Summer Festival Watch: July 11-13
Summer festivals are a great way to enjoy a quick, last-minute getaway or day trip close to home - and many charge cheap admission (or none at all). Here are some of the many notable festivals, celebrations and wacky local events happening this weekend:
Music
70th National Folk Festival, Butte, Montana
Vancouver Island Musicfest, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, CA
4th Annual Big Horn Mountain Festival, Buffalo, Wyoming
Uncle Dave Macon Days, Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Blissfest Music Festival, Harbor Springs, Michigan
Briggs Farm Blues Festival, Nescopeck, Pennsylvania
Tree Man Gathering Didgeridoo and Drum Festival, Ithica, New York
BluesFest International, Windsor & London, Canada
Watertown Jazz Festival, Watertown, Tennessee
Arts & Entertainment
1st Annual Pacific Islands Film Festival, Honolulu, Hawaii
Berea Craft Festival, Berea, Kentucky
Renegade Craft Fair, San Francisco, California (FREE ADMISSION)
Twin Cities Balboa Dance Festival, Mounds View, Minnesota
San Francisco Frozen Film Festival, San Francisco, California
Culture
Annual Mooning of Amtrak & Metrolink, Laguna Niguel, California
Wayne Chicken Show, Wayne, Nebraska
10th Annual World’s Largest Catsup Bottle Festival, Collinsville, Illinois (pictured above)
6th Annual Sandpoint Wooden Boat Festival, Sandpoint, Idaho
Monterey Pride Festival, Monterey, California
National Cherry Festival, Traverse City, Michigan
Moxie Festival, Lisbon, Maine
2008 Trenton Mid-Summer Festival, Trenton, Michigan
OSFest (Omaha Science Fiction & Fantasy Festival), Omaha, Nebraska
Hillsborough Balloon Festival, Hillsborough, New Hampshire
Green County Eco-Expo and One Love Music Fest, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Maine Potato Blossom Festival, Fort Fairfield, Maine
Mercer Island Summer Celebration, Mercer Island, Washington
Food & Drink
Taste of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
Greek Fest, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Pelican Rapids Turkey Festival, Pelican Rapids, Minnesota
Made in the Shade Beer Festival, Flagstaff, Arizona
Horse & Hound Wine Festival, Bedford, Virginia
11th Annual Victorian Ice Cream Festival, Coatesville, Pennsylvania
Recreation
Maloof Money Cup Skateboarding Competition, Orange County, California
Mid-Atlantic Hermit Crab Challenge, Virginia Beach, Virginia (FREE ADMISSION)
Did we miss a great festival happening this weekend? Tell us about it by leaving a comment.
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