2024 U.S. Fiber Arts Festivals


Upcoming Festivals for October 11-13


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January

     January 19 – 20: Oxford Fiber Festival, Oxford, Mississippi


     January 27: Yarni Gras, New Orleans, Louisiana


February

     February 2 - 3: Yellow Rose on the Coast, Port Aransas, Texas


     February 2 – 4: Delmarva Wool & Fiber Expo, Ocean City, Maryland


     February 4: New England Farm & Fiber Festival, Boston, Massachusetts


     February 15 - 18: Red Alder Fiber Arts Retreat, Tacoma, Washington


     February 18: Tina Turner Knits - Fiber Arts Festival, Henrietta, New York



March

     March 2: Shepherds Market, Iowa City, Iowa


     March 5 - 10: Bandera Fiber & Arts Week + Festival, Bandera, Texas


     March 6 – 10: Carolina Fiber Fest, Raleigh, North Carolina


     March 8 - 9: Jay County Fiber Arts Festival, Portland, Indiana


     March 9: Western Illinois Fiber Fest, Macomb, Illinois


     March 15 – 16: Eureka! Fiber in the Ozarks, Eureka Springs, Arkansas


     March 16: Illinois Fiber Festival, Champaign, Illinois


     March 22 – 23: Middle Tennessee Fiber Festival, Dickson, Tennessee


     March 22 -23: Ozark Highlands Sheep & Fiber Festival, Glenallen, Missouri


     March 23: 39th Annual Market Day & Fiber Fair, Bowling Green, Ohio


April

     April 5 - 7: Arizona Fiber Festival, Camp Verde, Arizona


     April 6: 28th Annual Stephenson County Fiber Art Fair, Cedarville, Illinois


     April 10 - 13: Interweave Maker Festivals Loveland, Loveland, Colorado


     April 12 – 13: Greencastle Wool Show, Greencastle, Indiana


     April 12 - 13: Albuquerque Fiber Arts Fiesta 2024, Albuquerque, New Mexico


     April 13: 38th Annual Southern Illinois Sheep & Craft Festival, Waterloo, Illinois


     April 19 - 21: Fiber Witch Festival, Salem, Massachusetts


     April 19 - 21: Next Level Knitting Conference, Online by TKGA (The Knitting Guild                                      Association)


     April 20 - 21: Fiber Expo, Ann Arbor, Michigan


     April 20 - 21: YarnCon, Chicago, Illinois


     April 26 - 28: Georgia Mountain Needle Arts Festival, Ellijay, Georgia


     April 26 – 27: Great Basin Fiber Arts Fair, Farmington, Utah


     April 26 - 27: Yellow Rose Fiber Fiesta, Seguin, Texas


     April 26 – 28: Midwest Fiber Festival, St. Louis, Missouri


     April 27: Frederick Fiber Fest, Frederick, Maryland


     April 27: CT Sheep, Wool, & Fiber Festival, North Haven, Connecticut


     April 27: Nauvoo Fiber Arts Festival, Nauvoo, Illinois


     April 27 – 28: Wisconsin Alpaca & Fiber Fest, Madison, Wisconsin


May

     May 4 – 5: Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival, West Friendship, Maryland


     May 4 – 5: Birchwood Fiber Festival, Birchwood, Tennessee


     May 10 – 12: Shepherd’s Harvest Sheep and Wool Festival, Lake Elmo, Minnesota


     May 11: Shepherd's Wool Market, Rush, New York


     May 11 – 12: NH Sheep & Wool Festival, Deerfield, New Hampshire


     May 18 – 19: Kentucky Sheep & Fiber Festival, Lexington, Kentucky


     May 18 - 19: Heart of New Mexico Fiber and Art Gathering, Edgewood, New Mexico


     May 18 - 19: Illiana Fiber Festival, Crown Point, Indiana


     May 18 - 19: Central Pennsylvania Fiber Festival, Hughesville, Pennsylvania


     May 25 – 26: Massachusetts Sheep & Woolcraft Fair, Cummington,                      

                            Massachusetts


     May 25 – 26: The Great Lakes Fiber Show, Wooster, Ohio


     May 31 - June 1: Hoosier Hills Fiber Festival, Franklin, Indiana


     May 31 - June 1: Knit-In, Madison, Wisconsin


June

     June 1: St. Cloud Spin Fest & Fiber Fair, St. Cloud, Minnesota


     June 1 - 2: Fiber Fusion Northwest, Monroe, Washington


     June 1 - 2: Maine Fiber Frolic, Windsor, Maine


     June 1 - 2: Flag Wool & Fiber Festival, Flagstaff, Arizona


     June 6 - 9: Estes Park Wool Market, Estes Park, Colorado


     June 7 -8: Blue Ridge Fiber Fest, Sparta, North Carolina


     June 8: Worldwide Knit in Public Day, Worldwide


     June 8: Knit the Bridge, Boyne Falls, Michigan


     June 8: Mid-Ohio Fiber Fair, Newark, Ohio


     June 8 - 9: CNY Fiber Artists & Producers, Bouckville, New York


     June 22 -23 : Westwind Fiber Arts Festival, Yorktown, Indiana


     June : Houston Fiber Fest, Cypress, Texas - This festival will resume in 2025.


     June 28 - 30: The Black Sheep Gathering, Albany, Oregon


July

     July 11 - 17: Handweavers Guild of America’s Convergence, Wichita, Kansas


     July 19 - 21: Wine Country Yarn Hop, Sonoma - Mendocino Counties - Ukiah,                                         California


     July 19 - 21: Third Annual Finnegan's Run Sweater Retreat, Fredericksburg, Virginia


     July 20 - 21: Fiber U, Lebanon, Missouri


     July 20 – 21: Copper K Fiber Festival, Whitehall, Montana


     July 20 - 28, Chicago Yarn Crawl, Chicago, Illinois


     July 22 - 28: Medomak Fiber Arts Retreat, Washington, Maine


     July 29 - August 4: Medomak Fiber Arts Retreat, Washington, Maine


     July 31 - August 3: Maker Festivals, Lancaster, Pennsylvania


August

     August 1 - 4: Expanding and Exploring the Future World of our Fiber Traditions,                                       Billings, Montana


     August 3 – 4: Fiber Arts Festival, West Fargo, North Dakota


     August 3 – 4: Fiberfest Eureka, Eureka, Montana


     August 9 – 10: Southern Comforts Fiber Market, Charlotte, North Carolina


     August 9 - 11: Flock Fiber Festival, Seattle, Washington


     August 14 – 18: Michigan Fiber Festival, Allegan, Michigan


     August 22 - 28: Texas Yarn Trail, Southeast Texas Area


     August 23 – 25: Pittsburgh Creative Arts Festival, Green Tree, Pennsylvania


     August 31 - September 1: Heart of New Mexico Fiber and Art Gathering, Edgewood,                                                       New Mexico


     August 31 - September 1: Sierra Vista Fiber Festival, Sierra Vista, Arizona


September

     September 6 – 8: Wisconsin Sheep & Wool Festival, Jefferson, Wisconsin


     September 7 - 8: Salida Fiber Festival, Salida, Colorado


     September 7 - 8: Pennsylvania Endless Mountains Fiber Festival, New Milford,                                                 Pennsylvania


     September 7 - 8: Natural Fiber Fair, Arcata, California


     September 14: Western New York Fiber Arts Festival, East Aurora, New York


     September 20 - 21: Anson County Fiber Arts Festival, Wadesboro, North Carolina


     September 20 – 22: DFW Fiber Fest, Irving, Texas


     September 21 - 22: 28th Annual Wool Gathering at Young's Dairy, Yellow Springs,                                              Ohio


     September 21 - 22: Oregon Flock & Fiber Festival, Albany, Oregon


     September 21 - 22: Lehigh Valley Fiber Festival, Allentown, Pennsylvania


     September 22 - 26: Woolly Wisdom Rug Hooking Workshop, Blue Springs, Missouri


     September 28, 2024: Tacoma Fiber Fling, Tacoma, Washington


     September 28 - 29: Mid-Plains Fiber Fair, York, Nebraska


     September 28 - 29: Shenandoah Valley Fiber Festival, Berryville, Virginia


October

     October 4 - 5: Bloomington Wool & Fiber Festival, Bloomington, Indiana


     October 4 - 6: Pacific Northwest Fiber Arts Expo, Port Angeles, Washington


     October 5 - 6: Vermont Sheep & Wool Festival, Tunbridge, Vermont


     October 5 – 6: Fall Fiber Festival and Montpelier Sheep Dog Trials, Montpelier                                             Station, Virginia


     October 5 - 6: Lambtown Festival, Dixon, California


     October 5 - 6: Mountain and Valley Wool Festival, Santa Fe, New Mexico


     October 5 - 6: 2nd Annual Taos Wools Festival, Taos, New Mexico


     October 11 - 12: Lake Area Fiber Arts Festival, Camdenton, Missouri


     October 12: Joshua Tree Fiber Festival, Joshua Tree, California


     October 12: Kings County Fiber Festival, Brooklyn, New York


     October 12 - 13: Fiber Expo, Ann Arbor, Michigan 


     October 18: Indie Untangled - Rhinebeck, Saugerties, New York


     October 18 - 19: Southern Indiana Fiber & Arts Festival, Corydon, Indiana


     October 18 - 20: Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair, Fletcher, North Carolina


     October 19: Minnesota Fiber Festival, Cambridge, Minnesota


     October 19 - 20: 11th Annual Autumn Fiber Festival, Mansfield, Ohio


     October 19 - 20: New York State Sheep & Wool Festival, Rhinebeck, New York


     October 25 - 27: Texas Fleece & Fiber Festival, Kerrville, Texas


     October 26: Frederick Fiber Fest, Frederick, Maryland


     October 30 - November 3: Fiber Art Show & Sale, Longmont, Colorado


     October 31 - November 3: TKGA Retreat, Minneapolis, Minnesota


November

     November 1 - 2: Ozark Fiber Fling, Steelville, Missouri


     November 2: Alabama Fiber Festival, Brierfield, Alabama


     November 2 – 3: The Annual Fiber Festival of New England, West Springfield,                                                  Massachusetts


     November 8 - 9: NWA Fiber Festival, Fayetteville, Arkansas


     November 9 - 10: Maryland Alpaca and Fleece Festival, West Friendship, Maryland


     November 23 – 24: Pennsylvania Fall Fiber Arts Festival, Leesport, Pennsylvania


     November 23 - 24: SoCal Fiber Fair, Pomona, California


     November 23 - 24: Threads and Fiber Festival, Des Moines, Iowa


     November : East Texas Fiber Festival*, Canton, Texas


December



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