film festivals

January

• Sundance Film Festival (Park City, UT; Jan. 18-28, 2024)

• Athena Film Festival (New York, NY; Feb. 29 - Mar. 3, 2024)

• Cannes Film Festival (Cannes, France; May 14-25, 2024)

• Telluride Film Festival (Telluride, CO; Aug. 31 - Sep. 4, 2023)

• Animation is Film (Los Angeles, CA; Oct. 18-22, 2023)

May

• Hangout Music Fest (Gulf Shores, AL; May 17-19, 2024)
• BottleRock (Napa Valley, CA; May 24-26, 2024)

• The Governors Ball (New York City, NY; June 7-9, 2024)
• Bonnaroo (Manchester, TN; June 13-16, 2024)
• Summerfest (Milwaukee, WI; June 20-22, June 27-29, July 4-6, 2024)
• Essence Festival (New Orleans, LA; June 29 - July 3, 2023)

• High Sierra Music Festival (Quincy, CA; July 4-7, 2024)
• Pitchfork Music Festival (Chicago, IL; July 19-21, 2024)

• Lollapalooza (Chicago, IL; Aug. 1-4, 2024)

• Seven Peaks Camping & Music Festival (Villa Grove, CO; Sept. 2-4, 2022)
• Firefly Music Festival (Dover, DE; Sept. 22-25, 2022)

• Voodoo Music + Arts Experience (New Orleans, LA; Oct. 30-Nov. 1, 2020)

February

• Boskone (Boston, MA; Feb. 9-11, 2024)
• Con Nooga (Chattanooga, TN; Feb. 23-25, 2024)
• Fan Expo Vancouver (Vancouver, BC, Canada; Feb. 18-20, 2023)

• WonderCon (Anaheim, CA; Mar. 29-31, 2024)
• MegaCon (Orlando, FL; Mar. 30 - Apr. 2, 2023)

• C2E2 (Chicago, IL; Apr. 26-28, 2024)
• Calgary Expo (Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Apr. 25-28, 2024)

• Virginia Comicon (Richmond, VA; May 11, 2024)
• Balticon (Baltimore, MD; May 24-27, 2024)

• HeroesCon (Charlotte, NC; June 14-16, 2024)

• Comic-Con International (San Diego, CA; July 25-28, 2024)

• Gen Con (Indianapolis, IN; Aug. 1-4, 2024)
• Fan Expo Canada (Toronto, ON; Aug. 22-25, 2024)
• Dragon*Con (Atlanta, GA; Aug. 29 - Sep. 2, 2024)

• Long Beach Comic Con (Long Beach, CA; Sep. 14-15, 2024)
• Small Press Expo (Bethesda, MD; Sep. 14-15, 2024)
• Baltimore Comic-Con (Baltimore, MD; Sep. 20-22, 2024)

• Halloween ComicFest (virtual; monthlong Oct. 2022)
• New York Comic-Con (New York, NY; Oct. 17-20, 2024)
• Animation is Film (Los Angeles, CA; Oct. 18-22, 2023)

• Virginia Comicon (Richmond, VA; Nov. 23, 2024)

• Mardi Gras (New Orleans, LA; Feb. 13, 2024)

• south by southwest festivals (interactive, film, music) (Austin, TX; Mar. 8-16, 2024)
• National Cherry Blossom Festival (Washington, D.C.; Mar. 20 - Apr. 14, 2024)

• Forecastle Festival (Louisville, KY; May 27-29, 2022)

• Moxie Festival (Lisbon, ME; July 12-14, 2024)

• Outside Lands (San Francisco, CA; Aug. 9-11, 2024)
• Burning Man (Black Rock City, NV; Aug. 27 - Sep. 4, 2023)

• Yankee Peddler Festival (Canal Fulton, OH; Sep. 9-10, 16-17, 23-24, 2023)

See also: online vendors (under tickets) and Halloween links