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Hispanic Heritage Festival – Dayton, Ohio

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

Taste of St. Casimir’s – Cleveland, Ohio

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

Springboro Oktoberfest – Springboro, Ohio

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

New American Festival – Columbus, Ohio – My Experience

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

Pierogi Fest – North Royalton, Ohio

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 – Cleveland, Ohio

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