margaritas, Tequila), Blossoms, Almonds, Mermaids, Snakes, Bears, Cowboys, Pioneers, the Renaissance, Kolache, Calf Fries, Sheep, Wine, Beer, Pow Wows, various Cultures and so much more!

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

Fiesta de Garibaldi in Arizona
Michelada Fest in California
Yucaipa Music and Arts Festival in California
Atascadero Tamale Festival in California
La Habra Citrus Fair in California
Bodega Bay Fisherman’s Festival in California
Mariposa Butterfly Festival in California
Colorado Dulcimer Festival in Colorado
Cinco de Mayo en Westwood in Colorado
Cowboy Days and Wild West Show in Kansas
Mesquite Days in Nevada
Rio Grande Valley Celtic Festival in New Mexico
Truth or Consequences Fiesta in New Mexico
Calf Fry Music Fest in Oklahoma
El Reno Fried Onion Burger Day Festival in Oklahoma
Prague Kolache Festival in Oklahoma
Ettihad Cultural Festival in Oregon
Hood River Cider Fest in Oregon
CelebrASIA Austin in Texas
North Texas Pacific Islander Festival in Texas
Mermaid Capital of Texas Fest in Texas
Dallas Margarita Festival in Texas
Star Wars May the 3rd Be With You Market in Texas
Packwood Mountain Festival in Washington
Grays Harbor Shorebird and Nature Festival 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. I am updating the August Festivals now.

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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-050326

And here are the other two sections again…
Northern Section: https://festivalguidesandreviews.com/north-festival-weekend-050326
Southern Section: https://festivalguidesandreviews.com/south-festival-weekend-050326

Until next week…

Love, Peace and Festival Grease!

Upcoming Festival Weekend: April 30 – May 3, 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

4/29-5/3 –Verde Valley Fair – Cottonwood
5/1-5/2 – Mesa Amplified – Mesa
5/2 – Avondale Fiesta – Avondale
5/2 – The Lights Lantern Fest – Littlefield
5/2 – Mesa Feastival VIII – Mesa
5/2 – Lake Powell Cruisers Car Show – Page
5/2 – Sedona Cinco de Mayo Celebration – Sedona
5/2 – Fiesta de Garibaldi – Tucson
5/3 –Arizona Author Book Festival – Phoenix
5/3 –Cinco de Mayo Phoenix Festival – Phoenix

CALIFORNIA

4/28 – Surf City Nights XVII – Huntington Beach
4/30 – Downtown Fullerton Night Market V – Fullerton
4/30 – Oceanside Sunset Markets XVII – Oceanside
4/30 – Palm Springs Village Fest XVIII – Palm Springs
4/30-5/3 – Cinco de Mayo Fiesta – Dinuba
4/30-5/3 – Karnival of the Arts – Jacumba Hot Springs
4/30-5/3 – Tehama District Fair – Red Bluff
4/30-5/3 – Selma Raisin Festival – Selma
5/1 – Imperial Valley Taco Festival – Brawley
5/1 – Michelada Fest – Cherry Valley
5/1 – San Gabriel Cinco de Mayo Mercado – San Gabriel
5/1 –The Soco Market II – Santa Rosa
5/1 – Night Market 831 IV – Seaside
5/1-5/2 – Atascadero Tamale Festival – Atascadero
5/1-5/2 – Shabang – San Luis Obispo
5/1-5/2 – Yucaipa Music and Arts Festival – Yucaipa
5/1-5/3 – Anaheim 5 de Mayo Fiesta – Anaheim
Weekend continues below…

5/1-5/3 – Bear Valley Sled Fest – Bear Valley
5/1-5/3 – FoodieLand: Del Mar – Del Mar
5/1-5/3 – Elk Grove Spring Palooza– Elk Grove
5/1-5/3 – KVMR Celtic Festival – Grass Valley
5/1-5/3 – La Habra Citrus Fair – La Habra
5/1-5/3 –BeachLife Festival – Redondo Beach
5/1-5/3 – Halfway to Halloween Festival – Riverside
5/1-5/3 –Santa Barbara Fair and Expo II – Santa Barbara
5/1-5/3 – El Concilio California Cinco de Mayo Multicultural Festival Weekend – Stockton
5/2 – Alameda Spring Market – Alameda
5/2 – Gathering of the Goths – Alameda
5/2 – Buellton Brew Fest – Buellton
5/2 – Bay Area SpringFest – Concord
5/2 – Exeter Lions Club Brewfest – Exeter
5/2 – Tequila Fest – Fresno
5/2 – Gardena Cinco de Mayo Parade and Festival – Gardena
5/2 – Kerman Almond Festival – Kerman
Weekend continues below…

5/2 – Lincoln Cinco de Mayo Festival – Lincoln
5/2 – Valley Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Festival – Los Angeles
5/2 – Modesto Taco Festival – Modesto
5/2 –Taste of Orange – Orange
5/2 – Feather Fiesta Days – Oroville
5/2 – Amador Four Fires – Plymouth
5/2 – Shasta Celtic Arts & Crafts and Music Fair – Redding
5/2 – Sacramento Snake Fest – Sacramento
5/2 – San Clemente Cinco de Mayo Fiesta – San Clemente
5/2 – Simi Valley Street Fair: Spring – Simi Valley
5/2 – Garagiste Festival: Northern Exposure – Sonoma
5/2 – BrewBash Lagerfest – Suisun City
5/2 – Mare Island Lei of Aloha Festival – Vallejo
5/2-5/3 – Berkeley Bluegrass Festival – Berkeley
5/2-5/3 – Bodega Bay Fisherman’s Festival – Bodega Bay
5/2-5/3 – Cinco de Mayo at Columbia State Park – Columbia
5/2-5/3 – Elk Grove Spring Palooza– Elk Grove
5/2-5/3 – Escondido Renaissance Faire: Spring II – Escondido
5/2-5/3 – The Original Renaissance Pleasure Faire V – Irwindale
Weekend continues below…

5/2-5/3 – UCLA Powwow – Los Angeles
5/2-5/3 – Mariposa Butterfly Festival – Mariposa
5/2-5/3 – Good Old Days Street Festival – Pacific Grove
5/2-5/3 – The Street Fair at College of the Desert XVIII – Palm Desert
5/2-5/3- SoCal Taco Fest – San Diego
5/2-5/3 – Saratoga Rotary Art Show – Saratoga
5/3 – Berkeley Asian Cultural Festival – Berkeley
5/3 – Carlsbad Village Street Faire I – Carlsbad
5/3 – Etna Ranch Rodeo – Etna
5/3 – Lodi Street Faire I – Lodi
5/3 – Woofstock – Novato
5/3 – Reedley Street Faire and Car Show – Reedley
5/3 – Head West Marketplace: SF Ferry Building III – San Francisco
5/3 – Thousand Oaks Chili Cook-off & Craft Beer Festival – Thousand Oaks
5/3 – Tulare Taco Truck Throwdown – Tulare

COLORADO

4/29-5/3 – Music and Blossom Festival – Cañon City
5/1-5/2 – Colorado Dulcimer Festival – Littleton
5/1-5/3 – Hestival – Hotchkiss
5/2 – TheBigWonderful Derby Party at Belleview Station – Denver
5/2 – Estes Park Duck Race Festival – Estes Park
5/2* – Zwei Brewing May Day – Fort Collins
5/2 – Fort Lupton Heritage Fair – Fort Lupton
5/2 – Johnstown Cinco de Mayo Fiesta – Johnstown
5/2 – Earth Day, Every Day Celebration – Lafayette
5/2 – Lamar Cinco de Mayo Celebration – Lamar
5/2-5/3 – Cinco de Mayo en Westwood – Denver
5/2-5/3 – Denver Cinco de Mayo – Denver
5/3 – New Beginnings Pow Wow – Denver

KANSAS

5/2 – Tacolalah Festival – Arkansas City
5/2 – Victory Day Celebration – Concordia
5/2 – Emporia Cinco de Mayo Festival – Emporia
5/2 – Cinco de Mayo Festival – Great Bend
5/2 – Millfest at the Lindsborg Old Mill and Swedish Heritage Museum – Lindsborg
5/2 – Flint Hills Festival – Manhattan
5/2 – Frog Wizard Festival – Manhattan
5/2 – Kansas City’s Crawfish Festival – Mission
5/2 – Cowboy Days and Wild West Show – Pittsburg
5/3 – A Cinco de Mayo Celebration– Liberal
5/3 – Cinco de Mayo Celebration at the Sedgwick County Zoo – Wichita
5/3 – Open Streets ICT: Nomar – Wichita

NEVADA

4/29-5/2 – Mesquite Days – Mesquite
5/2-5/3 – Spring Jamboree – Boulder City
5/2-5/3* – Wild West Extravaganza – Pahrump – CANCELLED
5/3 – Cinco de Mayo Festival at Brewery Arts Center – Carson City

TEXAS

4/29-5/3 – Port Neches RiverFest – Port Neches
4/30-5/3 – Buc Days I – Corpus Christi
4/30-5/3 – Mayfest – Fort Worth
4/30-5/3 – Helotes Cornyval – Helotes
4/30-5/3 – Marble Falls Mayfest – Marble Falls
5/1 – Celina Friday Night Market III – Celina
5/1 – Rowlett Cinco de Mayo Celebration – Rowlett
5/1-5/2 – Rock the Country – Bellville
5/1-5/2 – La Izquierda Surf and Music Festival – Galveston
5/1-5/2 – Thomas Michael Riley MusicFestival – Luckenbach
5/1-5/3 – Dallas International Guitar Festival – Dallas
5/1-5/3 – Houston Polish Festival: May Festival – Houston
5/1-5/3 – Viva La Fiesta – Odessa
5/2 – CelebrASIA Austin – Austin
5/2 –iHeartCountry Festival – Austin
5/2 – St. Michael Mediterranean Festival – Beaumont
Weekend continues below…

5/2 – North Texas Pacific Islander Festival – Bedford
5/2 – Burleson Cinco de Mayo Celebration – Burleson
5/2 – Caldwell Margarita Fest – Caldwell
5/2 – Up, Up and Away Kite and Flight Festival – The Colony
5/2 – A Taste of Cy-Fair – Cypress
5/2 – Dallas Margarita Festival – Dallas
5/2 – Fort Stockton Cinco de Mayo – Fort Stockton
5/2 – Frisco StrEATS Food Truck and Music Festival – Frisco
5/2 – Highland Village Art Festival – Highland Village
5/2 – Houston Winofest Texas Wine Fest I – Houston
5/2 –Music Alley – Mansfield
5/2 – Mesquite Cinco de Mayo Celebration – Mesquite
5/2 – Cinco de Mayo at Fair Park – Mount Pleasant
5/2 – Saengerfest – New Braunfels
5/2 – Plano Asian Festival – Plano
5/2 – Round Rock Wine Fest – Round Rock
5/2 – Mermaid Capital of Texas Fest – San Marcos
5/2 – Taste of Korea: San Antonio – San Antonio
Weekend continues below…

5/2 – Sanderson Cinco de Mayo Celebration – Sanderson
5/2 – Stockdale Cinco Fest – Stockdale
5/2 – Texarkana Wine Festival – Texarkana
5/2 – Doan’s May Picnic – Vernon
5/2-5/3 – Big Top Shopping Festival at Heritage Park – Conroe
5/2-5/3 – Cinco de Mayo – Ennis
5/2-5/3 – Redbud Artisan Market Spring Show – Fredericksburg
5/2-5/3 – Cottonwood Art Festival: Spring – Richardson
5/2-5/3 – Fiesta Cinco de Mayo – Victoria
5/2-5/3 – Scarborough Renaissance Festival V – Waxahachie
5/3 – Cleburne Cinco de Mayo Celebration – Cleburne
5/3 – Star Wars May the 3rd Be With You Market – Fort Worth
5/3 – Cinco de Mayo at Traders Village – Grand Prairie
5/3 – Cinco de Mayo at Traders Village Houston – Houston
5/3 – Crawfish Festival at Buffalo Soldier National Museum – Houston
5/3 – Holy Family Parish Festival – Victoria

WASHINGTON

4/27-5/3 – Washington State Apple Blossom Festival II – Wenatchee
5/1 – Bremerton Night Market I – Bremerton
5/1 – Lacey Night Market III – Lacey
5/1-5/3 – Grays Harbor Shorebird and Nature Festival – Hoquiam
5/1-5/3 –Cascade Celtic Festival – Leavenworth
5/1-5/3 – Yakima Valley Cinco de Mayo Festival – Sunnyside
5/2 – Pasco Cinco de Mayo – Pasco
5/2 – Packwood Mountain Festival – Randle
5/2 –Ridgefield Spring Festival – Ridgefield
5/2 – Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month Celebration – Seattle
5/2 – Cinco de Mayo at El Centro de la Raza – Seattle
5/2* – Tacoma Night Market IX – Tacoma
5/2 – Vader May Day and Parade – Vader
5/2 – Mayfaire at Rheingarten Park (Wildflower Festival) – White Salmon
5/2-5/3 – Matlock Old Timers Historical Fair – Elma
5/3* – Tacoma Sunday Drag Market IX – Tacoma

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