This post documents my experience on May 6, 2021. It’s been over a year since I have been able to attend a festival, so I can’t tell you how happy I was to drive out to the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds (wrong entrance, of course – go to the Eastland Road … Read more
This post documents my experience on March 1, 2020. Just before Eastern Orthodox churches entered the Lenten season… …Cleveland’s Russian community came together at the Russian Cultural Garden of Cleveland… …to celebrate Maslenitsa… …a holiday of pagan origin that bids farewell to Lady Maslenitsa, representative of the winter… …and hello … Read more
The 2023 Cleveland Kurentovanje Festival will be February 18. AUTHOR’S NOTE: This post documents my experience on February 22, 2020, but I first documented this festival in 2014, which you can read about at https://ohiofestivals.net/cleveland-kurentovanje-winter-festival/ **** It had been a few years since I last attended the Cleveland Kurentovanje… …yet … Read more
AUTHOR’S NOTE: After attending the festival, I learned that there was a second location (at Veterans Memorial Park) with vendors, food and entertainment. According to the festival booklet, there is also shuttle service that connects it to the downtown. Unfortunately, I did not see any indication of this second location … Read more
2023 DATE: July 20-23, 2023AUTHOR’S NOTE: This post documents my experience on July 19, 2019., but I first reviewed this festival in 2012, which you can read by clicking HERE. **** It was a rather hot evening when I returned to the St. Paul Grecian Festival. As some festival supporters … Read more
The Simply Slavic Heritage Festival takes place in downtown Youngstown, offering plenty of live entertainment, an ethnic marketplace, cultural exhibits, a Slavic beer garden and all sorts of delicious ethnic food. There is an admission to this festival. 2023 DATE: June 16-17, 2023Location: Downtown YoungstownWebsite: https://www.simplyslavic.org/ **** This post documents … Read more
AUTHOR’S NOTE: The festival’s name became the Northwest Ohio Polish American Festival in 2020. This post documents my experience on May 18, 2019. **** This weekend, I took my kids to the Toledo Polish American Festival… …where we first walked down a pathway lined with vendors offering special deals… …the … Read more
2023 DATE: September 22-24, 2023This post documents my experience on September 23, 2018. Out at the Dayton Art Institute… …it wasn’t your average weekend. Guests were climbing into oversized chairs… …posing for crazy pictures… …eating their weight in sauerkraut balls (Hey Hey Bar and Grill)… …singing along with the Polka … Read more
This post documents my experience on September 3, 2018. When you see the Greek flags waving along Lorain Avenue… …you know it’s time to head to the George Varough Cretan Club… …for their annual Greek Festival. It was early on a 90+ degree day when I arrived… …so the T-shirt … Read more