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Blue Crab Festival
Little River, South Carolina
Overrunning the historic waterfront of this coastal town north of Myrtle Beach, this 2-day
spring street festival features arts and crafts, food booths, live music, and family activities.
www.bluecrabfestival.org
The International Bar-B-Q Festival
Queensboro, Kentucky
Every year during the second week in May, the town of Queensboro, Kentucky, fills with
the aroma of hickory-smoked barbecue, featuring regional specialities such as burgoo
and roasted mutton. Events include a pie-eating contest, Miss Bar-B-Q pageant, horse-
shoe pitching, and a range of live music.
www.bbqfest.com
Vegas Uncork'd
Las Vegas, Nevada
This 4-day culinary showcase sponsored by
Bon Appétit
magazine stars Las Vegas's top
chefs (which means some of the world's biggest names in cooking), with workshops,
competitions, tastings, and gala luncheons and dinners.
www.bavegasuncorked.com
Feria de la Piña (Pineapple Festival)
Loma Bonita, Oaxaca, Mexico
The biggest event of the year in this tropical town in northern Oaxaca, this agricultural
fair devoted to the juicy local pineapples features horse racing, cock fights, folk dances,
fireworks, and a parade with floats and a Pineapple Queen.
www.visitmexico.com
Stilton Cheese Rolling Festival
Stilton, England
Every May Day bank holiday, teams compete to roll wheels of Stilton cheese down the
High Street of the cheese's namesake village. Festivities also include a maypole, folk
dancing, costume parade, live music, and lots of food and drink.
www.stilton-about.org
Sagra dei Limoni (Lemon Festival)
Monterosso al Mare, Italy
Honoring the lemon groves of this historic seaside Ligurian town, this Saturday festival
includes contests for biggest local lemon and best shop window decorations, along with
food booths and live music throughout the day.
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39/187/817-525
for town office; www.cinqueterre.it
JUNE
Great Wisconsin Cheese Festival
Little Chute, Wisconsin
Kicking off June Dairy Month in the state nicknamed America's Dairyland, this 3-day event
at Doyle Park features cheese tasting, cheese carving, a cheesecake contest, cheese
curd eating contests, live music, a carnival, the Big cheese parade, and the Big Cheese
Breakfast.
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920/788-7380;
www.littlechutewi.org
Georgia Peach Festival
Byron and Fort Valley, Georgia
The world's largest peach cobbler is the star of this 8-day festival in the heart of Georgia's
peach-growing country, featuring fireworks, games, tours of a fruit packing plant, a pan-
cake breakfast, live music, a parade, and an art show.
www.gapeachfestival.com
American Craft Beer Fest
Boston, Massachusetts
Held at the Seaport World Trade Center, this 2-day event sponsored by
Beer Advocate
features food booths, seminars, guest speakers—and continuous 2-ounce tastings of
some 300 beers from over 75 craft breweries from all over the country.
www.beeradvocate.com/acbf
