The Mason Heritage Festival is a community festival with games, entertainment, food and local organizations. 2026 DATE: September 19, 2026Location: 6000 Mason Montgomery RdMason, OH 45040Website: https://imaginemason.org/*** This post documents my experience on September 16, 2017. After getting around various road closures and detours, I finally parked and followed walkers … Read more
If there’s ever a way to try a dish for the first time… …you should do it through a festival. But, interestingly enough, the Spoonbread Festival isn’t so much a food festival… …as it is a vendor and community festival… …with over 200 booths hosted by artists, businesses and community … Read more
AUTHOR’S NOTE: The Kentucky Bourbon Festival officially goes on for 7 days with events that range from tastings to gala events. This post, as with other festival reviews, will focus on the food, non-food vendors and entertainment. But if you want to read about two events that I attended, you … Read more
This weekend, I got to go to Bardstown, Kentucky for the Kentucky Bourbon Festival (review in a separate post) and two special events either put together or hosted by Willett Distillery. The first event, called Whiskey Pig, took place at the Harrison-Smith House… …where the Harrison-Smith House and Louisville’s bar … Read more
The Hungarian Fall Festival is a cultural celebration with live music, vendors and delicious ethnic dishes. 2026 DATE: September 13, 2026Location: Hungarian Cultural Center of Northeastern Ohio12027 Abbott RdHiram, OH 44234Website: https://geaugamagyarclub.org/ **** This post documents my experience on September 10, 2017. I finished my festival weekend at the Hungarian … Read more
The Mantua Potato Festival offers plenty of potato-themed contests and such potato-based dishes as pierogi, fresh fries and potato pancakes. Of course, there are also vendors, live entertainment and a Potato Sack Race. 2024 DATE: CANCELLEDLocation: Buchert Memorial ParkMantua, OH 44255Website: https://www.facebook.com/MantuaPotatoFest **** This post documents my experience on September … Read more
Woofstock is a fundraiser and festival with live entertainment, dog activities, food vendors for both animals and humans, vendors and more. 2026 DATE: September 20, 2026Location: Cleveland Metroparks Polo Field41324-44998 S Woodland RdChagrin Falls, OH 44022Website: https://www.rescuevillage.org/event/woofstock-2026/ **** This post documents my experience on September 10, 2017. I was given … Read more
125 years after a chapel named after John Fox was completed… …the now Faith United Methodist Church decided to celebrate… …and they did it via a festival called FoxFest. At the festival entrance, the church offered free entries to win some gift baskets… …while the Rotary offered a 50/50 raffle … Read more
As the official town crier (Your Speaking Solutions) of the West Newton Community Festival would tell you… …this festival was all about community. The main square of vendors was more-or-less divided into vendors (left) and food (right)… …and, although it wasn’t obvious where all food vendors were from… …most had … Read more