Americana festivals & gatherings.

Newport Folk Festival

Newport, RI, USA

Official website

Philadelphia Folk Festival

Schwenksville, PA, USA

Official website

Falcon Ridge Folk Festival

Goshen, CT, USA

Official website

Old Songs Festival of Traditional Music & Dance

Altamont, NY, USA

Official website

Clearwater's Great Hudson River Revival

Croton-on-Hudson, NY, USA

Official website

Lowell Folk Festival

Lowell, MA, USA

Official website

New Bedford Folk Festival

New Bedford, MA, USA

Official website

Rhythm & Roots Festival

Charlestown, RI, USA

Official website

Green River Festival

Greenfield, MA, USA

Official website

FreshGrass Festival

North Adams, MA, USA

Official website

Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival

Oak Hill, NY, USA

Official website

Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance

Trumansburg, NY, USA

Official website

Great South Bay Music Festival

Patchogue, NY, USA

Official website

Huntington Folk Festival

Huntington, NY, USA

Official website

Joe Val Bluegrass Festival

Framingham, MA, USA

Official website

Ann Arbor Folk Festival

Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Official website

Ossipee Valley Music Festival

Hiram, ME, USA

Official website

Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival

Brunswick, ME, USA

Official website

Jenny Brook Bluegrass Festival

Tunbridge, VT, USA

Official website

Champlain Valley Folk Festival

Charlotte, VT, USA

Podunk Bluegrass Music Festival

Hebron, CT, USA

Official website

Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival

Woodstown, NJ, USA

Official website

Appel Farm Arts & Music Festival

Elmer, NJ, USA

Official website

Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival

Gettysburg, PA, USA

Official website

Musikfest

Bethlehem, PA, USA

Official website

Susquehanna Folk Festival

Harrisburg, PA, USA

Official website

Charm City Bluegrass Festival

Baltimore, MD, USA

Official website

DelFest

Cumberland, MD, USA

Official website

Takoma Park Folk Festival

Takoma Park, MD, USA

Official website

MerleFest

Wilkesboro, NC, USA

Official website

IBMA World of Bluegrass / Bluegrass Live!

Raleigh, NC, USA

Official website

North Carolina Folk Festival

Greensboro, NC, USA

Official website

Earl Scruggs Music Festival

Mill Spring, NC, USA

Official website

Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival

Pittsboro, NC, USA

Official website

LEAF Festival (Lake Eden Arts Festival)

Black Mountain, NC, USA

Official website

Mount Airy Fiddlers Convention

Mount Airy, NC, USA

Official website

Fiddlers Grove Ole Time Fiddlers & Bluegrass Festival

Union Grove, NC, USA

Official website

Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion

Bristol, TN, USA

Official website

Big Ears Festival

Knoxville, TN, USA

Official website

AMERICANAFEST (Americana Music Festival & Conference)

Nashville, TN, USA

Official website

Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival

Franklin, TN, USA

Official website

Uncle Dave Macon Days

Murfreesboro, TN, USA

Official website

Master Musicians Festival

Somerset, KY, USA

Official website

Festival of the Bluegrass

Lexington, KY, USA

Official website

ROMP Fest (Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame)

Owensboro, KY, USA

Official website

FloydFest

Floyd, VA, USA

Official website

Red Wing Roots Music Festival

Mount Solon, VA, USA

Official website

Rooster Walk Music & Arts Festival

Martinsville, VA, USA

Official website

Old Fiddlers' Convention

Galax, VA, USA

Official website

Blue Ridge Folklife Festival

Ferrum, VA, USA

Official website

Wayne C. Henderson Music Festival

Mouth of Wilson, VA, USA

Official website

Graves Mountain Festival of Music

Syria, VA, USA

Official website

Appalachian String Band Music Festival (Clifftop)

Clifftop, WV, USA

Official website

Augusta Heritage Festival

Elkins, WV, USA

Official website

Pickin' in Parsons (Five Rivers)

Parsons, WV, USA

Official website

30A Songwriters Festival

South Walton, FL, USA

Official website

Florida Folk Festival

White Springs, FL, USA

Official website

Gamble Rogers Folk Festival

St. Augustine, FL, USA

Official website

Will McLean Music Festival

Dade City, FL, USA

Official website

Suwannee Roots Revival

Live Oak, FL, USA

Official website

Suwannee Spring Reunion

Live Oak, FL, USA

South Florida Folk Festival

Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA

Official website

National Folk Festival

Jackson, MS, USA

Official website

Blackpot Festival & Cookoff

Lafayette, LA, USA

Official website

Festival International de Louisiane

Lafayette, LA, USA

Official website

Natchitoches-NSU Folk Festival

Natchitoches, LA, USA

Official website

Fayetteville Roots Festival

Fayetteville, AR, USA

Official website

Original Ozark Folk Festival

Eureka Springs, AR, USA

Official website

Ozark Folk Center Music Programs

Mountain View, AR, USA

Official website

FreshGrass Bentonville

Bentonville, AR, USA

Official website

Tennessee Fall Homecoming (Museum of Appalachia)

Clinton, TN, USA

Official website

Athens Old-Time Fiddlers Convention

Athens, AL, USA

Official website

Wheatland Music Festival

Remus, MI, USA

Official website

Blissfest Music Festival

Harbor Springs, MI, USA

Official website

Hiawatha Traditional Music Festival

Marquette, MI, USA

Official website

Buttermilk Jamboree

Delton, MI, USA

Official website

Hoxeyville Music Festival

Wellston, MI, USA

Official website

Earthwork Harvest Gathering

Lake City, MI, USA

Official website

Beaver Island Music Festival

Beaver Island, MI, USA

Official website

Spirit of the Woods Folk Festival

Brethren, MI, USA

Official website

Nor-East'r Music & Art Festival

Mio, MI, USA

Official website

Blue Ox Music Festival

Eau Claire, WI, USA

Official website

Great River Folk Festival

La Crosse, WI, USA

Official website

Big Top Chautauqua

Bayfield, WI, USA

Official website

Steel Bridge Songfest

Sturgeon Bay, WI, USA

Official website

Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Festival

Richmond, MN, USA

Official website

Nelsonville Music Festival

Nelsonville, OH, USA

Official website

Square Roots Festival

Chicago, IL, USA

Official website

Fox Valley Folk Music & Storytelling Festival

Geneva, IL, USA

Official website

Bill Monroe Memorial Bluegrass Festival (Bean Blossom)

Bean Blossom, IN, USA

Official website

John Hartford Memorial Festival

Bean Blossom, IN, USA

Official website

Indiana Fiddlers' Gathering

Battle Ground, IN, USA

Official website

Big Muddy Folk Festival

Boonville, MO, USA

Official website

Starvy Creek Bluegrass Festival

Conway, MO, USA

Official website

Walnut Valley Festival

Winfield, KS, USA

Official website

Kerrville Folk Festival

Kerrville, TX, USA

Official website

Old Settler's Music Festival

Dale, TX, USA

Official website

Utopiafest

Fischer, TX, USA

Official website

Larry Joe Taylor Texas Music Festival

Stephenville, TX, USA

Official website

Wildflower! Arts & Music Festival

Richardson, TX, USA

Official website

Gruene Music & Wine Festival

New Braunfels, TX, USA

Official website

Bob Wills Day

Turkey, TX, USA

Official website

Viva Big Bend

Alpine / Marfa, TX, USA

Official website

Woody Guthrie Folk Festival (WoodyFest)

Okemah, OK, USA

Official website

Medicine Stone

Tahlequah, OK, USA

Albuquerque Folk Festival

Albuquerque, NM, USA

Official website

Thirsty Ear Festival

Santa Fe, NM, USA

Official website

Globalquerque!

Albuquerque, NM, USA

Official website

Pickin' in the Pines Bluegrass & Acoustic Festival

Flagstaff, AZ, USA

Official website

Tucson Folk Festival

Tucson, AZ, USA

Official website

Four Corners States Bluegrass Festival

Wickenburg, AZ, USA

Official website

Telluride Bluegrass Festival

Telluride, CO, USA

Official website

RockyGrass

Lyons, CO, USA

Official website

Rocky Mountain Folks Festival

Lyons, CO, USA

Official website

WinterWonderGrass Colorado

Steamboat Springs, CO, USA

Official website

Palisade Bluegrass & Roots Festival

Palisade, CO, USA

Official website

Pagosa Folk 'N Bluegrass

Pagosa Springs, CO, USA

Official website

Four Corners Folk Festival

Pagosa Springs, CO, USA

Official website

MeadowGrass Music Festival

Black Forest, CO, USA

Official website

ARISE Music Festival

Loveland, CO, USA

Official website

YarmonyGrass

Bond, CO, USA

Official website

Durango Bluegrass Meltdown

Durango, CO, USA

Official website

Rhythms on the Rio

South Fork, CO, USA

Official website

Campout for the Cause

Rancho del Rio, CO, USA

Official website

Grand Targhee Bluegrass Festival

Alta, WY, USA

Official website

Targhee Fest

Alta, WY, USA

Official website

Oyster Ridge Music Festival

Kemmerer, WY, USA

Official website

Beartrap Summer Festival

Casper, WY, USA

Official website

Red Ants Pants Music Festival

White Sulphur Springs, MT, USA

Official website

Montana Folk Festival

Butte, MT, USA

Official website

River City Roots Festival

Missoula, MT, USA

Official website

National Oldtime Fiddlers' Contest & Festival

Weiser, ID, USA

Official website

Braun Brothers Reunion

Challis, ID, USA

Official website

Ogden Music Festival

Ogden, UT, USA

Official website

National Cowboy Poetry Gathering

Elko, NV, USA

Official website

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass

San Francisco, CA, USA

Official website

Strawberry Music Festival

Grass Valley, CA, USA

Official website

CBA Father's Day Bluegrass Festival

Grass Valley, CA, USA

Official website

California WorldFest

Grass Valley, CA, USA

Official website

Kate Wolf Music Festival

Laytonville, CA, USA

Official website

Hangtown Halloween Ball

Placerville, CA, USA

Official website

Live Oak Music Festival

Santa Ynez, CA, USA

Official website

Topanga Banjo Fiddle Contest & Folk Festival

Agoura Hills, CA, USA

Official website

Huck Finn Jubilee

Ontario, CA, USA

Official website

Summergrass San Diego

Vista, CA, USA

Official website

Parkfield Bluegrass Festival

Parkfield, CA, USA

Official website

Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival

Tres Pinos, CA, USA

Official website

Redwood Ramble

Navarro, CA, USA

Official website

San Francisco Free Folk Festival

San Francisco, CA, USA

Official website

Sisters Folk Festival

Sisters, OR, USA

Official website

Pickathon

Happy Valley, OR, USA

Official website

Northwest String Summit

North Plains, OR, USA

Official website

Oregon Country Fair

Veneta, OR, USA

Official website

Oregon Jamboree

Sweet Home, OR, USA

Official website

Wintergrass Music Festival

Bellevue, WA, USA

Official website

Northwest Folklife Festival

Seattle, WA, USA

Official website

Timber! Outdoor Music Festival

Carnation, WA, USA

Official website

Doe Bay Fest

Orcas Island, WA, USA

Official website

Subdued Stringband Jamboree

Deming, WA, USA

Official website

Darrington Bluegrass Festival

Darrington, WA, USA

Official website

Northwest Tune-Up Festival

Bellingham, WA, USA

Official website

Columbia Gorge Bluegrass Festival

Stevenson, WA, USA

Official website

Tumbleweed Music Festival

Richland, WA, USA

Alaska Folk Festival

Juneau, AK, USA

Official website

Salmonfest

Ninilchik, AK, USA

Official website

Mariposa Folk Festival

Orillia, ON, Canada

Official website

Hillside Festival

Guelph, ON, Canada

Official website

Home County Music & Art Festival

London, ON, Canada

Official website

CityFolk Festival

Ottawa, ON, Canada

Official website

Ottawa Grassroots Festival

Ottawa, ON, Canada

Official website

Summerfolk Music & Crafts Festival

Owen Sound, ON, Canada

Official website

Northern Lights Festival Boréal

Sudbury, ON, Canada

Official website

Blue Skies Music Festival

Clarendon, ON, Canada

Official website

Trout Forest Music Festival

Ear Falls, ON, Canada

Official website

Shelter Valley Folk Festival

Grafton, ON, Canada

Official website

Festival de la Chanson de Tadoussac

Tadoussac, QC, Canada

Official website

Festival en chanson de Petite-Vallée

Petite-Vallée, QC, Canada

Official website

Stan Rogers Folk Festival (Stanfest)

Canso, NS, Canada

Official website

Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival

Lunenburg, NS, Canada

Official website

Deep Roots Music Festival

Wolfville, NS, Canada

Official website

Celtic Colours International Festival

Various (Cape Breton), NS, Canada

Official website

Harvest Music Festival

Fredericton, NB, Canada

Official website

Miramichi Folksong Festival

Miramichi, NB, Canada

Official website

Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival

St. John's, NL, Canada

Official website

Winnipeg Folk Festival

Birds Hill Park, MB, Canada

Official website

Trout Forest / Harvest Sun Music Festival

Kelwood, MB, Canada

Regina Folk Festival

Regina, SK, Canada

Official website

Ness Creek Music Festival

Big River, SK, Canada

Official website

Gateway Festival

Bengough, SK, Canada

Official website

Edmonton Folk Music Festival

Edmonton, AB, Canada

Official website

Calgary Folk Music Festival

Calgary, AB, Canada

Official website

Canmore Folk Music Festival

Canmore, AB, Canada

Official website

South Country Fair

Fort Macleod, AB, Canada

Official website

Blueberry Bluegrass Festival

Stony Plain, AB, Canada

Official website

Wild Mountain Music Festival

Hinton, AB, Canada

Official website

Vancouver Folk Music Festival

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Official website

Salmon Arm Roots & Blues Festival

Salmon Arm, BC, Canada

Official website

Mission Folk Music Festival

Mission, BC, Canada

Official website

ArtsWells Festival of All Things Art

Wells, BC, Canada

Official website

Robson Valley Music Festival

Dunster, BC, Canada

Official website

Islands Folk Festival

Lake Cowichan, BC, Canada

Official website

Filberg Festival

Comox, BC, Canada

Official website

Vancouver Island MusicFest

Courtenay, BC, Canada

Official website

Nimblefingers Old Time & Bluegrass Festival

Sorrento, BC, Canada

Official website

Tiny Lights Festival

Ymir, BC, Canada

Official website

Kispiox Valley Music Festival

Kispiox, BC, Canada

Official website

Atlin Arts & Music Festival

Atlin, BC, Canada

Official website

Folk on the Rocks

Yellowknife, NT, Canada

Official website

Dawson City Music Festival

Dawson City, YT, Canada

Official website

GottaGetGon (Pick'n & Fiddle) Festival

Ballston Spa, NY, USA

Official website

Catskill Chill / Disc Jam (roots-jam)

Bethel, NY, USA

Grey Fox Bluegrass Academy

Oak Hill, NY, USA

Official website

Winter Hoot / Summer Hoot (Ashokan)

Olivebridge, NY, USA

Official website

Old Tone Roots Music Festival

Hillsdale, NY, USA

Official website

Berkshire Bluegrass / Roots (Fresh Grass adj.)

North Adams, MA, USA

Boston Bluegrass Union events

Boston, MA, USA

Official website

Nor'easter Bluegrass Festival

Preston, CT, USA

Down East Country Music Jamboree

Ellsworth, ME, USA

Blistered Fingers Family Bluegrass

Litchfield, ME, USA

Official website

Pemi Valley Bluegrass Festival

Campton, NH, USA

Official website

Susquehanna Breakdown

Scranton, PA, USA

Remington Ryde Bluegrass Festival

Centre Hall, PA, USA

Official website

Philadelphia Folksong Society Spring Thing

Schwenksville, PA, USA

Official website

Godfrey Daniels Folk Series / Fest

Bethlehem, PA, USA

Official website

Merlefest Little Pickers / MerleFest

Wilkesboro, NC, USA

Official website

Ola Belle Reed Music Festival

Lansing, NC, USA

Doc Watson MusicFest (Sugar Grove)

Sugar Grove, NC, USA

Fiddlin' Pig / Shindig on the Green

Asheville, NC, USA

Official website

Mountain Dance & Folk Festival

Asheville, NC, USA

Official website

Bele Chere successor / Downtown roots

Asheville, NC, USA

Neuse River Music Festival

Kinston, NC, USA

Cabin Fever in the Blue Ridge

Independence, VA, USA

Chantilly Farm Bluegrass & BBQ

Floyd, VA, USA

Official website

Vandalia Gathering

Charleston, WV, USA

Official website

Pickin' in the Panhandle

Shepherdstown, WV, USA

Uncle Pen Days / Bill Monroe events

Bean Blossom, IN, USA

Official website

Sertoma Youth Ranch Bluegrass

Brooksville, FL, USA

Barberville Old Florida Jamboree

Barberville, FL, USA

Official website

Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park events

Live Oak, FL, USA

Official website

Bear on the Square Mountain Festival

Dahlonega, GA, USA

Official website

Suches / Blue Ridge roots gathering

Blue Ridge, GA, USA

Georgia String Band Festival

Elberton, GA, USA

Sacred Harp Singing Conventions

Various, AL, USA

Frank Brown International Songwriters' Festival

Gulf Shores, AL, USA

Official website

Delta Music Experience / Roots

Cleveland, MS, USA

Bluegrass in La Grange / Roots

La Grange, KY, USA

Poppy Mountain Bluegrass Festival

Morehead, KY, USA

Sally Mountain Bluegrass / regional

Queen City, MO, USA

Great Lakes Chamber / Wheatland Winter Wheat

Grand Rapids, MI, USA

Official website

Milwaukee Irish Fest (roots-adjacent)

Milwaukee, WI, USA

Official website

Shitty Barn Sessions Fest

Spring Green, WI, USA

Official website

Boats & Bluegrass Festival

Winona, MN, USA

Nordic Roots / Cedar Cultural events

Minneapolis, MN, USA

Official website

Bluegrass at Bardstown / regional (IN/OH)

Lawrenceburg, IN, USA

Frontier Days Old-Time / Ohio

Lucasville, OH, USA

Dulcimer Days (Coshocton)

Coshocton, OH, USA

Winterfolk (regional)

Various, IL, USA

Prairie Arts / River Roots

Various, IL, USA

Iowa Bluegrass / Monticello Fest

Monticello, IA, USA

Nemo Bluegrass Festival

Nemo, MO, USA

River Roots Live

Davenport, IA, USA

Country Boom

La Crosse, WI, USA

Official website

Farm Aid (roots-benefit)

Varies, IL, USA

Official website

Willie Nelson's 4th of July Picnic

Varies, TX, USA

Old Pal / Luckenbach gatherings

Luckenbach, TX, USA

Official website

Camp Ben McCulloch Old Fiddlers' Reunion

Driftwood, TX, USA

MusicFest at Steamboat (Texas)

Steamboat Springs, CO, USA

Official website

Norman Music Festival (roots stages)

Norman, OK, USA

Official website

Rocklahoma / Red Dirt adj.

Pryor, OK, USA

Taos Solar / Roots gatherings

Taos, NM, USA

Pickin' in the Pines Arizona (Flagstaff)

Flagstaff, AZ, USA

Official website

Wickenburg Bluegrass Festival

Wickenburg, AZ, USA

Official website

Folk Alliance / regional showcases

Various, NM, USA

Snowygrass / Estes Park

Estes Park, CO, USA

Fall Festival / Rockygrass Academy

Lyons, CO, USA

Official website

Blues & Brews / Telluride roots

Telluride, CO, USA

Official website

WinterWonderGrass California (Squaw/Palisades)

Olympic Valley, CA, USA

Official website

WinterWonderGrass Vermont

Stratton, VT, USA

Official website

Rockygrass Academy / Planet Bluegrass

Lyons, CO, USA

Official website

Jackson Hole roots / Targhee adj.

Jackson, WY, USA

Sun Valley / roots gatherings

Sun Valley, ID, USA

Sawtooth Valley / McCall roots

McCall, ID, USA

Great Basin Roots / Nevada

Elko, NV, USA

Bear Valley Music Festival (roots weekends)

Bear Valley, CA, USA

Official website

Whole Earth Festival

Davis, CA, USA

Official website

Nevada City / Sierra roots gatherings

Nevada City, CA, USA

Kern River / Whiskey Flat

Kernville, CA, USA

Blythe Bluegrass Festival

Blythe, CA, USA

Official website

FisherPoets Gathering (roots-adjacent)

Astoria, OR, USA

Official website

Portland Old-Time Music Gathering

Portland, OR, USA

Wildwood Music Festival

Wildwood, OR, USA

Vashon Island Bluegrass / roots

Vashon, WA, USA

Wenatchee River Bluegrass Festival

Cashmere, WA, USA

Anacortes / Northwest roots

Anacortes, WA, USA

Anderson Bluegrass Festival

Anderson, AK, USA

Girdwood Forest Fair (roots)

Girdwood, AK, USA

Official website

Owen Sound / Georgian Bay roots

Owen Sound, ON, Canada

Kensington Market Jazz/Folk (roots)

Toronto, ON, Canada

Eaglewood Folk Festival

Pefferlaw, ON, Canada

Official website

Peterborough Folk Festival

Peterborough, ON, Canada

Official website

Goderich Celtic Roots Festival

Goderich, ON, Canada

Official website

Winterfolk Blues & Roots Festival

Toronto, ON, Canada

Official website

Montreal Folk Festival on the Canal

Montreal, QC, Canada

Official website

Festival de musique émergente / roots

Rouyn-Noranda, QC, Canada

Indian River Festival (roots)

Indian River, PE, Canada

Official website

Cavendish Beach roots / PEI

Cavendish, PE, Canada

Rollo Bay Fiddle Festival

Rollo Bay, PE, Canada

Official website

Sackville / New Brunswick roots

Sackville, NB, Canada

Stanfest / Nova Scotia roots add

Canso, NS, Canada

Official website

Dauphin's Countryfest

Dauphin, MB, Canada

Official website

Interstellar Rodeo

Edmonton, AB, Canada

Wild Rose / Alberta roots gatherings

Various, AB, Canada

Cariboo / BC interior roots

Williams Lake, BC, Canada

Coombs Bluegrass / Vancouver Island

Coombs, BC, Canada

Midsummer Music (BC)

Various, BC, Canada

Adäka / Yukon roots (Indigenous arts)

Whitehorse, YT, Canada

Official website