Bigfoot, Twins, Dublin Irish, Puerto Rican Parade, Melon, a Rock N Green Tomato and Art Festivals in Lakewood, Zanesville, Chardon, Fayette and Port Clinton.
Welcome back, Festival Fans.
I JUST got back from a family trip to Ireland and I’m ready to tell you about this weekend’s festivals (which coincidentally includes the Dublin Irish Festival, wouldn’t you know?)
But first, let me quickly say that the 2024 Oktoberfest and German Festival Guide is out and updated!
You can access the guide at https://ohiofestivals.net/ohio-oktoberfest-2024/
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We are now in August, Festival Fans, and this weekend’s festivals do not disappoint.
Not only can you practice magic at Medina’s Wizarding Weekend…
…see double at the Twins Days Festival (Review)…
…enjoy all sorts of Puerto Rican delicacies at the Puerto Rican Parade and Cultural Festival (Review)…
…and meet a leprechaun at the Dublin Irish Festival (Review)…
…you can also enjoy the Cleveland Zoo in an illuminated fashion (Review)…
…celebrate America’s favorite cryptid at the Hocking Hills Bigfoot Festival…
…and enjoy a nice selection of Art Festivals in Lakewood, Chardon, Fayette, Port Clinton and Zanesville).
And there’s so much more!
Such as…
- the London Rhythm and Rib Fest (Review)
- the Great Lakes Medieval Faire and Marketplace (Review) in Rock Creek
- Brats and Crafts (Review) in Columbus
- the Berlin Heights Basket Festival (Review)
- the Baltimore Festival
- the Coldwater Community Picnic
- Rock ‘N’ Green Tomato Festival in Miamisburg
- Toledo Jeep Fest
- Greater Youngstown Italian Festival
- the Ohio River Paddlefest in Cincinnati
- the Dresden Melon Festival
- the Defiance County Hot Air Balloon Festival
- the Ohio State Fair and many County Fairs
And so much more!
Go through the list slowly and carefully so that you don’t miss anything and be sure to use the map to see what’s around you.
And, if you want to venture out of Ohio for other festivals, check out this week’s post at my other website, Festival Guides and Reviews, where you can find all this weekend’s listings at https://festivalguidesandreviews.com/festival-weekend-080424
Have a wonderful weekend!
Until next week…
Love, Peace and Festival Grease!
Ohio Festival Weekend: August 1-4, 2024
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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
8/2-8/3 – Berlin Heights Basket Festival – Berlin Heights – My Review
8/4 – Chardon Arts Festival – Chardon – My Review
8/1-8/4 (Closed 8/2) – Asian Lantern Festival at the Cleveland Zoo V – Cleveland – My Review
8/3-8/4 – Puerto Rican Parade and Cultural Festival – Cleveland – My Review
8/2-8/4 – Brats and Crafts Festival – Columbus – My Review
8/2-8/4 – Dublin Irish Festival – Dublin – My Review
8/3 – Bull Thistle Arts Festival – Fayette – My Review
8/3 – Houston Community Classic Festival – Houston – My Review
8/1-8/4 – Northwest Ohio Antique Machinery Show – Findlay – My Review
8/2-8/3 – Independence Home Days – Independence – My Review
8/3 – Lakewood Arts Festival – Lakewood – My Review
8/2-8/3 – London Rhythm and Rib Fest (formerly Rib and Jazz Fest) – London – My Review
8/4 – St. Peter Parish Festival – Lorain – My Review
8/2-8/4 – Pokrova Ukrainian Festival – Parma – My Review
8/3-8/4 – Arts in the Park – Port Clinton – My Review
8/3-8/4 – The Great Lakes Medieval Faire and Marketplace V – Rock Creek – My Review
8/3-8/4 – Twins Days Festival – Twinsburg – My Review
8/2-8/3 – Y Bridge Arts Festival – Zanesville – My Review
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OHIO FAIRS AND SHOWS
7/24-8/4 – Ohio State Fair – Columbus
7/26-8/3 – Pike County Fair – Piketon
7/27-8/3 – Preble County Fair – Eaton
7/28-8/3 – Auglaize County Fair – Wapakoneta
7/28-8/4 – Wood County Fair – Bowling Green
7/29-8/3 – Gallia County Junior Fair – Gallipolis
7/29-8/4 – Columbiana County Fair – Lisbon
7/29-8/4 – Medina County Fair – Medina
8/1-8/4 – Northwest Ohio Antique Machinery Show – Findlay – My Review
8/2-8/3 – Vermilion Beach Market – Vermilion
Weekend continues below…
8/2-8/3 – Deerassic Classic Giveaway and Outdoor Expo – Cambridge
8/2-8/4 – Buffalo Valley View Complex Trade Days III – Senecaville
8/2-8/9 – Champaign County Fair – Urbana
8/2-8/10 – Athens County Fair – Athens
8/3 – Avant-Garde Summer Handmade Market – Westlake
8/3-8/10 – Ross County Fair – Chillicothe
8/4 – Frostville Engine and Car Show – North Olmsted
8/4 – Cin City Reptile Show – West Chester
8/4-8/10 – Hartford Independent Fair – Hartford
8/4-8/10 – Richland County Fair – Mansfield
OHIO FESTIVALS
7/29 – Sad Summer Festival: Cleveland – Cleveland
8/1-8/3 – Carnation Food Fest (Carnation Festival) – Alliance
8/1-8/3 – Everwild Music Festival – Thornville
8/1-8/3 – St. Joseph’s Lake Breeze Festival – Avon Lake
8/1-8/3 – Baltimore Festival – Baltimore
8/1-8/3 – State Line Heritage Days – Union City (IN and OH)
8/1-8/4 (Closed 8/2) – Asian Lantern Festival at the Cleveland Zoo V – Cleveland – My Review
8/1-8/4 – Coldwater Community Picnic – Coldwater
8/1-8/4 – Belpre Homecoming – Belpre
8/1-8/4 – St. Patrick Parish Festival – Hubbard
8/2-8/3 – Big River Get Down – Hamilton
8/2-8/3 – Y Bridge Arts Festival – Zanesville – My Review
8/2-8/3 – Big Bend Blues and Brews Bash – Pomeroy
Weekend continues below…
8/2-8/3 – London Rhythm and Rib Fest (formerly Rib and Jazz Fest) – London – My Review
8/2-8/3 – Our Lady of Victory Parish Festival – Columbus
8/2-8/3 – Independence Home Days – Independence – My Review
8/2-8/3 – Our Lady of the Cedars Lebanese Festival – Fairlawn
8/2-8/3 – Berlin Heights Basket Festival – Berlin Heights – My Review
8/2-8/3 – Rogues Hollow Festival – Doylestown
8/2-8/3 – Leesburg Festival – Leesburg
8/2-8/3 – Rock ‘N’ Green Tomato Festival – Miamisburg
8/2-8/3 – Carey Fest – Carey
8/2-8/3 – Medina’s Wizarding Weekend – Medina
8/2-8/3 – Hanover Wine Festival – Hamilton
8/2-8/3 – Days in the Park – Deer Park
8/2-8/3 – Hocking Hills Bigfoot Festival – Logan
Weekend continues below…
8/2-8/3 – Vintage Ohio Wine Fest (and a Little Brew, too) – Kirtland
8/2-8/3 – Lebanon Blues Festival – Lebanon
8/2-8/3 – TiKi STiK – Marion
8/2-8/3 – Our Lady of Perpetual Help Community Festival – Grove City
8/2-8/3 – Holy Cross Immaculata Festival – Cincinnati
8/2-8/4 – Toledo Jeep Fest – Toledo
8/2-8/4 – St. John the Evangelist Family Festival – West Chester
8/2-8/4 – St. John the Baptist Summer Festival – Cincinnati
8/2-8/4 – Pokrova Ukrainian Festival – Parma – My Review
8/2-8/4 – Dublin Irish Festival – Dublin – My Review
8/2-8/4 – St. George Middle Eastern Summer Festival – Toledo
8/2-8/4 – Greater Youngstown Italian Fest – Youngstown
8/2-8/4 – Brats and Crafts Festival – Columbus – My Review
8/2-8/4 – Riverdays – New Richmond
8/2-8/4 – Farm Days Show – Mt. Gilead
Weekend continues below…
8/2-8/4 – Grassfire Festival – Garrettsville
8/3 – Vibin in the Vines Music Festival – Wakeman
8/3 – Down A River, Down A Beer – Piqua
8/3 – Summer Zabava – Cleveland
8/3 – Family Reunion Community Fun Day – Steubenville
8/3 – North Fairfield Street Fair – North Fairfield
8/3 – Ohio River Paddlefest – Cincinnati
8/3 – Athens Community Arts and Music Festival – Athens
8/3 – Houston Community Classic Festival – Houston – My Review
8/3 – Rock the Lake – Lakeview
8/3 – Peninsula Flea at Heritage Farms V – Peninsula
8/3 – JAM by the Sand (formerly Jerry Garcia’s Birthday Celebration) – Fairport Harbor
8/3 – Grafton Sizzlin’ Summer Festival – Grafton
8/3 – Lakewood Arts Festival – Lakewood – My Review
8/3 – Copley Heritage Day – Copley
Weekend continues below…
8/3 – Dresden Melon Festival – Dresden
8/3 – Bacon Fest – Kettering
8/3 – Defiance County Hot Air Balloon Festival – Defiance
8/3 – Car Tunes on Main – Findlay
8/3 – Bull Thistle Arts Festival – Fayette – My Review
8/3 – Bloomville Block Party – Bloomville
8/3 – Houston Community Picnic – Houston
8/3-8/4 – Twins Days Festival – Twinsburg – My Review
8/3-8/4 – Fulton Farms Sweet Corn Festival – Troy
8/3-8/4 – The Great Lakes Medieval Faire and Marketplace V – Rock Creek – My Review
8/3-8/4 – Pymatuning Lake Festival – Andover
8/3-8/4 – Puerto Rican Parade and Cultural Festival – Cleveland – My Review
Weekend continues below…
8/3-8/4 – Arts in the Park – Port Clinton – My Review
8/4 – CLE Market: Rocky River III – Rocky River
8/4 – St. Aloysius Summer Festival – Shandon
8/4 – Barton Polka Fest – Barton
8/4 – Chardon Arts Festival – Chardon – My Review
8/4 – The FEST – Wickliffe
8/4 – St. Charles & St. Hyacinth Polka Picnic – Toledo
8/4 – St. Peter Parish Festival – Lorain – My Review
CINCINNATI FESTIVALS
8/2-8/3 – Hanover Wine Festival – Hamilton
8/2-8/3 – Days in the Park – Deer Park
8/2-8/3 – Big River Get Down – Hamilton
8/2-8/3 – Holy Cross Immaculata Festival – Cincinnati
8/2-8/4 – St. John the Evangelist Family Festival – West Chester
8/2-8/4 – Riverdays – New Richmond
8/3 – Ohio River Paddlefest – Cincinnati
8/3 – Bacon Fest – Kettering
CLEVELAND FESTIVALS
8/1-8/3 – St. Joseph’s Lake Breeze Festival – Avon Lake
8/1-8/4 (Closed 8/2) – Asian Lantern Festival at the Cleveland Zoo V – Cleveland – My Review
8/2-8/3 – Lebanon Blues Festival – Lebanon
8/2-8/3 – Our Lady of the Cedars Lebanese Festival – Fairlawn
8/2-8/3 – Independence Home Days – Independence – My Review
8/2-8/3 – Vintage Ohio Wine Fest (and a Little Brew, too) – Kirtland
8/2-8/3 – Medina’s Wizarding Weekend – Medina
8/2-8/4 – St. John the Baptist Summer Festival – Cincinnati
8/2-8/4 – Grassfire Festival – Garrettsville
Weekend continues below…
8/3 – Lakewood Arts Festival – Lakewood – My Review
8/3 – JAM by the Sand (formerly Jerry Garcia’s Birthday Celebration) – Fairport Harbor
8/3 – Copley Heritage Day – Copley
8/3 – Grafton Sizzlin’ Summer Festival – Grafton
8/3 – Summer Zabava – Cleveland
8/3 – Peninsula Flea at Heritage Farms V – Peninsula
8/3-8/4 – Puerto Rican Parade and Cultural Festival – Cleveland – My Review
8/3-8/4 – Twins Days Festival – Twinsburg – My Review
8/4 – Chardon Arts Festival – Chardon – My Review
8/4 – The FEST – Wickliffe
8/4 – St. Peter Parish Festival – Lorain – My Review
COLUMBUS FESTIVALS
8/1-8/3 – Baltimore Festival – Baltimore
8/2-8/3 – Our Lady of Victory Parish Festival – Columbus
8/2-8/3 – London Rhythm and Rib Fest (formerly Rib and Jazz Fest) – London – My Review
8/2-8/3 – Our Lady of Perpetual Help Community Festival – Grove City
8/2-8/4 – Dublin Irish Festival – Dublin – My Review
8/2-8/4 – Brats and Crafts Festival – Columbus – My Review
Do you notice festivals on the map beyond Ohio? Find them below!
Alabama | Arkansas | Delaware | Florida | Georgia
Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Kentucky | Louisiana
Maryland | Michigan | Minnesota | Mississippi | Missouri
New Jersey | New York | North Carolina | Pennsylvania
South Carolina | Tennessee | Texas | Virginia
Washington, DC | West Virginia | Wisconsin
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