According to the great Hunter S. Thompson , " When the going gets weird , the uncanny turn pro . " Well , these summertime festival are nothing if not professional in their weirdness . They also bring home the bacon the biggest party of the twelvemonth for some of state ’s smallest , most out - of - the - means locales – providing a red-blooded slice of Americana far outsized in its capacity for eccentricity . Like to get eldritch ? You ’ve come to the right place .
Duck Tape Festival
UFO Festival
Lebowski Fest
The Chicken Show
San Fermin in Nueva Orleans
Mooning of the Amtrak
Underwater Music Festival
Nudes-A-Poppin'
The Great Texas Mosquito Festival
Yale Bologna Fest
Testy Festy
National Hobo Convention
Wisconsin State Cow Chip Throw
Arcola Broom Corn Festival
Mothman Festival
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San Fermin|Flickr/Darrell miller
Avon Heritage Duct Tape Festival (edited)
Roswell UFO Festival
Flickr/greg Andrews
flickr/ali eminov
Flickr/Kevin O Mara
Flickr/chuck coker
Florida Keys News Bureau/YouTube
Yale Bologna Fest
Flickr/juan calderon
Flickr/j. Stephen conn
Flickr/marc buehler
Flickr/mark hyre
