Bay Days is Bay Village’s 4th of July festival with rides, games, music entertainment and food. Many food and game vendors sponsor local organizations.
2023 DATE: June 28-July 4 (Closed July 2)
Location: 27600 Lake Rd
Bay Village, OH 44140
Website: https://www.cityofbayvillage.com/
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This post documents my experience on June 30, 2016.
As the car show was being set up at the middle school…
…I made my way into Cahoon Memorial Park…
…where Bay Days had already begun.
This four day festival (no events on Sunday) acted mostly as a town carnival…
…with fair food…
…a good amount of rides…
…and games galore.
But as I looked more closely at the homemade game signage…
…I noticed that certain games donated money to (and was probably run by) local organizations.
This practice was a little more obvious with many food vendors who sold pizza (Bay Men’s Club)…
…curly fries (Kiwanis)…
…and ice cream (Boy Scout Troop 159).
Elsewhere in the park…
…festival goers could get info from local organizations (Bay Village Community Theater/Democratic Club)…
…sign up for a tree giveaway (Bay Village Tree Commission)…
…explore the realm of (temporary) body art…
…and enjoy some evening entertainment at the gazebo.