A festival hosted by a church.
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
AUTHOR’S NOTE: During a recent trip to Northeastern Italy, I documented a few festivals for your entertainment. This is the second. Enjoy! NOTA DELL’ AUTORE: Benvenuti al mio blog delle sagre Ohioane. Durante un viaggio nel Veneto, sono andato a tre sagre. Ecco la seconda. Spero vi piaccia. ******************** While … Read more
The St. Stanislaus Polish Festival is a parish festival with entertainment, plenty of Polish food, Polish merchandise and raffles galore. They even have spreadable pork lard and duck blood soup. 2026 DATE: October 2-4, 2026Location: St. Stanislaus Church3649 E 65th StCleveland, OH 44105Website: https://www.ststanislaus.org **** This post documents my experience … Read more
The European Festival at Fairview Park’s St. Mary Magdalene Byzantine Catholic Church is a parish festival that celebrates many European cultures through food and performance while also offering a selection of craft vendors and children’s activities. 2026 DATE: September 26, 2026Location: St. Mary Magdalene Byzantine Catholic Church5390 W 220th StFairview … Read more
The Serbian Day Festival takes place at the park in back of St. Sava’s in Broadview Heights, where you will find traditional Serbian cuisine, inflatables and music entertainment. 2026 DATE: September 5-6, 2026Location: St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church2151 W Wallings RdBroadview Heights, OH 44147Website: https://www.facebook.com/StSavaCleveland/ **** This post documents my … Read more
The St. James Lutheran Brats and Crafts Festival is a parish festival celebrating its German heritage through a nice selection food (brats particularly), music and crafts. 2026 DATE: August 7-9, 2026Location: St. James Lutheran5660 Trabue RoadColumbus, OH 43228Website: https://ohiostjames.com/programs/st-james-brats-and-crafts-festival **** This post documents my experience on August 3, 2013. Right … Read more
The St. Joseph’s Ox Roast Fair is a parish festival with rides, tons of food booths and precious ox meat that is roasted in served as a dinner, a sandwich and a “sundae” over potatoes. 2026 DATE: July 17-19, 2026Location: St. Joseph Catholic Church11045 St. Joseph BlvdMantua, OH 44255Website: https://www.stjosephmantua.com/ox-roast-fair**** … Read more
AUTHOR’S NOTE: Over this weekend, powerful thunderstorms passed through the area and caused problems with many of the festivals that I attended either through delays, destruction or the cancellation of events. Please keep this in mind when reading these reviews, as my experience may not be the most typical. 2018 … Read more
This post documents my experience on July 20, 2013. Rather close to Ohio’s Indian Lake… …is St. Mary of the Woods Church in Russells Point… … where I happened to hear that they were having a festival! I walked onto the grounds… …by the candy art and fudge… …and made … Read more