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May 10-12 2012
Las Vegas, Nevada. Vegas Uncork’d, a fun foodie and drink festival- whole array of events including celebrity chef poker tournament!

May 18-19 2012
Throckmorton, Texas. The Rocky Mountain Oyster Festival. This whole event is dedicated to serving deep-fried bull testicles.  One of the highlights of the festival is Bullshit Bingo, with a grand prize of $100 for the lucky person who can correctly predict where a cow will do its doodie. The motto of this dignified event? “I had a ball at the Testicle Festival.”

May 18-19 2012
Monterey, California. Cooking for Solutions, sustainable  cooking, 70 chefs, 60 wineries.

May 25-28 2012
Garden Grove, California. Garden Grove Strawberry Festival. Everything strawberry! Celebrity-filled. Good Cause. Family Fun!

June 1-9 2012
Fort Valley and Byron, Georgia. Georgia Peach Festival. Activities begin in Byron the first weekend and move to Fort Valley the second weekend with activities in both cities throughout the week. The Georgia Peach Festival attracts between 7,000 and 10,000 visitors during festival week.

June 21-24 2012
Luling, Texas. Watermelon Thump.Watermelon festival, including seed spitting content, music and much more

June  23rd 2012
Ellsworth, Wisconsin. Cheese Curd Festival, Wisconsin. The Ellsworth Cheese Curd Festival has taken place for over 10 years now and features virtually anything you can imagine. Everything from fireworks to truck pulling, cheese curd treasure hunt and brilliant live music.

July 4th 2012
Oatman, Arizona. Oatman Sidewalk Egg Frying Contest. Egg frying contest is held at high noon on the downtown streets. There are also Old West gun fights, wild burros roaming the streets, food, entertainment and more.

July 4th 2012
NYC, New York. Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog eating competition- since 1916

July 19-21 2012
Santa Barbara, California. California Wine Tasting

July 26-28 2012
Cordova, Alaska. 2012 Copper River Wild! Salmon Festival. Join us for a jam-packed weekend full of fun and festivity at the Copper River Wild! salmon festival in Cordova, Alaska. Experience the energy and enthusiasm of our rustic fishing community through a wide variety of art, music, road races and educational events. The Copper River Wild! Festival aims to celebrate salmon and promote the health and sustainability of local salmon runs.

July 27-29 2012
Whiting, Indiana. Pierogi Fest always runs the last full weekend in July. You’ll find us jam packed with things like the Polka Dance Off, hosted by our very own Polkahontas and judged by our impartial judges, Mr. Pierogi and Ms. Paczki.

July 27-29 2012
Gilroy, California. Gilroy Garlic Festival. Gilroy is the unofficial Garlic Capital of the World and proudly shows off in this festival that attracts over 100,000 visitors annually that as a whole consume an estimated two and a half tons of garlic at the event.

Aug 1-5 2012
Rockland, Maine.Maine’s Lobster Festival is held every year in August in Rockland, Maine. Celebrate everything surrounding the lobster.

Aug 4th 2012
Seymour, Wisconsin. Burgerfest. Seymour, ‘Home of the Hamburger’, the fest is a celebration of the Burger.

Aug 17-18, 2012
Pullman, Washington.National Lentil Festival. Eastern Washington and northern Idaho, the Palouse Region, grows a third of the lentils in the United States. Since 1989, the National Lentil Festival has celebrated this wonderful little legume that is consumed by people all over the world.

Aug 17-18, 2012
Brady, Texas. World Championship BBQ Goat Cook-Off.

September 1-2 2012
Hatch, New Mexico. Hatch Chile Festival. Festivities include chile tosses, chile eating contests, music, parades and much more! Some like it hot!

September 1-2 2012
Buffalo, New York. National Buffalo Wing Festival. Wing it to Buffalo!

Nov 2012
Kona, Hawaii. Kona Coffee Cultural Festival

Nov 3-4, 2012
Abbeville, Louisiana. Giant Omelette Celebration and festival. Grab your seat early for the procession of chefs, eggs and bread to the Giant 12 foot skillet where fun and follie are the order of day for those preparing the “5000 Egg” Giant Omelette.

Mid Jan, 2013
Manitou Springs, Colorado. Great Fruit Cake Toss. Once again the fruitcakes will fly. Compete in the Hand Toss, Kid’s Toss, Launch, Pneumatic Gun or Canon, Team Catch or Accuracy division.

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