film festivals

January

• Sundance Film Festival (Park City, UT; Jan. 21-31, 2010)

• Le Festival International du Film (Cannes, France; May 12-23, 2010)

• Telluride Film Festival (Telluride, CO; Sept. 4-7, 2009)
• Toronto International Film Festival (Toronto, ON, Canada; Sept. 9-19, 2010)

April

• Akiba Fest (College Park, MD; April 4, 2009)
• Coachella Valley Music Festival (Indio, CA; April 16-18, 2010

• Bonnaroo (Manchester, TN June 10-13, 2010)
• Lilith Fair (various cities, June 27-Aug. 16, 2010)

• Pitchfork Music Festival (Chicago, IL; July 16-18, 2010)

• Lollapalooza (Chicago, IL; Aug. 6-8, 2010)

• Voodoo Music Experience (New Orleans, LA; Oct. 29-31, 2010)

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• C2E2 (Chicago, IL; Spring 2011)
• Wizard World Comic-Cons (various cities & dates)

• AOD (San Francisco, CA; Jan. 30-31, 2010)
• Arisia (Cambridge, MA; Jan. 15-18, 2010)
• BangPop! (Bangor, ME; Jan. 16-17, 2010)

• Boskone (Boston, MA; Feb. 12-14, 2010)

• A&G Ohio (Cincinnati, OH; March 12-14, 2010)
• I-CON (Stony Brook, NY; Mar. 26-28, 2010)
• MegaCon (Orlando, FL; Mar. 12-14, 2010)

• Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo (Calgary, Alberta, Canada; April 24-25, 2010)
• Comic Con (San Francisco, CA; Apr. 2-4, 2010)
• Con Nooga (Chattanooga, TN; Feb. 19-21, 2010)
• Delta H Con (Houston, TX; Apr. 23-25, 2010)
• Pittsburgh Comicon (Monroeville, PA; Apr. 23-25, 2010)
• WonderCon (San Francisco, CA; Apr. 2-4, 2010)

• Balticon (Baltimore, MD; May 28-31, 2010)
• Phoenix Comicon (Mesa, AZ; May 27-30, 2010)

• Electronic Entertainment Expo (E³) (Los Angeles, CA; June 15-17, 2010)
• HeroesCon (Charlotte, NC; June 4-6, 2010)

• Comic-Con International (San Diego, CA; July 22-25, 2010)

• Baltimore Comic-Con (Baltimore, MD; Aug. 28-29, 2010)
• Fandemonium (Nampa, ID; Aug. 6-8, 2010)
• FanExpo Canada (Toronto, ON; Aug. 27-29, 2010)
• Gen Con (Indianapolis, IN; Aug. 5-8, 2010)

• Dragon*Con (Atlanta, GA; Sept. 3-6, 2010)
• Gen Con Oz (Brisbane, Australia; Sept. 23-26, 2010)
• Small Press Expo (N. Bethesda, MD; Sept. 11-12, 2010)

• Long Beach Comic Con (Long Beach, CA; Oct. 29-31, 2010)
• New York Comic-Con (New York, NY; Oct. 8-10, 2010)

• Mid-Ohio-Con (Columbus, OH; Nov. 6-7, 2010)
• Virginia Comicon (Richmond, VA; Nov. 20-21, 2010)
• YuleCon (Dallas, TX; Nov. 12-14, 2010)

February

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

• National Cherry Blossom Festival (Washington, D.C.; March 27-April 11, 2010)
• south by southwest festivals (interactive, film, music) (Austin, TX; Mar. 12-21, 2010)

• Moxie Festival (Lisbon Falls, ME; July 9-11, 2010)

• American Folk Festival (Bangor, ME; Aug. 27-29, 2010)
• Burning Man (Black Rock City, NV; Aug. 30-Sept. 6, 2010)

• Yankee Peddler Festival (Canal Fulton, OH; Sept. 11-12, 18-19, 25-26, 2010)

• The Comedy Festival (Las Vegas, NV; Nov. 20-22, 2008)

See also: online vendors (under tickets)