What It Was Like Inside This Year’s Newport Folk Festival
Around 5 p.m. on my first day at Newport Folk Festival, I received a text from a music manager who was also there: Rumor has it James Taylor is showing up. And soon. By 5:30, ...
Bridge Day 2023
Bridge Day is an annual one-day festival in Fayetteville, West Virginia, where — you guessed it — people get together and jump off a bridge. But not any bridge, the gorgeous New River Gorge Bridge ...
Richmond Folk Festival 2023
You may not have heard of it, but the Richmond Folk Festival is one of the largest folk festivals in the nation. Each year, more than 200,000 visitors and local Virginians descend on downtown Richmond ...
Front Porch Festival 2023
Unzip your tent at Front Porch Festival and look up at tulip poplar trees, black hickories and red maples. Or roll out of your RV and stroll along the pond’s edge, catching a glimpse of ...
13 Best Food and Drink Fests Coming in Oct, Nov
It's still August, but fall will be here before you know it, and so will these stand-out festivals. National Fried Chicken FestivalSeptember 30-October 1, New OrleansA two-day fete for fried chicken lovers, fried dough lovers ...
8 Places to Visit This October
If you haven't already, here's your nudge to plan that October weekend away. Some of these picks have to do with unique experiences in the fall — yes, there's mention of foliage below — but ...
Los Angeles Folk Festival 2023
If you're the sick of mega festivals with their corporate sponsorships, bobble-head crowds, and muddy fields in the middle of nowhere, we've got a new one for you. It's where old Hollywood glamor and hardcore ...
As Good as Wilderness Gets in the East
“Almost heaven, West Virginia,” opens the classic, often-misquoted John Denver song “Take Me Home, Country Roads.” West Virginia may be heaven to Denver, but, if you ask the average American about the state, they may ...
Oceans Calling 2023
Oceans Calling music festival was brand new and highly anticipated in 2022: Jack Johnson and Alanis Morissette set to headline, stages mounted at the Ocean City Inlet, boardwalk eateries stocked, 40,000 tickets sold. But the ...
50 Things to Do in 50 States
Every American state has a defining feature, something that makes it stand out from the other 49 and gives it a certain allure. Sometimes it’s cliche and overdone, yes, but there’s a reason people always ...