Summer is the season for festivals. From food fests to music fests to craft fests to other quirky fests, our nation is abuzz with celebrations to celebrate everything under the sun.
This is your ultimate guide to pretty much everything we’ve ever written on this site about gatherings that get us traveling around the country. In typical Outdoorsy fashion, these resources will also get you the deets on when to camp, where to camp, and how to get an RV there.
So let’s dig into this round-up of all things summer-festivating:
RVs For Rent Near You
RV-Friendly Music Festivals
There are so many RV-friendly music festivals out there that we write up individual posts to list them all out month-by-month.
Here’s everything hitting this summer:
–June Music Festivals That Are RV Friendly — CMA fest in Nashville, Bonnaroo, and Bluegrass in Colorado are just a few hallmarks.
–RV Friendly Tunes in July — Country Thunder and FloydFest are a couple of well-known examples that help stack out this musical month.
–August Acoustic Vibes — Rocky Mountain Folk fest is an Outdoorsy example of the music that’s packed into this warm-weather month.
–September Music That Plays Nice With RVs — Summer might be headed out in September, but the music’s not. Blues and Brews Fest in Telluride and Bourbon and Beyond in Kentucky are just a few fun stops on this list.
And when it comes to renting festival-friendly rigs, we have you covered there too. This landing page shows all the RVs for rent near you that fit the bill. You can also use that page to find campers for rent near any fest you want to go to.
Other Musicfest Bits
Outside our monthly guides, we put together these additional resources for good vibrations:
–Tips for Attending Music Festivals in an RV
–Best RV-Friendly Music Festivals
–7 Reasons to Take an RV to Your Next Music Festival
Balloon Festivals
You read that right — festivals happen all over the country devoted to hot air ballooning. One of the most famous being the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta.
We put together pages for some of the biggest balloon fests featuring nearby RVs for rent:
–Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta
Unheard of Festivals in the U.S.
Just because they’re ‘unheard of’ doesn’t mean they aren’t ridiculously cool. We’re talking a festival for duct tape, an underwater music festival, lumberjack fests, UFO fests, days with a frozen dead guy, and oh so much more.
Read all about these 22 unheard of festivals.
Festivals Worth A Road Trip
Some celebrations are so cool that they become destinations. From Garlic festivals to Viking festivals to BBQ fests and more, here are five gatherings that attract people from far and wide.
Bonus: Discover our event guides for food-fests happening nationwide.
Cultural Festivals
These are shindigs like the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, Renaissance festivals, Huckleberry festivals, and much more that celebrate different things people love.
Check out our full guide to cultural festivals around the U.S.
Motorsports
While a NASCAR race isn’t technically billed as a festival, it may as well be. Seas of fans arrive early, stay late, and camp out in RV cities that celebrate cars and camping.
We put together these guides to all the race-fests we could find in the U.S.
Rodeos
Major rodeos like the one at Cheyenne Frontier Days span many days and celebrate all things Ag.
Check out the biggest rodeos here
Fall and Winter Festivals
This may be a summer-centric guide, but that doesn’t mean you can’t use summertime to plan for fests you’ll attend in other seasons. Here are some of our fall favorites. And here are festivals to shake away the winter blues.
Festivals create a special buzz that can’t be beaten. RVing to festivals adds another dimension to the experience because you can keep the party going after official events have wrapped. Find a festival-friendly RV near you and roll out on epic adventures.
