film festivals

January

• Sundance Film Festival (Park City, UT; Jan. 23 - Feb. 2, 2025)

• Athena Film Festival (New York, NY; Mar. 7-9, 2025)

• Cannes Film Festival (Cannes, France; May 13-24, 2025)

• Telluride Film Festival (Telluride, CO; Aug. 30 - Sep. 2, 2024)

• Animation is Film (Los Angeles, CA; Oct. 18-20, 2024)

May

• Hangout Music Fest (Gulf Shores, AL; May 16-18, 2025)
• BottleRock (Napa Valley, CA; May 23-25, 2025)

• The Governors Ball (New York City, NY; June 6-8, 2025)
• Bonnaroo (Manchester, TN; June 12-15, 2025)
• Summerfest (Milwaukee, WI; June 19-21, June 26-28, July 3-5, 2025)

• Essence Festival (New Orleans, LA; July 4-7, 2024)
• High Sierra Music Festival (Quincy, CA; July 3-6, 2025)
• Pitchfork Music Festival (Chicago, IL; July 19-21, 2024)

• Lollapalooza (Chicago, IL; Aug. 1-4, 2024)

• Seven Peaks Camping & Music Festival (Villa Grove, CO; Sept. 2-4, 2022)
• Firefly Music Festival (Dover, DE; Sept. 22-25, 2022)

February

• MegaCon (Orlando, FL; Feb. 6-9, 2025)
• Boskone (Boston, MA; Feb. 14-16, 2025)
• Con Nooga (Chattanooga, TN; Feb. 21-23, 2025)
• Fan Expo Vancouver (Vancouver, BC, Canada; Feb. 21-23, 2025)

• WonderCon (Anaheim, CA; Mar. 28-30, 2025)

• C2E2 (Chicago, IL; Apr. 11-13, 2025)
• Calgary Expo (Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Apr. 24-27, 2025)

• Virginia Comicon (Richmond, VA; May 17, 2025)
• Balticon (Baltimore, MD; May 23-26, 2025)

• HeroesCon (Charlotte, NC; June 20-22, 2025)

• Comic-Con International (San Diego, CA; July 24-27, 2025)
• Gen Con (Indianapolis, IN; July 31 - Aug. 3, 2025)

• Fan Expo Canada (Toronto, ON; Aug. 21-24, 2025)
• Dragon*Con (Atlanta, GA; Aug. 28 - Sep. 1, 2025)
• Long Beach Comic Con (Long Beach, CA; Aug. 30-31, 2025)

• Virginia Comicon (Richmond, VA; Sep. 6, 2025)
• Small Press Expo (Bethesda, MD; Sep. 14-15, 2025)

• Halloween ComicFest (virtual; monthlong Oct. 2022)
• New York Comic-Con (New York, NY; Oct. 9-12, 2025)
• Baltimore Comic-Con (Baltimore, MD; Oct. 17-19, 2025)
• Animation is Film (Los Angeles, CA; Oct. 18-20, 2024)

• Virginia Comicon (Richmond, VA; Nov. 22, 2025)

• Mardi Gras (New Orleans, LA; Mar. 4, 2025)
• south by southwest festivals (interactive, film, music) (Austin, TX; Mar. 7-15, 2025)
• National Cherry Blossom Festival (Washington, D.C.; Mar. 20 - Apr. 13, 2025)

• Moxie Festival (Lisbon, ME; July 12-14, 2024)

• Outside Lands (San Francisco, CA; Aug. 8-10, 2025)
• Burning Man (Black Rock City, NV; Aug. 25 - Sep. 2, 2024)

• Yankee Peddler Festival (Canal Fulton, OH; Sep. 7-8, 14-15, 21-22, 2024)

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