Year-round US festival directory
Find your next outdoor festival, fair, or community gathering.
FestFinder tracks 671 festivals across 186 cities and 51 states — from sold-out music festivals on a Friday night to a weekend pumpkin patch with a corn maze and cider doughnuts.
Featured this season
Hand-picked from our editorial calendar of long-running American festivals.
Illinois State Fair
An 11-day capital city fair featuring agricultural exhibits, harness racing, and the iconic Butter Cow.
Wisconsin State Fair
An 11-day fair famous for its original cream puffs and a midway packed with rides and live music stages.
Tennessee State Fair
A nine-day state fair held outside Nashville with rodeos, livestock judging, and Southern-style food vendors.
Oklahoma State Fair
An 11-day fair with the Disney on Ice show, a midway, and the Made in Oklahoma food building.
Hatch Chile Festival
A two-day Labor Day weekend festival in the Hatch Valley celebrating the green chile harvest with a parade and chile cookoff.
Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival
A four-day camping festival on a 700-acre farm in middle Tennessee, known for its all-night programming and eclectic lineup.
St Louis Mardi Gras Soulard
The second-largest Mardi Gras celebration in the country, centered on the historic Soulard neighborhood.
Georgia Pecan Festival
A weekend festival in southwest Georgia celebrating the pecan harvest with a parade and pecan pie cook-off.
Browse by category
Eight working categories cover everything from major touring music festivals to neighborhood block parties.
Music Festivals
Concerts, jam bands, and outdoor music marathons across the country.
93 eventsFood and Drink
Harvest festivals, craft beer fests, and regional food celebrations.
113 eventsState and County Fairs
Multi-week fairgrounds events with livestock, midways, and grandstands.
24 eventsCultural and Heritage
Parades, heritage celebrations, and traditions tied to community.
228 eventsArts and Crafts
Plein air competitions, gallery walks, and outdoor art festivals.
29 eventsFilm Festivals
Indie cinema gatherings, screenings, and film weekends.
23 eventsCommunity Gatherings
Neighborhood celebrations, charity events, and small-town festivals.
66 eventsSeasonal and Holiday
Pumpkin patches, winter carnivals, and holiday lighting events.
95 eventsTop festival cities
The cities with the deepest year-round festival calendars on FestFinder.
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About FestFinder
FestFinder is a focused directory of US outdoor festivals, fairs, and community gatherings. We cover music festivals, food festivals, state and county fairs, cultural and heritage celebrations, arts and crafts shows, indie film festivals, neighborhood block parties, and seasonal holiday programming. Every entry is server-rendered HTML, every link leads to a real page, and every page is built to give you everything you need in one read — what the festival is, when it happens, where it happens, what to expect, and where else to go nearby.
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