Ohio's Festival Weekend: September 24-27, 2026

115 Festivals and Shows for another strong Fall Festival Weekend!

Welcome back, festival fans.

Still over 100 Festivals and Shows, Ohio! There is so much to do.

I know there were rains and cloudy skies last weekend, so hopefully the weather is better because there are festivals you don’t want to miss.

Consider festivals like the…

Barberton Mum Fest (Review)
Barnesville Pumpkin Festival (Review)
Yankee Peddler Festival (Review) in Canal Fulton
Ingenuity Fest (Review) in Cleveland
St. Mary Magdalene European Festival (Review) in Fairview Park
Fort Loramie German Heritage Days (Review)
Geneva Grape Jamboree (Review)
Germantown Pretzel Festival (Review)
Jackson Apple Festival (Review)
International Festival of the Islamic Center of Greater Toledo (Review) in Perrysburg
Pomeroy Sternwheel Riverfest (Review)
Seaman Fall Festival (Review)
Apple Dumpling Festival (Review) in Shreve
Old Worthington Market Day (Review)
Ravenna Balloon A-Fair
Fostoria Rail Festival
Simon Kenton Chili Festival of Urbana
Pyramid Hill Art Fair in Hamilton

And here are some returning classic festivals that I’ve been to (with more recent reviews)…

…the John Roger Simon Sorghum Festival (Review) in West Portsmouth…

…Oktoberfest Findlay (Review)…

…Dayton Art Institute’s Oktoberfest (Review)…

…the Ohio Renaissance Festival (Review) in Waynesville…

…Prairie Peddler Festival (Review) in Butler…

…Country Applefest (Review) in Lebanon…

…the Columbus Zoo Lantern Festival (Review) in Powell…

…the Luckey Fall Festival (Review)…

…the Mill Street Makers’ Market (Review) in Medina…

…the Tipp City Mum Festival (Review)…

…and many more!

Be sure to go through the list and check the map for festivals around you (even in another state).

There’s a lot going on, Ohio, and there will be more next weekend, so be sure to Subscribe for new posts.

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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-092726
South: https://festivalguidesandreviews.com/south-festival-weekend-092726
West: https://festivalguidesandreviews.com/west-festival-weekend-092726

Have a great weekend, Ohio!

Until next week…

Love, Peace and Festival Grease!

Ohio Festival Weekend: September 24-27, 2026

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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

9/26-9/27 – Barberton Mum Fest – Barberton – My Review
9/24-9/27 – Barnesville Pumpkin Festival – Barnesville – My Review
9/26-9/27 – Burnham Orchards Fall Harvest Weekends II – Berlin Heights – My Review
9/26-9/27 – Prairie Peddler Festival I – Butler – My Review
9/26-9/27 – Yankee Peddler Festival III – Canal Fulton – My Review

9/25-9/27 – Ingenuityfest – Cleveland – My Review
9/25-9/27 – The Dayton Art Institute’s Oktoberfest – Dayton – My Review
9/26 – St. Mary Magdalene European Festival – Fairview Park – My Review
9/26 – Oktoberfest Findlay – Findlay – My Review
9/25-9/26 – Fort Loramie German Heritage Days – Fort Loramie – My Review

9/26-9/27 – Geneva Grape Jamboree – Geneva – My Review
9/26-9/27 – Germantown Pretzel Festival – Germantown – My Review
9/22-9/26 – Jackson Apple Festival – Jackson – My Review
9/26-9/27 – Country Applefest – Lebanon – My Review
9/25-9/27 – Luckey Fall Festival – Luckey – My Review

9/27 – Mill Street September Makers’ Market – Medina – My Review
9/26-9/27 – International Festival of the Islamic Center of Greater Toledo – Perrysburg – My Review
9/24-9/26 – Pomeroy Sternwheel Riverfest – Pomeroy – My Review
9/24-9/27 – Columbus Zoo Lantern Festival VI – Powell – My Review
9/23-9/26 – Seaman Fall Festival – Seaman – My Review

9/26 – Apple Dumpling Festival – Shreve – My Review
9/26 – Ohio Fish and Shrimp Festival III – Urbana – My Review
9/26-9/27 – Tipp City Mum Festival – Tipp City – My Review

9/26-9/27 – Ohio Renaissance Festival IV – Waynesville – My Review
9/26-9/27 – John Roger Simon Sorghum Festival – West Portsmouth – My Review
9/26 – Old Worthington Market Day – Worthington – My Review

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OHIO FAIRS AND SHOWS

9/19-9/26 – Delaware County Fair – Delaware
9/20-9/26 – Ashland County Fair – Ashland
9/21-9/27 – Tuscarawas County Fair – Dover
9/23-9/27 – Albany Independent Fair – Albany
9/24-9/26 – Holmes County Steam and Engine Show – Millersburg
9/25-9/26 – River of Arts Festival – Fremont
9/25-9/27 – Cincinnati Comic Expo – Cincinnati
9/25-9/27 – Serpent Mound Star Knowledge Fall Equinox/Full Moon Peace Summit – Peebles
9/26 – The Sandstone Village Fall Festival – Amherst
9/26 –Bluffton Craft Show – Bluffton
9/26* – War Against Breast Cancer Raffle-Auction and Vendor Show – Cortland – DISCONTINUED
9/26 – East Canton Boy Scouts Craft Show – East Canton
9/26 – Fall Craft and Vendor Show – Elyria
9/26 –Lebanon Handmade Craft Festival – Lebanon
9/26 – MOAM Presents: CraftoberFest – Middletown
9/26 – Steelhead Expo – North Olmsted
9/26 – Pataskala Antique Power Show – Pataskala
9/26-9/27 – Hocking Hills Artists and Craftsmen Fall Art Show – Logan
9/27 – Columbus Paper, Postcard, and Book Show – Columbus
9/27 – James Miller Memorial Car Show – Mason

OHIO FESTIVALS

9/22 – Grandview Fall Festival – Columbus
9/22-9/26 – Jackson Apple Festival – Jackson – My Review
9/23-9/26 – Seaman Fall Festival – Seaman – My Review
9/24-9/26 – Whispering Beard Folk Festival – Cincinnati
9/24-9/26* – Galion Oktoberfest – Galion – CANCELLED
9/24-9/26 – Pomeroy Sternwheel Riverfest – Pomeroy – My Review
9/24-9/26 – Van Wert Bluegrass Festival – Van Wert
9/24-9/27 – Barnesville Pumpkin Festival – Barnesville – My Review
9/24-9/27 – Columbus Zoo Lantern Festival VI – Powell – My Review
9/24-9/27 – Ravenna Balloon A-Fair – Ravenna
9/25 – Columbus Mac and Cheese Festival – Columbus
9/25 – Boeckling Club Oktoberfest II – Sandusky
9/25-9/26 – Continental Fall Festival – Continental
9/25-9/26 – Fort Loramie German Heritage Days – Fort Loramie – My Review
9/25-9/26 – Loveland Oktoberfest – Loveland
9/25-9/26 – Fall Steam Festival at the Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum – Sugarcreek
9/25-9/26 – The Farm at Walnut Creek Fall Festival I – Sugarcreek
9/25-9/26 – Cincinnati Fear Fest III – Williamsburg
Weekend continues below…

9/25-9/27 – Ingenuityfest – Cleveland – My Review
9/25-9/27 – The Dayton Art Institute’s Oktoberfest – Dayton – My Review
9/25-9/27 – Indian Lake State Park Fall Festival – Lakeview
9/25-9/27 – Luckey Fall Festival – Luckey – My Review
9/25-9/27 – Old Timers Days – Xenia
9/26 – Bluffton Fall Festival – Bluffton
9/26 – Bryan Fall Fest on the Square – Bryan
9/26 – Ourant Schoolhouse Fall Festival – Cadiz
9/26 – Cincinnati Moon Festival – Cincinnati
9/26 – St. William’s Rock the Hill Music Festival – Cincinnati
9/26 – Cleveland VegFest – Cleveland
9/26 – Festival for Good (at the Grandview Hop) – Columbus
9/26 – Grandview Hop IV – Columbus
9/26 – RibFest – Defiance
9/26 – Moon Festival and Kung-Fu Tai-Chi Day – Dublin
Weekend continues below…

9/26 – St. Mary Magdalene European Festival – Fairview Park – My Review
9/26 – Fayette Community Fall Fest – Fayette
9/26 – Oktoberfest Findlay – Findlay – My Review
9/26 – Fostoria Rail Festival – Fostoria
9/26 – Gibsonburg Hispanic Heritage Festival – Gibsonburg
9/26 – Twisted WilderFest – Green
9/26 – G3-Growing Greater Greenfield Oktoberfest – Greenfield
9/26 – A Fall Affair – Lebanon
9/26 – Liberty Township Fall Festival – Liberty Township
9/26 – Oktoberfest at the Mill – Loudonville
9/26 – Macedonia FallFest – Macedonia
9/26 – Lawrence Orchards Applefest – Marion
9/26 – Coffee Fest in the Burg – Mechanicsburg
9/26 – Medina Fall Festival – Medina
9/26 – Milford Art Affaire – Milford
9/26 – Minerva Oktoberfest – Minerva
Weekend continues below…

9/26 – Oktoberfest at MPH Brewing – Montgomery
9/26 – New Berlin Festival – North Canton
9/26 – Deutsche Volkstanz Gruppe Oktoberfest – Oregon
9/26 – Otway Covered Bridge Festival – Otway
9/26 – Fall Festival and Craft and Vendor Show – Ravenna
9/26 – Apple Dumpling Festival – Shreve – My Review
9/26 – Harvest Festival at Historical Village – Strongsville
9/26 – Ohio Fish and Shrimp Festival III – Urbana – My Review
9/26 – Simon Kenton Chili Festival of Urbana – Urbana
9/26 – Harvest Moon Festival – Van Wert
9/26 – Vermilion Valley Vineyards Oktoberfest – Wakeman
9/26 – Wapakoneta Craft Beer and Wine Festival – Wapakoneta
9/26 – Oktoberfest at the Diamond – Warren
9/26 – Crocker Park Food Truck Challenge – Westlake
9/26 – Old Worthington Market Day – Worthington – My Review
9/26-9/27 – Barberton Mum Fest – Barberton – My Review
Weekend continues below…

9/26-9/27 – Burnham Orchards Fall Harvest Weekends II – Berlin Heights – My Review
9/26-9/27 – Prairie Peddler Festival I – Butler – My Review
9/26-9/27 – Yankee Peddler Festival III – Canal Fulton – My Review
9/26-9/27 – Fall Festival Weekends at White House Fruit Farm III – Canfield
9/26-9/27 – Old West Pumpkin Fest I – Columbia Station
9/26-9/27 – Red Wagon Farm Pumpkin Fest II – Columbia Station
9/26-9/27 – Geneva Grape Jamboree – Geneva – My Review
9/26-9/27 – Germantown Pretzel Festival – Germantown – My Review
9/26-9/27 – Harvest Extravaganza – Greenville
9/26-9/27 – Pyramid Hill Art Fair – Hamilton
9/26-9/27 – Frontier Spirit 1799 – Lancaster
9/26-9/27 – Country Applefest – Lebanon – My Review
9/26-9/27 –Ohio Heritage Days Festival at Malabar Farms – Lucas
9/26-9/27 – Pumpkin Days at Nickajack Farms III – North Lawrence
9/26-9/27 – Pumpkin Pandemonium I – Peninsula
9/26-9/27 – International Festival of the Islamic Center of Greater Toledo – Perrysburg – My Review
Weekend continues below…

9/26-9/27 – Windmill Farm Market Spooktacular Fall Festival I – Springboro
9/26-9/27 – Harvest Festival – Stow
9/26-9/27 – Tipp City Mum Festival – Tipp City – My Review
9/26-9/27 – Ohio Renaissance Festival IV – Waynesville – My Review
9/26-9/27 – Waynesville Fall Fest II – Waynesville
9/26-9/27 – John Roger Simon Sorghum Festival – West Portsmouth – My Review
9/27 – Holy Trinity Parish Festival – Bucyrus
9/27 – Columbiana SWine Festival – Columbiana
9/27 – St. Mary Fall Festival – Edgerton
9/27 –Independence Fall Fest and Clambake – Independence
9/27 – Orange Township Founders Festival – Lewis Center
9/27 – Mill Street September Makers’ Market – Medina – My Review
9/27 – Bauman Orchards Fall Festival II – Rittman
9/27 – CLE Market: Rocky River IV – Rocky River

CINCINNATI FESTIVALS

9/24-9/26 – Whispering Beard Folk Festival – Cincinnati
9/25-9/26 – Loveland Oktoberfest – Loveland
9/25-9/26 – Cincinnati Fear Fest III – Williamsburg
9/25-9/27 – The Dayton Art Institute’s Oktoberfest – Dayton – My Review
9/26 – Cincinnati Moon Festival – Cincinnati
9/26 – St. William’s Rock the Hill Music Festival – Cincinnati
9/26 – Liberty Township Fall Festival – Liberty Township
9/26 – Milford Art Affaire – Milford
9/26 –Oktoberfest at MPH Brewing – Montgomery
9/26-9/27 – Germantown Pretzel Festival – Germantown – My Review
9/26-9/27 – Pyramid Hill Art Fair – Hamilton
9/26-9/27 – Country Applefest – Lebanon – My Review
9/26-9/27 – Windmill Farm Market Spooktacular Fall Festival I – Springboro
9/26-9/27 – Ohio Renaissance Festival IV – Waynesville – My Review
9/26-9/27 – Waynesville Fall Fest II – Waynesville

CLEVELAND FESTIVALS

9/24-9/27 – Ravenna Balloon A-Fair – Ravenna
9/25-9/27 – Ingenuityfest – Cleveland – My Review
9/26 – Cleveland VegFest – Cleveland
9/26 – Grandview Hop IV – Columbus
9/26 – St. Mary Magdalene European Festival – Fairview Park – My Review
9/26 – Twisted WilderFest – Green
9/26 – Macedonia FallFest – Macedonia
9/26 – Medina Fall Festival – Medina
9/26 – Harvest Festival at Historical Village – Strongsville
9/26 – Crocker Park Food Truck Challenge – Westlake
9/26-9/27 – Barberton Mum Fest – Barberton – My Review
9/26-9/27 – Old West Pumpkin Fest I – Columbia Station
9/26-9/27 – Red Wagon Farm Pumpkin Fest II – Columbia Station
9/26-9/27 – Harvest Festival – Stow
9/27 –Independence Fall Fest and Clambake – Independence
9/27 – Mill Street September Makers’ Market – Medina – My Review
9/27 – CLE Market: Rocky River IV – Rocky River

COLUMBUS FESTIVALS

9/22 – Grandview Fall Festival – Columbus
9/24-9/27 – Columbus Zoo Lantern Festival VI – Powell – My Review
9/25 – Columbus Mac and Cheese Festival – Columbus
9/26 – Festival for Good (at the Grandview Hop) – Columbus
9/26 – Moon Festival and Kung-Fu Tai-Chi Day – Dublin
9/26 – Old Worthington Market Day – Worthington – My Review
9/26-9/27 – Frontier Spirit 1799 – Lancaster
9/27 – Orange Township Founders Festival – Lewis Center

Do you notice festivals on the map beyond Ohio? Find them below!

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