A festival where the season or aspects of a season is/are emphasized.
This post documents my experience on June 18, 2022. Just off of Horner Chapel Road, through this opened gate… …festival goers were able to drive to the Soaring Eagle Retreat for a Summer Solstice Celebration. Here, tents and tables lined along two large aisleways… …where festival goers could talk with … Read more
AUTHOR’S NOTE: Oakland Nurseries held fall a festival at each of their locations. While this review only shows the fall festival in Columbus, I think it would be safe to assume that the other fall festivals were similar. This post documents my experience on October 9, 2022. **** Out at … Read more
This post documents my experience on October 2, 2022. In downtown Wellington, visitors admired newly decorated Halloween window displays… …and got up close to seasonal residents planted along the sidewalks… …before making their way here… …where they could “Fall” in Love with the town by means of a festival. Local … Read more
2023 DATE: September 22-24, 2023This post documents my experience on September 25, 2021. 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 … Read more
2023 DATE: July 21-22, 2023Author’s Note #1: This post documents my experience on July 24, 2021, but I first attended the Summer Market in 2014, when it was located in Avon Lake. You can read that post at https://ohiofestivals.net/the-summer-market-avon-lake/ Author’s Note #2: When I was at the festival, the music … Read more
This post documents my experience on March 1, 2020. Just before Eastern Orthodox churches entered the Lenten season… …Cleveland’s Russian community came together at the Russian Cultural Garden of Cleveland… …to celebrate Maslenitsa… …a holiday of pagan origin that bids farewell to Lady Maslenitsa, representative of the winter… …and hello … Read more
The 2023 Cleveland Kurentovanje Festival will be February 18. AUTHOR’S NOTE: This post documents my experience on February 22, 2020, but I first documented this festival in 2014, which you can read about at https://ohiofestivals.net/cleveland-kurentovanje-winter-festival/ **** It had been a few years since I last attended the Cleveland Kurentovanje… …yet … Read more
This post documents my experience on December 7, 2019. At the annual Christmas in the Village… …downtown Plymouth was particularly festive. Skaters glided across an ice-less rink… …kids played in a miniature castle (Castle Playhouse by Gary)… …and pretended to be king… …adults drank in the spirits of the holidays… … Read more
AUTHOR’S NOTE: The Leaf Peeper’s Festival has Heritage Exhibits at various locations. This may include a train exhibit, a petting zoo and more. This experience only covers what was found at the festival’s main site. **** As travelers drove into Davis, West Virginia, they became instantly aware of the Leaf … Read more