Do you have a local street festival or carnival in your town?

yeah we do and some foreign nationals visit our place due to this festival..that is Kadayawan Festival, do you heared about it?

Well my town has the pumpkin fair. It's our biggest fair, but we have several through out the year. For being the pumpkin fair it has very little to with pumpkins. No pumpkin pie eating contest, pumpkin seed spitting, very little pumpkin food is available. It's more of just a place to shop. Not one food vendor was offering pumpkin pie but we had 340 vendors last year. A festival in a neighboring town I was hoping to be be able to attend next year is the asparagus festival, fried and chocolate dipped asparagus are thing I would really like to try. The pumpkin fair is usually a disappointment but I like strolling through the farmers market my town puts on in the summer. It's not as popular so it's not really that crowded and it's a nice way to relax.

I really like the Parade of Nations, which includes not only a parade but also a sort of multi-cultural festival. My town, while small, is home to an awesome tech college, which is really well-known for its engineering program. So people from all over the world come here. Which is neat, because in such a small town you see people from everywhere. So at Parade of Nations, everyone marches with flags from their countries, and wears traditional dress, and makes floats and such. And after the parade, there's a festival with lots of food and crafts from all over the world. At first it was mostly something the college kids did, but over the years the whole community has become more and more involved. The other big celebration here is Bridgefest, which celebrates the lift bridge between the Keweenaw Peninsula and the rest of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It sounds really dorky, but it's actually kind of got some neat history behind it. And there are fireworks and food and crafts and all kinds of fun things. Oh, I almost forgot Winter Carnival. We don't do sand sculptures here, but ice sculptures. Some of them are as big as buildings, and they were really beautiful. One year some people came from Finland and built an ice house here, and that was really neat too.

we have a once a year craft fair..we used to have carnivals,but the city won't give out permits for them anymore-they claim insurance reasons. meh.

As a matter of fact yes, and it happens to be going on this weekend. My hometown is called Barberton, Ohio. We have the Cherry Blossom Festival. It's all about the cherry trees, the cherries themselves and the blossoming of the trees. There's a parade in the morning, and a few days prior they have little pageant and pick Miss,Mr., Lil' mis, and Junior Cherry Blossom. After the parade there are many activities. There's the cherry pie eating contest (of course), the carnival, the bake off, a concert, and some other things that I just can't remember. But It's always a blast. Then In the town where I live (20 minutes away) next month we will have the Blue Tip Festival. The town is called Wadsworth, Ohio. And the blue tip is named that because many moons ago there was a match factory there. And you guessed it, the tips of the matches were blue. And that factory is where the majority of the people workded that helped build up the community and their families. And they do pretty much the same as the cherry blossom, but they created some quite unique activities. They have the plunger toss for ladies, the toilet toss for guys and some other nutty stuff. And prior to the parade the have a contest for kids to build something (I think a house) out of match sticks. It's really cool.

Yes, in fact one takes place on my street! It happens twice a year in Brentwood, California. It is primarily an arts and crafts fair, but there are also musical performances. They wake me up because they start setting up at about 5:00AM. No worries, though, because the community seems to enjoy it. Brentwood is a fairly affluent community and the street merchants take full advantage of this. Especially the food vendors; the prices are RIDICULOUSLY expensive! I generally don't make a point of attending the fair per se, but frequently end up in the midst of it when walking to a market or restaurant that happens to be on the same street. Los Angeles (Brentwood is an adjacent community) is a HUGE metropolis and there are dozens (if not hundreds) of street fairs throughout the year. I'm only aware of a tiny percentage of them. For example, many times in the past, I have attended The Renaissance Pleasure Faire. This is a large-scale Shakespearean/Elizabethan faire replete with period costumes worn by Americans sporting Elizabethan accents. Everything -- the costumes, food, mini-Shakespeare plays -- is very authentic. I've had great times there.

Yes indeed, every year around the period of the Lunar New Year Festival, here in SIngapore we have a colourful and exciting street parade caled the Chingay, its has been around for many years and continues to attract and entertain not only Singaporeans but also foreigners from across the glboe!

That sounds like a really great day out hun. We do have an annual carnival in our town but it's usually more along the lines of a collection of stalls and the Salvation Army band. Last year's carnival was a little better though, with some bands and a great fireworks display in the evening. The town also hosts a huge gardening show every summer, in the local park, and that is always very busy.

yep. but not near as nice as what we had back in New York State. but anyhow, we have Rodeo's and festivals in most the towns around here. I like heritage or pioneer day celebrations.

Here in Mobile, we have Mardi Gras around Jan, Feb, March depending on Easter since it ends the day before Ash Wednesday.It starts with a night parades and leads up to Fat Tuesday with the last major parades; they even show them on TV and preempt the soap operas until late night. I go to some parades with the girls, but that's about it. We also have Bayfest around October downtown with local and some famous acts. Next month, there is going to be a Street Arts Festival on one of the Avenues that was the main avenue for African Americans back in the day. I believe you can go to www.myspace.com/davisavenue

We have several here, the Mayberry Farmfest, Mayberry Days, and the Autumn Leaves Festival. The best one is the Autumn Leaves Festival, there are hundreds of booths with food and crafts and interesting things to look at and buy. They have street bands, playing things like washboards and spoons. Cars shows, and such.

We have several here but the one that stands out in my mind is the Medieval Fair. They hold it usually the first weekend of April. People go to it dressed in peroid clothes, there are joust tournements, crowning the king and queen, lots of booths selling everything from medieval times including suits of armour. I love going there even though it is basically the same each year. When I was younger the town I lived in had 2 festivals. Corn Fest was to celebrate, you guessed it, corn. They have a carnival, free corn on the cob, activities for young and old, music (big named bands like survivor, 38 special, joan jett ect...). That is at the end of August.(The website isn't up yet for this years fest activities.) Halloween weekend they have Pumpkin Fest. You guessed again, celebrating pumpkins. Again a carnival, a 3 hour parade, thousnads of people decorate pumpkins that are displayed on the courthouse lawn. You can see it all at http://www.sycamorepumpkinfestival.com. I kind f miss being home at this time of year.

I live in the largest county in the state. Every July our small Kansas town hosts the Sedgwick County Fair. Its the only time of the year we have traffic jams. LOL! Anyway, we have a carnival, complete with rides, a fairway, games, cotton candy, and funnel cakes (yum). But there also is live music every night, a demolition derby (its awesome), lots of food vendors, and a rodeo. It is so fun! We take the kids every year (of course nowadays, they are old enough to take themselves). There also are many 4-H activities. Our fair is the best, and we love attending! Hugs!

I live in a small town with my family. Once a year the town closes down main street to have a parade. They invitethe fire departments from other towns over to ride in the parade. Then they also close off a couple of blocks to have a small concert performed by the local talent. There are a few games and some good food as well. Last year was the first year for us to fo because of being new in town. I hope that we have a better time this year.

We have 2- One ended last night- It is called the Dogwood festival- We celebrate the Dogwood trees! We have a parade and a carnival. I have been going to it since I was a child. Now I take my daughter- In September over labor day we have a huge celebration- Octoberfest-- This is one focused around hot air balloons- It really is some German celebration- but has gone away from this- they now call it Festival of Balloons- It's great fun- Numerous (hundreds) of balloons go up twice a day for a week- there is a craft show, food, lots of live music- It's just a super fun week!

Yes we have street fairs all over the place. Last year I began selling my handmade items at street fairs.

Here in Singapore, we do have all sorts of events, art festival included, which I guess is similar to what you have described. For the smaller scale, "Pasar Malam" is one frequent activity held in neightbourhoods. They are sort of a mobile market selling all sorts of stuffs, with food as the main focus. For kids, there are games and merry go-rounds. It really brightens the neighbourhood.

There is a festival for cranes in my hometown. There are 14 kinds of cranes. Every summer people from different cities and countries to see the cranes. It improved travelling and economy of our city. And people have a better life. There is a lot of activities during the festival. First,some famous singers and dancers from all of my country to perform their programms. Second, all kinds of clothes and food sell in those days in low price. Finally, and the most important is that you can watch the cranes shows. People in our city can have a rest for 1 day.