It’s the weekend of the Woollybear and 70 more Fall Festivals to choose from.
This is a complete Fall Festival Weekend, festival fans. Pretty much everything you can think of about fall (pumpkins, apples, cider, Oktoberfests, Harvest Moons, Chocolate, Wizards) is celebrated this weekend.
And, to end the weekend right, Woollybear is returning to Vermilion on Sunday to predict the severity, or mildness, of the upcoming winter season (Spoiler alert: I’ve seen a lot of Woollybears already and their central bands are big – it’ll be a mild winter).
Festivals aren’t as evenly spread throughout Ohio as in the past few weekends. Most festivals can be found in the NE and SE Ohio corners with some festivals sprinkled in-between here and there.
But, if you live near an Ohio border, be sure to look at the map and see if something’s going on nearby in a neighboring state. You can either find that state’s Festival Guide below or check out this week’s post at my sister site, Festival Guides and Reviews (click HERE for that post).
This week, I’m going to keep this post relatively short so that I can give it to you in time. The map, as you can see below, is complete and there are some Festival Reviews to check out.
Now, let’s take a closer look at what’s going on in each part of the state:
Northwest Ohio:
This weekend, there are festivals on both Catawba Island and Put-in-Bay There’s also the Minster Oktoberfest, the Johnny Appleseed Festival at Auglaize Village and more.
Northeast Ohio:
All sorts of Fall, Pumpkin, Apple, Apple Butter and Apple Cider Fests going on. Plus the Ohio Swiss Festival and the famous Woollybear Festival.
Central Ohio:
The Harvest Moon Festival in is Granville and Grove City has an Old-Time Harvest Day.
Southwest Ohio:
Wizard Fest is in Goshen, the Chocolate Festival returns to Dayton and the Apple Butter Festival is in Oxford.
Southeast Ohio:
Glouster has the Appalachian Color in the Hills Festival while Lowell has an Octoberfest.
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October doesn’t mean the end of festivals. They are going to stay relatively strong into late October, so keep checking back!
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Until next week…
Love, Peace and Festival Grease!

Upcoming Ohio Festival Weekend: September 29 – October 2, 2022
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MAP of festival and fair food cities this weekend.
If you can’t see the map on your smartphone, click HERE.
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My Experiences of this Weekend’s Festivals
10/1-10/2 – Burnham Orchards Fall Harvest Weekends III – Berlin Heights – My Review
10/1-10/2 – Prairie Peddler Festival II – Butler – My Review
10/1 – Chocolate Festival – Dayton – My Review
10/1-10/2 – Huntsburg Pumpkin Festival – Huntsburg – My Review
9/30-10/2 – Vintage Market Days of Central Cleveland – Medina – My Review
9/30-10/2 – Ohio Swiss Festival – Sugarcreek – My Review
10/2 – Woollybear Festival – Vermilion – My Review
10/1-10/2 – Ohio Renaissance Festival V – Waynesville – My Review
10/1 – Fall in Love with Wellington – Wellington – My Review
9/30-10/1 – Woosterfest – Wooster – My Review
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OHIO FAIRS AND SHOWS
9/26-10/1 – Brown County Fair – Georgetown
9/30-10/1 – Streetsboro Quilt Guild Show – Streetsboro
9/30-10/6 – Coshocton County Fair – Coshocton
10/1 – Erie County Craft and Vendor Show – Sandusky
10/1 – Grafton Fall Festival – Grafton
10/1 – Ladies of Grace Craft and Vendor Show – Carrollton
10/1 – Thrift Store and Arts and Craft Fair III – Wickliffe
10/1 – October Craft and Vendor Show – Westlake
10/1-10/2 – Country Harvest of Antiques and Crafts – Birmingham
10/1-10/2 – Heritage Farm Show – Lower Salem
10/1-10/2 – War Against Breast Cancer Raffle-Auction and Vendor Show – Cortland
10/1-10/2 – Sock Flower Christmas Craft and Vendor Show – Marysville
10/1-10/2 – Lakota West Craft Show – West Chester Township
10/1-10/2 – Christmas in October Arts and Crafts Show – Findlay
10/2 – Cleveland Comic, Card and Nostalgia Show – Westlake
10/2 – Not Your Mama’s Outdoor Fall Craft Market at BrewDog – Canal Winchester
10/2 – Holistic Health and Psychic Fair – Canton
OHIO FESTIVALS
9/26-10/2 – Young’s Fall Farm Pumpkin Festival III – Yellow Springs
9/26-10/2 – Pumpkin Pandemonium II – Peninsula
9/29-10/1 – Galion Oktoberfest – Galion
9/29-10/2 – Spunfest – Perrysville
9/30 – UniDiversity Festival – Oxford
9/30-10/1 – Oastoberfest – Catawba Island
9/30-10/1 – The Farm at Walnut Creek Fall Festival I – Sugarcreek
9/30-10/1 – Terror Town V – Williamsburg
9/30-10/1* – Christ Our Savior Parish Oktoberfest – Struthers
9/30-10/1 – Woosterfest – Wooster – My Review
9/30-10/2 – Ohio Swiss Festival – Sugarcreek – My Review
9/30-10/2 – Atwood Area Fall Festival – Mineral City
9/30-10/2 – Birdfish Oktoberfest – Columbiana
9/30-10/2 – Donauschwaben Oktoberfest – Cincinnati
9/30-10/2 – Norton Cider Festival – Norton
9/30-10/2 – Gory at the Quarry – Garrettsville
9/30-10/2 – Heritage of Flight Festival and Parade – New Carlisle
9/30-10/2 – Minster Oktoberfest – Minster
9/30-10/2 – Vintage Market Days of Central Cleveland – Medina – My Review
Weekend continues below…
10/1 – Wizard Fest – Goshen
10/1 – Minerva Oktoberfest – Minerva
10/1 – Island Wine Festival – Put-in-Bay
10/1 – Chocolate Festival – Dayton – My Review
10/1 – Fall Fest at the Ridge – Springfield
10/1 – Slovenska Pristava Oktoberfest – Geneva
10/1 – Pumpkin Ale Fall Festival – Kirtland
10/1 – Columbus Fall Brew Fest – Columbus
10/1 – Ashtabula Brew Fest – Ashtabula
10/1 – Festival in the Woods – Richmond
10/1 – Serenity Jam – Cincinnati
10/1 – Fall Festival – Wyoming
10/1 – Greenhills Harvest Festival – Greenhills
10/1 – South Lebanon Fall Food Truck Festival – South Lebanon
10/1 – Fall Festival and Bark in the Park – Lancaster
10/1 – Twisted WilderFest – Green
10/1 – Harvest Moon Festival – Granville
10/1 – Otway Covered Bridge Festival – Otway
10/1 – Montgomery Oktoberfest – Montgomery
10/1 – Trenton Fall Festival – Trenton
10/1 – Fall in Love with Wellington – Wellington – My Review
10/1 – Aurora Fall Festival – Aurora
10/1 – Akron Zoo Brew at the Zoo IV – Halloween Bash – Akron
10/1 – Bauman Orchards Fall Festival III – Rittman
10/1 – Colonel William Crawford Fall Festival – North Robinson/Bucyrus
Weekend continues below…
10/1-10/2 – Spring Valley Potato Festival – Spring Valley
10/1-10/2 – Red Wagon Farm Pumpkin Fest II – Columbia Station
10/1-10/2 – Gorman Heritage Farm Sunflower Festival – Evendale
10/1-10/2 – John R. Simon’s Sorghum Festival – West Portsmouth
10/1-10/2 – Lowell Octoberfest – Lowell
10/1-10/2 – Apple Butter and Cider Weekend – Kirtland
10/1-10/2 – Ciderfest – Geneva
10/1-10/2 – Portmouth’s Fall Festifall – Portsmouth
10/1-10/2 – Festifall – Portsmouth
10/1-10/2 – Waynesville Fall Fest III – Waynesville
10/1-10/2 – Three Sisters Intertribal Pow Wow – Mineral City
10/1-10/2 – Christmas in October – Findlay
10/1-10/2 – Johnny Appleseed Festival at Auglaize Village – Defiance
10/1-10/2 – Fall Festival Weekends at White House Fruit Farm IV – Canfield
10/1-10/2 – Prairie Peddler Festival II – Butler – My Review
10/1-10/2 – Burnham Orchards Fall Harvest Weekends III – Berlin Heights – My Review
10/1-10/2 – Old West Pumpkin Fest II – Columbia Station
10/1-10/2 – Apple Butter Festival – Oxford
10/1-10/2 – Appalachian Color in the Hills Festival – Glouster
10/1-10/2 – Ohio Renaissance Festival V – Waynesville – My Review
10/1-10/2 – Wagner Subaru Outdoor Experience – Dayton
10/1-10/2 – Huntsburg Pumpkin Festival – Huntsburg – My Review
10/1-10/2 – Pioneer Days at Beaver Creek – East Liverpool
10/1-10/2 – Hale Harvest Festival I – Bath
10/2 – Beachwood Fall Festival – Beachwood
10/2 – Old-Time Harvest Day – Grove City
10/2 – University Heights Fall Festival – University Heights
10/2 – Woollybear Festival – Vermilion – My Review
10/2 – Boardman Rotary Oktoberfestival – Boardman
10/2 – Centerville Fall Festival – Centerville
10/2 – Mother of Sorrows Chapel Harvest Festival – North Auburn
AKRON-CANTON FESTIVALS
9/26-10/2 – Pumpkin Pandemonium II – Peninsula
9/30-10/2 – Norton Cider Festival – Norton
10/1 – Twisted WilderFest – Green
10/1 – Minerva Oktoberfest – Minerva
10/1-10/2 – Hale Harvest Festival I – Bath
CINCINNATI FESTIVALS
9/30 – UniDiversity Festival – Oxford
9/30-10/1 – Terror Town V – Williamsburg
9/30-10/2 – Donauschwaben Oktoberfest – Cincinnati
10/1 – South Lebanon Fall Food Truck Festival – South Lebanon
10/1 – Serenity Jam – Cincinnati
10/1 – Wizard Fest – Goshen
10/1 – Trenton Fall Festival – Trenton
10/1-10/2 – Gorman Heritage Farm Sunflower Festival – Evendale
10/1-10/2 – Ohio Renaissance Festival V – Waynesville – My Review
10/1-10/2 – Waynesville Fall Fest III – Waynesville
CLEVELAND FESTIVALS
9/30-10/2 – Vintage Market Days of Central Cleveland – Medina – My Review
10/1 – Bauman Orchards Fall Festival III – Rittman
10/1 – Fall in Love with Wellington – Wellington – My Review
10/1-10/2 – Red Wagon Farm Pumpkin Fest II – Columbia Station
10/1-10/2 – Old West Pumpkin Fest II – Columbia Station
10/1-10/2 – Apple Butter and Cider Weekend – Kirtland
10/2 – Woollybear Festival – Vermilion – My Review
10/2 – Beachwood Fall Festival – Beachwood
10/2 – University Heights Fall Festival – University Heights
COLUMBUS FESTIVALS
10/1 – Harvest Moon Festival – Granville
10/2 – Old-Time Harvest Day – Grove City
DAYTON FESTIVALS
9/30-10/2 – Heritage of Flight Festival and Parade – New Carlisle
10/1 – Chocolate Festival – Dayton – My Review
10/1-10/2 – Spring Valley Potato Festival – Spring Valley
10/1-10/2 – Wagner Subaru Outdoor Experience – Dayton
10/2 – Centerville Fall Festival – Centerville
TOLEDO FESTIVALS
9/29-10/1 – Spunfest – Perrysville
9/30-10/1 – Oastoberfest – Catawba Island
10/1 – Island Wine Festival – Put-in-Bay
10/1-10/2 – Johnny Appleseed Festival at Auglaize Village – Defiance
ALABAMA
Alabama Festivals can be found at festivalguidesandreviews.com/alabama-festivals/
FLORIDA
Florida Festivals can be found at festivalguidesandreviews.com/florida-festivals/
GEORGIA
Georgia Festivals can be found at festivalguidesandreviews.com/georgia-festivals/
ILLINOIS
Illinois Festivals can be found at festivalguidesandreviews.com/illinois-festivals/
INDIANA
Indiana Festivals can be found at festivalguidesandreviews.com/indiana-festivals/
KENTUCKY
Kentucky Festivals can be found at festivalguidesandreviews.com/kentucky-festivals/
MICHIGAN
Michigan Festivals can be found at festivalguidesandreviews.com/michigan-festivals/
NEW YORK
New York Festivals can be found at festivalguidesandreviews.com/new-york-festivals/
NORTH CAROLINA
North Carolina Festivals can be found at festivalguidesandreviews.com/north-carolina-festivals/
PENNSYLVANIA
Pennsylvania Festivals can be found at festivalguidesandreviews.com/pennsylvania-festivals/
SOUTH CAROLINA
South Carolina Festivals can be found at festivalguidesandreviews.com/south-carolina-festivals/
TENNESSEE
Tennessee Festivals can be found at festivalguidesandreviews.com/tennessee-festivals/
WEST VIRGINIA
West Virginia Festivals can be found at festivalguidesandreviews.com/west-virginia-festivals/
WISCONSIN
Wisconsin Festivals can be found at festivalguidesandreviews.com/wisconsin-festivals/
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