Your festival event guide for the greater Cincinnati Area, including Butler, Clermont, Hamilton, Montgomery and Warren Counties.

Welcome to a comprehensive festival listing page and guide for Cincinnati, Ohio and the greater area (including Dayton). Once area festivals are confirmed on the main Ohio Festival Schedule, they are copied over to this page to make it easier to plan your weekend festival adventures. Please keep in mind that you should not see area festivals that have been canceled or have not yet been confirmed.

Other areas of Ohio with Festival Schedule Pages include Cleveland and Columbus.

Otherwise, for other areas of the state or all of Ohio, please refer back to the Ohio Festival Schedule.

Festivals listed here include music festivals, art festivals, food festivals, town festivals, church festivals, cultural festivals and more, but they do not include craft shows, machinery shows, bazaars, county fairs and some other events that can be found on the Fairs, Shows, Expos, Bazaars Page.

For Ohio festivals outside of the Greater Cincinnati Area, please refer back to the Ohio Festival Schedule.

“My Review” means that it’s a link to my review of that festival.

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JULY

7/2 – Oxford Freedom Festival Celebration – Oxford
7/2 – Let Freedom BOOM! Trenton’s American 250 Celebration – Trenton
7/2-7/4 – Red, White and Blanchester Blue Festival – Blanchester
7/3 – Star Spangled Celebration – Dayton
7/3 – Red, White and Kaboom – Fairfield
7/3 – LightUp Lebanon – Lebanon
7/3 – Red, Rhythm and Boom – Mason
7/3 – Vandalia Star Spangled Celebration – Vandalia
7/3-7/4 – Centerville-Washington Township Americana Festival – Centerville
7/3-7/4 – Star Spangled Boom – Moraine
7/3-7/4 – All American Bash – West Chester
7/4 –Red, White and Blue Ash – Blue Ash
7/4 – Oak Park 4th of July Celebration – Cincinnati
7/4 – Star Spangled Heights Celebration – Huber Heights
7/4 – Go Fourth! – Kettering
7/4 – Loveland Independence Day Celebration – Loveland
7/4 – Montgomery All American Independence Day Parade and Festival – Montgomery

7/10 – The Great Dayton Food Truck Rally – Dayton
7/11 – Vinoklet Winery Summer Fair – Cincinnati
7/11 – Kickin’ Chicken Wing Fest – Kettering
7/11 – Waynesville Street Faire III – Waynesville – My Review
7/11-7/12 – Cincy Blues Fest – Fairfield
7/11 – Middletown GreekFest – Middletown

7/17-7/18 – Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM) Church Festival – Cincinnati
7/17-7/18 – The Ohio Challenge – Middletown
7/17-7/19 – St. Cecilia Festival – Cincinnati
7/18 – Cincinnati Water Lantern Festival – Cincinnati
7/18 – Bastille Day Celebration – Montgomery

7/23-7/25 – Brookville Community Picnic – Brookville
7/23-7/25 – Cincinnati Music Festival – Cincinnati
7/23-7/25 – Big River Get Down – Hamilton
7/24-7/25 – SharonFest – Sharonville
7/24-7/26 – St. James the Greater Parish Festival – Cincinnati
7/24-7/26 – Dayton Celtic Festival – Dayton
7/24-7/26 – SMOY Fest – Loveland
7/25-7/26 – Jungle Jim’s Weekend of Fire – Fairfield

7/31-8/1 – Lebanon Blues Festival – Lebanon
7/31-8/2 – Our Lady of the Visitation VisiFest – Cincinnati
7/31-8/2 – St. John the Baptist Summer Festival – Cincinnati
7/31-8/2 – St. John the Evangelist Family Festival – West Chester

AUGUST

8/1 – Ohio River Paddlefest – Cincinnati
8/1 – Small Farm and Food Fest – Dayton
8/1 – Ridge Day – Pleasant Ridge
8/2 – Polish Summer Festival – Dayton

8/6-8/9 – Voices of America Country Music Fest – West Chester
8/7-8/8 – Holy Cross Immaculata Festival – Cincinnati
8/7-8/8 – Days in the Park – Deer Park
8/7-8/8 – Rock ‘N’ Green Tomato Festival – Miamisburg
8/8 – Bacon Fest – Kettering
8/8 – Waynesville Street Faire IV – Waynesville – My Review
8/9 – Art on the Commons – Kettering

8/14-8/15 – Columbus Food Truck Festival – Hilliard – My Review
8/14-8/16 – Germanfest Picnic – Dayton – My Review
8/14-8/16 – Sacred Heart Parish Festival – Fairfield
8/14-8/16 – St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish Festival – Milford
8/15 – Taco and Nacho Fest at Austin Landing – Miamisburg
8/15-8/16 – Dayton African American Cultural Festival – Dayton

8/19 – Kettering Block Party – Kettering
8/22 – Dayton Porchfest – Dayton
8/22 – Jefferson Township Day – Dayton
8/22 – HAMILPALOOZA – Hamilton
8/22 – Hops in the Hangar – Middletown
8/22 –Trenton Pickin’ in the Park – Trenton
8/22-8/23 – Ohio Valley Orchid Fest – Kettering

8/29 – ARTFest on Main – Springboro

SEPTEMBER

9/4-9/6 – Alterfest – Kettering
9/5 – Reggae Fest – Dayton
9/5 – Loveland Art Festival – Loveland
9/5-9/6 – Lunken Airport Days – Cincinnati
9/5-9/6 – St. John Neumann Labor Day Festival – Cincinnati
9/5-9/7 – Ohio Renaissance Festival I – Waynesville – My Review
9/6-9/7 – Holiday at Home – Kettering

9/11 – Reynoldsburg Blues and Brews Festival – Reynoldsburg
9/11-9/12 – Walnut Hills Farm Bluegrass Festival – Dayton
9/11-9/12 – Springboro Oktoberfest – Springboro – My Review
9/11-9/12 – Vandalia Oktoberfest – Vandalia
9/11-9/13 – Vinoklet Art and Wine Festival – Cincinnati
9/12 – Potatoes N’ Such: Dayton Potato Festival – Dayton
9/12 – Farmersville Farm Day – Farmersville
9/12 – Huber Heights Multi-Cultural Festival – Huber Heights
9/12 – Saint George Russian Festival – Loveland
9/12 – Waynesville Street Faire V – Waynesville – My Review
9/12-9/13 – Ohio Renaissance Festival II – Waynesville – My Review

9/17-9/20 – Oktoberfest Zinzinnati, USA – Cincinnati – My Review
9/18-9/20 – Our Lady of the Valley Septemberfest – Reading
9/19 –Anderson Park District’s A Fair of the Arts – Cincinnati
9/19 – Mason Heritage Festival – Mason – My Review
9/19 – Oxtoberfest – Oxford
9/19-9/20 – Ohio Renaissance Festival III – Waynesville – My Review
9/19-9/20 – Waynesville Fall Fest I – Waynesville
9/20 – Concours d’Elegance – Dayton

9/24-9/26 – Whispering Beard Folk Festival – Cincinnati
9/25-9/26 – Loveland Oktoberfest – Loveland
9/25-9/27 – The Dayton Art Institute’s Oktoberfest – Dayton – My Review
9/26 – Liberty Township Fall Festival – Liberty Township
9/26 – Milford Art Affaire – Milford
9/26-9/27 – Germantown Pretzel Festival – Germantown – My Review
9/26-9/27 – Pyramid Hill Art Fair – Hamilton
9/26-9/27 – Country Applefest – Lebanon – My Review
9/26-9/27 – Windmill Farm Market Spooktacular Fall Festival I – Springboro
9/26-9/27 – Ohio Renaissance Festival IV – Waynesville – My Review
9/26-9/27 – Waynesville Fall Fest II – Waynesville

OCTOBER

10/2-10/4 – Donauschwaben Oktoberfest – Cincinnati
10/2-10/4 – Windmill Farm Market Spooktacular Fall Festival II – Springboro
10/3 – Centerville Fall Festival – Centerville
10/3 – Serenity Jam – Cincinnati
10/3 – Dayton Pagan Pride Day – Dayton – My Review
10/3 – Diwali-Tihar Festival – Reynoldsburg
10/3 – Trenton Fall Festival – Trenton
10/3-10/4 – Wagner Subaru Outdoor Experience – Dayton
10/3-10/4 – Gorman Heritage Farm Sunflower Festival – Evendale
10/3-10/4 – Ohio Renaissance Festival V – Waynesville – My Review
10/3-10/4 – Waynesville Fall Fest III – Waynesville

10/9-10/10 – Lebanon Oktoberfest – Lebanon – My Review
10/9-10/11 – Operation Pumpkin – Hamilton – My Review
10/9-10/11 – Windmill Farm Market Spooktacular Fall Festival III – Springboro
10/10 – Vinoklet Winery Fall Festival – Cincinnati
10/10 – Dayton German Club Oktoberfest – Dayton
10/10 – PetFest – Kettering
10/10 – Pioneer Harvest Fest – Trotwood – My Review
10/10 – Vandalia Fall Festival – Vandalia
10/10-10/11 – Ohio Renaissance Festival VI – Waynesville – My Review
10/10-10/11 – Ohio Sauerkraut Festival – Waynesville – My Review
10/10-10/11 – Waynesville Fall Fest IV – Waynesville

10/16-10/18 – Windmill Farm Market Spooktacular Fall Festival IV – Springboro
10/17-10/18 – Weber Family Pumpkin Festival – Harrison
10/17-10/18 – Ohio Renaissance Festival VII – Waynesville – My Review
10/17-10/18 – Waynesville Fall Fest V – Waynesville

10/23-10/25 – Windmill Farm Market Spooktacular Fall Festival V – Springboro
10/24 – Greenhills Harvest Festival – Greenhills
10/24-10/25 – Cincinnati Coffee Festival – Cincinnati
10/24-10/25 – Ohio Renaissance Festival VIII – Waynesville – My Review
10/24-10/25 – Waynesville Fall Fest VI – Waynesville

10/30-10/31 – Haunted Fest: Cincinnati – Cincinnati
10/30-10/31 – Windmill Farm Market Spooktacular Fall Festival VI – Springboro
10/31-11/1 – Ohio Renaissance Festival IX – Waynesville – My Review
10/31-11/1 – Waynesville Fall Fest VII – Waynesville

NOVEMBER

11/1 – Pumpkin Chuck in Stanbery Park – Cincinnati

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