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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AUGUST

8/1 – Raccoon (Geauga) County Music Festival – Burton
8/1 – Summer Zabava – Cleveland
8/1 – Copley Heritage Day – Copley
8/1 –Nepali Fest – Cuyahoga Falls
8/1 – Lakewood Arts Festival – Lakewood – My Review
8/2 – Chardon Arts Festival – Chardon – My Review

8/6-8/8 – St. Joseph’s Lake Breeze Festival – Avon Lake
8/6-8/9 – Asian Lantern Festival at the Cleveland Zoo V – Cleveland – My Review
8/7-8/8 – Our Lady of the Cedars Lebanese Festival – Fairlawn
8/7-8/8 – Independence Home Days – Independence – My Review
8/7-8/8 – Vintage Ohio Wine Fest – Kirtland
8/7-8/9 – Lazy Daisy – Garrettsville
8/7-8/9 – North Ridgeville Corn Festival – North Ridgeville – My Review
8/7-8/9 – Twins Days Festival – Twinsburg – My Review
8/8 – Dominican Cultural Festival/Festival Cultural Dominicano – Cleveland
8/8 – Garford Arts Fest – Elyria
8/8 – Rosin Fest – Garrettsville
8/8 – Madison Light Up The Park – Madison
8/8 – Circle Festival and Light Parade – Tallmadge
8/8 – Last Stop Willoughby (Train) Festival – Willoughby – My Review
8/8-8/9 – Hale Farm Civil War Reenactment – Bath
8/9 – Akron Pickle Fest – Akron
8/9 – Bark in the Park – Bay Village
8/9 – Obzinky (Harvest Festival) – Chagrin Falls
8/9 – Cleveland International Kite Festival – Cleveland
8/9 – Affair on the Square Craft Fest – Medina
8/9 – Richfield Community Day – Richfield

8/12 – CLE Market: Berea IV – Berea
8/12-8/15 – Asian Lantern Festival at the Cleveland Zoo VI – Cleveland – My Review
8/13 – CLE Market: Avon Lake III – Avon Lake
8/13-8/16 – Feast of the Assumption – Cleveland – My Review
8/14 – CLE Market: Rocky River III – Rocky River
8/14-8/15 – Mentor CityFest – Mentor
8/14-8/15 – Afterburn Music Festival – North Ridgeville
8/14-8/16 – Cleveland Area Pagan Pride Days – Bedford – My Review
8/14-8/16 – Stars Hollow Fest – Medina
8/14-8/16 – North Olmsted Homecoming Festival – North Olmsted – My Review
8/14-8/16 – Valley City Street Fair – Valley City – My Review
8/15 – Highland Square PorchRokr Festival – Akron
8/15 – Whiskey Island Paddlefest – Cleveland
8/15 – Art-A-palooza – Green
8/15 – Dog Days of Summer Festival – Kent
8/15 – Peddlers Fest – Lodi
8/15 – Puerto Rican Day Parade and Festival – Lorain
8/15 – Westside Flea III – North Olmsted – My Review
8/15 – Orange Community Art Fest – Pepper Pike
8/15 – The FEST – Wickliffe
8/15-8/16 – Props and Pistons Festival – Akron
8/16 – Feast of the Assumption West – Broadview Heights – My Review
8/16 – St. Stephen’s Day Picnic – Cleveland

8/19-8/23 – Asian Lantern Festival at the Cleveland Zoo VII – Cleveland – My Review
8/21-8/22 – Lorain County Music Fest – Elyria – FINAL FEST
8/21-8/22– Sts. Peter and Paul Orthodox Church Food Festival – Lorain – My Review
8/21-8/22 – Rock the Block – South Euclid
8/21-8/23 – St. Mary Romanian Festival – Cleveland – My Review
8/21-8/23 – Cleveland Donauschwaben Sommer Oktoberfest – Olmsted Township – My Review
8/21-8/23 – St. Mark’s Egyptian Festival – Seven Hills – My Review
8/22 – Akron Pride Festival – Akron
8/22 – Cleveland Water Lantern Festival – Cleveland
8/22 – South Town Music Festival – Medina
8/22 – Olmsted Falls Greek Fest – Olmsted Falls
8/22-8/23 – Brooklyn Home Days – Brooklyn
8/22-8/23 – St. Josaphat Ukrainian Festival – Parma – My Review
8/22-8/23 – Oddmall Uncensored – Strongsville
8/23 – Southeast Asian Festival – Cleveland
8/23 – Mutt Strut – Kirtland

8/28-8/29 – Akron Pizza Fest – Akron
8/28-8/29 – Northeast Ohio Vet Fest – North Ridgeville
8/28-8/30 – Akron Food Truck Festival – Akron
8/28-8/30 – SCP Weekend at St. Christopher Church – Rocky River
8/29 – Bainbridge Rox – Chagrin Falls
8/29 – Cleveland Dragon Boat Festival – Cleveland – A Friend’s Review
8/29 – Grandview Hop III – Columbus
8/29-8/30 – Cleveland Garlic Festival – Cleveland – My Review
8/29-8/30 – Art on the Green – Hudson
8/30 – Hungarian Vásár Picnic – Akron
8/30 – One World Day – Cleveland
8/30 – Mill Street August Makers’ Market – Medina – My Review
8/30 – Vintage Marketplace at the Falls III – Olmsted Falls

SEPTEMBER

9/4-9/6 – The Made in Ohio Arts and Crafts Festival – Bath
9/4-9/6 – Summerdance – Garrettsville
9/4-9/7 – Cleveland Oktoberfest I – Berea/Middleburg Heights – My Review
9/4-9/7 – St. Rocco Festival – Cleveland – My Review
9/5-9/6 – St. Sava’s Serbian Day Festival – Broadview Heights – My Review
9/5-9/6 – St. Andrew Ukrainian Fall Festival – Parma
9/5-9/6 – Summer Sunset Blast – Stow
9/6 – Harboritaville: Jimmy Buffet Tribute Festival – Fairport Harbor
9/6 – Lorain County Labor Day Celebration – Lorain – My Review
9/6 – Hungarian Festival (formerly Hungarian Scout Festival) – Parma – My Review

9/9 – Amherst Art Festival – Amherst
9/9 – CLE Market: Berea V – Berea
9/11 – Kent Rocks Music Fest – Kent
9/11-9/12 – Cleveland Oktoberfest II – Berea/Middleburg Heights – My Review
9/11-9/12 – Cleveland Armenian Festival – Cleveland/Richmond Heights
9/11-9/12 – German Central’s Oktoberfest – Parma
9/11-9/12 – St. Bernadette Heart and Harvest Festival – Westlake
9/12 – Cleveland Ohio Yoga Fest – Cleveland
9/12 – Fresh Fest Cleveland – Cleveland
9/12 – Waterloo Arts Fest – Cleveland – My Review
9/12 – Copley Fire and Rescue Association Food Truck Festival – Copley
9/12 – Harbor Hogs and Hot Rods – Fairport Harbor
9/12 – Slovenian Sausage Festival – Kirtland
9/12 – Lakewood Community Festival – Lakewood – My Review
9/12 – Mentor-on-the-Lake Fall Festival – Mentor-on-the-Lake
9/12 – Skunkfest – North Ridgeville – My Review
9/12 – Art Fair in the Square – Oberlin – My Review
9/12 – Rocky River Fall Arts Festival – Rocky River – My Review
9/12-9/13 – Art in the Park Festival – Kent – My Review
9/12-9/13 – Village Peddler Festival – Kirtland
9/13 – Akron Pug Fest – Akron
9/13 – Berea Arts Fest – Berea – My Review
9/13 – Hungarian Fall Festival – Hiram – My Review

9/17-9/19 – Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church Greek Festival – Akron – My Review
9/18-9/19 – Crocker Park Wine Festival – Westlake
9/18-9/20 – Headlands Birding Festival – Mentor
9/18-9/20 – Cuyahoga Falls Oktoberfest – Cuyahoga Falls
9/18-9/20 – Elyria Apple Festival – Elyria – My Review
9/19 – Akron Latin Festival – Akron
9/19 – Firestone Fest – Akron
9/19 – India Festival USA – Broadview Heights – My Review
9/19 – Brooklyn’s Community Fall Fest – Brooklyn
9/19 – Sips and Swigs – Cleveland
9/19 – Tremont Arts and Cultural Festival – Cleveland – My Review
9/19 – Garrettsville OktoberFest – Garrettsville
9/19 – FireFish Festival – Lorain – My Review
9/19 – Lorain IAV Festa – Lorain – My Review
9/19 – Honey Bee Festival – Middlefield
9/19 – Sharon Women’s Club Fall Fest – Sharon Center
9/19-9/20 – Apple and Honey Harvest Weekend – Kirtland
9/20 – Woofstock – Chagrin Falls – My Review
9/20 – Grape Festival at SNPJ Farm – Kirtland
9/20 – Fall Greenhouse Gathering at Boyert’s – Medina

9/24-9/27 – Ravenna Balloon A-Fair – Ravenna
9/25-9/27 – Ingenuityfest – Cleveland – My Review
9/26 – Cleveland VegFest – Cleveland
9/26 – Grandview Hop IV – Columbus
9/26 – St. Mary Magdalene European Festival – Fairview Park – My Review
9/26 – Twisted WilderFest – Green
9/26 – Macedonia FallFest – Macedonia
9/26 – Medina Fall Festival – Medina
9/26 – Crocker Park Food Truck Challenge – Westlake
9/26-9/27 – Harvest Festival – Stow
9/27 –Independence Fall Fest and Clambake – Independence
9/27 – Mill Street September Makers’ Market – Medina – My Review
9/27 – CLE Market: Rocky River IV – Rocky River

OCTOBER

10/3 – Cleveland Pickle Fest – Cleveland – My Review
10/3 – The Ohio City Oktoberfest – Cleveland
10/3 – Grafton Fall Festival – Grafton
10/3 – Madison Oktoberfest – Madison
10/3 – Seven Hills Fall Fest – Seven Hills
10/3 – Oktoberfest at The Chalet I – Strongsville
10/3-10/4 – Hale Harvest Festival I – Bath
10/4 – German Day Cleveland – Parma
10/4 – Woollybear Festival – Vermilion – My Review

10/7-10/11 – Con on the Cob – Richfield
10/10 – Akron Oatmeal Festival – Akron
10/10 – Main Street Kent Oktoberfest – Kent
10/10 – Spooky Pooch Parade – Lakewood – My Review
10/10 – Solon Fall Festival – Solon
10/10-10/11 – Hale Harvest Festival II – Bath
10/10-10/11 – Apple Butter Festival and Ox Roast – Burton

10/17 – Nightmare on Front Street Craft Beer and Art Festival – Cuyahoga Falls
10/17 – Cleveland Donauschwaben Oktoberfest Fall Festival – Olmsted Township
10/17 – Oktoberfest at The Chalet II – Strongsville

10/24 – St. John Cantius Polish Festival – Cleveland – My Review
10/25 – Mill Street October Makers’ Market – Medina – My Review

NOVEMBER

11/14 – Cleveland Donauschwaben Bierfest – Olmsted Township
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
11/20-11/21 – 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
11/28 – WinterLand Lighting Ceremony – Cleveland – My Review
11/28 – Cleveland Donauschwaben Krampus Fest – Olmsted Township

11/30-12/6 – Elegant Illusions Christmas Drive Through Park IV – Atwater

DECEMBER

12/4-12/5 – Akron Zoo Wild Lights III – Akron
12/5 – Christmas at Central Park – Green
12/5 – Christmas in the Village Park – Madison
12/7-12/13 – Elegant Illusions Christmas Drive Through Park IV – Atwater

12/11-12/13 – Akron Zoo Wild Lights IV – Akron
12/14-12/20 – Elegant Illusions Christmas Drive Through Park V – Atwater
12/18-12/20 – Akron Zoo Wild Lights V – Akron

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

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