This is just a category to apply to reviews of festivals coming up.
**** AUTHOR’S NOTE: The Waynesville Street Faire takes place once a month from June to September. **** It was a beautiful day at the Waynesville Street Faire. As children took advantage of the crafts area (Waynesville Area Arts Council)… …swaying in their seats as they listened to Velvet Crush Unplugged … Read more
AUTHOR’S NOTE: “Roche de Boeuf” means “rock of beef” or “buffalo rock” and refers to a large limestone rock formation/island in the Maumee River. It was once a sacred meeting site for Native Americans and, while there are records indicating a French settlement called Roche de Boeuf in the 1700’s, … Read more
In the Village of Luckey’s Basic Park… …the annual Fall Festival was taking place… …offering decorated pumpkins… …wood carvings… …and all sorts of interesting items. At this rather impressively sized flea market… …visitors could find everything from Match Box cars to metaphysical supplies (Indigo Elephant Gifts)… …milk jugs to traffic … Read more
After normal business hours, many ticket-bearing guests came to the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo… …where they passed through an illuminated wisteria tunnel… …and entered a world of illuminated color and fantasy… …at the Asian Lantern Festival. Upon entering the festival, guests were greeted by the pleasant vision of Jack Frost Donuts… … Read more
Right in the heart of Shaker Square… …a festival was cooking up… …and it celebrated garlic. Presented by the North Union Farmers Market, the Cleveland Garlic Festival brought in local garlic growers (Big Roy’s/BJ Gourmet)… …who offered all sorts of garlic varieties (Family Roots Farm/Pirnati Farm)… …for festival goers to … Read more
AUTHOR’S NOTE: I first attended this festival in 2010. You can read about that experience by clicking HERE. **** I took the kids to Port Clinton to say hi to Wylie Walleye… …and get some lunch… …at the Perch, Peach, Pierogi and Polka Festival. As the band got ready to … Read more
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 band… …and maybe purchasing a funny hat… …to celebrate this year’s Oktoberfest. At … Read more
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 explore the 200+ vendors that made this event a shopper’s paradise. As you could guess with so … Read more
Along Broadway in downtown Lorain… …a band performance (Exotic Fruit Club)… …a fashion show (Jevon Terance)… …and spoken word performed by Hazel Chapman (Tracy Chapman’s mom) were occurring only a stone’s throw from each other. Welcome to the FireFish Festival… …where the city’s location along Lake Erie and the Black … Read more