2023 DATE: September 23-24, 2023AUTHOR’S NOTE: This post documents my experience on September 25, 2022, but I first attended the Country Applefest in 2010 when it took place in downtown Lebanon. You can read about my 2010 experience at https://ohiofestivals.net/74-country-applefest-lebanon-september-25-2010/**** It was a beautiful fall morning at the Warren County … 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
So you just read MY favorite festivals yesterday (click HERE if you didn’t) and you may be wondering what your favorite festivals in 2018 have been. Using Google Analytics, I’ve been able to compile a listing of your 10 Most Read Festival Reviews for 2018. Usually, most reviews get more … Read more
2023 DATES: July 8-9, 15-16, 22-23, 29-30, 2023August 5-6, 12-13, 2023This post documents my experience on August 12, 2018. Beyond the ticket booths and castle walls… …past the feast hall… …and after the band… …there’s a pathway that takes you by… …a Peasant Village… …camel and horse rides… …and your … Read more
UPDATED: 10/14/19 Ohio has over 2000 festivals! 2000! Let that soak in a bit. If you’re new to Ohio, or even if you’re new to Ohio’s festival world, you may be searching through my 500+ festival reviews and trying to figure out what the best festivals are. And while I … Read more
Now that I’ve shared what festivals you’ve read the most in 2017, I thought I would share my favorite festivals of 2017. Out of over 40 festivals visited in and beyond Ohio, these are my top 10. Hope you enjoy… 10.) Kent Potterfest https://ohiofestivals.net/potterfest/ With a cute location and many … Read more
Now that we’re toward the end of the year, I thought it would be interesting to look at all of the 2017 traffic and see what posts you guys read the most. Since most readers don’t come across a festival review until the following year (an issue of timing), most … Read more
This year, I’ve been to and reviewed 36 festivals. There probably would have been more if I didn’t take a summer vacation in June, but I’m honestly not regretting it at all (it was a GREAT summer trip). The festivals varied in theme and type… …including beer fests (Columbus Winter … Read more
Welcome new subscribers! And thanks to all who follow and read my posts! I’m writing this to let you know that, although I’m not writing festival reviews at the moment, they will be coming soon enough. I’m hoping to go to a chocolate festival (Medina) in early February and an … Read more