College fest is the most expansively attended festival in the United States. It is held in Boston at the Hynes Convention Centre since 1985 with a footfall of over 50,000 and more than 30 colleges participating in it. It is one of the largest festivals of United States and is a two-day annual event. The fest is a perfect blend of music, entertainment, artistic performances, and experience of brands which are recognized locally and nationally. The main purpose of the fest is to make students familiar with the various local, regional, and national businesses and their products and services. With sponsors like Apple, Coca-Cola, Microsoft, General Motors, and Proctor and Gamble, college fest is known for its association with artists. Students from universities like Harvard University, Boston University, and other colleges from the New England era come to participate in the fest.

Known to be more important than each team’s entire season record, the Harvard/Yale football game is an annual crowd-pleaser because a) the rivalry is rooted in one of the first football games ever played between U.S. Colleges, and b) people get to witness a bunch of Einsteins drowning the brain cells that earned them the most prestigious education in the United States. Hey, if the students kill enough brain matter at this game, maybe they’ll end up being a bunch of dumbasses like the rest of us.

ARTS FIRST is the annual festival of the world’s largest, Harvard University. The festival is a four-day non-stop festival organized by the students and faculty of the college. Harvard University’s Board of Overseers sponsor the festival and is produced and guided by the Office for the Arts at Harvard. More than 225 music, dance, theater and art presentations are showcased in the fest. There are over 6000 participants in the festival and it is open to the public. All the events at the festival and most ARTS FIRST activities are accessible to handicapped. You should definitely be a part of this fest, especially if you love A Capella or medieval chansons, ballet, or contemporary form of dance, art, or theater, existential drama or comedy. The festival highlight includes a celebration of Native American song and dance, barbecue picnic with music, and dance festival.

Held on the Wilkes Community College campus situated in Wilkesboro, North Carolina- Merle Fest is a grand annual event for the music enthusiasts traversing genres. Not a surprise, it was named the ‘traditional plus’ by Doc Watson owing to the wide and eclectic music experience it provides to the attendees apart from the traditional musical flair. He conducted the festival before his death which is eponymous to Eddy Merle Watson- Doc’s beloved son. The festival is renowned as one of the biggest music fests on the homeland of the United States with a turnover of a colossal 79000 individuals. It is hosted every year to raise funds and it really comes good on its aspirations as it contributes around $10 million to the northwestern North Carolina and over $9,000,000 to the Wilkes Community College. The 4-day fest is not just all music as it offers multiple activities of arts and crafts for children and diverse workshops for students of different age groups. Not to forget- an enthralling and unique shopping experience with 70 vendors catering to the buying binge of the footfall. The most surprising addition to all the pluses in the traditional plus is the confidence of the performers as they defy their comfort zones to perform candidly.

If music is your calling, then Summer’s Best Music Fest (SMBF) is something you shouldn’t miss for the world. The 1-day fest is an annual event organized at Allen Street along Calder Way by the State College, Pennsylvania. The festival appeals to all the generations of music lovers because of the diversity of acts that features artists from the locality as well as the region. Another attraction that will lure you into visiting the fest is the street bazaar which spans a surprising five blocks. You can buy yourselves SMBF Wristbands and claim discounts at the shops. The money collected through this musical extravaganza is availed by the young and upcoming musicians of the college. Do you need another reason to be an attendee?