Foodie Alert: Here Are America’s 30 Best Festivals!

Festival One: Cherry Blossom Festival – Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., celebrates the annual blooming of thousands of cherry blossom trees around the city by hosting a food and beverage festival, which attracts both tourists and locals. Some delicious offerings include bite-size pork sliders, sweet potato fries with honey mustard sauce, and even sake. This gastronomical celebration goes on for about four weeks in March and early April.

Festival Two: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival – Louisiana

New Orleans has a vibrant food culture that cannot be matched by any other city, and their festival is a gastronomer’s utopia. Featuring traditional Cajun delicacies, such as jambalaya, boiled crawfish, and the ever famous béignets, this festival pays tribute to America’s rich food history.

Festival Three: Eat and Drink Festival- California

California has given rise to some of the world’s most famous restaurants and chefs, and it’s no wonder this state plays host to the ‘Eat and Drink Festival.’ The festival boasts vendors offering a range of crafts, artisanal drinks and state-famous dishes like In-n-Out hamburger eating competition.

Festival Four: Texas State Fair – Texas

Texas is known for doing everything BIG, and their state fair is no exception. The fair is infamous for quality local vendors, such as barbecue, smoked turkey legs and cotton candy, all at very affordable prices while enjoying some live music.

Festival Five: World Food and Music Festival – Iowa

The festival offers dishes from around the world for you taste. The festival brings anyone who attends a culinary voyage to enjoy some popular delicacies like vegan samosas, Jamaican jerk chicken, French Tarts and grasshopper bug cakes from sister towns.

Festival Six: National Buffalo Wing Festival – New York

Welcome to the birthplace of buffalo wings. This festival offers more than forty thousand plates of mouth-watering wings, covers a span of two days, and places over one hundred vendors.

Festival Seven: Kentucky Bourbon Festival- Kentucky

Bourbon lovers would want to cross-examine all the intricate shades and as their motto says “why listen to good information about bourbon when you can taste all of the states collection.” Ironically the famous bourbon-making region situated states host this festival annually. Vendors bring the best, from southern barbecue to exquisite cheese platters.

Festival Eight: Maine Lobster Festival – Maine

One of New England’s classic celebrations! This festival presents Maine lobsters by the bucketsful. The ‘Great Lobster Crate Race’ at Rockland harbor rounds out a wide range of action and entertainment feed off with sea salt caramel Parfait to finish the main course.

Festival Nine: National Hamburgers and Hot Dog Months – New Jersey

Welcome to the land of hot dogs, fries, funnel cake, and lemonadestands. Generations have grown their love for baseball and traditions, sharing concession staples. Celebrated for their Summer’s finest Hamburger and hotdog festivals every year is an outstanding ode indistinguishable from every American’s childhood memories.

Festival Ten: Gilroy Garlic Festival – California

Garlic is often thought of a spice in most American homes but ithas a fine root of food. The little town of Gilroy, other than the tournament capital of the world is famously known for hosting this festival. Complete with host chefs from international lands to bring you some of the world’s most luxurious garlic treats.

As explained above, these festivals presented fall under top Food Festival this side of the world: delicious, local culinary indulgence, full-time fun, live concerts, and party-esque food chaas top-notch elegance. Appetite on, hearty folks!