Event Calendar

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JANUARY

Fruitcake Toss Colorado
International Snow Sculpting Championship Colorado
Gasparilla Parade and Pirate Fest Festival Florida
White, White World Week at Sugarloaf Maine
Ice Box Days Minnesota
Avoca Quack-off Nebraska
National Cowboy Poetry Gathering Nevada
Ben's Annual Charity Matzo Ball Eating Contest New York
Mummers parade Pennsylvania
Wing Bowl Pennsylvania
Penguin Plunge Rhode Island

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FEBRUARY

National Date Festival California
Chinese New Year's Treasure Hunt Sf California
Snowdown Colorado
In-Drag Race Colorado
Hustle Up the Hancock Illinois
International Pancake Race Kansas
Moose Stompers Weekend Maine
Outhouse Classic Michigan
World Snow Shovel Race New Mexico
Ice Tee Golf Tournament Pennsylvania
Elm Farm Ollie Day Wisconsin
Hot Air Affair Wisconsin
International Water Tasting Competition West Virginia

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MARCH

Chandler Ostrich Festival Arizona
Cardboard Box Derby Colorado
Frozen Dead Guy Day Colorado
Underwater Music Festival Florida
World Championship Anvil Shooters Mississippi
Mal's Patrick's Day Parade Mississippi
Cardboard Classic Montana
Waikrua Rattlesnake Hunt Oklahoma
Amish Mud Sales Pennsylvania
SPAMARAMA™ Texas
Rattlesnake Round-up and Cook-off Texas
Odor-Eaters International Rotten Sneaker Vermont

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APRIL

Underwater Music Festival Florida
Waikrua Rattlesnake Hunt Oklahoma
Great Cardboard Boat Regatta Arizona
St Stupid's Day Parade California
How Weird Street Faire California
Flauschink Colorado
Hemingway Days Festival Florida
Interstate Mullet Toss . Florida
Cardboard Boat Regattas Illinois
Rube Goldberg Machine Contest Indiana
Kentucky Derby Festival Kentucky
Kinetic Sculpture Race Maryland
Anvil Shooting Contest Mississippi
Furniture races Montana
World Cow Chip Throwing Contest Oklahoma
Apache Rattlesnake Festival Oklahoma
World Grits Festival South Carolina
Mule Day Tennessee
Moon Pie Festival Tennessee
Festival Royale of Himmeisk Utah

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MAY

Cardboard Boat Regattas Illinois
Toad Suck Daze Arkansas
Calaveras County Fair and Jumping Frog Ju. California
Horned Toad Derby California
Bay to Breakers California
Footstock California
Mike the Headless Chicken Days Colorado
Kinetic Sculpture Race Colorado
Old Island Days Florida
Toto Fest Iowa
Bonnie and Clyde Festival and Museum Louisiana
Okeene Rattlesnake Hunt Oklahoma
Stink Fest Pennsylvania
O Henry Pun-Off World Championships Texas
The Orange Show Foundation Art Car Weekend Texas

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JUNE

Cardboard Boat Regattas Illinois
Haight-Ashbury Street Fair California
Mud Run California
Billy Bowlegs Festival Florida
Trek Fest Iowa
National Old Time Fidddlers' Contest Idaho
Superman Celebration Illinois
Catsup Bottle Summerefest Birthday Party Illinois
Honfest Maryland
Lindbergh Crate Day Maine
Do-Dah Parade Michigan
World's Longest Breakfast Table Michigan
The Great American Think-off Minnesota
Bear Creek Saloon Pig Races Montana
Hillsborough Hog Day North Carolina
National Hollerin' Contest North Carolina
Taos Poetry Circus New Mexico
Roswell UFO Encounter Festival New Mexico
World's Richest Tombstone Race New Mexico
Elfego Baca Shoot New Mexico
Black Rock Desert Self-Invitational Golf Nevada
Mermaid Parade New York
International Washboard Festival Ohio
Watermelon Thump Texas
Combine Demolition Derby Washington

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JULY

Bear Creek Saloon Pig Races Montana
Cardboard Boat Regattas Illinois
World Championship Cardboard Boat Festival Arkansas
Oatman Ghost Town Arizona
Kenwood World Pillow Fighting Championship California
Pageant of Masters California
Moon Amtrak California
Rolling River Raft Race Colorado
Nothing Festival Colorado
Boom Box Parade Connecticut
King Mango Strut Florida
Redneck Games Georgia
Iowa State Fair Iowa
World's Largest Bagel Breakfast Illinois
Pierogi Festival Indiana
Central Maine Egg Festival Maine
Moxie Days Festival Maine
Potato Blossom Festival Maine
International Cherry Pit Spitting Contest Michigan
National Baby Food Festival Michigan
SPAM™ Town USA Festival Minnesota
SPAM™ Jam Minnesota
Tom Sawyer Days Missouri
Iron Horse Rodeo Montana
Wayne Chicken Show Nebraska
Muck and Mud Derby New Mexico
Oregon County Fair Oregon
Da Vinci Festival Oregon
Bark Peeler's Convention Pennsylvania
Ancient and Horribles Parade Rhode Island
Potato Days Festival South Dakota
Mid-Atlantic Hermit Crab Challenge Virginia
Milk Carton Derby Washington
World Lumberjack Championship Wisconsin

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AUGUST

Bear Creek Saloon Pig Races Montana
Cardboard Boat Regattas Illinois
World's Longest Outdoor Yard Sale Alabama
Toy Piano Festival California
Mushroom Festival Colorado
Dog Days of Summer Florida
Tug Fest Illinois
World Freefall Convention Illinois
Duncan Hines Festival Kentucky
Potato Feast Days Maine
Potato Days Minnesota
Twine Ball Day Minnesota
BuGFest North Carolina
Weird Contest Week New Jersey
Festival in the Pit Nevada
Twins Days Ohio
Fools Rules Regatta Rhode Island
Sturgis Motorcycle Rally South Dakota
Oatmeal Festival Texas
Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Competition Texas
Zucchini Fest Vermont
Loggers Jubilee Washington
Topless Auto Tour Wisconsin

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SEPTEMBER

Cow Pasture Golf Arizona
How Berkeley Can You Be? California
Great San Pedro Lobster Festival California
Lobster Festival California
Poison Oak Show California
Vinitok Colorado
Womenfest Florida
Spud Day Idaho
Wizard of Oz Fest Indiana
World Chicken Festival Kentucky
Clinton Testicle Festival Montana
Running of the Sheep Montana
Bald is Beautiful Convention North Carolina
Mud Bowl Championships New Hampshire
Burning of Zozobra Fiestas de Santa Fe New Mexico
Whole Enchilada Fiesta, New Mexico
burning man Nevada
Camel Races Nevada
BARC Animal Parade New York
State Prison Outlaw Rodeo Oklahoma
Kudzu Festival South Carolina
Bug Blast Washington
Beef-A-Rama Wisconsin
Watermelon Seed-Spitting & Speed Eating Contest Wisconsin
Roadkill Cookoff West Virginia

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OCTOBER

Cow Pasture Golf Arizona
Yellville Turkey Trot Arkansas
Mountain View Bean Festival Arkansas
National Yo-Yo championships California
Exotic Erotic Halloween Ball California
Underwater Pumpkin Carving Contest California
Emma Crawford Coffin Races Colorado
Fantasy Fest Florida
Great Outhouse Blowout and Race Kentucky
Fantasia Fair Massachusetts
Fryeburg Fair Maine
Festival of Scarecrows Maine
National Wife Carrying Championships, Maine
Banner Elk Woolly Worm Festival North Carolina
Kit Carson Trail Ghost Walk Nevada
Beatty Burro and Flapjack Races Nevada
Fetish & Fantasy Ball Nevada
Spooky Goofy Golf Tournament Oklahoma
National Storytelling Festival Tennessee
Hands on a Hardbody Texas
Hogeye Festival Texas
Corn Dog Festival Texas
Fire Ant Festival Texas
Port Townsend Kinetic Sculpture Race Washington
Spin A Top Day Wisconsin
New River Gorge Bridge Day Festival West Virginia

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NOVEMBER

Doo Dah Parade California
Palm Desert Golf Cart Parade California
Punkin' Chunkin' Delaware
Conch Republic Independence Celebration Florida
Pirates in Paradise Florida
Bug Jam Florida
Bed Race and Parade Idaho
Giant Omelette Celebration Louisiana
Fish House Parade Minnesota
Chitlin Strut South Carolina
D.B.Cooper Party Washington

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