Final Weekend of Holiday Light Festivals, New Year’s Eve and the beginning of 2026!
Welcome back, festival fans.
Depending when you read this, it is either the tail end of 2025 or the beginning of 2026 (Happy New Year!).
If you are reading this in 2025, there are some NYE festivals in Port Clinton and Fremont. If you missed them, there will still be some final days of Holiday Light Festivals to enjoy.
In either case, I want you to know that the 2026 Festival Guide is officially available. So feel free to go through the guide and plan your weekends ahead throughout the year.
You can find the guide at https://ohiofestivals.net/ohio-festivals/
Feel free to write me if you know of any new festivals or if you have the confirmed dates of any listing marked with an asterisk (tentative date).
And please share the guide with others!
Have a wonderful weekend and warm wishes for a great 2026.
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Be sure to go through the list below, check the MAP and read the reviews.
For this week’s festivals BEYOND Ohio – as well as a MAP for that section – you can find them in the following posts:
North: https://festivalguidesandreviews.com/north-festival-weekend-010426
South: https://festivalguidesandreviews.com/south-festival-weekend-010426
West: https://festivalguidesandreviews.com/west-festival-weekend-010426
Have a great weekend, Ohio!
Until next week…
Love, Peace and Festival Grease!
Ohio Festival Weekend: January 2-4, 2026
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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
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OHIO FAIRS AND SHOWS
1/2-1/4 – Columbus Building and Renovation Expo – Columbus
OHIO FESTIVALS
12/29-12/30 – Akron Zoo Wild Lights VI – Akron
12/29-12/30 – Wild Winter Lights at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo VII – Cleveland
12/29-12/30 – The Legendary Lights of Historic Clifton Mill VI – Clifton
12/29-12/30 – A Carillon Christmas VI – Dayton
12/29-12/30 – Woodland Lights VII – Dayton
12/29-12/30 – Land of Illusion Christmas Glow VII – Middletown
12/29-12/30 – Upper’s Winter Fantasy of Lights VI – Upper Sandusky
12/29-12/31 – Conservatory Aglow VII – Columbus
12/29-12/31 – Whispering Christmas Holiday Lights VI – Eaton
12/29-12/31 – Lake of Lights VI – Kenton
12/29-12/31 – Light Up Middletown VI – Middletown
12/29-12/31 – Lights on the North Coast VIII – Sandusky
12/29-12/31 – Toledo Zoo Lights Before Christmas VII – Toledo
Weekend continues below…
12/29-12/31 – Parklights at Caesar Ford V – Xenia
12/29-1/1 – Gallipolis in Lights VI – Gallipolis
12/29-1/1 – Armstrong Air and Space Museum Holiday Lights VI – Wapakoneta
12/29-1/2 – Memorial LightFest V – Wadsworth
12/29-1/3 (Closed 12/31, 1/1) – Winter Wonderfest VII – Hartville
12/29-1/3 – Magic of Lights VI – North Ridgeville
12/29-1/3 – Cincinnati’s Nights of Lights VII – Owensville
12/29-1/4 – PNC Festival of Lights VII – Cincinnati
12/29-1/4 – Wanderlights VII – Columbus
12/29-1/4 – Butch Bando’s Fantasy of Lights VII – Delaware
12/29-1/4 – Pyramid Hill Lights VIII – Hamilton
12/29-1/4 – WonderLight’s Christmas in Ohio VIII – Hartford
12/29-1/4 – Holiday Lights at the Park VI – Plain City
12/29-1/4 – Lucy Depp Park Light Show VI – Powell
12/29-1/4 – Wildlights at Columbus Zoo VII – Powell
12/29-1/5 – Candy Cane Trail VI – Ashland
12/31 – Downtown Fremont New Year’s Eve Celebration – Fremont
12/31 – Walleye Drop – Port Clinton
CINCINNATI FESTIVALS
12/29-12/30 – A Carillon Christmas VI – Dayton
12/29-12/30 – Woodland Lights VII – Washington Township
12/29-12/31 – Light Up Middletown VI – Middletown
12/29-1/3 – Cincinnati’s Nights of Lights VII – Owensville
12/29-1/4 – PNC Festival of Lights VII – Cincinnati
12/29-1/4 – Pyramid Hill Lights VIII – Hamilton
CLEVELAND FESTIVALS
12/29-12/30 – Akron Zoo Wild Lights VI – Akron
12/29-12/30 – Wild Winter Lights at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo VII – Cleveland
12/29-1/2 – Memorial LightFest V – Wadsworth
12/29-1/3 – Magic of Lights VI – North Ridgeville
COLUMBUS FESTIVALS
12/29-12/31 – Conservatory Aglow VII – Columbus
12/29-1/4 – Wanderlights VII – Columbus
12/29-1/4 – Butch Bando’s Fantasy of Lights VII – Delaware
12/29-1/4 – WonderLight’s Christmas in Ohio VIII – Hartford
12/29-1/4 – Holiday Lights at the Park VI – Plain City
12/29-1/4 – Lucy Depp Park Light Show VI – Powell
12/29-1/4 – Wildlights at Columbus Zoo VII – Powell
Do you notice festivals on the map beyond Ohio? Find them below!
Alabama | Arizona | Arkansas | California | Colorado | Delaware | Florida
Georgia |Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Kansas | Kentucky | Louisiana
Maryland | Michigan | Minnesota | Mississippi | Missouri | Nevada
New Jersey | New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | Oklahoma
Oregon * Pennsylvania |South Carolina | Tennessee | Texas | Virginia
Washington * Washington, DC | West Virginia | Wisconsin
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