The Hispanic Heritage Festival is an annual festival that celebrates the Hispanic Heritage through live performances, delicious ethnic food, vendors, educational booths, children’s activities and more. 2025 DATE: September 20, 2025Location: Riverscape Metropark237 E Monument Ave.Dayton, Ohio 45402Website: http://www.pacodayton.org/index.html **** This post documents my experience on August 15, 2015. The … Read more
The Taste of St. Casimir’s is a parish festival with plenty of Polish dishes, music and church tours. 2025 DATE: July 26-27, 2025Location: St. Casimir Church8223 Sowinski AveCleveland, OH 44103Website: https://www.stcasimir.com **** This post documents my experience on July 31, 2015. Just west of Cleveland’s Cultural Gardens sits St. Casimir’s… … Read more
This post documents my experience on November 16, 2014. As the autumnal air got colder… …I decided to seek shelter at Akron’s Temple Israel… …and warm myself with an Art and Jewish Food Festival. Right as I walked inside… …I found handcrafted jewelry made out of silverware (Silver Wear) and … Read more
The Springboro Oktoberfest is an ethnic church festival (United Church of Christ) that offers a large selection of German foods, music entertainment, games and kids’ activities. 2026 DATE: September 11-12, 2026Location: Springboro United Church of Christ5 W Mill StSpringboro OH 45066Website: https://www.oktoberfestspringboro.org/ **** This post documents my experience on September … Read more
This post documents my experience on September 13, 2014. I arrived at the North YMCA just an hour after the start… …of the New American Festival (see NOTE at end). The festival celebrated the city’s culture and heritage through the immigrants and refugees that came here from such countries as… … Read more
The St. Rocco Festival is an Italian parish festival with gambling games, music, and plenty of Italian food, including their famous zeppoles. Be sure to catch the Greasy Pole Climb as it’s really entertaining – just don’t stand too close to it. 2025 DATE: August 29 – September 1, 2025Location: … Read more
The Pierogi Fest is a Ukrainian church festival that offers its varied pierogi along with musical entertainment, gift vendors and children’s activities. One of the few fests where I’ve seen pierogi stuffed with blueberries and cherries! 2025 DATE: June 28-29, 2025Location: Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Church9672 State Rd North Royalton, … Read more
The Hooley is a Kamm’s Corner neighborhood festival with a Irish kick. Booths are hosted by local organizations, artists and vendors and it helps festival goers see what the area has to offer. Other festival perks include live entertainment ranging from bagpipes to rock and a nice amount of activities … Read more
Dyngus Day is a Polish Easter Monday celebration where Clevelanders can enjoy Polish foods like pierogi and kielbasa, squirt each other with squirt guns, dance to Polka music, enjoy many-a-beer and select the year’s Miss Dyngus. DJ Kishka, who originally brought the festival to Cleveland, hosts the event with his … Read more