Uplifting Your Mood this Season with Festivals in the United States

Must visit festivals in the United States

The USA is a large country, with an interesting history of indigenous people, colonization, and becoming an international power. Here you will find festivals spread out across different cities in different states. Together they will cover almost everything that a human may seek. Here we list for you some festivals which are popular in this country and attended every year by a large number of people.

Best food festivals in the United States

Taste of Buffalo, in New York

This is the biggest food festival in the whole of USA, organized in Buffalo, New York in the middle of July with floating dates. The food and beverages are offered by most local eateries, of various sizes. Here you can learn how the local cuisine came into being and the effect of the local produce on it. You will learn how the items from European cuisines brought over from mother countries have evolved in these lands. You will find a lot of meaty items and a few vegetarian ones along with lots of wine tasting. Items from some international cuisines like Thai and Jamaican are served too. There will be some large stages with musicians playing music as you enjoy the food.

Hot Luck Live Food & Music, in Austin Texas

If you want to enjoy some popular items enjoyed in the south of the country with some southern hospitality, this festival will be recommended for you. However, it is not free of cost and there are tickets that range from a few dollars to a few hundred. If you just want to look around and enjoy the views, you can choose the entry-level tickets. But if you want to get stuck into some delicacies, you should take a look at what is on offer from differently priced tickets. This food festival is usually organized in mid-May, when the spring is almost over and we will officially be into summer. You will also be able to enjoy music played by the type of bands you may not be too familiar with. If you enjoy Mexican food, you will find more than a few stalls serving these. 

Biggest music festivals in the US

Coachella Festival, Empire Polo Club, Indio, California

This annual music festival came into existence in 1999 and you will meet bands that are into modern music genres like pop, rock, and hip hop. It is so named because it is organized in Indio, in the Coachella Valley in California. As expected you will find a lot of youngsters here to enjoy the music and each other’s company. You will also get to see some examples of modern artwork and sculptures. You can expect to see some popular faces in the music industry entertaining you and almost a quarter of a million people come to join the festivities here every year.

 
Electric Daisy Carnival, Las Vegas

This event celebrates the Electronic Dance Music every year in May. As you would expect in Las Vegas, you will find grand structures that you can admire as you enjoy the music. There are more than a few fans of music of this genre in the USA, which means that flights will be jam-packed with people coming here to join in. You will enjoy the lighting shows and there will be carnival performers dancing next to you. Over half a million revelers are expected to join this 3-day festival this year.

Best fall festivals in USA

Fall for Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina

Yes, spring is fun, but so is fall, in its own way. Now that summer is over and you are getting into fall, there will be more than a few reasons to celebrate like you or your friends joining universities. This festival like most others will have food and music for you, not necessarily in that order, depending on what your interests are. Admission is free, but food and drinks are not. If you want to enjoy alcoholic beverages, you will have to prove that you are old enough. There will be plenty of rides for your kids. At the moment this event is organized by Bank of America.

Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, Albuquerque, New Mexico

If you have any interest in air balloons or you want to see 500 of these floating into the sky, this festival will be right for you. It starts in the first week of October every year and there are more than a few ways of getting to this site, including shuttles and buses. This event is the largest of its kind in the world and is spread over 9 days. You will have a lot of good photo opportunities and you will be able to admire the sights of large balloons flying into the sky at different times of the day. You will see balloons of different shapes and colors, with some illuminated with fire late in the evening or at night.

Final thoughts

We all get bored of routines that we follow and we need to rejuvenate ourselves. There is no better way to energize yourself than joining in festivals and there are more than a few of these every year in the USA. You will find one that interests you and where you will meet strangers who will be after the same thing as you.