Hot Times Festival is Comfest Part Deux…it’s basically a “thank you” to Comfest volunteers and a chaser festival for the Comfest Lovers who can’t quite say goodbye. More food, vendors, music and art cars. 2025 DATE: September 5-7, 2025Location: Lawns of Columbus Public Health240 Parsons AveColumbus, OH 43215Website: https://hottimesfestival.com/ **** … Read more
Fredericktown Tomato Show is a town festival with rides, vendors, plenty of pork dishes and some tomato exhibitions. 2026 DATE: September 9-12, 2026Location: Downtown FredericktownWebsite: https://tomatoshow.com/ **** This post documents my experience on September 10, 2010. Fredericktown is a one of those small towns with some interesting history. Along with … Read more
The Marion Popcorn Festival is the largest popcorn festival in the world and brings in over 250,000 festival goers each year. Located downtown, the streets are filled with tons of vendors, community organizations, great food options, rides and games and music stages that often host some notable performers. 2026 DATE: … Read more
AUTHOR’S NOTE: There is an updated 2015 Review at https://ohiofestivals.net/st-nicholas-greek-festival-lorain-revisited/ This post documents my experience on September 9, 2010. ******************** To start my supercharged festival weekend (keep looking at the dates as you read through these postings), I stopped at the St. Nicholas Greek Festival since they start their festival on Thursday. … Read more
St. John Cantius Polish Festival takes place in Cleveland’s Tremont area with music, vendors, plenty of Polish food and a gambling area. 2026 DATE: October 24, 2026Location: St. John Cantius Church906 College AveCleveland, OH 44133Website: https://www.stjohncantiuschurch.org **** This post documents my experience on September 5, 2010. Just like St. Rocco’s… …St. … Read more
AUTHOR’S NOTE: After this review, I got a lot of comments from parishioners that eventually asked for me to come back and give the festival a second shot. I eventually did return in 2014, where my experience was a lot different. You can read that review here – https://ohiofestivals.net/festival-of-saint-rocco-revisited-cleveland/ This … Read more
The Cleveland Hungarian Festival is Ohio’s largest Hungarian festival. It takes place German Central Park where festival goers can feast on stuffed cabbage, chicken paprikas, sausages and more. There are also folk dancers, a live animal show, vendors and more. 2026 DATE: September 6, 2026Location: German Central Park7863 York RoadParma, … Read more
AUTHOR’S NOTE: I returned to this festival in 2019. You can read that experience at… https://ohiofestivals.net/perch-peach-pierogi-polka-festival/ This post documents my experience on September 4, 2010. **** Over this Labor Day weekend, if you walked through downtown Port Clinton… …past the mural… …and Wylie Walleye… …you would have found the Perch, … Read more
This post documents my experience on September 3, 2010. You can also read my experience in 2023 at https://ohiofestivals.net/cleveland-oktoberfest/ This past Labor Day weekend, the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds were transformed… …with inflatable German beer bottles… …and impressive sand valkyries. Yes, it was once again time for the Cleveland Labor Day Oktoberfest. … Read more