EditorialFestivalgoers buy samples of Brunswick stew at the annual Taste of Brunswick Festival in Lawrenceville, Va., Oct. 8, 2022. (Jennifer Chase/The New York Times)
EditorialFestivalgoers at Mycologia, a weekend event staged by DoubleBlind in Cuyama Valley, Calif., June 25, 2022. (Michael Tyrone Delaney/The New York Times)
EditorialFestivalgoers parade across the upper Trout Run stream toward the bonfire during the Fasnacht celebration, which returned one year after COVID canceled the event, in Helvetia, W.Va., Feb. 26, 2022. (Luke Sharrett/The New York Times)
EditorialFestivalgoers parade across the upper Trout Run stream toward the bonfire during the Fasnacht celebration, which returned one year after COVID canceled the event, in Helvetia, W.Va., Feb. 26, 2022. (Luke Sharrett/The New York Times)