This post documents my experience on September 9, 2022. I made a visit to Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral… …and it was a truly beautiful place of worship… …that wowed the eyes in every direction… …but, truth be told, it wasn’t for (only) prayer I had come to the Cathedral… … Read more
2023 DATE: August 25-27, 2023AUTHOR’S NOTE: This post documents my experience on August 26, 2022 but I first visited this festival in 2010.You can read the 2010 experience at https://ohiofestivals.net/51-german-american-festival-oregon-august-27-2010/ **** After 12 years, I returned to Oak Shade Grove… …to see my old friends, Mitzi and Mortiz… …and enjoy … Read more
This post documents my experience on August 20, 2022. I headed to Youngstown’s Little Italy, in the Brier Hill neighborhood… …where the colors were green, white and red… …and people gathered along Calvin and Victoria Streets… …for the 30th annual Brier Hill Italian Festival. Vendors at the festival sold mostly … Read more
UPDATED from the Original 2021 Post. **** During the months of August, September and October, many Ohio cities and communities will be celebrating a particular festival called Oktoberfest. This festival, originating from the wedding celebrations of King Ludwig I (then Kronprinz Ludwig) and Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen in 1810, is … Read more
2023 DATE: June 17, 2023This post documents my experience on June 18, 2022. At the home of the Ohio Renaissance Festival… …festival goers came to celebrate the one-day Celtic Fest Ohio. Some of the Renaissance Festival storefronts were closed for the event… …but many others opened back up or rented … Read more
AUTHOR’S NOTE: This post documents my experience on October 9, 2022, but I first attended the Columbus Italian Festival in 2009. You can read the 2009 experience at… https://ohiofestivals.net/27-st-johns-columbus-italian-festival-columbus-ohio-october-10-2009/ **** At St. John the Baptist Italian Catholic Church… …as the smell of sauce and pasta led some visitors inside for … Read more
2023 DATE: September 23, 2023This post documents my experience on September 25, 2021. Right in the heart of downtown Findlay… …Dave Malinowski and his band filled the streets with polka music… …as visitors chose their souvenir stein for the evening… …to go with their German Alpine Fedora or lederhosen… …at … Read more
This post documents my experience on August 22, 2021. At St. Maron Church, in Independence, Ohio… …they were putting on a Food Festival that I didn’t want to miss. Set up with a nice open area… …the festival offered health screenings… …a raffle… …a tented bar with hookah… …another tent … Read more
AUTHOR’S NOTE: This post documents my experience on July 10, 2021, but I first attended this festival in 2018, when I accidentally arrived too early for the festival, but was able to walk in the procession. You can read about that experience at https://ohiofestivals.net/our-lady-of-mount-carmel-festival/ **** It was a beautiful summer … Read more