The Weirdest Festivals That Actually Happen in All 50 States

Would you attend a festival all about Bigfoot and other cryptids? What about a Mothman festival? Or a wife carrying competition to test out your skills? At the end of the wife carrying festival, the winner gets beer in the amount of the weight of their wife! There is even a festival all about a strange (and creepy) day where thousands of red-winged blackbirds fell to their death in a specific town.

If any of these odd, but interesting festivals/events catch your interest, read along. You'd be surprised at the number of cool things happening in your state on any given day. Some, though, are weirder than others.

To find this information, 24/7 Tempo scoured the internet, searching for unique and strange festivals in each state. To give you options, we listed about two to three per state and tried our best not to repeat them (although a few are repeated because of how bizarre they are). We found these local festivals by searching for local events in each state and primarily used local tourist websites, official city websites, and the event's social media accounts.

• The Haleyville Alabama 9-1-1 Festival
• Opp Rattlesnake Rodeo
• The Peanut Butter Festival

• The Chickenstock Music Festival
• The Cordova Ice Worm Festival
• Anchorage Fur Rendezvous

• Chandler Ostrich Festival
• Rose Tree Festival
• Alice in Bisbeeland

• Fallin' Blackbird Festival
• Mayhaw Festival
• Eureka Springs Zombie Crawl

• Gilroy Garlic Festival
• Bigfoot Days
• The Cotati Accordion Festival

• Mike the Headless Chicken Festival
• Frozen Dead Guy Days
• Telluride Mushroom Festival

• The Mystic Outdoor Arts Festival
• Connecticut Pickle Festival
• Duck Race and Festival

• Seawitch Festival
• Bug and Bed Festival
• The Apple Scrapple Festival

• The Gasparilla Pirate Festival
• Wausau Possum Festival
• King Mango Strut

• Fire Ant Festival
• SwampFest
• Mountain Moonshine Festival

• The Great Hawaiian Rubber Duckie Race
• Waikiki Spam Jam

• Teton Valley Balloon Rally
• The Huckleberry Picking
• National Oldtime Fiddlers' Contest and Festival

• White Squirrel Count Days
• The Popeye Picnic
• World's Largest Catsup Bottle Festival

• Parke County Covered Bridge Festival
• Popcorn Festival
• Peru Circus City Festival

• Geode Family Fest
• The National Balloon Classic
• Hobo Days

• International Pancake Day festivities
• Neewollah
• Prairie Hawker Festival

• The World Chicken Festival
• PossumFest
• The Goatman Festival

• Louisiana Pirate Festival
• Giant Omelette Celebration
• Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival

• The Damariscotta Pumpkinfest & Regatta
• North American Wife Carrying Championship
• Moxie Festival

• The TrioFest: Wine, Jerk and Curry Festival
• Pirates and Wenches Weekend

• What The Fluff? Festival
• Pink Flamingo Day
• Oddfest

• Testicle Festival
• Rubber Ducky Festival
• Battle Creek Cereal Festival

• Grumpy Old Men Festival
• Barnesville Potato Days
• Eelpout Festival

• Elvis Festival
• Blessing of the Fleet
• Slugburger Festival

• Maple Leaf Festival
• The Kimmswick Apple Butter Festival
• Howdy Neighbor Days

• Testicle Festival (Did you expect to see this type of festival twice?)
• The Sweet Pea Festival
• Western Montana Beard and Mustache Competition

• Old West Balloon Fest
• AppleJack Festival
• The Wayne Chicken Show

• The Pahrump Balloon Festival
• International Camel & Ostrich Races
• The Hearts of Gold Cantaloupe Festival

• The Keene Pumpkin Festival
• The Suncook Valley Rotary Hot Air Balloon Rally

• New Jersey Lottery Festival of Ballooning
• The Asbury Park Zombie Walk
• The Jersey Devil Fable Festival

• Roswell UFO Festival
• The Great American Duck Race
• Festival of the Cranes

• The No Pants Subway Ride
• The Coney Island Mermaid Parade
• New York City's Annual Pillow Fight

• The 301 Endless Yard Sale
• WNC Bigfoot Festival
• The Woolly Worm Festival

• Annual Rhubarb Festival
• Frostival

• Hocking Hills Bigfoot Festival
• Ohio Pawpaw Festival
• The Frog Jump Festival

• The Territory Days Street Festival
• Okie Noodling Tournament
• Oklahoma Renaissance Festival

• Portland Weird Fest
• McMenamins UFO Festival
• The PDX Adult Soap Box Derby

• The Mummers Parade
• Chainsaw Carvers Rendezvous
• Forest County Bigfoot Festival

• Soupy Fest
• Gansett Fest

• Spring Cooter Fest
• The Loris Bog-Off
• The World Grits Festival

• The International Vinegar Festival
• Tuckasee Toilet Bowl Classic
• The South Dakota Chislic Festival

• The Mothman Festival
• Full Moon Pickin' Party
• Standing Stone Marbles Festival & Rolley Hole Championships

• The World Championship BBQ Goat Cook Off
• The Great Texas Mosquito Festival
• Sweetwater Jaycees Rattlesnake Roundup

• Holi Festival of Colors
• Melon Days
• Dinah SOAR Days

• The Quechee Balloon, Craft & Music Festival
• Kingdom Maple Festival
• The Vermont Sheep & Wool Festival

• The Smith Mountain Lake Cardboard Regatta
• The Wytheville UFO Festival

• The Realms Unknown Festival
• Metaline Falls Bigfoot Festival
• The Freakout Festival

• The Mothman Festival
• Grafton Monster Festival
• Veggie Man Day

• National Mustard Day in Middleton
• Wisconsin State Cow Chip Throw & Festival
• The Lumberjack World Championships in Hayward

• Green River Rendezvous
• Cheyenne Frontier Days
• Flaming Gorge Days