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TOP 100 EVENTS 1982 thru 2016 *=Annual Event/Internationally Known Event ** = No.1 Event in US *** = No. 1 Event in Canada **** Event to Watch UNITED STATES World Series, location and date set 6 weeks before season ends 1985*, 1986* ALASKA, UNITED STATES Alaska Balt Eagle Festival Haines 2006 Alaska Highway Rendezvous, Alaska to Alberta SEE Highway Rendezvous Alaska State Fair Palmer 1995, 2003, 07, 08 Anchorage Fur Rendezvous SEE Fur Rendezvous Anchorage Anniversary of the Haines Road, AK to YT 1993 Festival of Native Arts Fairbanks 2014 Fur Rendezvous Anchorage 1984, 87, 95 Gold Rush Days Juneau 1997 Golden Days Fairbanks 1991, 96, 2012 Highway Rendezvous, AK to YT to BC to AB 1992 Ice Art Fairbanks 1997, 07, 2010 Iditarod Sled Dog Race Anchorage to Nome 1992, 2006*, 07*, 08*, 09*, 2010*, 2011*, 2012*, 2013*, 2014*, 2015*, 2016* Iditarod Sled Dog Race, Anchorage (Start) 1992, 2014* Willow (Finish) Jazz & Classics, Juneau, Juneau 1999 Klondike Gold Rush Celebration Skagway 1998 Last Frontier Theater Conference, 10th Annual Valdez 2002 Midnight Sun Baseball Fame, 100th Annual Fairbanks 2005 Midnight Sun Festival Fairbanks 2014, 2016 Rendezvous '92 SEE Highway Rendezvous Sitka Summer Music Festival Sitka 1998 Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival Fairbanks 2015 Tanana Valley State Fair Fairbanks 2004 The Annual May Day Fly-In & Air Show Valdez 2009, 2012 Valdez Gold Rush Days Valdez 2011 World Eskimo-Indian Olympics Fairbanks 2009, 2016 World Ice Art Championship Fairbanks 2003 United States Page 1 TOP 100 EVENTS 1982 thru 2016 *=Annual Event/Internationally Known Event ** = No.1 Event in US *** = No. 1 Event in Canada **** Event to Watch ALABAMA, UNITED STATES Alabama Civil Rights Movement 50th Anniversary (1963 & Birmingham/ Montgomery 2013, 2014, 2015 1965) Alabama June Jam SEE June Jam Fort Payne Azalea Trail and Festival, Mobile Mobile 1983 BayFest Music Festival Mobile 2012, 2014 Bellingrath Gardens and Home 75th Anniversary Theodore 2007 Blessing of the Fleet Bayou la Batre 1982 Botanical Garden Galaxy of Lights, Huntsville 2002 Bridge Crossing Jubilee Selma 2005 Christmas City 1997 Christmas on the Coosa Wetumpka 1987 Christmas on the River Demopolis 1982 Chrysanthemum Extravaganza Theodore 1990 City Stages Birmingham 1993, 98 Diehard 500 Stock Car Race Talledega 1986, 89 Festival of Arts Birmingham 1983, 2001 Festival of Flowers Mobile 2009 Galaxy of Lights Huntsville 2009, 2015, 2016 George Lindsey Celebrity Benefit Weekend Montgomery 1987 Helen Keller Festival Tuscusbia 1992, 94, 2008 Hot Air Balloon Classic, Alabama Jubilee Decatur 1995, 2008, 2014 Incident at Looney’s Tavern Double Springs 1992 Jubilee CityFest Montgomery 1999 June Jam Fort Payne 1987 Magic Christmas in Lights Mobile 2016 Mardi Gras, America’s Original Mobile 1984, 90, 2003 Mums Extravaganza Theodore 1985 Native American Festival Moundville 2006 Oktoberfest Birmingham 1988 Peanut Festival Dothan 1982, 86, 97 Shakespeare Festival Montgomery 1996 Shrimp Festival Gulf Shores 1984, 94,2005, 2013, 2015, 2016 Space Celebration Huntsville 1989 Talladega Diehard 500 Stock Car Race SEE Diehard 500 Talledga Stock Car Race To Kill A Mockingbird Montgomery 2013**** Victorian Front Porch Christmas Opelika 2002, 03 W.C. Handy Music Festival Florence 1985, 91, 2011, 2013, 2015 WEUP 17th Annual June Black Arts Festival Huntsville 2006 United States Page 2 TOP 100 EVENTS 1982 thru 2016 *=Annual Event/Internationally Known Event ** = No.1 Event in US *** = No. 1 Event in Canada **** Event to Watch ARKANSAS, UNITED STATES Apple Festival, 23rd Annual Arkansas Lincoln 1998 Arkansas Fold Festival Mountain View 2002 Arkansas Sesquicentennial Celebration, AR SEE Sesquicentennial Celebration Arkansas Trail of Holiday Lights Little Rock 2011 ArkansasOklahoma Rodeo & World’s Richest Barrel Race, Fort Smith AR SEE Old Fort Days Arts & Crafts Fair SEE Redbud Ramble Bentonville Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival SEE Pink Tomato Warren Festival Celebration of the Arts Hot Springs 1996 Chuckwagon Races, National Championship Clinton 1994 Dodge City Days Dodge City 2015 Duck Calling Contest Stuttgart 1992 Fort Smith Riverfront Blues Festival Fort Smith 2011 Great Passion Play Eureka Springs 1987, 2001 Hope Watermelon Festival SEE Watermelon Festival Hope Johnny Cash Music Festival State University 2013**** Jonquil Festival, Annual Washington 1990 King Biscuit Blues Festival Helena 1988,2006 Lights of the Delta Blytheville 2004 Lights of the Ozarks Fayetteville 1997 Magnolia Blossom Festival and WorldChampionship Steak Magnolia 1995, 2009 CookOff Main Street El Dorado Re-enactment El Dorado 2008 Oaklawn Park’s Racing Festival of the South SEE Racing Hot Springs Festival of the South Oktoberfest, Arkansas Hot Springs 2003 Old Fort Days (Arkansas Oklahoma Rodeo & World’s Richest Fort Smith 1982 Barrel Race) Original Ozark Folk Festival SEE Ozark Folk Festival Eureka Springs Ozark Folk Festival, Eureka Springs 1983, 85, 2009 Passion Play SEE Great Passion Play Eureka Springs Petit Jean SEE Swap Meet & Auto Fair Morrilton Pink Tomato Festival Warren 1993 Portfest “Rollin’ on the River” Jackenport 1993 Racing Festival of the South (Oaklawn Park’s) Hot Springs 1986 Redbud Ramble Bentonville 1991 Riverfest Arkansas Little Rock 1984, 87, 2001, 05, 07, 2010, 2012, 2013 Sesquicentennial Celebration, AR statewide 1986 Springtime War Eagle Arts & Crafts Fair Hindsbille 1994 4th Annual World Champion Squirrel and Bacon Bowl Bentonville 2015**** Sugar Creek Arts & Crafts Fair, Annual SEE Redbud Ramble Bentonville Swap Meet & Auto FairPetit Jean Morrilton 1989 Toad Suck Daze Festival Conway 1997 Victorian Christmas in Eureka Springs Eureka Springs 1990 War Eagle Arts and Crafts Fair Hindsville 2007 War Eagle Spring/Fall Fair War Eagle 2004 Watermelon Festival Hope 1989 Wildwood Festival Little Rock 2003 Wine Festival Wiederkehr Village 2005 Wings Over the Prairie Festival Stuttgart 1992 United States Page 3 TOP 100 EVENTS 1982 thru 2016 *=Annual Event/Internationally Known Event ** = No.1 Event in US *** = No. 1 Event in Canada **** Event to Watch Withrow Renaissance Festival & American Crossbow Huntsville 1999 Tournament World of the Pharaohs Little Rock 2010 World’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade Hot Springs 2011, 2014 World’s Champ. DuckCalling Contest SEE Duck Calling Stuttgart Contest World’s Richest Barrel Race SEE Old Fort Days Fort Smith United States Page 4 TOP 100 EVENTS 1982 thru 2016 *=Annual Event/Internationally Known Event ** = No.1 Event in US *** = No. 1 Event in Canada **** Event to Watch ARIZONA, UNITED STATES 27th Annual Boat Parade of Lights Lake Havasu City 2009 40th Annual Heard Museum Guild Indian Faire and Market Phoenix 1998 All Arabian Horse Show Scottsdale 1986 Arizona Renaissance Festival Apache Junction 1993 Arizona’s Route 66 Fun Run Kingman 2002 Boat Parade of Lights Havasu City 2003, 04, 06, 08 Celebration of Basketry and Native Foods – Heard Museum Phoenix 2007 Chocolate Affaire Glendale 2003 Cowgirl Up! Art Show & Sale-Desert Caballeros Western Museum Wickenburg 2009 Fall Festival of the Arts Tempe 2005 Festival in the Sun Tucson 1991 Fiesta Bowl Festival & Football Classic Phoenix/Tempe 1983, 84, 85, 86* Fiesta Bowl Festival & Football Classic Tempe/Phoenix 1983, 84, 85, 86* Film Festival & Workship, international Sedona 2006 Frontier Days/Frontier Days Rodeo Prescott 1989, 92 Gem & Mineral Show Tucson 1992 Gold Rush Days…Out Wickenburg Way Wickenburg 1994 Havasu Balloon Festival & Fair Lake Havasu City 2014, 2015 Hoop Dance Contest, Heard Museum World Championships Phoenix 1995 Hopi Festival of Arts and Culture Flagstaff 2008** La Fiesta de los Vaqueros, Annual Tucson 1990, 91, 2001, 2015 Mariachi Conference Tucson 1985, 97, 2012 Native American Arts and Crafts Festival, White Mountain PinetopLakeside 1996 Navajo Nation Fair Window Rock 1988, 2010 Parada del Sol Rodeo and Parade Scottsdale 1982, 83, 87 Prescott Frontier Days, AZ SEE Frontier Days Prescott Red Rock Fantasy Sedona 2010 Renaissance Festival, Arizona SEE Arizona Renaissance Festival Apache Junction Thunderbird Balloon Classic Scottsdale 1999 Tubac Festival of the Arts Tubac 2011 Tucson Festival Tucson 1982, 83 Tucson Gem & Mineral Show, Annual SEE Gem & Mineral Show Tucson Tucson Int’l Mariachi Festival SEE Mariachi Conference Tucson 2012 Tucson Rodeo, Annual SEE La Fiesta de los Vaqueros Tucson U.S. West National Festival of the West Scottsdale 1998 Western Winter Blast Lake Havasu City 2013 Winterfest Flagstaff 1994 Yuma Lettuce Days Yuma 2016**** United States Page 5 TOP 100 EVENTS 1982 thru 2016 *=Annual Event/Internationally Known Event ** = No.1 Event in US *** = No. 1 Event in Canada **** Event to Watch CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES African Marketplace and Cultural Faire Los Angeles 2002 America’s Cup San Diego 1992 Asparagus Festival Stockton 1999 Bicycle Classic SEE Coors Int’l Bicycle Classic San Francisco to Denver Blossom Trail Fresno 1992 Calaveras County Jumping Frog Jubilee SEE Jumping Angels Camp Frog Jubilee Carnaval San Francisco San Francisco 1994 Centennial Year 2010-2011, U.S. Immigration Station, Pleasanton 2011 Angel Island Cherry Blossom Festival San Francisco 1986 Chinese New Year Celebration San Francisco 1983, 84 Christmas Parade Hollywood 1990 Coors Int’l Bicycle Classic San Francisco to 1985, 86, 87, 88* Denver Date Festival Indio 1986, 87, 88 Dixieland Jazz Jubilee 1983, 85, 90, 91 Farm-to-Fork Festival Sacramento 2014 Festival of Arts & Pageant of the Masters Laguna Beach 1985, 86, 93 Fiesta Days Vacaville 2007 Fresno County Blossom Trail SEE Blossom Trail Fresno