Tulip Festivals

Numerous tulip festivals held annualy in a variety of countries speak of the fascination with this flower.

USA

Belle Plaine, Kansas, home of the Bartlett Arboretum has held its Tulip Time Festival on the third weekend in April since 1986 with arts and craft, live music, carnival, and other fun and games. Belle Plaine used to be famous for having the most tulips planted in one spot in the USA.
Fulton, Illinois's Dutch Days festival is held the first weekend of every May. It was first celebrated as an "Authentic Dutch Dinner" in 1974 by the local Christian school.
Holland, Michigan's festival is the largest Tulip festival in the United States. For more information, see Tulip Time. Orange City, Iowa's Tulip Festival is celebrated annually on the 3rd weekend in May is held dear by Orange City's inhabitants with a flower show, an evening performance of a broadway play, afternoon and evening parades, and street dancing by old and young alike.
Pella, Iowa's Tulip Festival, also celebrated in early May, began in 1935 in celebration of the town's heritage. It is a three day event that features street washing parades, costumed wooden shoe dancers, wooden shoe carving demonstrations, street venders selling poffertjes and an antique Dutch street organ.
The Skagit Valley tulip festival has been held every April since 1983. Featuring dozens of tulip and daffodil fields as well as display gardens, gift shops, and tour activities, this festival attract visitors of all ages.
Woodburn, Oregon has been celebrating its Tulip Festival every year starting in March since 1986.

The Canadian Tulip Festival, the world's largest tulip festival, is a major cultural event held annually in Ottawa, Canada.

Tesselaar Tulip Festival is held annually in Sep/Oct in Silvan just 40 km east of Melbourne. Accompanied by many events such as Turkish weekend, Dutch weekend, Food, Wine and Jazz Weekend, Irish Weekend, Children's days, etc.

This is a flowery paradise featuring one million tulip plants, representing 400 varieties. A number of events are held in the park. The Tonami Tulip Fair is one of the major spring festivals in the Hokuriku region and people come from all over Japan to see it.