A festival that’s either set in a particular time period or springs from some aspect of history.
AUTHOR’S NOTE: This festival has since moved to Nelsonville where it is, mostly likely, different. If you have visited this festival recently, please feel free to describe your experience in the comments below. Thanks! This post documents my experience on May 7, 2011. **** Just north of Athens, the present-day … Read more
AUTHOR’S NOTE: I returned to the Ashville Viking Festival in 2018. You can read that experience here: https://ohiofestivals.net/9-ashville-viking-festival-april-30-2011/ This post documents my experience on April 30, 2011. ******************** When I first heard that there was a Viking Festival in Ashville, Ohio, I didn’t really know what to expect. I had … Read more
This post documents my experience on October 17, 2010. Along Rte 4, somewhere between Sandusky and Bucyrus in the midst of flat Ohio country, there’s the town of Attica. The name itself always makes me think of some futuristic colony that’s guarded by those busty sphinxes in The Neverending Story, but … Read more
2023 DATESSeptember 2-4, 2023September 9-10, 2023September 16-17, 2023September 23-24, 2023September 30 – October 1, 2023October 7-8, 2023October 14-15, 2023October 21-22, 2023October 28-29, 2023 This post documents my experience on September 25, 2010. O cometh, children, gather ’roundfor I’ve a tale to share with theeabout a fest in Waynesvillewhere there is … Read more
2023 DATESSeptember 9-10, 2023September 16-17, 2023September 23-24, 2023 This post documents my experience on September 12, 2010. Now that we’ve already experienced the 1800’s through the Great Trail Festival, it only made sense to step even further back… …into the 1700’s.And, with a paid ticket, I was able to do just … Read more
2023 DATESAugust 26-27, 2023September 2-4, 2023 This post documents my experience on August 29, 2010. Culture isn’t the only thing that festivals try to preserve. As the leaves prematurely begin to change and the birds gather in larger flocks on telephone poles and in my lawn, historical festivals start springing … Read more
This post documents my experience on October 9, 2009. It’s after 9:30 pm as I write this and I just consumed some DQ small sundae with pumpkin pie pieces, tag-a-longs and caramel sauce. The 15 year old cashier even raised her eyebrow when I ordered it. That HAS to imply … Read more
This post documents my experience on October 4, 2009. This was almost my Festival Hiatus Weekend……almost. I really had nothing scheduled and I may have mentioned it as such to a coworker, because she later gave me a rather thorough list of Ohio Festivals for the month of October. Finding … Read more