Merry Christmas! Here are your Holiday Festivals this weekend.
Welcome back, festival fans, and a very Merry Christmas to you all.
This is a short and sweet post so you can quickly get to the festivals you’re looking for this holiday weekend.
Next weekend, we enter 2026 and I’m excited for what’s coming in the New Year.
Until then, the happiest of holidays and I hope they’re sane, heathy and wonderful.
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Be sure to go through the list below, check the MAP and read the reviews.
For this week’s festivals BEYOND Ohio – as well as a MAP for that section – you can find them in the following posts:
North: https://festivalguidesandreviews.com/north-festival-weekend-122825
South: https://festivalguidesandreviews.com/south-festival-weekend-122825
West: https://festivalguidesandreviews.com/west-festival-weekend-122825
Have a great weekend, Ohio!
Until next week…
Love, Peace and Festival Grease!
Ohio Festival Weekend: December 25-28, 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
No festival reviews this week.
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OHIO FAIRS AND SHOWS
12/27 – December Plant Life Pop-Up – Medina
12/28 – Fremont Back Road Reptiles and Exotics Expo V – Fremont
OHIO FESTIVALS
12/22 – Sandusky County Fairgrounds Winter Wonderland III – Fremont
12/22-12/23 – Holidays on the Farm IV – Cincinnati
12/22-12/23 – The Joy of Christmas Light Show VI – Columbiana
12/22-12/23 – The Christmas Ranch VI – Morrow
12/22-12/23 – Holiday Lights at Lost Creek Reserve V – Troy
12/22-12/24 – Merry and Bright Christmas Lights V – Celina
12/22-12/24 – Mercy Health Bright Nights V – Lima
12/22-12/25 – Fairfield County Festival of Lights V – Lancaster
12/22-12/25 – 4-H Exchange Club Holiday Light Show V – Van Wert
12/22-12/27 (Closed 12/24, 12/25) – Winter Wonderfest VI – Hartville
12/22-12/27 – Christmas at the Castle: A Kingdom of Lights V – Loudonville
12/22-12/28 (Closed 12/24, 12/25, 12/26) – Akron Zoo Wild Lights V – Akron
12/22-12/28 – Candy Cane Trail V – Ashland
12/22-12/28 – Elegant Illusions Christmas Drive Through Park VI – Atwater
12/22-12/28 (Closed 12/24) – PNC Festival of Lights VI – Cincinnati
12/22-12/28 (Closed 12/24, 12/25) – Wild Winter Lights at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo VI – Cleveland
12/22-12/28 (Closed 12/24, 12/25) – Light in the Forest IV – Cincinnati
12/22-12/28 – The Legendary Lights of Historic Clifton Mill V – Clifton
12/22-12/28 (Closed 12/24, 12/25) – Conservatory Aglow VI – Columbus
12/22-12/28 – Wanderlights VI – Columbus
Weekend continues below…
12/22-12/28 (Closed 12/24, 12/25) – A Carillon Christmas V – Dayton
12/22-12/28 – Woodland Lights VI – Dayton
12/22-12/28 – Butch Bando’s Fantasy of Lights VI – Delaware
12/22-12/28 – Whispering Christmas Holiday Lights V – Eaton
12/22-12/28 – Gallipolis in Lights V – Gallipolis
12/22-12/28 – Pyramid Hill Lights VII – Hamilton
12/22-12/28 – WonderLight’s Christmas in Ohio VII – Hartford
12/22-12/28 – Christmas Cruise Thru V – Hicksville
12/22-12/28 – Lake of Lights V – Kenton
12/22-12/28 – Medina County Fair Drive Thru Holiday Lights V – Medina
12/22-12/28 (Closed 12/25) – Land of Illusion Christmas Glow VI – Middletown
12/22-12/28 – Light Up Middletown V – Middletown
12/22-12/28 – Magic of Lights V – North Ridgeville
12/22-12/28 – Cincinnati’s Nights of Lights VI – Owensville
Weekend continues below…
12/22-12/28 – Holiday Lights at the Park V – Plain City
12/22-12/28 – Lucy Depp Park Light Show V – Powell
12/22-12/28 (Closed 12/24) – Wildlights at Columbus Zoo VI – Powell
12/22-12/28 – Lights on the North Coast VII – Sandusky
12/22-12/28 – Toledo Zoo Lights Before Christmas VI – Toledo
12/22-12/28 – Upper’s Winter Fantasy of Lights V – Upper Sandusky
12/22-12/28 – Memorial LightFest IV – Wadsworth
12/22-12/28 – Armstrong Air and Space Museum Holiday Lights V – Wapakoneta
12/22-12/28 (Closed 12/25) – Gift of Lights V – Wapakoneta
12/22-12/28 – Parklights at Caesar Ford IV – Xenia
12/23-12/28 (Closed 12/24, 12/25) – Nature’s A-Glow at Beech Creek Gardens IV – Alliance
12/26-12/28 – Winterfest V – Portsmouth
12/26-12/28 – Ashtabula County’s Lights on the Lake V – Ashtabula
12/26-12/28 – Lake Metroparks Country Lights Drive Thru IV – Kirtland
12/26-12/28 – Steubenville Nutcracker Village and Holiday Market V – Steubenville
12/27 – Akron Zoo Brew at the Zoo IV – Akron
CINCINNATI FESTIVALS
12/22-12/23 – The Christmas Ranch VI – Morrow
12/22-12/28 (Closed 12/24, 12/25) – Light in the Forest IV – Cincinnati
12/22-12/28 (Closed 12/24) – PNC Festival of Lights VI – Cincinnati
12/22-12/28 (Closed 12/24, 12/25) – A Carillon Christmas V – Dayton
12/22-12/28 – Light Up Middletown V – Middletown
12/22-12/28 – Cincinnati’s Nights of Lights VI – Owensville
12/22-12/28 – Woodland Lights VI – Washington Township
12/22-12/28 – Pyramid Hill Lights VII – Hamilton
CLEVELAND FESTIVALS
12/22-12/28 (Closed 12/24, 12/25, 12/26) – Akron Zoo Wild Lights V – Akron
12/22-12/28 – Elegant Illusions Christmas Drive Through Park VI – Atwater
12/22-12/28 (Closed 12/24, 12/25) – Wild Winter Lights at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo VI – Cleveland
12/22-12/28 – Medina County Fair Drive Thru Holiday Lights V – Medina
12/22-12/28 – Magic of Lights V – North Ridgeville
12/22-12/28 – Memorial LightFest IV – Wadsworth
12/27 – Akron Zoo Brew at the Zoo IV – Akron
COLUMBUS FESTIVALS
12/22-12/28 (Closed 12/24, 12/25) – Conservatory Aglow VI – Columbus
12/22-12/28 – Wanderlights VI – Columbus
12/22-12/28 – Butch Bando’s Fantasy of Lights VI – Delaware
12/22-12/28 – WonderLight’s Christmas in Ohio VII – Hartford
12/22-12/28 – Holiday Lights at the Park V – Plain City
12/22-12/28 – Lucy Depp Park Light Show V – Powell
12/22-12/28 (Closed 12/24) – Wildlights at Columbus Zoo VI – Powell
Do you notice festivals on the map beyond Ohio? Find them below!
Alabama | Arizona | Arkansas | California | Colorado | Delaware | Florida
Georgia |Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Kansas | Kentucky | Louisiana
Maryland | Michigan | Minnesota | Mississippi | Missouri | Nevada
New Jersey | New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | Oklahoma
Oregon * Pennsylvania |South Carolina | Tennessee | Texas | Virginia
Washington * Washington, DC | West Virginia | Wisconsin
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