film festivals

January

• Sundance Film Festival (Park City, UT; Jan. 18-28, 2018)

• Athena Film Festival (New York, NY; Feb. 22-25, 2018)

• Le Festival International du Film (Cannes, France; May 8-19, 2018)

• Telluride Film Festival (Telluride, CO; Sep. 1-4, 2017)

• Animation is Film (Los Angeles, CA; Oct. 20-22, 2017)

May

• Hangout Music Fest (Gulf Shores, AL; May 18-20, 2018)
• Sasquatch! (Quincy, WA; May 25-27, 2018)
• BottleRock (Napa Valley, CA; May 25-27, 2018)

• Firefly Music Festival (Dover, DE; June 14-17, 2018)
• The Governors Ball (Randall's Island, NY; June 1-3, 2018)
• Bonnaroo (Manchester, TN; June 7-10, 2018)

• Essence Festival (New Orleans, LA; July 5-8, 2018)
• Eaux Claires (Eau Claire, WI; July 6-7, 2018)
• Pitchfork Music Festival (Chicago, IL; July 20-22, 2018)

• Lollapalooza (Chicago, IL; August 2-5, 2018)

• Voodoo Music + Arts Experience (New Orleans, LA; Oct. 26-28, 2018)

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

• Boskone (Boston, MA; Feb. 16-18, 2018)
• Con Nooga (Chattanooga, TN; Feb. 23-25, 2018)

• AOD (Santa Clara, CA; March 18-19, 2017)
• WonderCon (Anaheim, CA; March 23-25, 2018)

• C2E2 (Chicago, IL; April 6-8, 2018)
• Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo (Calgary, Alberta, Canada; April 26-29, 2018)

• MegaCon (Orlando, FL; May 24-27, 2018)
• Phoenix Comicon (Phoenix, AZ; May 24-27, 2018)
• Balticon (Baltimore, MD; May 25-28, 2018)

• Electronic Entertainment Expo (E³) (Los Angeles, CA; June 12-14, 2018)
• HeroesCon (Charlotte, NC; June 15-17, 2018)

• Comic-Con International (San Diego, CA; July 19-22, 2018)
• BronyCon (Baltimore, MD; July 27-29, 2018)

• Gen Con (Indianapolis, IN; August 2-5, 2018)
• FanExpo Canada (Toronto, ON; August 30-Sep. 2, 2018)
• Dragon*Con (Atlanta, GA; August 30-Sep. 3, 2018)

• Long Beach Comic Con (Long Beach, CA; Sep. 8-9, 2018)
• Small Press Expo (Bethesda, MD; Sep. 15-16, 2018)
• Baltimore Comic-Con (Baltimore, MD; Sep. 28-30, 2018)

• Animation is Film (Los Angeles, CA; Oct. 20-22, 2017)
• Halloween ComicFest (local comic shops; Oct. 28, 2017)
• New York Comic-Con (New York, NY; Oct. 4-7, 2018)

• Fan Expo Vancouver (Vancouver, BC, Canada; Nov. 10-12, 2017)

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

• south by southwest festivals (interactive, film, music) (Austin, TX; March 9-18, 2018)
• National Cherry Blossom Festival (Washington, D.C.; March 20-April 15, 2018)

• Moxie Festival (Lisbon, ME; July 13-15, 2018)

• Outside Lands (San Francisco, CA; August 10-12, 2018)
• American Folk Festival (Bangor, ME; August 24-26, 2018)
• Burning Man (Black Rock City, NV; August 26-Sep. 3, 2018)
• Bumbershoot (Seattle, WA; Aug. 31-Sep. 2, 2018)

• Yankee Peddler Festival (Canal Fulton, OH; Sep. 9-10, 16-17, 23-24, 2017)

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