Top U.S. Local Festivals in 2025. typing this on my phone in a waffle house parking lot because my laptop is dead and my soul is questionable.
Top U.S. local festivals in 2025 i’m already obsessed with
- Mike the Headless Chicken Festival – Fruita, CO (May 16-17) Did the 5K last year. Came in dead last. A literal chicken beat me.
- Testicle Festival – Clinton, MT (Labor Day weekend) Rocky Mountain oysters taste like regret and breading. I’m going back.
- Frozen Dead Guy Days – Nederland, CO (March 7-9) Coffin races. Ours was weed-themed. Got DQ’d for smoking inside Grandpa’s final ride.
- Spam Jam – Waikiki, HI (April 26-ish) Flew to Hawaii for canned meat. Ate 47 musubi. Threw up in a volcano. No notes.
- Roadkill Cook-Off – Marlinton, WV (last Saturday Sept) Took second with raccoon rangoon. Judge looked like budget Willie Nelson.
- Mothman Festival – Point Pleasant, WV (third weekend Sept) Cried at the statue. Bought a $60 plushie. Named him Divorce Papers.
- Outhouse Races – Virginia City, NV (early Oct?) Our toilet was Elvis. Filled it with glitter. Instant war crime.
- RC Cola & MoonPie Festival – Bell Buckle, TN (June 14) Ate a 10-inch MoonPie in 47 seconds. Blacked out. Woke up sticky and loved.
- National Hollerin’ Contest – Spivey’s Corner, NC (Father’s Day weekend) Tried to holler. Sounded like dying goose. Got blessed (Southern for “go home”).
- BugFest – Raleigh, NC (mid-Sept) Chocolate chirp cookie was fine. I’ve survived worse (looking at you, Nebraska sushi).
anyway
These are my top U.S. local festivals for 2025. If you see me at one, buy me a beer or run. Depends how many fried things I’ve eaten.
Drop your weirdest fest recs below. My friends blocked me and I need new enablers. Also someone confirm these dates because my notes app is just me crying into hashbrowns.
