New England > Connecticut > Fairfield County Festivals & Events

• January
  • Winterfest
• July
  • Annual Round Hill Highland Games
• September
  • Annual Norwalk Seaport Oyster Festival
• November
  • Stamford Parade Spectacular

New England > Connecticut > Greater New Haven Festivals & Events

• May
  • Meet the Artists and Artisans ( *Also held in September in Milford, and in July & September in Mystic. )
• June
  • International Festival of Arts & Ideas
• July
  • Guilford Handcrafts Exposition
• August
  • Annual Milford Oyster Festival
  • Annual Pilot Pen Tennis Championship
• September
  • Durham Fair

New England > Connecticut > Litchfield Hills Festivals & Events

• June
  • Annual Music Mountain
• July
  • Annual Southern Connecticut Renaissance Festival ( Formerly Park City Renaissance Faire )
• August
  • Annual Litchfield Jazz Festival
• October
  • The Haunted Graveyard
• November
  • Holiday Craft Exhibition & Sale

New England > Connecticut > Mystic Country Festivals & Events

• May
  • Lobsterfest at Mystic Seaport
• June
  • Annual Small Craft Weekend
• July
  • Annual Antique & Classic Boat Rendezvous
• August
  • Annual Hamburg Fair
• September
  • Annual Woodstock Fair
• October
  • Sea Harvest at Mystic Seaport ( Formerly Chowderfest) )
• December
  • Lantern Light Tours
• Year-Round
  • 2008 Events for the Mashantucket Pequot Museum

New England > Connecticut > River Valley Festivals & Events

• January
  • Annual Eagle Watches on the Connecticut River
• February
  • Annual Connecticut Flower & Garden Show
• March
  • Annual Connecticut Spring Antiques Show
• June
  • Annual Taste of Hartford
  • Connecticut River Valley's Rose & Garden Weekend
• July
  • Annual Riverfest
  • Buick Championship (Formerly Greater Hartford Open)
• August
  • Annual Hartford County 4-H Fair
• December
  • First Night Hartford

New England > Maine Festivals & Events

• March
  • Maine Maple Sunday

New England > Maine > Aroostook County Festivals & Events

• March
  • Annual Can-Am Crown International Sled Dog Race
• June
  • Acadian Festival
• July
  • Maine Potato Blossom Festival
  • The County Bluegrass Festival

New England > Maine > Downeast & Acadia Festivals & Events

• July
  • Annual Native American Festival
• August
  • Machias Wild Blueberry Festival

New England > Maine > Greater Portland & Casco Bay Festivals & Events

• January
  • Maine Winterfest
• June
  • Old Port Festival
• July
  • Yarmouth Clam Festival
• October
  • “Chowdah” Challenge
• November
  • Tree Lighting in Monument Square & Olde Port Window Walk
• December
  • Annual Sparkle Weekend

New England > Maine > Kennebec & Moose River Valleys Festivals & Events

• July
  • Annual Maine Quilts Show
  • Maine International Film Festival

New England > Maine > Maine Lakes & Mountains Festivals & Events

• January
  • Rangeley Snowmobile Snodeo
  • Sugarloaf College Snowfest
• March
  • Maine Motor Sports Festival
• August
  • Great Falls Balloon Festival
• September
  • Harvest Fest
• October
  • Annual Fryeburg Fair

New England > Maine > MidCoast Festivals & Events

• February
  • Annual U.S. National Toboggan Championships
• June
  • Annual Windjammer Days
• July
  • North Atlantic Blues Festival
• August
  • Maine Lobster Festival
• September
  • Common Ground Country Fair
• November
  • Christmas Craft Market
• December
  • Christmas by the Sea
  • Harbor Lights Festival

New England > Maine > Southern Maine Coast Festivals & Events

• April
  • Annual Patriots Day Celebration
• September
  • Annual Chili Fest
• October
  • Annual Harvestfest
• December
  • Annual Christmas Prelude Celebration

New England > Maine > The Maine Highlands Festivals & Events

• August
  • American Folk Festival
• September
  • Annual International Sea Plane Fly-in

New England > Massachusetts > Western Massachusetts Festivals & Events

• March
  • Holyoke St. Patrick’s Day Parade
• May
  • Brimfield Antique and Collectibles Show (Also held July & September)
• June
  • Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival
  • Western Massachusetts Highland Games & Celtic Festival
• August
  • Annual Bridge of Flowers Classic Road Race
• September
  • Eastern States Exposition (The “Big E”)
• November
  • Bright Nights at Forest Park

New England > Massachusetts > Central Massachusetts Festivals & Events

• June
  • Annual Classic Car Show
• July
  • The Blackstone Valley Celtic Festival
• August
  • Taste With Us at Nashoba Valley Winery
• September
  • Blackstone Valley Art & Wine Festival

New England > Massachusetts > Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard & Nantucket Festivals & Events

• May
  • Cape Cod Maritime Days
• September
  • Bourne Scallop Festival

New England > Massachusetts > South of Boston Festivals & Events

• July
  • Feast of the Blessed Sacrament
  • New Bedford Summerfest & Blessing of the Fleet
• October
  • National Cranberry Harvest Festival at Edaville USA
• November
  • Plimoth Plantation's Thanksgiving Celebration
• December
  • LaSalette Shrine: Festival of Lights
• Year-Round
  • AHA! Art-History-Architecture (Year Long)

New England > Massachusetts > Greater Boston & Cambridge Festivals & Events

• March
  • Boston St. Patrick’s Day Parade
  • New England Spring Flower Show
• April
  • 112th Boston Marathon
• June
  • Boston Harborfest
• July
  • Boston Pops - "POPS" Goes The 4th!
• September
  • Annual Taste of Boston
• December
  • First Night Boston
  • Reenactment of the Boston Tea Party

New England > Massachusetts > North of Boston & Merrimack Valley Festivals & Events

• October
  • Haunted Happenings

New England > New Hampshire Festivals & Events

• March
  • Maple Sugaring in New Hampshire

New England > New Hampshire > Dartmouth - Lake Sunapee Region Festivals & Events

• June
  • Revolutionary War Encampment at Fort at No. 4 Museum
• August
  • Annual League of New Hampshire Craftsmen Fair
  • French and Indian War Commemoration (Fort at No. 4 Museum)
• November
  • LaSalette Christmas Festival of Lights

New England > New Hampshire > Great North Woods Region Festivals & Events

• July
  • Annual Festival du Bois

New England > New Hampshire > Lakes Region Festivals & Events

• July
  • Annual Great Waters Music Festival
• August
  • 24th Annual Pittsfield Balloon Festival
• October
  • Annual Oktoberfest at Gunstock

New England > New Hampshire > Merrimack Valley Region Festivals & Events

• August
  • 51st Annual New Hampshire Dealer's Association Antique Show ( August 7 - 9, 2008 )
• September
  • NASCAR Chase for the Nextel Cup
  • New Hampshire Highland Games
• November
  • Annual Winter Holiday Stroll

New England > New Hampshire > Monadnock Region Festivals & Events

• February
  • Annual Keene Ice & Snow Festival
• September
  • Hillsborough Area Artisans Studio Tour
• October
  • Annual Keene Pumpkin Festival

New England > New Hampshire > Seacoast Region Festivals & Events

• June
  • Annual Market Square Day
• July
  • July 4th American Celebration at Strawbery Banke
• September
  • Hampton Beach Seafood Festival
• December
  • Strawbery Banke Museum Candlelight Stroll

New England > New Hampshire > White Mountains Region Festivals & Events

• January
  • Jackson Snow Sculpture Event
• February
  • Annual Frostbite Follies
• March
  • Annual Hannes Schneider Meister Ski Cup Race
• May
  • Annual Lilac Time Festival
• June
  • Annual Fields of Lupine Festival
  • Annual Mt. Washington Road Race

New England > Rhode Island Festivals & Events

• May
  • May Breakfasts (Month-long)

New England > Rhode Island > Blackstone River Valley Festivals & Events

• August
  • Annual Jubilé Franco-Américain

New England > Rhode Island > East Bay Festivals & Events

• April
  • Daffodil Days at Blithewold
• July
  • Annual Bristol Civic, Military and Fireman’s Parade

New England > Rhode Island > Newport County Festivals & Events

• March
  • Annual Kinsale Festival of Fine Food
  • Newport St. Patrick’s Day Parade
• June
  • Annual Schwepps Great Chowder Cook-Off
  • Annual Sunset Music Festival
  • Newport Flower Show
  • Newport International Polo Series (June-Sept)
• July
  • Annual Black Ships Festival
• August
  • Newport Folk Festival
• September
  • Annual Taste of Rhode Island
• October
  • NBC 10 Oktoberfest
• December
  • Annual Christmas in Newport
  • First Night Newport

New England > Rhode Island > Providence Festivals & Events

• January
  • Providence Boat Show
• February
  • Rhode Island Spring Garden and Flower Show
• April
  • WaterFire Providence ( April - November )
• June
  • RI Pride Fest
• August
  • Rhode Island International Film Festival
• November
  • Annual Great International Beer Festival
• December
  • Bright Night Providence

New England > Rhode Island > South County Festivals & Events

• May
  • Rhode Island Scottish Highland Games
• June
  • Rhode Island National Guard Open House and Air Show
  • Smith’s Castle Strawberry Festival
• July
  • Annual South County Hot Air Balloon Festival
  • Wickford Art Festival
• August
  • Charlestown Annual Seafood Festival
• September
  • Rhythm & Roots at Ninigret Park
• December
  • Wickford's Festival of Lights

New England > Rhode Island > Warwick And West Bay Festivals & Events

• May
  • Gaspee Days

New England > Vermont Festivals & Events

• March
  • Maple Open House
• May
  • Annual Open Studio Weekend

New England > Vermont > Central Vermont Festivals & Events

• January
  • Mad River Valley Winter Carnival
• May
  • Vermont History Expo
• June
  • Quechee Hot Air Balloon Festival
• August
  • Annual Vermont Festival of the Arts
  • Art in the Park Summer Celebration
• September
  • Annual National Traditional Old Time Fiddler’s & Stepdancing Contest
  • Civil War Expo
  • Plymouth Cheese & Harvest Festival
• November
  • Edgar Allan Poe & Friends Halloween
• December
  • Christmas at Billings Farm
  • Coolidge Open House

New England > Vermont > Northern Vermont Festivals & Events

• January
  • Stowe Winter Carnival
• March
  • Burlington Irish Heritage Festival
• April
  • Annual Vermont Maple Festival
• May
  • Annual Essex Spring Craft & Fine Art Show
• June
  • Burlington Discover Jazz Festival
  • Vermont Quilt Festival
• July
  • Annual Stoweflake Hot Air Balloon Festival
• August
  • Champlain Valley Exposition
  • Herrmann's Royal Lipizzan Stallions
  • Vermont Brewers Festival
• October
  • Annual Essex Fall Craft & Fine Art Show
• December
  • First Night Burlington

New England > Vermont > Southern Vermont Festivals & Events

• February
  • Harris Hill Ski Jumping Competition
• July
  • “Republic of Vermont Celebration” Windsor Heritage Days
• October
  • Hildene Country Fair