| SXSW | Annual festival in Austin, Tex. |
| LBJ | His presidential library is in Austin, Tex. |
| RICKILAKE | Former talk show host who premiered her documentary "Weed the People" at the SXSW festival in Austin: 2 wds. |
| LILAC | Flower honored in an annual festival in Rochester, N.Y. |
| TOMATOES | Projectiles thrown in an annual festival in the Spanish town of Bunol |
| TULIP | Flower blooming during an annual festival in Holland, Mich. |
| TULIPS | Subject of an annual festival in Holland, Mich. |
| TAJ | ___ Mahotsav (annual festival in Agra) |
| BURNINGMAN | Annual festival in the Nevada desert |
| UFOLOGY | Focus of an annual festival in New Mexico |
| ROSES | Flowers featured at an annual festival in Portland, Ore. |
| DAZE | Toad Suck ___ (annual festival in Conway, Ark.) |
| SPRAOI | Annual festival in Waterford. (6) |
| COACHELLA | Annual festival in Indio, California |
| NEWYEAR | Which annual festival in Japan is called Ganjitsu, "Original Day"? (3,4) |
| RHUBARB | Perennial plant with edible stalks celebrated at an annual festival in Wakefield (7) |
| WAGNER | German composer whose work is celebrated at an annual festival in the city of Bayreuth (6) |
| TRIBECA | Annual festival in New York co-founded by Robert De Niro (7) |
| CALGARYSTAMPEDE | State Gareth is with mad rush at annual festival in Canada (7,8) |
| ONEAM | Time in Boston when it's midnight in Austin |