120+ Festivals and Fairs celebrating Pickles, Apples, Sternwheels, FireFish, Turtles, many Cultures, Oktoberfest and more this weekend!
Welcome back, festival fans.
There are over 120 Festivals, Fairs and Shows this weekend that cover the entire state of Ohio.
Not only do you have the Oktoberfests continuing (be sure to look at the 2025 Oktoberfest Guide), but there are Festivals celebrating Greek, Italian, Hispanic, Serbian, Armenian, and Korean Cultures.
Plus some Farm Festivals are starting up, a MustardFEST, a Ciderfest, a Fear Fest in Williamsburg and so many really interesting festivals, including some of these that I’ve been to…
…the Cleveland Pickle Festival (Review)…
…Community Day and Car Show at Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in Oak Harbor (Review)…
…Tremont Arts and Cultural Festival in Cleveland (Review)…
…Backwoods Fest in Thornville (Review)…
…Old Worthington Market Day (Review)…
…the St. Augustine Turtle Fest in Napoleon (Review)…
…the FireFish Festival in Lorain (Review)…
…the Centerburg Oldtime Farming Festival (Review)…
…Oktoberfest Zinzinnati, USA in Cincinnati (Review)…
…the Mason Heritage Festival (Review)…
…the Pomeroy Sternwheel Riverfest (Review)…
…Harvest of the Arts in Wellington (Review)…
…the Tiffin Seneca Heritage (Review)…
…Jackson Apple Festival (Review)…
…the Ohio Fish and Shrimp Festival in Urbana (Review)…
…the Seaman Fall Festival (Review)…
…the Yankee Peddler Festival in Canal Fulton (Review)…
…the Columbus Zoo Lantern Festival in Powell (Review)…
…and so much more, including…
…the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church Greek Festival in Akron (Review)…
…the Clyde Fair (Review)…
…Dayton Hispanic Heritage Festival (Review)…
…Preble County Pork Festival (Review)…
…Elyria Apple Festival (Review)…
…Arts in the Alley in Grove City (Review)…
…Lions Club Fall Festival (Review)…
…the Lorain AIV Italian Fest (Review)…
…the International Festival of the Islamic Center of Greater Toledo in Perrysburg (Review)…
…the Columbus Serbian Festival…
…Leipic Main Street USA…
…the Jack Pine Glass Pumpkin Festival in Laurelville…
…MustardFEST in Springfield…
…Johnny Appleseed Festival in Lisbon…
…and still more!
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Be sure to go through the list below, check the map and read the reviews.
Have a wonderful weekend, Ohio!
If you are traveling this weekend and want to visit out weekend festivals outside of Ohio, check out this week’s post at Festival Guides and Reviews: https://festivalguidesandreviews.com/festival-weekend-092125
Until next week…
Love, Peace and Festival Grease!
Ohio Festival Weekend: September 18-21, 2025
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MAP of festival and fair food cities this weekend.
If you can’t see the map on your smartphone, click HERE.
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My Experiences of this Weekend’s Festivals
9/18-9/20 – Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church Greek Festival – Akron – My Review
9/20-9/21 – Burnham Orchards Fall Harvest Weekends I – Berlin Heights – My Review
9/20-9/21 – Yankee Peddler Festival III – Canal Fulton – My Review
9/20-9/21 – Centerburg Oldtime Farming Festival – Centerburg – My Review
9/18-9/21 – Oktoberfest Zinzinnati, USA – Cincinnati – My Review
9/20 – Cleveland Pickle Fest – Cleveland – My Review
9/20-9/21 – Tremont Arts and Cultural Festival – Cleveland – My Review
9/19-9/21 – Clyde Fair – Clyde – My Review
9/20 – Hispanic Heritage Festival – Dayton – My Review
9/20-9/21 – Preble County Pork Festival – Eaton – My Review
9/19-9/21 – Elyria Apple Festival – Elyria – My Review
9/19-9/21 – Arts in the Alley – Grove City – My Review
9/16-9/20 – Jackson Apple Festival – Jackson – My Review
9/19-9/20 – Lions Club Fall Festival – Jamestown – My Review
9/20 – FireFish Festival – Lorain – My Review
9/20 – Lorain AIV Italian Festa – Lorain – My Review
9/20 – Mason Heritage Festival – Mason – My Review
9/19-9/20 – St. Augustine Turtle Fest – Napoleon – My Review
9/20 – Community Day and Car Show at Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station – Oak Harbor – My Review
9/20-9/21 – International Festival of the Islamic Center of Greater Toledo – Perrysburg – My Review
9/18-9/20 – Pomeroy Sternwheel Riverfest – Pomeroy – My Review
9/18-9/21 – Columbus Zoo Lantern Festival VIII – Powell – My Review
9/17-9/20 – Seaman Fall Festival – Seaman – My Review
9/19-9/21 – Backwoods Fest – Thornville – My Review
9/19-9/21 – Tiffin Seneca Heritage Festival – Tiffin – My Review
9/20 – Ohio Fish and Shrimp Festival III – Urbana – My Review
9/20-9/21 – Ohio Renaissance Festival IV – Waynesville – My Review
9/21 – Harvest of the Arts – Wellington – My Review
9/20 – Old Worthington Market Day – Worthington – My Review
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OHIO FAIRS AND SHOWS
9/13-9/20 – Delaware County Fair – Delaware
9/14-9/20 – Ashland County Fair – Ashland
9/15-9/21 – Tuscarawas County Fair – Dover
9/17-9/21 – Albany Independent Fair – Albany
9/18-9/20 – Cincinnati Tackle Trade Days II – Mason
9/18-9/21 – WACO Fly-IN – Troy
9/19-9/21 – Carroll County Antique Collectors Club Power Show – Carrollton
9/19-9/21 – GemStreet USA – Middleburg Heights
9/19-9/21 – Fall Mustard Seed Market – Owensville
9/19-9/21 – Artomatic 419 – Toledo
9/19-9/21 – LaGrange Engine Show – Wellington
9/20 – Fall Craft Bazaar – Amherst
9/20 – Canfield Fall Market on the Green – Canfield
9/20 – September Plant Life Pop-Up – Medina
9/20-9/21 – Old Iron Power Club Antique Power Show – Caldwell
9/20-9/21 – Homestead Market on Creek – Clarksville
9/20-9/21 – Fremont Poultry Club Young Bird Show – Fremont
9/20-9/21 – A Wool Gathering – Yellow Springs
9/21 – Findlay Back Road Reptiles and Exotics Expo V – Findlay
9/21 – Columbus Coin Show – Hilliard
9/21 – Columbus Fall Avant-Garde Art & Craft Show – Hilliard
9/21 – Middletown’s Open Air Summer Market VIII – Middletown
9/21 – Harvest of the Arts – Wellington – My Review
OHIO FESTIVALS
9/16-9/20 – Jackson Apple Festival – Jackson – My Review
9/17 – Main Street Wooster Wine, Beer and More – Wooster
9/17-9/20 – Seaman Fall Festival – Seaman – My Review
9/18-9/20 – Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church Greek Festival – Akron – My Review
9/18-9/20 – Crestline Harvest Festival – Crestline
9/18-9/20 – Pomeroy Sternwheel Riverfest – Pomeroy – My Review
9/18-9/20 – SkinnyFest Bluegrass Festival – West Union
9/18-9/21 – Oktoberfest Zinzinnati, USA – Cincinnati – My Review
9/18-9/21 – Autumn Glow Festival III – Geneva
9/18-9/21 – Columbus Zoo Lantern Festival VIII – Powell – My Review
9/19 – Forager’s Fest – Milford
9/19-9/20 – Cleveland Armenian Festival – Cleveland/Richmond Heights
9/19-9/20 – Columbus Serbian Festival – Columbus
9/19-9/20 – Our Lady of Peace Fall Festival – Columbus
9/19-9/20 – North Market Wine Fest at Bridge Park – Dublin
9/19-9/20 – Felicity Gourd and Harvest Festival – Felicity
Weekend continues below…
9/19-9/20 – Lions Club Fall Festival – Jamestown – My Review
9/19-9/20 – Leipsic Main Street USA – Leipsic
9/19-9/20 – St. Augustine Turtle Fest – Napoleon – My Review
9/19-9/20 – Sacrifest – New Carlisle
9/19-9/20 – New Vienna Oktoberfest – New Vienna
9/19-9/20 – Pickerington Oktoberfest – Pickerington
9/19-9/20 – Farm to Bottle Festival – Wilmington
9/19-9/21 – Amanda Harvest Festival – Amanda
9/19-9/21 – Lake Shore Park Rib Burn-Off – Ashtabula
9/19-9/21 – Everybody’s Favorite Barbecue and Hot Sauce Festival: Cleveland – Cleveland – RAIN DATE
9/19-9/21 – Clyde Fair – Clyde – My Review
9/19-9/21 – Germania Oktoberfest – Columbus
9/19-9/21 – Cuyahoga Falls Oktoberfest – Cuyahoga Falls
9/19-9/21 – Elyria Apple Festival – Elyria – My Review
9/19-9/21 – Arts in the Alley – Grove City – My Review
9/19-9/21 – Hartford Apple Festival – Hartford
Weekend continues below…
9/19-9/21 – Indian Lake State Park Fall Festival – Lakeview
9/19-9/21 – Jack Pine Glass Pumpkin Festival – Laurelville
9/19-9/21* – Old Washington Fall Festival – Old Washington – DISCONTINUED
9/19-9/21* – Flat Rock Creek Fall Festival – Paulding – My Review – DISCONTINUED
9/19-9/21 – St. Mary of the Annunciation International Festival – Portsmouth
9/19-9/21 – Backwoods Fest – Thornville – My Review
9/19-9/21 – Lost Lands Music Festival – Thornville
9/19-9/21 – Tiffin Seneca Heritage Festival – Tiffin – My Review
9/19-9/21 – Scarecrow Festival – Washington Court House
9/20 – Harvest and Herb Festival – Ada
9/20 – Akron Latin Festival – Akron
9/20 – Firestone Fest – Akron
9/20 – Bula Brewfest – Ashtabula
9/20 – Beer Fest at The Greene – Beavercreek
9/20 – Cambridge Fall Festival – Cambridge
9/20 – Cardington Wine and Arts Festival – Cardington
9/20 – Downtown Chillicothe Oktoberfest – Chillicothe
9/20 – Cleveland Pickle Fest – Cleveland – My Review
9/20* – Slavic Village Hispanic Festival – Cleveland – CANCELLED
9/20 – Taste of Korea: Food and Culture – Cleveland
9/20 – Columbiana Craft BeerFest – Columbiana
9/20 – Northland Unity Festival – Columbus
Weekend continues below…
9/20 – Hispanic Heritage Festival – Dayton – My Review
9/20 – Garrettsville OktoberFest (formerly Fall Fest) – Garrettsville
9/20 – Illumination Festival – Greenville
9/20 – Erie Metroparks Osborn Fall Fest – Huron
9/20 – Scenic Ridge Fruit Farm Fall Festival II – Jeromesville
9/20 – A Fall Affair – Lebanon
9/20 – FireFish Festival – Lorain – My Review
9/20 – Lorain AIV Italian Festa – Lorain – My Review
9/20 – ManAfest: A Mansfield Arts Festival – Mansfield
9/20 – Mason Heritage Festival – Mason – My Review
9/20 – Honey Bee Festival – Middlefield
9/20 – Art in the ‘Burg: Holmes County’s Art Festival – Millersburg
9/20 – 720 September Market – North Canton
9/20 – Community Day and Car Show at Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station – Oak Harbor – My Review
9/20 – Oregon Ohio Honey Festival – Oregon
9/20 – Oktoberfest Ottawa – Ottawa
9/20 – Music on the Porches – Peninsula
9/20 – Rock Piqua Food Truck and Music Festival – Piqua
9/20 – Bauman Orchards Fall Festival I – Rittman
Weekend continues below…
9/20 – Sharon Women’s Club Fall Fest – Sharon Center
9/20 – MustardFEST – Springfield
9/20 – Ciderfest419 – Toledo
9/20 – Ohio Fish and Shrimp Festival III – Urbana – My Review
9/20 – Harvest Moon Festival – Van Wert
9/20 – Wapakoneta Craft Beer and Wine Festival – Wapakoneta
9/20 – Oktoberfest on the Square – Warren
9/20 – Cincinnati Fear Fest I – Williamsburg
9/20 – Old Worthington Market Day – Worthington – My Review
9/20-9/21 – Burnham Orchards Fall Harvest Weekends I – Berlin Heights – My Review
9/20-9/21 – Yankee Peddler Festival III – Canal Fulton – My Review
9/20-9/21 – Fall Festival Weekends at White House Fruit Farm III – Canfield
9/20-9/21 – Centerburg Oldtime Farming Festival – Centerburg – My Review
9/20-9/21 – Chalk Festival – Cleveland
Weekend continues below…
9/20-9/21 – Tremont Arts and Cultural Festival – Cleveland – My Review
9/20-9/21 – Red Wagon Farm Pumpkin Fest I – Columbia Station
9/20-9/21 – Urban Scrawl – Columbus
9/20-9/21 – Preble County Pork Festival – Eaton – My Review
9/20-9/21 – Woodland Indian Celebration – Grand Rapids
9/20-9/21 – Johnny Appleseed Festival – Lisbon
9/20-9/21 – Pumpkin Days at Nickajack Farms II – North Lawrence
9/20-9/21 – International Festival of the Islamic Center of Greater Toledo – Perrysburg – My Review
9/20-9/21 – Windmill Farm Market Spooktacular Fall Festival I – Springboro
9/20-9/21 – Ohio Renaissance Festival IV – Waynesville – My Review
9/20-9/21 – Waynesville Fall Fest II – Waynesville
9/20-9/21 – Zoar Civil War Reenactment – Zoar
9/21 – Beverly-Center Elementary Food Truck Fall Festival Craft and Vendor Show – Beverly
9/21 – Grape Festival at SNPJ Farm – Kirtland
9/21- Native American Day at Pioneer Village – Smithville
9/21 – University Heights Fall Festival – University Heights
9/21 – Vermilion Valley Vineyards Fall Festival – Wakeman
CINCINNATI FESTIVALS
9/18-9/21 – Oktoberfest Zinzinnati, USA – Cincinnati – My Review
9/19 – Forager’s Fest – Milford
9/19-9/20 – Felicity Gourd and Harvest Festival – Felicity
9/20 – Hispanic Heritage Festival – Dayton – My Review
9/20 – A Fall Affair – Lebanon
9/20 – Mason Heritage Festival – Mason – My Review
9/20-9/21 – Windmill Farm Market Spooktacular Fall Festival I – Springboro
9/20-9/21 – Ohio Renaissance Festival IV – Waynesville – My Review
9/20-9/21 – Waynesville Fall Fest II – Waynesville
CLEVELAND FESTIVALS
9/18-9/20 – Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church Greek Festival – Akron – My Review
9/19-9/20 – Cleveland Armenian Festival – Cleveland/Richmond Heights
9/19-9/21 – Everybody’s Favorite Barbecue and Hot Sauce Festival: Cleveland – Cleveland – RAIN DATE
9/19-9/21 – Cuyahoga Falls Oktoberfest – Cuyahoga Falls
9/19-9/21 – Elyria Apple Festival – Elyria – My Review
9/20 – Akron Latin Festival – Akron
9/20 – Firestone Fest – Akron
9/20 – Cleveland Pickle Fest – Cleveland – My Review
9/20 – Taste of Korea: Food and Culture – Cleveland
9/20 – Garrettsville OktoberFest (formerly Fall Fest) – Garrettsville
9/20 – FireFish Festival – Lorain – My Review
9/20 – Lorain AIV Italian Festa – Lorain – My Review
9/20 – Honey Bee Festival – Middlefield
9/20 – Music on the Porches – Peninsula
9/20 – Bauman Orchards Fall Festival I – Rittman
9/20 – Sharon Women’s Club Fall Fest – Sharon Center
9/20-9/21 – Chalk Festival – Cleveland
9/20-9/21 – Tremont Arts and Cultural Festival – Cleveland – My Review
9/20-9/21 – Red Wagon Farm Pumpkin Fest I – Columbia Station
9/21 – Grape Festival at SNPJ Farm – Kirtland
9/21 – University Heights Fall Festival – University Heights
COLUMBUS FESTIVALS
9/18-9/21 – Columbus Zoo Lantern Festival VIII – Powell – My Review
9/19-9/20 – Columbus Serbian Festival – Columbus
9/19-9/20 – Our Lady of Peace Fall Festival – Columbus
9/19-9/20 – North Market Wine Fest at Bridge Park – Dublin
9/19-9/20 – Pickerington Oktoberfest – Pickerington
9/19-9/21 – Germania Oktoberfest – Columbus
9/19-9/21 – Arts in the Alley – Grove City – My Review
9/19-9/21 – Hartford Apple Festival – Hartford
9/20 – Northland Unity Festival – Columbus
9/20-9/21 – Urban Scrawl – Columbus
Do you notice festivals on the map beyond Ohio? Find them below!
Alabama | Arkansas | California | Colorado | Delaware | Florida
Georgia |Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Kansas | Kentucky | Louisiana
Maryland | Michigan | Minnesota | Mississippi | Missouri
New Jersey | New York | North Carolina | Oklahoma
Pennsylvania |South Carolina | Tennessee | Texas | Virginia
Washington, DC | West Virginia | Wisconsin
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