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 (but certainly by no means all) of the many notable festivals, celebrations and wacky local events happening this weekend:

Music

Bear Valley Music Festival, Bear Valley, California

Pemberton Festival, Pemberton, British Columbia

Lowell Folk Festival, Lowell, Massachusetts (Free Admission)

RockyGrass, Lyons, Colorado

13th Annual Cape Fear Blues Festival, Wilmington, North Carolina

Connecticut Jazz Festival, Moodus, Connecticut

Lincoln Park Music Festival, Newark, New Jersey (FREE ADMISSION)

Mystic Garden Party 2008, Maui, Hawaii

Foodie Festivals

Gilroy Garlic Festival, Gilroy, California

Chincoteague Bluebrry Festival, Chincoteague, Virginia

Jazz & Rib Fest, Columbus, Ohio (FREE ADMISSION) (pictured)

Culture

Berkeley Kite Festival, Berkeley, California (FREE ADMISSION)

Ho’ike & Hawaiian Festival, Vancouver, Washington

Bele Chere, Asheville, North Carolina

Kenda BikeFest, Hancock, Massachusetts

AquaFest, Lake Stevens, Washington

GermanFest, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Arts & Entertainment

Flik Movie Festival, Oxon Hill, Maryland

Bellevue Festival of the Arts, Bellevue, Washington (FREE ADMISSION)

The Independent Features Film Festival 2008, New York, New York

Ingenuity Fest, Cleveland, Ohio

Tags: festival, film festival, music festival, summer, travel

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