film festivals

January

• Sundance Film Festival (Park City, UT; Jan. 23-Feb. 2, 2020)

• Athena Film Festival (New York, NY; Feb. 27-Mar. 1, 2020)

• Le Festival International du Film (Cannes, France; May 12-23, 2020)

• Telluride Film Festival (Telluride, CO; Aug. 30-Sep. 2, 2019)

• Animation is Film (Los Angeles, CA; Oct. 18-20, 2019)

May

• Hangout Music Fest (Gulf Shores, AL; May 15-17, 2020)
• BottleRock (Napa Valley, CA; May 22-24, 2020)
• Mountain Jam (Bethel, NY; May 29-31, 2020)

• The Governors Ball (New York City, NY; June 5-7, 2020)
• Bonnaroo (Manchester, TN; June 11-14, 2020)
• Firefly Music Festival (Dover, DE; June 18-21, 2020)
• Summerfest (Milwaukee, WI; June June 24-28 & June 30-July 5, 2020)

• Essence Festival (New Orleans, LA; July 4-7, 2019)
• High Sierra Music Festival (Quincy, CA; July 2-5, 2020)
• Pitchfork Music Festival (Chicago, IL; July 19-21, 2019)
• Float Fest (Gonzales, TX; July 25-26, 2020)
• Lollapalooza (Chicago, IL; July 30-Aug. 2, 2020)
• Eaux Claires (Eau Claire, WI; ? 2020)

• Seven Peaks Camping & Music Festival (Buena Vista, CO; August 30-September 1, 2019)

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

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• Virginia Comicon (Richmond, VA; various dates)
• Wizard World Comic-Cons (various cities & dates)

• Boskone (Boston, MA; Feb. 14-16, 2020)
• Fan Expo Vancouver (Vancouver, BC, Canada; Feb. 15-17, 2020)
• Con Nooga (Chattanooga, TN; Feb. 21-23, 2020)
• C2E2 (Chicago, IL; Feb. 28-Mar. 1, 2020)

• WonderCon (Anaheim, CA; Apr. 10-12, 2020)
• MegaCon (Orlando, FL; Apr. 16-19, 2020)
• Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo (Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Apr. 23-26, 2020)

• Balticon (Baltimore, MD; May 22-25, 2020)

• Electronic Entertainment Expo (E³) (Los Angeles, CA; June 9-11, 2020)
• HeroesCon (Charlotte, NC; June 19-21, 2020)

• Comic-Con International (San Diego, CA; July 23-26, 2020)
• Gen Con (Indianapolis, IN; July 30-Aug. 2, 2020)

• BronyCon (Baltimore, MD; Aug. 1-4, 2019)
• FanExpo Canada (Toronto, ON; Aug. 27-30, 2020)

• Dragon*Con (Atlanta, GA; Sep. 3-7, 2020)
• Long Beach Comic Con (Long Beach, CA; Sep. 5-6, 2020)
• Small Press Expo (Bethesda, MD; Sep. 14-15, 2019)

• Animation is Film (Los Angeles, CA; Oct. 18-20, 2019)
• Halloween ComicFest (local comic shops; Oct. 26, 2019)
• New York Comic-Con (New York, NY; Oct. 8-11, 2020)
• Baltimore Comic-Con (Baltimore, MD; Oct. 23-25, 2020)

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

• south by southwest festivals (interactive, film, music) (Austin, TX; Mar. 13-22, 2020)
• National Cherry Blossom Festival (Washington, D.C.; Mar. 20-Apr. 12, 2020)

• Moxie Festival (Lisbon, ME; July 12-14, 2019)
• Forecastle Festival (Louisville, KY; July 17-19, 2020)

• Bumbershoot (Seattle, WA; Aug. 30-Sep. 1, 2019)
• Outside Lands (San Francisco, CA; Aug. 7-9, 2020)
• Burning Man (Black Rock City, NV; Aug. 30-Sep. 7, 2020)

• Yankee Peddler Festival (Canal Fulton, OH; Sep. 12-13, 19-20, 26-27, 2020)

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