A festival basically set as a town celebration. The theme or focus doesn’t stem much further than that.
Officially called the “Royal Bull Thistle Arts Festival,” this festival is filled with entertainment, games and food and art vendors. There is a bull thistle competition and more. 2025 DATE: August 2, 2025Location: Fayette ParkN Eagle StFayette, OH 43521Website: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100070052134035 **** This post documents my experience on August 1, 2015. … Read more
The Port Clinton Walleye Festival takes place over Memorial Day Weekend with plenty of vendors, rides and games, live entertainment and delicious food – including perch and walleye. 2026 Date: May 21-25, 2026Location: Waterworks Park205 E. Perry StPort Clinton, OH 43452Website: https://www.facebook.com/WalleyeFest/I first visited the Port Clinton Walleye Festival in … Read more
This post documents my experience on May 15, 2015. Just off to the side of Barberton’s Lake Anna… …a street of roped off lawns… …was filled with rides and food… …in preparation of Barberton’s Cherry Blossom Festival. Put on by the Barberton Area Jaycees, the Cherry Blossom Festival served as … Read more
The Geauga County Maple Festival takes place in downtown Chardon and is one of Ohio’s first major festivals of the year – it’s usually the first festival in Ohio with rides. Along with a pancake breakfast, maple syrup products and foods and maple syrup displays, the festival offers arts and … Read more
The Woollybear Festival, created by Cleveland meteorologist Dick Goddard, celebrates the Woolly Bear caterpillar, which is said to foretell the severity of the upcoming winter by its orange-brown stripe. This one-day festival takes place in downtown Vermilion and has an attendance of over 100 thousand festival goers each year. 2025 … Read more
The Clyde Fair is a festival that takes place in downtown Clyde with rides, entertainment, concession, vendors, various races and a parade. 2026 DATE: September 18-20, 2026Location: Downtown ClydeWebsite: https://www.ofea.org/ **** This post documents my experience on September 20, 2014. Just east of Fremont is the city of Clyde… …the … Read more
This post documents my experience on September 13, 2014. Just along the Great Miami River… …where Orville Wright tested and developed seaplanes after his brother’s death… …a festival was taking place. But although the Wright Brothers were remembered here (Wright Seaplane Base)… …this festival celebrated buttercream. Started by elé Cake … Read more
The Milan Melon Festival takes place over Labor Day Festival as the city crams all sorts of rides, food booths and vendors in Milan Square. There is plenty of live entertainment and contests galore. Be sure to get the Muskmelon Ice Cream and Watermelon Sherbet, made specially each year by … Read more
This post documents my experience on August 3, 2014. At the Warehouse District Street Festival… …festival goers strolled down West 6th… …taking advantage of two entertainment stages… …human statues… …magicians… …minivan clowns… …origamists? (Michael Roy)… …aerial acrobatic dance (Jasmine Dragons)… …chalk… …and various athletic opportunities to improve skills related to … Read more