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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2026 Cincinnati Festival Schedule

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NOVEMBER

11/6-11/8 – Christkindlmarkt – Cincinnati
11/7 – Pumpkin Chuck in Stanbery Park – Cincinnati

11/13-11/14 – Sugarplum Festival of Trees – Dayton – My Review
11/14 – Books by the Banks – Cincinnati

11/19-11/22 – PNC Festival of Lights I – Cincinnati
11/20-11/22 – Woodland Lights I – Dayton
11/20-11/22 – Pyramid Hill Lights I – Hamilton
11/20-11/22 –Cincinnati’s Nights of Lights I – Owensville
11/20-11/22 – Christmas in Historic Springboro Festival – Springboro – My Review

11/23-11/29 (Closed 11/26) – PNC Festival of Lights II – Cincinnati
11/23-11/29 –Cincinnati’s Nights of Lights II – Owensville
11/24-11/29 (Closed 11/26) – A Carillon Christmas I – Dayton
11/24-11/29 – Pyramid Hill Lights II – Hamilton
11/27-11/29 – Woodland Lights II – Dayton
11/27-11/28 – Yuletide Village Season of Lights I – Waynesville

11/30-12/6 – PNC Festival of Lights III – Cincinnati
11/30-12/6 – A Carillon Christmas II – Dayton
11/30-12/6 –Cincinnati’s Nights of Lights III – Owensville

DECEMBER

12/1-12/6 – Pyramid Hill Lights III – Hamilton
12/3-12/6 – Holidays on the Farm I – Cincinnati
12/4 – Dayton Holiday Festival – Dayton
12/4-12/6 – Woodland Lights III – Dayton
12/4-12/5 – Hamilton Christkindlmarkt – Hamilton
12/4-12/5 – Yuletide Village Season of Lights II – Waynesville
12/4-12/6 – Light in the Forest I – Cincinnati
12/4-12/6 – Christmas in the Village – Waynesville

12/7-12/13 – PNC Festival of Lights IV – Cincinnati
12/7-12/13 – A Carillon Christmas III – Dayton
12/7-12/13 –Cincinnati’s Nights of Lights IV – Owensville
12/8-12/13 – Pyramid Hill Lights IV – Hamilton
12/10-12/13 – Holidays on the Farm II – Cincinnati
12/11-12/12 – Yuletide Village Season of Lights III – Waynesville
12/11-12/13 – Light in the Forest II – Cincinnati
12/11-12/13 – Woodland Lights IV – Dayton
12/12 – Christmas in Loveland – Loveland

12/14-12/20 – Holidays on the Farm III – Cincinnati
12/14-12/20 – PNC Festival of Lights V – Cincinnati
12/14-12/20 – A Carillon Christmas IV – Dayton
12/14-12/20 –Cincinnati’s Nights of Lights V – Owensville
12/15-12/20 – Pyramid Hill Lights V – Hamilton
12/17-12/20 – Light in the Forest III – Cincinnati
12/18-12/19 – Yuletide Village Season of Lights IV – Waynesville
12/18-12/20 – Woodland Lights V – Dayton

12/21-12/23 – Holidays on the Farm IV – Cincinnati
12/21-12/27 (Closed 12/24, 12/25) – Light in the Forest IV – Cincinnati
12/21-12/27 (Closed 12/24) – PNC Festival of Lights VI – Cincinnati
12/21-12/27 (Closed 12/24, 12/25) – A Carillon Christmas V – Dayton
12/21-12/27 (Closed 12/24, 12/25) – Woodland Lights VI – Dayton
12/21-12/27 – Pyramid Hill Lights VI – Hamilton
12/21-12/27 –Cincinnati’s Nights of Lights VI – Owensville

12/28-12/30 – Woodland Lights VII – Dayton
12/28-1/2 (Closed 12/30, 12/31, 1/1) – Light in the Forest IIV – Cincinnati
12/28-1/2 –Cincinnati’s Nights of Lights VII – Owensville
12/28-1/3 – PNC Festival of Lights VII – Cincinnati
12/28-1/3 – Pyramid Hill Lights VII – Hamilton

12/28-12/30 – A Carillon Christmas VI – Dayton

JANUARY (2027)

FEBRUARY

2/12-2/14 – Hearts Afire Weekend – Loveland
2/13 – Cincy Beerfest: Winter – Cincinnati

MARCH

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