| CALGARYSTAMPEDE | State Gareth is with mad rush at annual festival in Canada (7,8) |
| CARLYLE | Sask. town that holds the only Dickens Festival in Canada |
| BALE | Gareth is a real footballer out on loan (4) |
| GATHER | Congregate when Gareth is upset (6) |
| CROSSTHERUBICON | What dreams were for Hamlet, with mad hero about to act decisively (5,3,7) |
| 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) |
| LILAC | Flower honored in an annual festival in Rochester, N.Y. |
| NEWYEAR | Which annual festival in Japan is called Ganjitsu, "Original Day"? (3,4) |
| TOMATOES | Projectiles thrown in an annual festival in the Spanish town of Bunol |
| ROSES | Flowers featured at an annual festival in Portland, Ore. |
| TENNISBALL | Bouncer at annual event in London SW? (6,4) |
| TULIP | Flower blooming during an annual festival in Holland, Mich. |
| TULIPS | Subject of an annual festival in Holland, Mich. |
| UFOLOGY | Focus of an annual festival in New Mexico |
| TRIBECA | Annual festival in New York co-founded by Robert De Niro (7) |
| BOATRACE | Acrobat tumbles on last trapeze at annual blues contest (4,4) |
| AWARD | Rail companies might win one at annual RAIL event (5) |
| THECOUNTYFAIR | To play tune shortly for charity at annual agricultural event, perhaps |
| TAJ | ___ Mahotsav (annual festival in Agra) |
