My favorite festivals.
Last year, I wrote a post about My Favorite Festivals of 2017, which you can read HERE. I really liked this idea since it not only gave me a chance to reflect on all the year’s festivals, but it gave readers a chance to catch up on some great festival … 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
Down 10th Street in Wyandotte, Michigan… …you can find Our Lady of the Scapular Parish. Formerly known as Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, this beautiful church… …is the oldest Polish parish in Wyandotte… …connected to the first settlement of Poles in the area… …and host to the annual Polish Festival. … Read more
2023 DATE: August 10-13, 2023This post documents my experience on August 11, 2018. In Warren’s Courthouse Square… …green, white and red decorated the gazebo… …bocce balls rolled and knocked each other about on a sandy court… …a young musician played an Italian melody on the accordion… …and thousands of festival … Read more
2023 DATESAugust 12-13, 2023August 19-20, 2023August 26-27, 2023 This post documents my experience on August 11, 2018. When I entered the grounds of the Shaker Woods Festival… …I was a little overwhelmed… …but with a map in my hand… …and an eye out for location markers… …I set out to … Read more
This post documents my experience on July 14, 2018. Near the canal in Canal Fulton… …a festival celebrated the Olde Canal Days. The main course of the festival ran down E. Cherry Street… …with branches shooting down both North and South Canal Streets… …an inflatable city starting the festival on … Read more
2023 DATE: June 15-17, 2023This post documents my experience on June 15, 2018. Logan, Ohio is home to the Columbus Washboard Company… …the only manufacturer of handmade washboards in the United States… …and they really are handmade! I came here not only to learn how washboards were made… …but to … Read more
2023 Dates: April 29-30, 2023AUTHOR’S NOTE: I first visited the Ashville Viking Festival in 2011. You can read that experience here: https://ohiofestivals.net/9-ashville-viking-festival-april-30-2011/ This post documents my experience on April 28, 2018. ******************** In Ashville, Ohio, home to the World’s Oldest Traffic Light… …the vikings returned, set anchor… …and set up … Read more
UPDATED: 10/14/19 Ohio has over 2000 festivals! 2000! Let that soak in a bit. If you’re new to Ohio, or even if you’re new to Ohio’s festival world, you may be searching through my 500+ festival reviews and trying to figure out what the best festivals are. And while I … Read more