film festivals

January

• Sundance Film Festival (Park City, UT; Jan. 15-25, 2009)

• Le Festival International du Film (Cannes, France; May 13-24, 2009)

• Telluride Film Festival (Telluride, CO; Sept. 4-7, 2009)
• Toronto International Film Festival (Toronto, ON, Canada; Sept. 10-19, 2009)

April

• Akiba Fest (College Park, MD; April 4, 2009)
• Coachella Valley Music Festival (Indio, CA; April 17-19, 2009)

• Bonnaroo (Manchester, TN June 11-14, 2009)

• Pitchfork Music Festival (Chicago, IL; July 17-19, 2009)

• Lollapalooza (Chicago, IL; Aug. 7-9, 2009)

• Voodoo Music Experience (New Orleans, LA; Oct. 30-Nov. 1, 2009)

January

• Arisia (Cambridge, MA; Jan. 16-19, 2009)
• Phoenix Comicon (Mesa, AZ; Jan. 23-25, 2009)

• AOD (San Francisco, CA; Feb. 14-15, 2009)
• Boskone (Boston, MA; Feb. 13-15, 2009)
• Con Nooga (Chattanooga, TN; Feb. 20-22, 2009)
• MegaCon (Orlando, FL; Feb. 27-March 1, 2009)
• New York Comic-Con (New York, NY; Feb. 6-8, 2009)
• WonderCon (San Francisco, CA; Feb. 27-March 1, 2009)

• A&G Ohio (Cincinnati, OH; March 13-15, 2009)
• Naruto Star Trek Convention (Ft. Lauderdale, FL; March 27-29, 2009)

• Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo (Calgary, Alberta, Canada; April 25-26, 2009)
• I-CON (Stony Brook, NY; April 3-5, 2009)

• Balticon (Baltimore, MD; May 22-25, 2009)
• Delta H Con (Houston, TX; May 24-26, 2009)

• Comic Con (San Diego, CA; July 23-26, 2009)
• Electronic Entertainment Expo (E³) (Santa Monica, CA; July 11-13, 2007)

• Fandemonium (Nampa, ID; Aug. 7-9, 2009)
• Gen Con (Indianapolis, IN; Aug. 13-16, 2009)
• Hobby Star (Fan Expo Canada) (Toronto, ON; Aug. 28-30, 2009)

• BangPop! (Bangor, ME; Sept. 19-20, 2009)
• Dragon*Con (Atlanta, GA; Sept. 4-7, 2009)
• Gen Con Oz (Brisbane, Australia; Sept. 18-20, 2009)
• T-Mode (Arlington, VA; Sept. 5-7, 2008)

• YuleCon (Fort Worth, TX; Nov. 20-22, 2009)

• Wizard World Tour

February

• Mardi Gras (February or March; Tuesday, 46 days before Easter)

• National Cherry Blossom Festival (Washington, D.C.; March 28-April 12, 2009)
• south by southwest festivals (interactive, film, music) (Austin, TX; March 13-22, 2009)

• American Folk Festival (Bangor, ME; Aug. 28-30, 2009)
• Burning Man (Black Rock City, NV; Aug. 31-Sept. 7, 2009)

• Yankee Peddler Festival (Canal Fulton, OH; Sept. 12-13, 19-20, 26-27, 2009)

• The Comedy Festival (Las Vegas, NV; Nov. 20-22, 2008)

See also: online vendors (under tickets)