Results: Mermaids and Mosquitoes -- A Festival For Every Taste

Deemed the largest art parade in the nation, New York's Coney Island Mermaid Parade is a chance to celebrate mythology and seaside rituals at the same time. According to the official website, "A celebration of ancient mythology and honky-tonk rituals of the seaside, it showcases over 3,000 creative individuals from all over the five boroughs and beyond, opening the summer with incredible art, entrepreneurial spirit and community pride. The parade highlights Coney Island Pageantry based on a century of many Coney parades, celebrates the artistic vision of the masses, and ensures that the summer season is a success by bringing hundreds of thousands of people to the amusement area in a single day." It was founded in 1983 with 3 goals: "it brings mythology to life for local residents who live on streets named Mermaid and Neptune ; it creates self-esteem in a district that is often disregarded as "entertainment"; and it lets artistic New Yorkers find self-expression in public." This year it runs June 16. Have you ever attended this festival?

For four days every summer, Roswell, New Mexico, where a UFO was said to have crashed in 1947, becomes the scene for tin-foil-hat-wearers around the world. What to expect: Alien hat making, antacid rocket building, the UFO Festival Light Parade, an alien pet contest, and more. This year the Roswell UFO Festival runs from July 6, 2018 - July 8, 2018. Have you ever attended this festival?

The Great Texas Mosquito Festival might be the only place you can find a mosquito calling contest and a "mosquito legs" competition in the same place. This year the festivities take place July 26 -- 28, so grab your bug repellent, and head out to Clute, Texas if this sounds like your kind of thing. Does it sound like your kind of thing?

Think you're seeing double? Ever year Twinsburg, Ohio welcomes twins (and other multiples) from around the world for its annual Twins Days Festival. This year the event swill take place August 3 -5. Events include a golf outing, inflatable bouncers, a corn hole tournament, twin contests, and the not-to-be-missed Double Take Parade. Are you a twin, and have you ever attended this festival?

Collingwood, Ontario celebrates all things Elvis every year with their annual Elvis Festival, this year on July 27 - 29. This gathering of Elvis impersonators is the largest one of its type in the world and is sanctioned by Elvis Presley Enterprises under an annual Licence Agreement. Impersonators and fans from all over the world gather and the music is "off the heavy gold chain". Are you an Elvis fan, and would you love to go?