Moffat County Hot Air Balloon Festival
A free community balloon festival above the Yampa Valley in the small ranching and dinosaur-country town of Craig, with mass ascensions, a night glow, cardboard regatta, and kite-making alongside sweeping views toward Dinosaur National Monument.
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"Marking its golden 50th anniversary in the mountain gateway town of Estes Park, this three-day festival pairs Highland athletics, massed pipe bands, and jousting knights with the spectacular Estes Park International Tattoo featuring over 200 performers from the US, Wales, and Australia against a Rocky Mountain backdrop."
Longs Peak Scottish Irish Highland Festival
"A free autumn balloon festival in the hot-springs mountain town of Pagosa Springs, combining mass balloon ascensions on both weekend mornings with a food and wine festival, bands, brews, and a dusk balloon glow against the San Juan peaks."
Colorfest Hot Air Balloon Rally
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Colorado Highland Games
"Tucked into the high-valley ranching community of Westcliffe in the Wet Mountain Valley with the Sangre de Cristo peaks as backdrop, this single-day games at Bluff Park offers a genuinely grassroots Highland athletics competition and Celtic gathering far from any city, connecting the region's rural community with Scottish heritage traditions."
Celtic Mountain Highland Games
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Crested Butte Arts Festival
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Branch County Fair
"A beloved three-day community fair in its 49th year, held in the Adirondack foothills hamlet of Mayfield, serving as a true local gathering for Fulton County's rural communities."
Mayfield Bannertown Fair
"The westernmost UP county fair serves the iron-mining and logging heritage communities of Gogebic County and the Wisconsin border, gathering agricultural exhibits, livestock, and local traditions in Ironwood each August."
Gogebic County Fair
"Held on the shores of Lake Chatuge every August, this long-running Appalachian fair celebrates the mountain heritage of Towns County with craft demonstrations, old-time music, and a recreated pioneer village."
Georgia Mountain Fair
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Alpena County Fair
"The great rural gathering of the Upper Peninsula, held annually in Escanaba since the early 20th century, brings together agricultural exhibits, grandstand entertainment, carnival rides, and fair foods to serve the farming and forestry communities spread across Michigan's vast northern wilderness."
Upper Peninsula State Fair