Tonami,Toyama,Japan holds atulip festival with over 2.5 million tulips in over 600 varieties. It takes place from late April to early May and is known as the "Tonami Tulip Fair" in Tonami Tulip Park.[6]
Spalding, Lincolnshire, UK, had an annual Tulip Parade that took place on the first Saturday in May until 2013. In its heyday it was a major tourist attraction, comprising a procession of floats on various themes, each decorated with tulip petals, a by-product of the bulb industry. Tulips are no longer grown commercially in this part of Lincolnshire.
National Tulip Day, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Tulip festival in Amsterdam. Every year in January.
Istanbul Tulip Festival, Istanbul, Turkey. International tulip festival in Istanbul. Every year in April.
Tulips fields in full bloom on Earth Day, 2011, in Oregon's Willamette Valley.
The tulip-festivals are being held in honour of the Dutch-American immigrants who brought the (then highly expensive) tulips to the Americas.[citation needed]
Holland Ridge Farms U-Pick Tulips in Cream Ridge, New Jersey. The most tulips available to pick, anywhere in the world.
TheTulip Festival of Albany, New York is set inAlbany’s historicWashington Park. Each year, this traditional Albany event greets spring with thousands of tulips blooming in a myriad of colors and varieties. Thousands from across theCapital District and beyond come to Tulip Fest each May to celebrate Albany’s richDutch heritage.
The Festival of Spring at Burnside Farms inNokesville, Virginia, includes over 200 types of tulips.[7][8]
Belle Plaine, Kansas, home of theBartlett 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.
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. The festival begins on Wednesday for the locals and continues through Saturday drawing over 150,000 people.
Pella, Iowa's Tulip Time 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 vendors sellingpoffertjes and an antique Dutch street organ.
TheTulip Time Festival inHolland, Michigan is held in early May and is the largest tulip festival in the United States, boasting over 4.5 million tulips and drawing over 600,000 visitors each year.
Tulips at Thanksgiving Point tulip festival May, 2018
Lehi, Utah'sThanksgiving Point hosts a tulip festival during April and May. The three weekend festival includes daffodils and tulips, garden tours, performances, and activities. One Friday and Saturday weekend includes Dutch Days with Dutch music, dance, and food.
Lynden, Washington's Holland Days festival is held the first weekend of every traditional song and dance, and Dutch markets.
TheSkagit Valley Tulip Festival in Washington has been held every April since 1984. Featuring dozens of tulip and daffodil fields as well as display gardens, gift shops, and tour activities, this festival attracts visitors of all ages.
The city ofHolambra,São Paulo, is the largest producer of flowers and ornamental plants inLatin America and host the largest spring event in the continent, theExpoflora. The event starts late August and finishes on early September (start of Spring on Southern hemisphere) and it occurs every year since 1981. The event also have traditional Dutch music, dance and food.
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