A euphoric display of over 100,000 blooming tulips is what’s in store for spring at Tulip Fest in Amesbury, Massachusetts. Aptly dubbed “Tulip Mania,” the Amesbury spring tulip festival is exactly that.
The tulip festival was recently selected as the “seventh best tulip festival in America,” according to SIXT.
The company analyzed Google Trends, TikTok search volume, tulip quantity, and an examination of Country Living’s list of the 10 best tulip festivals in America to curate their list of America’s fifteen best tulip festivals. According to SIXT, these are the top 15:
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Festival of Spring—Nokesville, Virginia
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Holland Ridge Farms U-Pick Tulip Fest—Cream Ridge, New Jersey
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Texas Tulips—Pilot Point, Texas
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Tulip Time Festival—Holland, Michigan
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Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival—Woodburn, Oregon
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Skagit Valley Tulip Festival—Mount Vernon, Washington
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Tulip Fest—Amesbury, Massachusetts
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Fun Farm Tulip Festival—Kearney, Missouri
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Yule Forest Tulip Festival—Stockbridge, Georgia
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Waterdrinker’s Annual Tulip Festival—Long Island, New York
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Pella Tulip Time—Pella, Iowa
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Thanksgiving Point’s Annual Tulip Festival—Thanksgiving Point, Utah
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Albany Tulip Festival—Albany, New York
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Orange City Tulip Festival—Orange City, Iowa
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Wamego Tulip Festival—Wamego, Kansas
Tulip Fest in Amesbury has 100,000 tulips blooming this April, over 57,000 search queries, and amassed 27,000 views on TikTok. While this is an unusual way to garner data, the fields speak for themselves.
When is Tulip Fest?
Cider Hill Farm’s Tulip Fest is scheduled for the weekends of May 3-4 and May 10-11, however, the dates are weather dependent and subject to the bloom progress. Find the latest updates, status and pricing for Cider Hill’s U-pick Tulip Fest here.
Cider Hill Farm is home to a host of other fun U-pick experiences, including berries! The farm planted hundreds of cherry trees in anticipation to introduce cherry picking for the 2026 season.
Cider Hill Farm: 45 Fern Avenue, Amesbury, MA 01913