AUTHOR’S NOTE: In 2021, I returned to this festival to write an updated experience. You can read about this experience at… https://ohiofestivals.net/columbus-italian-festival/ This post documents my experience on October 10, 2009. **** Let me say right off that I’m not a big Italian festival fan and that is due to … Read more
This post documents my experience on October 9, 2009. I returned to the festival in 2025 for an updated experience. You can read that experience at https://ohiofestivals.net/prairie-peddler-festival-butler-ohio **** It’s after 9:30 pm as I write this and I just consumed some DQ small sundae with pumpkin pie pieces, tag-a-longs and … Read more
This post documents my experience on October 4, 2009. This was almost my Festival Hiatus Weekend……almost. I really had nothing scheduled and I may have mentioned it as such to a coworker, because she later gave me a rather thorough list of Ohio Festivals for the month of October. Finding … Read more
AUTHOR’S NOTE: There is an updated 2015 Review here – https://ohiofestivals.net/geneva-grape-jamboree-revisited/ This post documents my experience on September 26, 2009. ******************** Geneva, Ohio, not to be confused with Geneva-on-the-Lake, seems a rather quaint city. Surrounded by wineries and country roads, one wouldn’t expect a festival all that big. I mean, when you’re passing … Read more
This post documents my experience on September 20, 2009. One of Lorain’s best festivals is definitely the Lorain International Festival. A cornucopia of food brought together for a mass of hungry festival goers. It’s almost like a culinary Epcot Center where the World Showcase is squeezed together in 1/1000 the … Read more
This post documents my experience on September 20, 2009. After a long driving day Saturday, I had another 2-3 festivals to hit on Sunday. I wasn’t sure if I would be able to do it, but I remained optimistic. From Columbus, I figured I should take advantage of my location … Read more
*** AUTHOR’S NOTE ***The other festival referred to in this posting (which does not involve chalk drawings) is the Independents’ Day Festival. This is why it’s referred to as a “Quasi-Review” on the Festival Schedule Page. This post documents my experience on September 19, 2009. I arrived in downtown Columbus without a … Read more
AUTHOR’S NOTE: I have 2 more current posts on this festival. To read my 2011 experience, you can go to https://ohiofestivals.net/52-pawpaw-festival-albany-september-17-2011/ To read my 2016 experience, you can go to https://ohiofestivals.net/ohio-pawpaw-festival-albany This post documents my experience on September 19, 2009. ******************** Before discussing my time at the Pawpaw Festival, allow … Read more
This post documents my experience on September 19, 2009. I really should start out that this was a MEGA-festival weekend. My goal was to get 6 festivals in, but I “only” got in 5. The Johnny Appleseed Festival in Brunswick was my first of the weekend, being only a half hour away … Read more