The Ashville Viking Festival celebrates through a Saxon Market, various forms of entertainment, re-enactors representing many times periods of history and a nice selection of food – including turkey legs. 2026 Dates: April 25-26, 2026Location: Ashville Community Park165 Walnut StAshville, OH 43103Website: https://ashvilleohvikingfestival.com/ ****AUTHOR’S NOTE: I first visited the Ashville … Read more
The Mac N Cheese Throwdown is a macaroni and cheese festival and competition where guests taste a large variety of mac and cheese samples from local restaurants and vote. 2026 DATE: March 7, 2026Location: 2111 Center StCleveland, OH 44113Website: https://www.macncheesethrowdown.com/**** This post documents my experience on February 17, 2018. When … Read more
The Dalton Holidays Festival takes place at Dalton High School with all sorts of delicious Christmas treats, a nice assortment of holiday vendors, food, raffles and turkey bowling. 2025 DATE: December 6-7, 2025Location: 177 N Mill StDalton, OH 44618Website: https://www.facebook.com/daltonfestival/ **** I first visited the Dalton Holidays Festival in 2010. … Read more
Christmas in Zoar takes place in Historic Zoar Village where many historic buildings have some sort of attraction, whether live music, a vendor show, special Christmas personalities and more. 2026 DATE: December 5, 2026Location: Historic Zoar VillageWebsite: https://www.facebook.com/HistoricZoarVillage **** This post documents my experience on December 2, 2017. I drove … Read more
This post documents my experience on November 19, 2017. Here, in this rather inconspicuous building on Lorain Avenue… …DJ’s were spinning… …food vendors were prepping (The Manna Truck)… …and Clevelanders were shopping. This was The Cleveland Flea Holiday Market… …a 4 weekend long, seasonal flea and handmade craft market… …with … Read more
UPDATED: 4/29/26 Ohio has over 2300 festivals! 2300! Let that soak in a bit. If you’re new to Ohio, or even if you’re new to Ohio’s festival world, you may be searching through my 600+ festival reviews and trying to figure out what the best festivals are. And while I … Read more
Now that I’ve shared what festivals you’ve read the most in 2017, I thought I would share my favorite festivals of 2017. Out of over 40 festivals visited in and beyond Ohio, these are my top 10. Hope you enjoy… 10.) Kent Potterfest https://ohiofestivals.net/potterfest/ With a cute location and many … Read more
Now that we’re toward the end of the year, I thought it would be interesting to look at all of the 2017 traffic and see what posts you guys read the most. Since most readers don’t come across a festival review until the following year (an issue of timing), most … Read more
The Spooky Pooch Parade takes place at Kauffman Park, offering a festival for dog lovers and a special parade with all types of costumes. 2025 DATE: October 11, 2025Location: Madison Park13201 Madison AveLakewood, OH 44107Website: https://lakewoodalive.org/r/spooky-pooch-parade-2025/ **** This post documents my experience on October 21, 2017. Out at Kauffman Park… … Read more