2024 U.S. Fiber Arts Festivals

2024 U.S. Fiber Arts Festivals

Written by: Allyson Carmody

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Hello Friends of the Cottage!


As always, please email me at allyson@thatchedroofcottage.com to add a festival or correct any information.


Yarn crawls and fiber retreats are being added to the list.


If you have found this fiber festival list useful, I would be so grateful if you would have a look around my site and share this page on social media.


Hope you all have fun and add some awesome fiber festival goodies to your stash this year!

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 RetreatFredericksburg, 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 10 - 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, Yellow Springs, Ohio


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


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


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

October


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 - 13: Fiber Expo, Ann Arbor, Michigan


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 : Mid-Plains Fiber Fair*, York, Nebraska

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

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