Your festival event guide for the greater Cleveland Area, including Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Portage and Summit Counties.
Welcome to a comprehensive festival listing page and guide for Cleveland, Ohio and the greater area. 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 Cincinnati 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.
“My Review” means that it’s a link to my review of that festival.
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NOVEMBER
11/13 – Cleveland Halal Food and Rib Festival – Cleveland
11/14 – Cleveland Belgian Ale Festival – Cleveland
11/14-11/15 – Holiday Tree Festival I – Akron – My Review
11/16-11/22 – Holiday Tree Festival II – Akron – My Review
11/19-11/22 – Elegant Illusions Christmas Drive Through Park I – Atwater
11/19-11/22 – Wild Winter Lights at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo I – Cleveland
11/20-11/21 – Akron Zoo Wild Lights I – Akron
11/23-11/29 – Elegant Illusions Christmas Drive Through Park II – Atwater
11/27-11/28 – Akron Zoo Wild Lights II – Akron
11/27-11/29 – Wild Winter Lights at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo II – Cleveland
11/27-11/29 – Medina County Fair Drive Thru Holiday Lights I – Medina
11/28 – WinterLand Lighting Ceremony – Cleveland – My Review
11/28 – Lorain Winterfest – Lorain
11/28 – Cleveland Donauschwaben Krampus Fest – Olmsted Township
11/29 – Eastlake Christkindl Markt – Eastlake
11/29 – Winterfest – Fairview Park
11/30-12/6 – Elegant Illusions Christmas Drive Through Park IV – Atwater
DECEMBER
12/2-12/6 – Holiday Lights at Carlisle Reservation II – LaGrange
12/3-12/6 – Wild Winter Lights at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo III – Cleveland
12/4-12/5 – Akron Zoo Wild Lights III – Akron
12/4-12/6 – Lake Metroparks Country Lights Drive Thru I – Kirtland
12/4-12/6 – Medina County Fair Drive Thru Holiday Lights II – Medina
12/4-12/6 – A Bavarian Christkindlmarkt – Middleburg Heights
12/5 – Christmas at Central Park – Green
12/5 – Light Up Lakewood – Lakewood
12/5 – Christmas in the Village Park – Madison
12/5 – Cleveland-Westlake Children’s Festival – Westlake
12/5-12/6 – Memorial LightFest I – Wadsworth
12/7-12/13 – Elegant Illusions Christmas Drive Through Park IV – Atwater
12/7-12/13 – Holiday Lights at Carlisle Reservation III – LaGrange
12/7-12/13 – Memorial LightFest II – Wadsworth
12/10-12/13 – Wild Winter Lights at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo IV – Cleveland
12/11-12/13 – Akron Zoo Wild Lights IV – Akron
12/11-12/13 – Lake Metroparks Country Lights Drive Thru II – Kirtland
12/11-12/13 – Medina County Fair Drive Thru Holiday Lights III – Medina
12/14-12/20 – Elegant Illusions Christmas Drive Through Park V – Atwater
12/14-12/20 – Holiday Lights at Carlisle Reservation IV – LaGrange
12/14-12/20 – Memorial LightFest III – Wadsworth
12/17-12/20 – Wild Winter Lights at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo V – Cleveland
12/18-12/20 – Akron Zoo Wild Lights V – Akron
12/18-12/20 – Medina County Fair Drive Thru Holiday Lights IV – Medina
12/21-12/23 – Holiday Lights at Carlisle Reservation V – LaGrange
12/21-12/27 (Closed 12/24, 12/25) – Akron Zoo Wild Lights VI – Akron
12/21-12/27 – Elegant Illusions Christmas Drive Through Park VI – Atwater
12/21-12/27 (Closed 12/24, 12/25) – Wild Winter Lights at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo VI – Cleveland
12/21-12/27 – Memorial LightFest IV – Wadsworth
12/28-12/30 – Wild Winter Lights at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo VII – Cleveland
12/28-1/1 – Memorial LightFest V – Wadsworth
JANUARY (2027)
1/23 – Brewsology Beer Fest – Cleveland
FEBRUARY
2/6 – Cleveland Kurentovanje Winter Festival – Cleveland – My Review
2/19-2/21 – Cleveland Villain Arts Tattoo Festival – Cleveland
2/20 – Brite Winter – Cleveland – My Review
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