Holidays
- January 1 — New Year’s Day
- Third Monday of January — Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- January 20 — Inauguration Day
- Third Monday of February — Presidents’ Day, George Washington’s Birthday
- Last Monday of May — Memorial Day
- July 4 — Independence Day
- First Monday of September — Labor Day
- Second Monday of October — Columbus Day
- October 31 — Halloween
- November 11 — Veterans Day
- Fourth Thursday of November — Thanksgiving
- December 25 — Christmas
Festivals
- Mardi Gras Festival in New Orleans (February or March)
- St. Patrick’s Day (mid-March)
- Cowboy Poetry Festival in Elko (Nevada, January)
- Saint Paul Winter Carnival (Minnesota, January)
- Iceworm Festival in Cordova and Ice Festival in Fairbanks (Alaska, February–March)
- Daytona Beach car races (Florida, February)
- Jazz Festival in Fort Worden (Washington, February)
- Boston Marathon (Massachusetts, March)
- Iditarod dog sled race in Alaska (early March)
- Festival International de Louisiane in Lafayette (April)
- Easter pilgrimage to Santuario de Chimayó in New Mexico (April)
- JazzFest in New Orleans (Louisiana, April–May)
- Black Mountains Folk Festival (North Carolina, May)
- Appalachian culture festival in Charleston and Elkins (Wyoming, May and August)
- Indianapolis 500 car race (Indiana, May)
- Three-day Chicago Blues Festival (first weekend of June) or the June Fan Fair in Nashville (Tennessee)
- Blowing Rock (North Carolina, July)
- Cheyenne Frontier Days (Wyoming, July)
- National Basque Festival in Elko (Nevada, July)
- World Eskimo-Indian Olympics in Fairbanks (Alaska, July)
- Powwow and Rodeo in Fort Totten (North Dakota, July)
- Great Circus Parade in Milwaukee (Wisconsin, July)
- Cherry Festival in Traverse City (Michigan, July)
- Mountain Festival in Asheville (North Carolina, August)
- Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremony in Gallup (New Mexico, August)
- Folk and Jazz Festival in Newport (Rhode Island, August)
- Folk Festival in San Antonio (Texas, August)
- Sturgis Motorcycle Rally (South Dakota, August)
- Mushroom Festival in Telluride (Colorado, late August)