film festivals

January

• Sundance Film Festival (Park City, UT; Jan. 19-29, 2017)

• Athena Film Festival (New York, NY; Feb. 9-12, 2017)

• Le Festival International du Film (Cannes, France; May 17-28, 2017)

• Telluride Film Festival (Telluride, CO; Sep. 2-5, 2016)

May

• Hangout Music Fest (Gulf Shores, AL; May 19-21, 2017)
• Sasquatch! (Quincy, WA; May 26-28, 2017)
• BottleRock (Napa Valley, CA; May 26-28, 2017)

• The Governors Ball (Randall's Island, NY; June 2-4, 2017)
• Bonnaroo (Manchester, TN; June 8-11, 2017)
• Firefly Music Festival (Dover, DE; June 15-18, 2017)
• Eaux Claires (Eau Claire, WI; June 16-17, 2017)
• Essence Festival (New Orleans, LA; June 29 - July 2, 2017)

• Pitchfork Music Festival (Chicago, IL; July 14-16, 2017)

• Lollapalooza (Chicago, IL; August 3-6, 2017)

• Voodoo Experience (New Orleans, LA; Oct. 28-30, 2016)

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

• Boskone (Boston, MA; Feb. 17-19, 2017)
• Con Nooga (Chattanooga, TN; Feb. 24-26, 2017)

• A&G Con (Cincinnati, OH; March 3-5, 2017)
• AOD (Santa Clara, CA; March 18-19, 2017)
• WonderCon (Anaheim, CA; Mar. 31- April 2, 2017)

• C2E2 (Chicago, IL; April 21-23, 2017)
• Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo (Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Apr. 27-30, 2017)

• MegaCon (Orlando, FL; May 25-28, 2017)
• Phoenix Comicon (Phoenix, AZ; May 25-28, 2017)
• Balticon (Baltimore, MD; May 26-29, 2017)

• Electronic Entertainment Expo (E³) (Los Angeles, CA; June 13-15, 2017)
• HeroesCon (Charlotte, NC; June 16-18, 2017)

• Comic-Con International (San Diego, CA; July 20-23, 2017)

• BronyCon (Baltimore, MD; August 11-13, 2017)
• Gen Con (Indianapolis, IN; August 17-20, 2017)
• FanExpo Canada (Toronto, ON; August 31-Sep. 3, 2017)

• Long Beach Comic Con (Long Beach, CA; September 17-18, 2016)
• Small Press Expo (Bethesda, MD; Sep. 17-18, 2016)
• Dragon*Con (Atlanta, GA; September 1-4, 2017)
• Baltimore Comic-Con (Baltimore, MD; Sep. 22-24, 2017)

• New York Comic-Con (New York, NY; Oct. 6-9, 2016)
• Halloween ComicFest (local comic shops; Oct. 29, 2016)

• 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 10-19, 2017)
• National Cherry Blossom Festival (Washington, D.C.; March 20-April 16, 2017)

• Moxie Festival (Lisbon, ME; July 7-9, 2017)

• American Folk Festival (Bangor, ME; August 26-28, 2016)
• Outside Lands (San Francisco, CA; August 11-13, 2017)
• Burning Man (Black Rock City, NV; August 27-September 4, 2017)

• Bumbershoot (Seattle, WA; September 1-3, 2017)
• Yankee Peddler Festival (Canal Fulton, OH; Sep. 10-11, 17-18, 24-25, 2016)

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