The Pennsylvania Fairs & Festivals Blog
Guides to planning your 2026 Pennsylvania fair and festival season.
Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire 2026: All Eleven Weekends, and Which Ones Are Clear
Eleven Saturdays, eleven Sundays, 22 gate days at Mount Hope Estate in Manheim. Six of those weekends share the calendar with a Lancaster County fair and five do not, and the difference decides how your day actually goes.
August 1, 2026 · 4 min read
Pennsylvania Craft Fairs 2026: Full Season Guide
Ten Pennsylvania events carry a craft or artisan tag for 2026, from a February flower show to an October apple festival, with four dates that overlap on the calendar.
July 30, 2026 · 4 min read
Pennsylvania Fall Festivals 2026: 38 Events, One Crowded Month
Pennsylvania's 38 fall festivals for 2026 cram almost entirely into September, with 169 same-weekend clashes among them. Here is where the crowding happens and how to plan around it.
July 30, 2026 · 4 min read
Pennsylvania Fair Season 2026: Month-by-Month Dates
The 2026 calendar is not spread evenly. Forty-five fairs open in August, none open in May, and the whole season runs from January 10 to late October.
July 29, 2026 · 4 min read
Pennsylvania Food Festivals 2026: Maple, Mushrooms, Whoopie Pies and Bean Soup
Seventeen of the 122 listings carry a food-festival tag. The single-subject ones, maple, mushrooms, whoopie pies, bean soup and apples, are the easiest to plan a day around.
July 29, 2026 · 4 min read
Lancaster County Fairs 2026: Nine Events From August to October
Lancaster County carries nine listings, more than any other Pennsylvania county in this directory. Seven of the nine start in September or October.
July 29, 2026 · 4 min read
Pittsburgh and Its Countryside: 23 Fairs and Festivals in 2026
Southwestern Pennsylvania runs 23 listings across ten counties, and the whole regional season is compressed into twelve weeks between late June and mid-September.
July 29, 2026 · 3 min read