The St. James Lutheran Brats and Crafts Festival is a parish festival celebrating its German heritage through a nice selection food (brats particularly), music and crafts. 2026 DATE: August 7-9, 2026Location: St. James Lutheran5660 Trabue RoadColumbus, OH 43228Website: https://ohiostjames.com/programs/st-james-brats-and-crafts-festival **** This post documents my experience on August 3, 2013. Right … Read more
Festa Italiana is an Italian festival in Cuyahoga Falls with a lot of great food, entertainment, beer and games.**** This post documents my experience on July 21, 2013. I’ve returned for an updated post on July 18, 2026, which you can read at https://ohiofestivals.net/festa-italiana-cuyahoga-falls-2/ **** I’ve been to a fair … Read more
The St. Joseph’s Ox Roast Fair is a parish festival with rides, tons of food booths and precious ox meat that is roasted in served as a dinner, a sandwich and a “sundae” over potatoes. 2026 DATE: July 17-19, 2026Location: St. Joseph Catholic Church11045 St. Joseph BlvdMantua, OH 44255Website: https://www.stjosephmantua.com/ox-roast-fair**** … Read more
AUTHOR’S NOTE: Over this weekend, powerful thunderstorms passed through the area and caused problems with many of the festivals that I attended either through delays, destruction or the cancellation of events. Please keep this in mind when reading these reviews, as my experience may not be the most typical. 2018 … Read more
This post documents my experience on July 20, 2013. Rather close to Ohio’s Indian Lake… …is St. Mary of the Woods Church in Russells Point… … where I happened to hear that they were having a festival! I walked onto the grounds… …by the candy art and fudge… …and made … Read more
The Summer Moon Festival takes place in Neil Armstrong’s hometown of Wapakoneta. Events go on downtown as well as at the Armstrong Air and Space Museum. 2026 DATE: July 14-19, 2026Locations: Downtown Wapakoneta Armstrong Air and Space Museum500 Apollo DrWapakoneta, OH 45895Website: https://www.facebook.com/wapaksummermoonfest**** This post documents my experience on July … Read more
The Immaculate Conception Parish Festival takes place on the Immaculate Conception Church grounds, offering music entertainment, all sorts of games, rides, food and more. 2026 DATE: July 17-18, 2026Location: Immaculate Conception Parish229 W Anthony St.Celina, OhioWebsite: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100081578688221 **** AUTHOR’S NOTE: Over this weekend, powerful thunderstorms passed through the area and … Read more
Lambert Days takes place in Ohio City and celebrates John William Lambert, who built the first gasoline powered single cylinder vehicle. Along with vendors, food and entertainment, the festival offers a parade, inflatables, special dinners and sports competitions. A community wide garage sales also takes place during festival weekend. 2026 … Read more
This post documents my experience on July 19, 2013. Although the city of Fostoria has a nearly 100 year history of making glassware and tableware before operations moved to Moundville, WV… …let me start off to say that the only glass-related aspect of the Glass Heritage Festival is the Glass … Read more