A festival where an event or series of events is the main focus.
Author’s Note: For newer photos of this festival, check out my 2013 visit https://ohiofestivals.net/holiday-circlefest-cleveland-revisit/. This post documents my experience on December 5, 2010. ******************** The moment finally arrived. After hours, if not days, of countless planning, traveling, and writing, I finally found myself attending my 100th festival of the year … Read more
WinterLand is a Christmas Tree Lighting Celebration that runs from Public Square to Playhouse Square with music, winter fun and more. 2025 DATE: November 29, 2025Location: Downtown Cleveland Public Square to Playhouse SquareWebsite: https://winterlandcle.com/ **** This post documents my experience on November 27, 2010 when the event was called Winterfest. … Read more
This post documents my experience on October 30, 2010. As I was trying to figure which festivals I would attend in the fall, I noticed that many Ohio farms were having festivals during every weekend in October. These festivals offered corn mazes, hay rides, and various other activities, but it … Read more
This post documents my experience on October 24, 2010. If you’ve noticed about my festival posts, I try to focus on what festivals offer overall, not specific events that occur during it. If I happen to catch something, it may be written about as part of my experience, but I … Read more
This post documents my experience on August 22, 2010. For my 50th festival, I was hoping to do something local, laid back, and a little different than the other festivals I’ve been attending. So I went to Lorain’s Black River Landings, where the Community Animal Task Force was putting on their 2nd … Read more
Inspired by the Mark Twain story, the Valley City Front Jump Festival allows festival goers to either bring in or rent a frog for a rather interesting competition. Food, music and frog-games are also part of the fun. No frogs are eaten at this festival. 2025 DATE: July 20, 2025Location: … Read more
This post documents my experience on July 24, 2010. AUTHOR’S NOTE: In 2015, the festival has changed its name to the Dragon Boat Summer Learning Festival. **** Close to 2300 years ago, Qu Yuan, a Chinese poet, scholar and minister to the king of Chu (a southern state), found himself in … Read more
The Ashland Balloonfest takes place in Freer Field where there are food and merchant vendors, children’s activities, live music and a large amount of hot air balloons that come together for take off a a great balloon glow. For an updated version of this festival, you can read my 2024 … Read more
This post documents my experience on June 26, 2010. After leaving Powell, I made my way to the Dublin Kiwanis Annual Frog Jump Festival in Dublin’s Coffman Park. Now this wasn’t my first frog jumping festival. Last year, I attended the Valley City Frog Jump Festival, a festival with hundreds of attendees who … Read more