Your festival event guide for the greater Cleveland Area, including Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Portage and Summit Counties.

Welcome to a comprehensive festival listing page and guide for Cleveland, Ohio and the greater area. Once area festivals are confirmed on the main Ohio Festival Schedule, they are copied over to this page to make it easier to plan your weekend festival adventures. Please keep in mind that you should not see area festivals that have been canceled or have not yet been confirmed.

Other areas of Ohio with Festival Schedule Pages include Cincinnati and Columbus.

Otherwise, for other areas of the state or all of Ohio, please refer back to the Ohio Festival Schedule.

Festivals listed here include music festivals, art festivals, food festivals, town festivals, church festivals, cultural festivals and more, but they do not include craft shows, machinery shows, bazaars, county fairs and some other events that can be found on the Fairs, Shows, Expos, Bazaars Page.

“My Review” means that it’s a link to my review of that festival.

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2025 Cleveland Festival Schedule

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DECEMBER

12/1-12/7 – Elegant Illusions Christmas Drive Through Park IV – Atwater
12/2-12/7 – Wild Winter Lights at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo III – Cleveland
12/3-12/7 – Holiday Lights at Carlisle Reservation II – LaGrange
12/5 – WinterFest: Festival of Lights – Macedonia
12/5-12/6 – Akron Zoo Wild Lights II – Akron
12/5-12/7 – Medina County Fair Drive Thru Holiday Lights II – Medina
12/5-12/7 – A Bavarian Christkindlmarkt – Middleburg Heights
12/5-12/7 – Magic of Lights II – North Ridgeville
12/6 – Christmas at Central Park – Green
12/6 – Light Up Lakewood – Lakewood
12/6 – Hoppy Holiday Beer Fest at Lorain Brewing Company – Lorain
12/6 – Cleveland Donauschwaben Krampus Fest – Olmsted Township
12/6 – Woodridge Arts and Crafts Show – Peninsula
12/6 – Cleveland-Westlake Children’s Festival – Westlake
12/6-12/7 – Memorial LightFest I – Wadsworth

12/8-12/14 – Elegant Illusions Christmas Drive Through Park IV – Atwater
12/8-12/14 – Wild Winter Lights at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo IV – Cleveland
12/8-12/14 – Magic of Lights III – North Ridgeville
12/8-12/14 – Memorial LightFest II – Wadsworth
12/10-12/14 – Holiday Lights at Carlisle Reservation III – LaGrange
12/12-12/14 – Akron Zoo Wild Lights III – Akron
12/12-12/14 – Medina County Fair Drive Thru Holiday Lights III – Medina

12/15-12/21 – Akron Zoo Wild Lights IV – Akron
12/15-12/21 – Elegant Illusions Christmas Drive Through Park V – Atwater
12/15-12/21 – Wild Winter Lights at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo V – Cleveland
12/15-12/21 – Magic of Lights IV – North Ridgeville
12/15-12/21 – Memorial LightFest III – Wadsworth
12/17-12/21 – Holiday Lights at Carlisle Reservation IV – LaGrange
12/19-12/21 – Medina County Fair Drive Thru Holiday Lights IV – Medina

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

12/29-12/30 – Akron Zoo Wild Lights VI – Akron
12/29-12/30 – Wild Winter Lights at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo VII – Cleveland
12/29-1/2 – Memorial LightFest V – Wadsworth
12/29-1/3 – Magic of Lights VI – North Ridgeville

JANUARY (2026)

1/24 – Brewsology Beer Fest – Cleveland

1/30-2/1 – Crocker Park Ice Festival – Westlake

FEBRUARY

2/14 – Cleveland Kurentovanje Winter Festival – Cleveland – My Review

2/20 – BeatleFest – Kent
2/20-2/22 – Cleveland Villain Arts Tattoo Festival – Cleveland
2/21 – Brite Winter – Cleveland – My Review

MARCH

3/7 – SMART Mac N Cheese Throwdown – Cleveland – My Review
3/7 – Winter Warmer Fest – Cleveland – A Blogger’s Review

APRIL

4/18 – Jägerfest – Olmsted Falls

4/23-4/26 – Geauga County Maple Festival – Chardon – My Review

MAY

5/1– Kent American Roots Music Festival – Kent
5/2 – The Margarita Showdown – Chagrin Falls
5/2-5/3 – Village Viking Fest – Burton

5/9 – Medina Beer Fest – Medina

5/15-5/17 – Tropidelic’s Sunny Days – Garrettsville
5/16-5/17 – Cleveland Asian Festival – Cleveland – My Review
5/17 – Mill Street May Makers’ Market – Medina – My Review

5/22-5/25 – Berea’s National Rib Cook-off – Berea/Middleburg Heights – My Review
5/23-5/24 – Renaissance Faire at the Akron Zoo – Akron
5/23-5/24 – The Civil War Encampment – Burton – My Review
5/23-5/24 – Reggae Fest Cleveland – Cleveland

5/27 – CLE Market: Berea I – Berea
5/29-5/31 – Spring Badfish – Garrettsville

JUNE

6/6-6/7 – Art in the Village – Lyndhurst
6/7 – Bath Art Festival – Akron

6/17 – CLE Market: Berea II – Berea
6/18 – CLE Market: Avon Lake I – Avon Lake
6/19 – CLE Market: Rocky River I – Rocky River
6/19-6/21 – Classic Fest – Garrettsville
6/20 – Wildwood Fine Arts and Wine Festival – Mentor

6/25-6/28 – St. Demetrios Greek Festival – Rocky River – My Review
6/26-6/28 – Ohio Viking Festival – Painesville- My Review
6/26-6/27 – Ohio Scottish Games and Celtic Festival – Berea/Middleburg Heights – My Review
6/28 – Mill Street June Makers’ Market – Medina – My Review

JULY

7/3-7/5 – Grassfire Festival – Garrettsville

7/8-7/11 – BorderLight Theatre Festival – Cleveland
7/12 – CLE Market: Rocky River II – Rocky River

7/15 – CLE Market: Berea III – Berea
7/16- CLE Market: Avon Lake II – Avon Lake

7/24-7/26 – Grateful Fest – Garrettsville
7/25 – Tequila Fest Cleveland – Cleveland
7/26 – Mill Street July Makers’ Market – Medina – My Review

AUGUST

8/12 – CLE Market: Berea IV – Berea
8/13 – CLE Market: Avon Lake III – Avon Lake
8/14 – CLE Market: Rocky River III – Rocky River

8/21-8/23 – Cleveland Donauschwaben Sommer Oktoberfest – Olmsted Township – My Review

8/30 – Mill Street August Makers’ Market – Medina – My Review

SEPTEMBER

9/9 – CLE Market: Berea V – Berea

9/27 – Mill Street September Makers’ Market – Medina – My Review
9/27 – CLE Market: Rocky River IV – Rocky River

OCTOBER

10/25 – Mill Street October Makers’ Market – Medina – My Review

MORE FESTIVALS COMING SOON!