This is an incomplete list of festivals in the United States with articles on Wikipedia, as well as lists of other festival lists, by geographic location. This list includes festivals of diverse types, among them regional festivals, commerce festivals, fairs, food festivals, arts festivals, religious festivals, folk festivals, and recurring festivals on holidays.
Festivals unique to the United States (and Canada and Mexico in some cases) include pow wows, Rocky Mountain Rendezvous, blues festivals, county fairs, state fairs, ribfests, and strawberry festivals. The first U.S. state fair was that of New York, held in 1841 in Syracuse, and has been held annually to the present year. The second state fair was in Detroit, Michigan, which started in 1849.
Lists of festivals by locale
Territories
List of festivals in American Samoa
List of festivals in Guam
List of festivals in Puerto Rico
List of festivals in the United States Virgin Islands
Cities
List of festivals in Atlanta
List of festivals in Buffalo, New York
List of festivals in Chicago (music)
List of events in Houston
List of attractions and events in Indianapolis
List of San Francisco Bay Area festivals and fairs
List of Seattle street fairs and parades
List of festivals and events in Tulsa, Oklahoma
States
Festivals by type
Alternative festivals
Burning Man — Black Rock City, Nevada
Coney Island Mermaid Parade — New York City, New York
Exotic Erotic Ball — San Francisco, California
How Weird Street Faire — San Francisco, California
King Mango Strut — Coral Gables, Florida
New York's Village Halloween Parade — New York City, New York
Porcupine Freedom Festival — Lancaster, New Hampshire
Rainbow Gathering — national and regional locations, worldwide
Roswell UFO Festival — Roswell, New Mexico
Sawdust Art Festival — Laguna Beach, California
SLUG Queen — Eugene, Oregon
Arts and crafts festivals
Allentown Arts Festival — Buffalo, New York
Amish Acres Arts & Crafts Festival — Nappanee, Indiana
Ann Arbor Art Fairs — Ann Arbor, Michigan
Bayou City Art Festival — Houston, Texas
Catoctin Colorfest — Thurmont, Maryland
Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts — State College, Pennsylvania
Cherry Creek Arts Festival — Cherry Creek, Colorado
Detroit Festival of the Arts — Detroit, Michigan
Dogwood Arts Festival — Knoxville, Tennessee
Festival of the Arts — Grand Rapids, Michigan
Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival — Half Moon Bay, California
Lake Eden Arts Festival (LEAF) — Black Mountain, North Carolina
Mayfair Festival of the Arts — Allentown, Pennsylvania
St. James Art Fair — Louisville, Kentucky
Sawdust Art Festival — Laguna Beach, California
Summer Camp Music Festival — Chillicothe, Illinois
Vermont Quilt Festival — Essex, Vermont
Beer festivals
Great American Beer Festival (established 1982) — Denver, Colorado