As someone who owns and operates a festival website, let me tell you that Covid-19 has been driving me crazy. The weather is starting to warm up, the self-quarantine continues (the 6th week now?), and I long for road trips to festival cities where I can celebrate with various communities, … Read more
Maslenitsa is a Russian pre-Lenten festival that usually involves blini and Maslenitsa, a doll that represents winter and is sometimes burned. 2026 DATE: February 15, 2026 – CANCELLEDLocation: Russian Cultural Garden5947 Mayfield RdCleveland, OH 44124Website: https://www.russianculturalgarden.com **** This post documents my experience on March 1, 2020. Just before Eastern Orthodox … Read more
The Cleveland Kurentovanje Festival is a Slovenian Festival where lamb-skinned wearing Kurents ring bells to scare the winter away. Music, food and fun for all. 2026 DATE: February 14, 2026Location: Slovenian National Home6417 St Clair AveCleveland, OH 44103Website: https://www.clevelandkurentovanje.com/ **** I first visited this festival in 2014, which you can … Read more
Last year, my wife gifted me an omakase dinner at Kengo Sushi & Yakitori, a Toledo restaurant of which I had heard wonderful things. With our schedules and the distance, it took us some time to plan an evening to go out… …but we finally did this weekend… …and it … Read more
Christmas in the Village is a holiday festival in Plymouth, Ohio that offers over 80 vendors, live entertainment, a holiday cocktail area, food trucks and more. 2025 DATE: December 5-6, 2025Location: Downtown PlymouthWebsite: https://www.facebook.com/picourvillage **** This post documents my experience on December 7, 2019. At the annual Christmas in the … Read more
AUTHOR’S NOTE: you can also read my listing of Favorite Festivals for 2017 and 2018. **** It’s that time of year again where I reflect on the year’s festivals and try to rank my experiences in some kind of order. This year, I’ve attended less festivals (30) than previous years, … Read more
At McConnells Mill State Park… …there was a lot going on to celebrate the annual Heritage Festival. Over at the Civil War Camp… …excited festival goers got ready… …for some old-fashioned canon firing. Just a stone’s throw away, a free Hayride Shuttle picked up festival goers… …to take them to … Read more
The Penn’s Colony Festival invites festival goers to a wooded area in Saxonburg, Pennsylvania… …only to transport them to the mid 1700’s… …where children are taught of different times… …military men of rank freely travel about on horseback… …and parades are done through the market streets… …as festival goers and … Read more
In the city of Kingwood, West Virginia… …the Preston County Buckwheat Festival was a multi-faceted celebration. Right off the bat, the festival came off as huge carnival with plenty of rides… …fun houses… …attractions… …games… …and carnival grub. Then, within the structures that bordered part of the carnival… …it began … Read more