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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APRIL

4/18 – Serenity Spring Jam – Cincinnati
4/18 – Eastern European Heritage Experience – Englewood
4/18 – Oxford Bee Festival – Oxford

4/25 – Hollow Earth Fest – Hamilton
4/25 – Oxford EarthFest – Oxford
4/25-4/26 – Asian Food Fest – Cincinnati
4/25-4/26 – Jane Austen Festival Village Faire – Sharonville

MAY

5/1-5/2 – The City Mercantile – Lebanon
5/2-5/3 – Cincy Cinco – Cincinnati

5/8 – Santa Cecilia Ocho de Mayo – Cincinnati
5/8-5/10 – Cincinnati Tattoo Arts Festival – Cincinnati
5/9 – Loveland Food Truck Rally – Loveland
5/9 – Waynesville Street Faire I – Waynesville – My Review
5/9-5/10 – Appalachian Festival – New Richmond

5/16 – Bacchus BeerFest – Cincinnati
5/16 – Pride Rocks! – Dayton
5/17 – Fleurs de  Fête – Dayton

5/23-5/25 – Taste of Cincinnati – Cincinnati – My Review
5/24 – Dayton Heritage Day Festival – Dayton

5/29-5/31 – All Saints Parish Festival – Cincinnati
5/29-5/31 – Cincinnati Fringe Festival I – Cincinnati
5/29-5/31 – CincItalia – Cincinnati Italian Festival – Cincinnati
5/29-5/31 – Junefest – Cincinnati
5/29-5/31 – St. Jude Bridgetown Summer Festival – Cincinnati
5/29-5/31 – Summerfair at Coney Island – Cincinnati
5/30 – Miamisburg Cheese Fest – Miamisburg
5/30 – Oxford Wine and Craft Beer Festival – Oxford
5/31 – Jewish Cultural Festival – Dayton

JUNE

6/1-6/7 – Cincinnati Fringe Festival II – Cincinnati
6/5-6/6 – Dayton Pride Festival – Dayton
6/5-6/7 – St. Helen’s Spring Festival – Dayton
6/5-6/7 – St. Michael Festival – Sharonville
6/6 – Jungle Jim’s International Craft Beer Festival – Fairfield
6/6 – Hamilton Ohio Pride Festival – Hamilton
6/6 – Lebanon Festival of the Arts – Lebanon
6/6 – Spring Fest in T-Town – Trenton
6/6-6/7 – The Ohio Valley Indigenous Music Festival – Springboro
6/7 – The Taste of Lebanon Food Festival – Cincinnati

6/8-6/13 – Cincinnati Fringe Festival III – Cincinnati
6/11-6/14 – Geek Out – College Corner
6/12 – Middletown Pride – Middletown
6/12-6/13 – Schwabenfest – Cincinnati
6/12-6/13 – Dayton Sideshow – Dayton
6/12-6/13 – Lebanon Country Music Festival – Lebanon
6/12-6/14 – St. Max Festival – Liberty Township
6/13 – Sayler Park Sustains – Cincinnati
6/13 – Tequila Fest Cincinnati – Cincinnati
6/13 – Waynesville Street Faire II – Waynesville – My Review
6/13 – West Chester Juneteenth Community Festival – West Chester
6/13-6/14 – Hueston Woods Arts and Crafts Fair – Oxford

6/19-6/21 – Schützenfest Cincinnati – Cincinnati
6/20 – Cincinnati Food Truck Assoc. Food Fest – Blue Ash
6/20 – Tusculum Street Fest – Cincinnati
6/20 – Miamisburg Pickle Fest: Just Dill With It – Miamisburg
6/20 – Springboro Juneteenth Jubilee – Springboro
6/20 – Celtic Fest Ohio – Waynesville – My Review
6/20-6/21 – Cincinnati Juneteenth Festival – Cincinnati

6/26-6/28 – St. Veronica Summer Festival – Cincinnati
6/26-6/28 – St. John the Baptist Summer Festival – Harrison
6/26-6/28 – The Festival at St. John XXIII – Middletown
6/27 – Cincinnati Pride Festival – Cincinnati
6/27 – Hanover Township’s Kids Fest – Hamilton
6/27-6/28 – Rail Festival – Dayton – My Review

JULY

7/2 – Let Freedom BOOM! Trenton’s American 250 Celebration – Trenton
7/2-7/4 – Red, White and Blanchester Blue Festival – Blanchester
7/3 – Red, White and Kaboom – Fairfield
7/3 – LightUp Lebanon – Lebanon
7/3 – Red, Rhythm and Boom – Mason
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 – Star Spangled Heights Celebration – Huber Heights
7/4 – Loveland Independence Day Celebration – Loveland

7/11 – Vinoklet Winery Summer Fair – Cincinnati
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
7/18 – 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

7/31-8/1 – 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

AUGUST

8/1 – Ohio River Paddlefest – Cincinnati

8/7-8/8 – Days in the Park – Deer Park
8/7-8/8 – Rock ‘N’ Green Tomato Festival – Miamisburg
8/8 – Waynesville Street Faire IV – Waynesville – My Review

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
8/15 – Taco and Nacho Fest at Austin Landing – Miamisburg
8/15-8/16 – Dayton African American Cultural Festival – Dayton

8/22 – Dayton Porchfest – Dayton
8/22 – HAMILPALOOZA – Hamilton
8/22 – Hops in the Hangar – Middletown
8/22 –Trenton Pickin’ in the Park – Trenton

8/29 – ARTFest on Main – Springboro

SEPTEMBER

9/5 – Loveland Art Festival – Loveland
9/5-9/6 – St. John Neumann Labor Day Festival – Cincinnati
9/5-9/7 – Ohio Renaissance Festival I – Waynesville – My Review

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 – 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
9/19 – Anderson Park District’s A Fair of the Arts – Cincinnati
9/19 – Mason Heritage Festival – Mason – My Review
9/19-9/20 – Ohio Renaissance Festival III – Waynesville – My Review
9/20 – Concours d’Elegance – Dayton

9/24-9/26 – Whispering Beard Folk Festival – Cincinnati
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 – Pyramid Hill Art Fair – Hamilton
9/26-9/27 – Ohio Renaissance Festival IV – Waynesville – My Review

OCTOBER

10/3 – Serenity Jam – Cincinnati
10/3 – Diwali-Tihar Festival – Reynoldsburg
10/3 – Trenton Fall Festival – Trenton
10/3-10/4 – Gorman Heritage Farm Sunflower Festival – Evendale
10/3-10/4 – Ohio Renaissance Festival V – Waynesville – My Review

10/9-10/10 – Lebanon Oktoberfest – Lebanon – My Review
10/9-10/11 – Operation Pumpkin – Hamilton – My Review
10/10 – Vinoklet Winery Fall Festival – Cincinnati
10/10 – Dayton German Club Oktoberfest – Dayton
10/10-10/11 – Ohio Renaissance Festival VI – Waynesville – My Review
10/10-10/11 – Ohio Sauerkraut Festival – Waynesville – My Review

10/17-10/18 – Weber Family Pumpkin Festival – Harrison
10/17-10/18 – Ohio Renaissance Festival VII – Waynesville – My Review

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

10/31-11/1 – Ohio Renaissance Festival IX – Waynesville – My Review

NOVEMBER

11/1 – Pumpkin Chuck in Stanbery Park – Cincinnati

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