Many food festivals offer free admission, and give you a chance to taste the best local specialties your region has to offer.
This is by no means an extensive list of regional events, but it should whet your appetite:
June
- June 7-8 Collinsville, Illinois International Horseradish Festival
- June 7-14 Warren, Arkansas Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival
- June 10-15 Clarksville, Arkansas Johnson County Peach Festival
- June 11-14 Emmett, Idaho Emmett Cherry Festival
- June 13-14 Wilmington, Ohio Banana Split Festival
- June 13-15 Crawfordsville, Indiana Strawberry Festival
- June 18-21 London, Ohio London Strawberry Festival
- June 21 Brewton, Alabama Alabama Blueberry Festival
- June 26-29 Luling, Texas Luling Watermelon Thump
- June 27-28 Emerson, Arkansas PurpleHull Pea Festival
- June 28-29 Cedarburg, Wisconsin Cedarburg Strawberry Festival
August
- Aug. 3 Cottonwood, Idaho Raspberry Festival
- Aug. 7-10 Hope, Arkansas Hope Watermelon Festival
- Aug. 7-10 South Haven, Michigan National Blueberry Festival
- Aug. 7-10 Mendota, Illinois Mendota Sweet Corn Festival
- Aug. 7-10 West Point, Iowa West Point Sweet Corn Festival
- Aug. 8-10 North Plains, Oregon The World's 11th Annual Elephant Garlic Festival
- Aug 21-24 Telluride, Colorado 28th Telluride Mushroom Festival
- Aug. 22-23 Pullman, Washington National Lentil Festival
- Aug. 22-23 Barnesville, Minnesota The Potato Days Festival
- Aug. 22-24 DeKalb, Illinois DeKalb Corn Fest
- Aug. 27-30 Millersport, Ohio Sweet Corn Festival
- Aug. 29-Sept. 1 Plymouth, Indiana Marshall County Blueberry Festival
- Aug. 30-Sept. 1 Bremerton, Washington Bremerton Blackberry Festival
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