A festival hosted by a church.
The Serbian Festival at St. Archangel Michael Serbian Orthodox Church is a cultural festival with plenty of delicious food and desserts, church tours, sports tournaments, live music, children’s activities and more. 2026 DATE: TBDLocation: St. Archangel Michael Serbian Orthodox Church2552 Pickle RdAkron, OH 44312Website: https://serbfestakron.com/ **** This post documents my … Read more
The Macedonian Ethnic Festival is a church festival offering an assortment of food and desserts, including crepes, and live entertainment. 2025 DATE: September 5-7, 2025Location: Macedonian Orthodox Cathedral of The Dormition of the Virgin Mary400 Waggoner RdReynoldsburg, OH 43068Website: https://www.facebook.com/MacedonianOrthodoxCathedralColumbus **** This post documents my experience on September 6, 2024. … Read more
The Warren Greek Fest takes place at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church, where there is a carnival area and various tents and food stations offering everything from lamb shanks and gyros to ice cream and pastries. There is also a market area, live entertainment and church tours. 2026 DATE: July … Read more
The Toledo Greek-American Festival takes place at the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral with a nice selection of delicious Greek dishes and desserts, live entertainment, some vendors and more. 2025 DATE: September 5-7, 2025Location: Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral740 N Superior StToledo, OH 43604Website: https://www.toledogreekfest.com/ **** This post documents my … Read more
Our Lady of Mount Carmel’s Italian (Parish) Festival is a great cultural festival that’s fun for the family. It offers an assortment of Italian food, games of chance, entertainment and more. 2025 DATE: July 9-13, 2025Location: Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church1355 W 70th StCleveland, OH 44102Website: https://olmc-cleveland.org/events **** This … Read more
This post documents my experience on August 10, 2019. This year, when Mary Queen of Peace transformed their annual Summerfest into the new Old Brooklyn PierogiFest… …many pierogi-loving festival goers responded… …arriving en masse from the start of the festival (3 pm)… …and easily waiting 1-2 hours in line for … Read more
The St. Paul Grecian Festival offers a great selection of delicious food, vendors, kids’ games and entertainment. 2026 DATE: July 17-19, 2026Location: St. Paul Greek Orthodox Church4548 Wallings RoadNorth Royalton, OH 44133Website: https://www.stpaulgoc.org/festival/festival This post documents my experience on July 19, 2019., but I first reviewed this festival in 2012, … Read more
This festival is discontinued. AUTHOR’S NOTE: I arrived shortly after the start of the festival on Sunday. Crowds picked up shortly after. This post documents my experience on June 30, 2019. **** I came to Our Lady of Mount Carmel… …walking behind the church down this private road… …taking the … Read more
I walked onto the grounds of St. Thomas More Church… …for their annual Applefest… …stopping first at a large tent… …where festival goers examined tons of prizes in the huge basket raffle… …and then continuing to the Wine Spot, where adults enjoyed wine and beer… …during a friendly game of … Read more