List of festivals in North America

Festivals of North America
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Regional types
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This list of festivals in North America is an incomplete collection of festival sublists organized by type and locale, with links to external sublists where applicable. List of music festivals in North America redirects to this topic, with music festivals denoted with (music) for countries where there is not a dedicated music section. Included are festivals in North America of diverse types, including regional festivals, commerce festivals, fairs, food festivals, arts festivals, religious festivals, folk festivals, and recurring festivals on holidays.

There are several festival types unique to North America. Pow wows have traditionally brought together North American populations,[1] while Rocky Mountain Rendezvous events brought together Native Americans and fur traders as early as 1825.[2] Ancient fiestas and holidays such as Day of the Dead are still celebrated in Central America and Mexico, while unique carnivals such as Mardi Gras have developed along the Gulf of Mexico. Other unique North American festivals include mushroom festivals, ribfests, strawberry festivals and state fairs, the latter of which may feature attractions such as rodeos or trade fairs in the United States. The first was the New York State Fair, founded in 1841. Similar exhibitions are held in Canada, such as the Calgary Stampede, which debuted in 1886.

Festivals of North America sublists

Type or topic

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Food and folk

Agricultural or trade

Arts

Sovereign states

Antigua and Barbuda

Barbados

The Bahamas

Belize

Canada

Costa Rica

Cuba

Dominica

Dominican Republic

El Salvador

Grenada

Guatemala

Haiti

Honduras

Jamaica

Mexico

Nicaragua

Panama

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Trinidad and Tobago

United States

Dependencies and other territories

British Virgin Islands

Cayman Islands

Greenland

Guadeloupe

Puerto Rico

Music festivals in Puerto Rico

Saint Barthélemy

See also

References

  1. ^ Becky Olvera Schultz (2001); Powwow Power; "What is a powwow and a brief history"; url accessed May 3, 2006
  2. ^ Rocky Mountain Rendezvous, Fred R. Gowans, Gibbs Smith Publisher ISBN 1-58685-756-8
  3. ^ http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/el-salvador-bizarre-fireball-fight-during-religious-festival-video-1518101
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