Upcoming Western Festival Weekend: May 14-17, 2026

UFO Fest, Flower Fests, Cultural Celebrations, Rodeos and more!

Welcome back, Festival Fans!

There’s definitely a pickup of festivals this weekend!

From UFO’s and Vikings to Pinball and Yoga, the festival variety is great with tons of Food Festivals in-between, including Cherries, Strawberries, Honey, Pickles, Chili, Crawfish, Steak and Churros.

Plus there are Cultural Festivals, Floral Festivals, Beer and Wine Festivals, Spring Festivals, Art Festivals, Music Festivals and still more.

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

Eastern European Folk Festival in Arizona
Porterville Fair in California
Kingsburg Swedish Festival in California
Brea Bonanza Days Country Music Festival in California
The Golden Road Gathering in California
Linden Cherry Festival in California
Lamar Days in Colorado
Burlingame Rodeo Days in Kansas
Northern Nevada Celtic Ceilidh in Nevada
Crawdaddy Blues Fest in New Mexico
Norman Arts Festival in Oklahoma
Black Wall Street Rally in Oklahoma
UFO Festival in Oregon
Mount Pisgah Wildflower Festival in Oregon
ChurroFEST in Texas
Wildflower! Arts and Music Festival in Texas
Pasadena Strawberry Festival in Texas
Pousbo Viking Fest in Washington
Wild Goose Bill Days in Washington

Be sure to go through the festival lists before and check out the map, just in case there are festivals going on around you.

Also, don’t forget to check back here in future weeks and/or Subscribe for email notifications when new posts come out.

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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-051726

And here are the other two sections again…
Northern Section: https://festivalguidesandreviews.com/north-festival-weekend-051726
Southern Section: https://festivalguidesandreviews.com/south-festival-weekend-051726

Until next week…

Love, Peace and Festival Grease!

Upcoming Festival Weekend: May 14-17, 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

5/14-5/16 – Gary Hardt Memorial Rodeo – Payson
5/14-5/17 – Kayenta Carnival – Kayenta
5/15-5/16 – Douglas Days – Douglas
5/15-5/17 – Thunder-Rode Bikefest – Kingman
5/16 – Smelter Town’s ClarkdALE Beer Fest – Clarkdale
5/16 – Mesa Feastival IX – Mesa
5/16 – Eastern European Folk Festival – Phoenix

CALIFORNIA

5/11-5/17 – Los Angeles County Fair II – Pomona
5/12 – Surf City Nights XIX – Huntington Beach
5/13 – Santa Rosa Wednesday Night Market I – Santa Rosa
5/13-5/17 – Porterville Fair – Porterville
5/14 – Downtown Fullerton Night Market VII – Fullerton
5/14 – Oceanside Sunset Markets XIX – Oceanside
5/14 – Palm Springs Village Fest XX – Palm Springs
5/14-5/16 – Kingsburg Swedish Festival – Kingsburg
5/14-5/17 – Calaveras County Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee – Angels Camp
5/14-5/17 – Contra Costa County Fair – Antioch
5/14-5/17 – Joshua Tree Music Festival: Spring – Joshua Tree
5/14-5/17 – Salinas Valley Fair – King City
5/14-5/17 – Glenn County Fair – Orland
5/15 – Asian American and Pacific Islander Night Market – Sacramento
Weekend continues below…

5/15-5/16 – Barrels, Brews and Bites – Banning
5/15-5/16 – Yucaipa Rodeo and Western Days – Yucaipa
5/15-5/17 –OC Greek Food Festival – Anaheim
5/15-5/17 – Brea Bonanza Days Country Music Festival – Brea
5/15-5/17 – Carmel Art Festival – Carmel-by-the-Sea
5/15-5/17 – St. John the Baptist Festival: Baker Street Bash – Costa Mesa
5/15-5/17 – Long Beach Crawfish Festival – Fountain Valley
5/15-5/17 – St. Bede Parish Festival – Hayward
5/15-5/17 – Cosmico Fest – Healdsburg
5/15-5/17 – Spring into Music Festival at Lakeview Terrace Resort – Lewiston
5/15-5/17 – Golden State Pinball Festival – Lodi
5/15-5/17 – Monrovia Days Community Festival – Monrovia
5/15-5/17 – St. Benedict Parish and School Festival – Montebello
5/15-5/17 – Oakland Greek Festival – Oakland
5/15-5/17 – Paso Wine Fest – Paso Robles
5/15-5/17 – The Golden Road Gathering – Placerville
Weekend continues below…

5/15-5/17 – FoodieLand: Sacramento – Sacramento
5/15-5/17 – St. Bruno Spring Fest – Whittier
5/16 – Village Spring Festival – Altadena
5/16 – Azusa Canyon City Classic and CommUNITY Festival – Azusa
5/16 – East Bakersfield Festival – Bakersfield
5/16 – Big Bear Lake Maifest I – Big Bear Lake
5/16* – America on Main Street – El Cajon – CANCELLED
5/16 – Fontana Arts Festival – Fontana
5/16 – Linden Cherry Festival – Linden
5/16 – Flavor Fest – Los Angeles
5/16 – Riverside County Margarita Festival – Norco
5/16 – Mountain Artisans Market III – Oakhurst
5/16 – Cruisin’ the Boulevard Car Show – Petaluma
5/16 – Ananda Yoga Festival – Riverside
5/16 – Asian Pacific Cultural Festival – San Diego
5/16 – Ocean Beach Kite Festival – San Diego
Weekend continues below…

5/16 – Dancing Feathers Youth Pow Wow – San Francisco
5/16 – Soboba Fiesta – San Jacinto
5/16 – Head West Marketplace: South B Street III – San Mateo
5/16 – Imagine Fest – Suisun City
5/16 – Temecula CultureFest – Temecula
5/16* – Temescal Valley Community Faire – Temescal Valley
5/16 – Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Festival – Tiburon
5/16-5/17 – Himalayan Fair – Berkeley
5/16-5/17 – Spring Beverly Hills Art Show – Beverly Hills
5/16-5/17 – Boogie Music Festival – Campbell
5/16-5/17* – Eastvale International Food Festival – Eastvale
5/16-5/17 – Wurst Fest I – Huntington Beach
5/16-5/17 – Pine Mountain Club Lilac Festival – Pine Mountain Club
5/16-5/17 – Fresno Pirate Invasion – Fresno
5/16-5/17 – The Original Renaissance Pleasure Faire VII – Irwindale
5/16-5/17 – Lake Elsinore Water Lantern Festival – Lake Elsinore
Weekend continues below…

5/16-5/17 – Livermore Downtown Street Fest – Livermore
5/16-5/17 – Long Beach Pride Festival – Long Beach
5/16-5/17 – The Street Fair at College of the Desert XX – Palm Desert
5/16-5/17 – Marin Irish Festival – San Rafael
5/16-5/17* – Santa Clarita Tequila and Taco Music Festival – Santa Clarita
5/16-5/17 – Heritage of Aloha Festival – Santa Fe Springs
5/16-5/17 – California Strawberry Festival – Ventura
5/16-5/17 – The California Honey Festival – Woodland
5/17 – Topanga Banjo Fiddle Contest and Folk Festival – Calabasas
5/17 – Elk Grove Asian Pacific CultureFest – Elk Grove
5/17 –Escondido Street Festival: Spring – Escondido
5/17 – Holy Spirit Parish Festival – Fremont
5/17 – Pan-Asian Pacific Arts and Cultural Festival – Los Angeles
5/17 – Modesto Porchfest – Modesto
5/17 – Indigenous Red Market II – Oakland
5/17 – Curtis Fest – Sacramento
5/17 – Matsuri! Japanese Arts Festival – Santa Rosa
5/17 – Head West Marketplace: The Barlow III – Sebastopol
5/17 – Topanga Blues Festival – Topanga

COLORADO

5/14-5/17 – Rifle Rendezvous Festival – Rifle
5/15-5/16 – Lamar Days – Lamar
5/16 – Sun Valley Viaduct Night Market – Denver
5/16 – Erie Town Fair – Erie
5/16 – Grand Valley River Fest – Grand Junction
5/16-5/17 – Garden of the Gods Art Festival – Colorado Springs

KANSAS

5/15-5/16 – Burlingame Rodeo Days – Burlingame
5/15-5/17 – Anthony Balloon Fest – Anthony
5/15-5/17 – Pickle Palooza at KC Wine Co – Olathe
5/16 – Rustic Treasures Market – Burlingame
5/16 – Shead Farm Homestead Festival – Garland
5/16 – Turkey Creek Festival – Merriam
5/16 – Wichita Asian Night Market – Wichita

NEVADA

5/15-5/16 –Music, Murals and Margaritas – Fernley
5/15-5/17 – Hot Air for Hope: Carson Valley Balloon Festival – Gardnerville
5/15-5/17 – Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) : Las Vegas – Las Vegas
5/16 – Armed Forces Day – Hawthorne
5/16 – Northern Nevada Celtic Ceilidh – Reno
5/16-5/17 – Chili on the Comstock – Virginia City

NEW MEXICO

5/15-5/16 – Boots in the Park – Albuquerque
5/15-5/17 – Tico Time Bluegrass Music Festival – Aztec
5/15-5/17 – The Lincoln Forest Renaissance Faire – Ruidoso
5/15-5/17 – Santa Fe International Literary Festival – Santa Fe
5/16 – Honoring Our Graduates Spring Powwow – Santa Fe
5/16-5/17 – San Ysidro Fiesta – Corrales
5/16-5/17 – Crawdaddy Blues Fest – Madrid
5/17 – Rail Yards Market III – Albuquerque
5/17 – Dennis Hopper Day – Taos

OKLAHOMA

5/14-5/16 – Bixby BBQ and Blues Festival – Bixby
5/14-5/16 – Black Wall Street Rally -Tulsa
5/14-5/17 – Rooster Days – Broken Arrow
5/15 – Friday Nights in the Park III – Choctaw
5/15 – May Night Market at Scissortail Park – Oklahoma City
5/15 – Taste of Tulsa: Noshville – Tulsa
5/15-5/16 – Blanchard May Daze – Blanchard
5/15-5/17 – Mayfest Road Trip: Local Art Market – Tulsa
5/16 – Bartlesville BayouFest – Bartlesville
5/16 – Old Fashioned Picnic – Oologah
5/16-5/17 – Oklahoma Renaissance Festival IV – Muskogee
5/16-5/17 –Norman Arts Festival – Norman

OREGON

5/14-5/17 – Florence Rhododendron Festival – Florence
5/14-5/17 – KeizerFEST – Keizer
5/15-5/16 – Port of Garibaldi Seafood and Spirits Festival – Garibaldi
5/15-5/16 – Spring Powwow at Eastern Oregon University – La Grande
5/15-5/16 – UFO Festival – McMinnville
5/15-5/17 – Jordan Valley Big Loop Rodeo – Jordan Valley
5/15-5/17 – Ladd Marsh Bird Festival – La Grande
5/16 – Mayfly Festival – Coos Bay
5/16 – łatwa ina Pow-Wow – Corvallis
5/16 – Maupin Daze on the Deschutes – Maupin
5/16 – Bloom Newport Community Celebration – Newport
Weekend continues below…

5/16 – The Pendleton Street Fair – Pendleton
5/16 – Portland Saturday Market XI – Portland
5/16 – Feria del Libro Oregon Book Fair – Salem
5/16 – Silverton Paws in the Park – Silverton
5/16 – Canby BrewFest – Canby
5/16-5/17 – Fly-In BBQ Competition – Myrtle Creek
5-16-5/17 – Cascadia Fine Arts Festival (formerly Troutsdale Arts Festival) – Troutsdale
5/17 –Astoria Sunday Market II – Astoria
5/17 – Mount Pisgah Wildflower Festival – Eugene
5/17 – Pink! Rosé Festival – Hillsboro
5/17 – Madras Mayfaire Renaissance Festival – Madras

TEXAS

5/14-5/17 – Pasadena Strawberry Festival – Pasadena
5/14-5/17 – Tejano Conjunto Festival en San Antonio – San Antonio
5/15-5/16 – Cherokee Creek Music Festival – Cherokee
5/15-5/16 – Magnolia Days Festival – Columbus
5/15-5/17 – Fredericksburg Trade Days V – Fredericksburg
5/15-5/17 – Grapevine Main Street Fest – Grapevine
5/15-5/17 – Kyle Fair A Tex-Travaganza – Kyle
5/15-5/17 – Celebration of the Arts – Midland
5/15-5/17 – Wildflower! Arts and Music Festival – Richardson
5/15-5/17 – Rockport Fulton Market Days V – Rockport
5/16 – Lunada Artisan Market III – Brownsville
Weekend continues below…

5/16 – Tequila Fest: Dallas – Dallas
5/16 – Fort Worth Margarita Festival – Fort Worth
5/16 – Asian Pacific American Heritage Festival – Garland
5/16 – Texas Steak Cookoff – Hico
5/16 – ChurroFEST – Hillsboro
5/16 – Killeen/Harker Heights Wino Wine Festival – Harker Heights
5/16 – San Antonio Whiskey Riot – San Antonio
5/16-5/17 – North Texas Arts Festival – Denison
5/16-5/17 – Dirt Dauber Festival – San Marcos
5/16-5/17 – Scarborough Renaissance Festival VII – Waxahachie
5/17 – Austin Margarita Festival – Austin
5/17 – Black on the Block – Dallas
5/17 – Nolanville Sazón Latin Food Festival – Nolanville
5/17 – Pearland Family Crawfish Boil – Pearland

WASHINGTON

5/13 – Fairwood Market Night I – Renton
5/13-5/17 – Rhododendron Festival – Port Townsend
5/14-5/17 – Lake Chelan Wine and Jazz Festival – Chelan
5/14-5/17 – Leavenworth Spring Bird Fest – Leavenworth
5/15 – Lacey Night Market IV – Lacey
5/15-5/16 – Western Washington University Spring Powwow – Bellingham
5/15-5/17 – All My Relations Pow Wow – Mount Vernon
5/15-5/17 – Pousbo Viking Fest – Poulsbo
5/15-5/17 – Okanogan Family Spring Barter Faire – Tonasket
5/16 – Auburn Petpalooza – Auburn
5/16 – Savor SW Washington Wine – Battle Ground
Weekend continues below…

5/16 – Blaine’s Spring Block Party – Blaine
5/16 – Armed Forced Day Festival – Bremerton
5/16 – Gig Harbor Beer Festival – Gig Harbor
5/16 – In Honor of Our Children – Kelso
5/16 –Tri-Cities Tequila Festival – Kennewick
5/16 – Savor Seabrook – Seabrook
5/16 – Columbia City Night Market V – Seattle
5/16 – Spirit of Africa – Seattle
5/16 – Spokane Lilac Festival – Spokane
5/16 – Rainier Dragon Boat Festival – Tacoma
5/16 – Tacoma Night Market X – Tacoma
5/16 – Wild Goose Bill Days – Wilbur
5/16-5/17 – Lacey Spring Fun Fair – Lacey
5/16-5/17 – U District Street Fair – Seattle
5/17 – Tacoma Sunday Drag Market X – Tacoma

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