A festival basically set as a town celebration. The theme or focus doesn’t stem much further than that.
The Mt. Sterling Summer Jam is a city festival that offers a vendor/craft area, a beer garden, live entertainment, rides and food vendors. 2024 DATE: TBALocation: Downtown Mt. SterlingWebsite: https://www.facebook.com/MSSummerJamFestival/ **** This post documents my experience on June 18, 2022. As karaoke started up in the beer garden… …the entertainment … Read more
The Waynesville Street Faire takes place downtown on a Saturday each month from June through September. Vendors line the street with handmade items, art, clothing and more with food trucks on one end of the block and live entertainment on the other. The Street Faire offers a great reason to … Read more
Heart of Ohio USA Days Festival takes place in Centerburg’s Memorial Park with great food and vendor options, entertainment and rides. 2023 DATE: June 22-24, 2023Location: Hilliar Township Memorial Park21 OH-314Centerburg, OH 43011Website: http://heartofohiousa.com/ **** This post documents my experience on June 17, 2022. I headed to Centerburg, Ohio’s geographical … 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
The Roche de Boeuf Festival takes place in downtown Waterville, offering music , a Pioneer Village, art, local businesses and food. 2023 DATE: September 23, 2023Location: Downtown WatervilleWebsite: https://watervillechamber.com/roche-de-boeuf-parade-and-festival/**** This post documents my experience on September 25, 2021. AUTHOR’S NOTE: “Roche de Boeuf” means “rock of beef” or “buffalo rock” … Read more
The Sunbury Sizzle and Sounds is a community festival that offers great local bands, food options, vendors and free kids’ area. 2023 DATE: August 19, 2023Website: https://www.facebook.com/sunburysizzleandsounds/ **** I visited this festival first in 2011. You can read that experience at https://ohiofestivals.net/49-sunbury-sizzle-and-sounds-august-27-2011/This post documents my experience on August 21, 2021.**** … Read more
On the Howell Carnegie Library lawn… …the Rotary Club of Howell was selling something rather special and delicious… …ice cream made from official Howell melons… …in celebration of their annual Melon Festival. The Melon Festival took place in downtown Howell, with the majority running along W. Grand River Avenue… …where … Read more
In the town of DeWitt, Michigan… …I made my way downtown… …to visit their annual Ox Roast. Right off the bat, I saw that this was a festival where the carnival was a big draw… …as it had taken over the downtown area with all sorts of flying and spinning … Read more
At the Sumner Daze Festival in Sumner, Michigan… …all sorts of activities were going on in and around the community center. Within the community center, there were rooms set for crafts… …and a bake sale with plenty of sweet treats… …perfect after a burger from the Ithaca Lions Club. Meanwhile, … Read more