A festival where the season or aspects of a season is/are emphasized.
AUTHOR’S NOTE: I arrived in Sophia on Friday afternoon. I was told that Saturday night was the festival’s big day, offering kids’ games and more vendors that weren’t present during my visit. **** It was a beautiful afternoon in Sophia… …when I came to visit their annual Fall Festival. Children … Read more
The 2023 Burning Snowman will be February 25. This post documents my experience on February 23, 2019. In downtown Port Clinton, festival goers waited in front of participating businesses… …for a short bus ride… …to an area between Mr. Ed’s and Dock’s Beach House… …where they could celebrate a festival … Read more
AUTHOR’S NOTES: This post documents my experience on January 26, 2019, but I first visited the Winter Days Festival in 2011. You can read that experience here: https://ohiofestivals.net/1-winter-days-festival-vermilion-january-15-2011/ In 2022, the event changed its name to Fire and Ice Walk. **** Out at Mill Hollow, it was the perfect day … Read more
This post documents my experience on October 13, 2018. Out at the Huron Boat Basin… …Huron Parks and Recreation put on a Pumpkin Festival… …where kids painted pumpkins (Huron Public Library)… …watched pumpkins drop from the air and explode (Barnes Nursery)… …checked out business-decorated pumpkins… …many of which were very … Read more
Right off I-70, I stopped at the Warm Glow Candle Company… …where I found all sorts of scented candles… …(even Circus Peanut)… …and a special Fall Festival… …set up with a maze… …and bounce houses for the kids… …as well as 100+ vendors lining the back of the parking lot… … Read more
In Bargersville, Indiana… …the Harvest Moon Fall Festival took place… …on both sides of the tracks that ran through town. One side consisted of vendor tables… …where festival goers could find seasonal crafts… …creative T-shirts (Heather Tees)… …and crystal gifts… …as well as dance academy info (Stage 1)… …games and … Read more
This post documents my experience on October 7, 2017. The grounds got lively at Sts. Peter and George Coptic Orthodox Church… …as the Egyptian Fall Festival was underway. Near the drive-thru station, guests could find the main entrance… …where they could find arrows pointing to various attractions… …such as Pharoah’s … Read more
In 2023, Ice-A-Fair will return on 2/4. This post documents my experience on February 4, 2017. On a sunny, winter day in downtown Vermilion… …ice sculptures were set about the town… …in celebration of an event called Ice-A-Fair. The sculptures caught visitors’ attention… …and often led them into area businesses… … Read more
This post documents my experience on September 24, 2016. Here in downtown Sandusky… …the Sandusky State Theatre was putting on its 5th North Coast Oktoberfest. QS Jazz was rocking under the main tent… …as lined vendors sold various products… …from comic-based gifts to beer-related beard balm (The Beerded Beard Company). … Read more