The Ohio Celtic Festival takes place at the Lake County Fairgrounds with plenty of Irish gifts, music, food and more. 2024 DATE: August 9-11, 2024Location: Lake County Fairgrounds1301 Mentor AvePainesville, OH 44077Website: https://www.facebook.com/ohiocelticfest/ **** This post documents my experience on August 12, 2018. Out at the Lake County Fairgrounds… …the … Read more
The Great Lakes Medieval Faire runs over many weekends, each of which are themed. All of the weekends include of plethora of costume and gift vendors, all sorts of good, activities, demonstrations and stages with all kinds of shows. Plenty to see and do. 2026 DATES: July 11-12, 2026July 18-19, … Read more
The Italian-American Heritage Festival takes place in Court Square and offers games, entertainment and plenty of Italian food. 2026 DATE: August 6-9, 2026Location: Courthouse Square180 N Park AveWarren, OH 44481Website: http://www.warrenitalianfestival.com/ **** This post documents my experience on August 11, 2018. In Warren’s Courthouse Square… …green, white and red decorated … Read more
This post documents my experience on August 11, 2018. Out at the Mosquito Lake Marina… …a strange ship was docked… …with a skeleton crew… …an underfed parrot… …and many festival-luvin’ mateys… …who came to treasure the Moskito Lake Pirate Festival. Although a rather small fest… …there was a fun pirate … Read more
The Shaker Woods Festival is a festival with over 200 craft vendors, enjoyable entertainment and food galore. 2026 DATESAugust 8-9, 2026August 15-16, 2026August 22-23, 2026Location: 44337 Countyline RdColumbiana, OH 44408Website: https://shakerwoods.com/ **** This post documents my experience on August 11, 2018. When I entered the grounds of the Shaker Woods … Read more
This post documents my experience on August 11, 2018. If you followed the music to Akron’s Lock 3 Park… …you could find a celebration called the Signal Tree Fest… …a festival FOR Akron (Buckeye Clothing Company)… …ABOUT Akron (and not really about the Signal Tree itself)… …and BY the people … Read more
This post documents my experience on August 11, 2018. When I arrived in downtown Wooster… …a Catholic Mass on the main stage began the events… …at the annual Festa Italiana. I used this time to check out the Heritage History… …reading about local Italian families… …and learning of Wooster’s Italian … Read more
The Sonnenberg Homecoming is the perfect excuse to visit Sonnenberg Village, enter some historic buildings, enjoy live music, learn something at an exhibit and try out some delicious food. 2025 DATE: August 9, 2025Location: Sonnenberg Village13497 Hackett RoadApple Creek, OH 44606Website: https://www.kidronhistoricalsociety.org **** This post documents my experience on August … Read more
The Creston Fish Fry and Ox Roast is a community festival that offers games and activities for kids and has a popular ox roast on Saturday. 2026 DATE: August 7-8, 2026Location: Creston Community ParkCreston, OH 44217Website: https://www.facebook.com/CrestonCommunityServiceClub/ **** This post documents my experience on August 10, 2018 when the festival … Read more