film festivals

January

• Sundance Film Festival (Park City, UT; Jan. 19-29, 2012)

• Le Festival International du Film (Cannes, France; May 16-27, 2012)

• Telluride Film Festival (Telluride, CO; Sept. 2-5, 2011)

April

• Coachella Valley Music Festival (Indio, CA; April 13-22, 2012)

• The Bamboozle (Asbury Park, NJ; May 18-20, 2012)

• Bonnaroo (Manchester, TN; June 7-10, 2012)

• Pitchfork Music Festival (Chicago, IL; July 13-15, 2012)

• Lollapalooza (Chicago, IL; Aug. 3-5, 2012)

• Voodoo Music Experience (New Orleans, LA; Oct. 26-28, 2012)

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

• Boskone (Boston, MA; Feb. 17-19, 2012)
• Con Nooga (Chattanooga, TN; Feb. 17-19, 2012)
• MegaCon (Orlando, FL; Feb. 17-19, 2012)
• AOD (San Francisco, CA; Feb. 18-19, 2012)

• A&G Ohio (Cincinnati, OH; March 9-11, 2012)
• WonderCon (Anaheim, CA; March 16-18, 2012)
• I-CON (Stony Brook, NY; March 30-April 1, 2012)

• Pittsburgh Comicon (Monroeville, PA; Apr. 20-22, 2012)
• Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo (Calgary, Alberta, Canada; April 26-28, 2013)
• C2E2 (Chicago, IL; April 26-28, 2013)

• Phoenix Comicon (Mesa, AZ; May 24-27, 2012)
• Balticon (Baltimore, MD; May 25-28, 2012)

• Electronic Entertainment Expo (E³) (Los Angeles, CA; June 5-7, 2012)
• HeroesCon (Charlotte, NC; June 22-24, 2012)
• BronyCon (Secaucus, NJ; June 30-July 1, 2012)

• Comic-Con International (San Diego, CA; July 12-15, 2012)

• Fandemonium (Nampa, ID; Aug. 3-5, 2012)
• Gen Con (Indianapolis, IN; Aug. 16-19, 2012)
• FanExpo Canada (Toronto, ON; Aug. 23-26, 2012)
• Dragon*Con (Atlanta, GA; Aug. 31-Sep. 3, 2012)

• Baltimore Comic-Con (Baltimore, MD; Sep. 8-9, 2012)
• Small Press Expo (N. Bethesda, MD; Sep. 15-16, 2012)

• Mid-Ohio-Con (Columbus, OH; Oct. 22-23, 2011)
• New York Comic-Con (New York, NY; Oct. 11-14, 2012)
• Alternative Press Expo (San Francisco, CA; Oct. 13-14, 2012)

• Long Beach Comic Con (Long Beach, CA; Nov. 3-4, 2012)
• YuleCon (Fort Worth, TX; Nov. 18-20, 2011)

February

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

• south by southwest festivals (interactive, film, music) (Austin, TX; Mar. 9-18, 2012)
• National Cherry Blossom Festival (Washington, D.C.; March 20-April 27, 2012)

• Just For Laughs (Chicago, IL; June 12-17, 2012)

• Moxie Festival (Lisbon Falls, ME; July 13-15, 2012)

• American Folk Festival (Bangor, ME; Aug. 24-26, 2012)
• Burning Man (Black Rock City, NV; Aug. 27-Sep. 3, 2012)

• Yankee Peddler Festival (Canal Fulton, OH; Sep. 8-9, 15-16, 22-23, 2012)

See also: online vendors (under tickets)