Events and Holidays in the USA

Holidays.

• January 1 - New Year's Day
• The third Monday in January is Martin Luther King Day
• January 20 - Inauguration Day
• The third Monday in February - Presidents' Day, J. Washington's birthday
• Last Monday in May - Memorial Day
• July 4 - Independence Day

• The first Monday in September is Labor Day
• The second Monday in October is Columbus Day
• October 31 - Halloween
• November 11 - Veterans Day
• Fourth Thursday in November - Thanksgiving Day
• December 25 - Christmas

Festivals.

• The Mardi Gras (Mardi Gras) Festival in New Orleans (February or March)
• Mid-March celebrates St. Patrick's Day (mid-March)
• Cowboy Poetry Festival in Elko (Nevada, January)
• St. Paul's Winter Carnival (Minnesota, January)
• Cordova Iceworm Festival and Fairbanks Ice Festival (Alaska, February-March)
• Daytona Beach Raceway (Florida, February)

• Fort Worden Jazz Festival (Washington, D.C., February)
• Boston Marathon (Massachusetts, March)
• Iditarod Dog Sled Race in Alaska (early March)
• Louisiana International Festival in Lafayette (April)
• The Santuario de Chimayo Easter Pilgrimage 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-mile road race (Indiana, May)
• The three-day Chicago Blues Festival (considered the largest festival of its kind in the world, first weekend in June) or the June Fan Fair in Nashville, Tennessee
• Blowing Rock (North Carolina, July)
• Frontier Days in Cheyenne (Wyoming, July)

• National Basque Festival in Elko (Nevada, July)
• Native American Olympics in Fairbanks (Alaska, July)
• The Powwow and Rodeo in Fort Totten (North Dakota, July)
• Big Circus Parade in Milwaukee (Wisconsin, July)
• The Traverse City Cherry Festival (Michigan, July)
• Mountain Festival in Asheville (North Carolina, August)

• Intertribal Indian Ceremony in Gallup (New Mexico, August)
• Folk and jazz festival in Newport (Rhode Island, August)
• San Antonio Folk Festival (Texas, August)
• Sturgis (South Dakota, August)
• Moto Festival in Sturgis (South Dakota, August)
• Mushroom Festival in Telluride (Colorado, late August)