Over 100 Festivals and Fairs this Mega Festival Weekend: Skunks, Deer, Hot Times, Sternwheels, Popcorn, Honey, Oktoberfests and more!
This is high festival season, Ohio.
This weekend and the next few weekends will be just popping with festivals.
And I may or may not be using this word because there are TWO Popcorn Festivals this weekend in Marion (Review) and Beavercreek (Review). I can be a little partial to puns.
In fact, there are a lot of fantastic festivals this weekend, including many that you may never even heard of, depending where you live.
Did you know, for example, that there was a Skunk Festival (Review) in North Ridgeville? How about a Whitetail Deer Festival (Review) in Rarden?
In any case, if you like critters, you should also consider Woofstock (Review) in Chagrin Falls. You don’t even need to have a dog.
If you love art, it’s a great weekend for you as there are plenty of great art festivals this weekend, including Cleveland’s Waterloo Art Fest (Review) in the Collinwood area, the Black Swamp Arts Festival (Review) in Bowling Green, the Art in Park Festival (Review) in Kent, the Port Middletown Arts Festival (Review) in Middletown, the Berea Arts Festival (Review), the Art and Artisans Festival (Review) in Bedford, the Vinoklet Art and Wine Festival in Cincinnati, the FestiFair Arts and Craft Festival in Marysville, and Art Fair in the Square in Oberlin.
Hungry, festival fans?
The Cultural Festivals are plentiful with Greek Festivals in Dayton (Review) and Toledo (Review), a Hungarian Festival (Review) in Hiram, an Italian Festa (Review) in Kettering, and German Oktoberfests in Kent, Columbus (Review), Berea (Review), Vandalia, and Springboro (Review).
But there are also many Food Festivals beyond the Popcorn Fests mentioned above, including festivals that celebrate Tomatoes (Review), Potatoes (Review), Honey (Review), Apples (Review), Corn (Review), Fish and Shrimp (Review), and Perch.
Buon Appetito!
And still there are many festivals to consider:
- Hot Times in Columbus
- Napoleon Fall Fest
- Lakewood Community Festival (Review)
- Ohio River Sternwheel Festival in Marietta (Review)
- Thunder on the Strip in Geneva-on-the-Lake
- Pioneer Days in Kalida
This is still not all of the festivals, Ohio, so go through the festival listings below and be sure to check out Festival Reviews and the Map.
And, if you’re near the State Line or plan on traveling out of Ohio this weekend, then you can always check out this week’s post at my sister site Festival Guides and Reviews – https://festivalguidesandreviews.com/festival-weekend-091023
Have a wonderful weekend, Ohio!
Until next week…
Love, Peace and Festival Grease!
Ohio Festival Weekend: September 7-10, 2023
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MAP of festival and fair food cities this weekend.
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My Experiences of this Weekend’s Festivals
9/9-9/10 – Beavercreek Popcorn Festival – Beavercreek – My Review
9/9-9/10 – Art and Artisans Festival (formerly Weekend of the Pooka) – Bedford – My Review
9/9-9/10 – Pioneer Days – Bellevue – My Review
9/10 – Berea Arts Fest – Berea – My Review
9/8-9/9 – Cleveland Oktoberfest II – Berea/Middleburg Heights – My Review
9/8-9/10 – Black Swamp Arts Festival – Bowling Green – My Review
9/9-9/10 – Yankee Peddler Festival I – Canal Fulton – My Review
9/10 – Woofstock – Chagrin Falls – My Review
9/6-9/10 – Asian Lantern Festival at the Cleveland Zoo X – Cleveland – My Review
9/9 – Waterloo Arts Fest – Cleveland – My Review
9/8-9/10 – Columbus Oktoberfest – Columbus – My Review
9/8-9/10 – Hot Times Festival – Columbus – My Review
9/8-9/10 – Dayton Greek Festival – Dayton – My Review
9/6-9/9 – Fredericktown Tomato Show – Fredericktown – My Review
9/9 – Hot Licks Bluesfest – Granville – My Review
9/10 – Hungarian Fall Festival – Hiram – My Review
9/9-9/10 – Art in the Park Festival – Kent – My Review
9/8-9/10 – Italian Fall Festa – Kettering – My Review
9/9 – Lakewood Community Festival – Lakewood – My Review
9/8-9/9 – Lithopolis Honeyfest – Lithopolis – My Review
9/8-9/10 – Mantua Potato Festival – Mantua – My Review
9/7-9/9 – Marion Popcorn Festival – Marion – My Review
9/8-9/10 – Ohio River Sternwheel Festival – Marietta – My Review
9/9 – Port Middletown Arts Festival – Middletown – My Review
9/8-9/10 – New Paris Applefest – New Paris – My Review
9/9 – Skunkfest – North Ridgeville – My Review
9/8-9/10 – Rarden Whitetail Deer Festival – Rarden – My Review
9/8-9/10 – Salt Creek Valley Festival – Richmond Dale – My Review
9/7-9/9 – Pony Wagon Days – St. Paris – My Review
9/8-9/9 – Springboro Oktoberfest – Springboro – My Review
9/8-9/10 – South Vienna Corn Festival – South Vienna – My Review
9/8-9/10 – Greek-American Festival – Toledo – My Review
9/9-9/10 – Toledo Lighthouse Waterfront Festival – Toledo – My Review
9/9 – Ohio Fish and Shrimp Festival I – Urbana – My Review
9/9-9/10 – Ohio Renaissance Festival II – Waynesville – My Review
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OHIO FAIRS AND SHOWS
9/1-9/7 – Fulton County Fair – Wauseon
9/2-9/5 – Washington County Fair – Marietta
9/3-9/9 – Highland County Fair – Hillsboro
9/4-9/10 – Belmont County Fair – St. Clairsville
9/5-9/9 – Morgan County Fair – McConnelsville
9/5-9/10 – Hardin County Fair – Kenton
9/6-9/10 – Albany Independent Fair – Albany
9/7-9/9 – Antique and Classic Bicycle, Motorbike and Motorscooter Show and Swap Meet – Hartville
9/7-9/10 – Harvest Home Fair – Cheviot
9/8-9/9 – Cruisin’ by the Bay – Sandusky
9/8-9/10* – Lorain County Piecemakers Quilt Guild Quilt Show – Oberlin – CANCELLED
9/8-9/10 – The Columbus Dispatch Fall Home & Garden Fall Show – Columbus
Weekend continues below…
9/9 – Harvest Festival at Barberton Moose #759 – Barberton
9/9 – Westwood Art Show – Cincinnati
9/9 – Art in the Park – Put-in-Bay
9/9 – South Lebanon Car Show – South Lebanon
9/9-9/10 – Old Construction and Mining Equipment Show/Appalachian Ohio Antique Power Club Fall Gathering – New Athens
9/9-9/10 – Body Mind Spirit Expo – Columbus
9/9-9/10 – Crafts in the Park – Ashtabula
9/9-9/14 – Wayne County Fair – Wooster
Weekend continues below…
9/9-9/16 – Williams County Fair – Montpelier
9/10 – Molto Bella Auto Show – Akron
9/10 – Corvette Gathering – Lancaster
9/10 – Cin City Reptile Show – West Chester
9/10 – Kiwanis Club of Mariemont Art and Craft Fair – Cincinnati
9/10 – Columbus Paper, Postcard, and Book Show – Columbus
9/10 – Avon Fall Avant-Garde Art and Craft Show – Avon
OHIO FESTIVALS
9/6 – The Slovene Home Carnival – Cleveland
9/6-9/9 – Ohio Hill Country Festival – Wellston
9/6-9/9 – Fredericktown Tomato Show – Fredericktown – My Review
9/6-9/10 – Asian Lantern Festival at the Cleveland Zoo X – Cleveland – My Review
9/7-9/8 – Downtown Canton Music Fest – Canton
9/7-9/9 – Columbiana Street Fair – Columbiana
9/7-9/9 – Grandview Heights Ox Roast – Columbus
9/7-9/9 – Pony Wagon Days – St. Paris – My Review
9/7-9/9 – Marion Popcorn Festival – Marion – My Review
9/7-9/10 – Pioneer Days – Kalida
Weekend continues below…
9/7-9/10 – Thunder on the Strip – Geneva-on-the-Lake
9/8 – Momentum Festival I – Toledo
9/8-9/9 – Racine’s Party in the Park – Racine
9/8-9/9 – Champaign County Balloon Fest – Urbana
9/8-9/9 – Terror Town II – Williamsburg
9/8-9/9 – Berlin Harvest Festival and Rib Cook Off – Berlin
9/8-9/9 – Vandalia Oktoberfest – Vandalia
9/8-9/9 – German Central’s Oktoberfest – Parma
9/8-9/9 – 934 Fest – Columbus
9/8-9/9 – Cleveland Oktoberfest II – Berea/Middleburg Heights – My Review
9/8-9/9 – Springboro Oktoberfest – Springboro – My Review
Weekend continues below…
9/8-9/9 – Lithopolis Honeyfest – Lithopolis – My Review
9/8-9/10 – Rubber City Jazz and Blues Festival – Akron
9/8-9/10 – Greek-American Festival – Toledo – My Review
9/8-9/10 – St. Saviour Fall Festival – Cincinnati
9/8-9/10 – Perch and Pilsner Festival – Conneaut
9/8-9/10 – St. Saviour Fall Festival – Cincinnati
9/8-9/10 – Macedonian Festival – Reynoldsburg
9/8-9/10 – Clinton County Corn Festival – Wilmington
9/8-9/10 – Ohio River Sternwheel Festival – Marietta – My Review
9/8-9/10 – Mantua Potato Festival – Mantua – My Review
Weekend continues below…
9/8-9/10 – Hot Times Festival – Columbus – My Review
9/8-9/10 – St. Clement Festival and Pig Roast – Cincinnati
9/8-9/10 – Dayton Greek Festival – Dayton – My Review
9/8-9/10 – Lyndhurst Home Day – Lyndhurst
9/8-9/10 – South Vienna Corn Festival – South Vienna – My Review
9/8-9/10 – New Paris Applefest – New Paris – My Review
9/8-9/10 – St. Susanna Family Festival – Mason
9/8-9/10 – Salt Creek Valley Festival – Richmond Dale – My Review
9/8-9/10 – Black Swamp Arts Festival – Bowling Green – My Review
9/8-9/10 – German Family Society Oktoberfest – Kent
9/8-9/10 – Italian Fall Festa – Kettering – My Review
Weekend continues below…
9/8-9/10 – Columbus Oktoberfest – Columbus – My Review
9/8-9/10 – Rarden Whitetail Deer Festival – Rarden – My Review
9/8-9/10 – Vinoklet Art and Wine Festival – Cincinnati
9/9 – Gathering of the Guilds – Cincinnati
9/9 – Copley Fire and Rescue Association Food Truck Festival – Copley
9/9 – Railroad Heritage Festival – Bradford
9/9 – Cleveland Dragon Boat Festival – Lorain – A Friend’s Review
9/9 – Waterloo Arts Fest – Cleveland – My Review
9/9 – Ohio is for Lovers Festival – Cincinnati
9/9 – Canfield Fall Festival – Canfield
9/9 – Serenity Jam – Cincinnati
9/9 – The Kent Flea and Makers Market V – Kent
9/9 – Montgomery Soil and Water Conservation District Fall Farm Fest – Brookville
Weekend continues below…
9/9 – Dave Brown Designs Fall Festival – Hicksville
9/9 – Septemberfest – Madison
9/9 – Parkstock Music Festival – Lodi
9/9 – Ales for Tails – Hamilton
9/9 – FestiFair Arts & Crafts Festival – Marysville
9/9 – Port Middletown Arts Festival – Middletown – My Review
9/9 – Lakewood Community Festival – Lakewood – My Review
9/9 – Fresh Fest Cleveland – Cleveland
9/9 – Queen of the Hills Street Festival – Cincinnati
Weekend continues below…
9/9 – Farmersville Farm Day – Farmersville
9/9 – Versailles MusicFest – Versailles
9/9 – Hot Licks Bluesfest – Granville – My Review
9/9 – Mentor-on-the-Lake Fall Festival – Mentor-on-the-Lake
9/9 – Napoleon Fall Festival – Napoleon
9/9 – Sips and Swigs – Cleveland
9/9 – Vinska Trgatev Wine Festival – Geneva
9/9 – Harbor Hogs and Hot Rods – Fairport Harbor
9/9 – Skunkfest – North Ridgeville – My Review
9/9 – Fall Fest – Dayton
9/9 – Ohio Fish and Shrimp Festival I – Urbana – My Review
Weekend continues below…
9/9 – Marigold Festival – Huber Heights
9/9 – Troy, Ohio PorchFest – Troy
9/9 – Art Fair in the Square – Oberlin
9/9* – Ohio River Revival – Ironton – CANCELLED
9/9 – Lutheran Oktoberfest – Brooklyn
9/9 – Dayton Nurseries Fall Family Day – Norton
9/9 – Patriot Salute – Dayton
9/9 – Village Green Car Show – Fairfield
9/9-9/10 – Art in the Park Festival – Kent – My Review
9/9-9/10 – Art and Artisans Festival (formerly Weekend of the Pooka) – Bedford – My Review
9/9-9/10 – Beavercreek Popcorn Festival – Beavercreek – My Review
Weekend continues below…
9/9-9/10 – Eagle Creek Woodland Pow Wow and Gathering – Findlay
9/9-9/10 – Pioneer Days – Bellevue – My Review
9/9-9/10 – Mystics and Marvels: A Faire of Unusual Things – Hilliard
9/9-9/10 – Fall Festival Weekends at White House Fruit Farm I – Canfield
9/9-9/10 – Toledo Lighthouse Waterfront Festival – Toledo – My Review
9/9-9/10 – Yankee Peddler Festival I – Canal Fulton – My Review
9/9-9/10 – Ohio Renaissance Festival II – Waynesville – My Review
9/10 – Berea Arts Fest – Berea – My Review
9/10 – Hungarian Fall Festival – Hiram – My Review
9/10 – Woofstock – Chagrin Falls – My Review
AKRON-CANTON FESTIVALS
9/7-9/8 – Downtown Canton Music Fest – Canton
9/8-9/10 – Rubber City Jazz and Blues Festival – Akron
9/9 – Dayton Nurseries Fall Family Day – Norton
9/9 – Copley Fire and Rescue Association Food Truck Festival – Copley
9/9-9/10 – Yankee Peddler Festival I – Canal Fulton – My Review
CINCINNATI FESTIVALS
9/8-9/9 – Terror Town II – Williamsburg
9/8-9/10 – Vinoklet Art and Wine Festival – Cincinnati
9/8-9/10 – St. Saviour Fall Festival – Cincinnati
9/8-9/10 – St. Susanna Family Festival – Mason
9/8-9/10 – St. Saviour Fall Festival – Cincinnati
9/8-9/10 – St. Clement Festival and Pig Roast – Cincinnati
9/9 – Ohio is for Lovers Festival – Cincinnati
9/9 – Ales for Tails – Hamilton
9/9 – Gathering of the Guilds – Cincinnati
9/9 – Serenity Jam – Cincinnati
9/9 – Queen of the Hills Street Festival – Cincinnati
9/9 – Village Green Car Show – Fairfield
9/9 – Port Middletown Arts Festival – Middletown – My Review
9/9-9/10 – Ohio Renaissance Festival II – Waynesville – My Review
CLEVELAND FESTIVALS
9/6 – The Slovene Home Carnival – Cleveland
9/6-9/10 – Asian Lantern Festival at the Cleveland Zoo X – Cleveland – My Review
9/8-9/9 – Cleveland Oktoberfest II – Berea/Middleburg Heights – My Review
9/8-9/9 – German Central’s Oktoberfest – Parma
9/8-9/10 – German Family Society Oktoberfest – Kent
9/8-9/10 – Mantua Potato Festival – Mantua – My Review
9/8-9/10 – Lyndhurst Home Day – Lyndhurst
9/9 – Waterloo Arts Fest – Cleveland – My Review
9/9 – Sips and Swigs – Cleveland
9/9 – Septemberfest – Madison
9/9 – Parkstock Music Festival – Lodi
9/9 – Lutheran Oktoberfest – Brooklyn
9/9 – The Kent Flea and Makers Market V – Kent
Weekend continues below…
9/9 – Harbor Hogs and Hot Rods – Fairport Harbor
9/9 – Fresh Fest Cleveland – Cleveland
9/9 – Art Fair in the Square – Oberlin
9/9 – Lakewood Community Festival – Lakewood – My Review
9/9 – Mentor-on-the-Lake Fall Festival – Mentor-on-the-Lake
9/9 – Cleveland Dragon Boat Festival – Lorain – A Friend’s Review
9/9 – Skunkfest – North Ridgeville – My Review
9/9-9/10 – Art in the Park Festival – Kent – My Review
9/9-9/10 – Art and Artisans Festival (formerly Weekend of the Pooka) – Bedford – My Review
9/10 – Hungarian Fall Festival – Hiram – My Review
9/10 – Berea Arts Fest – Berea – My Review
9/10 – Woofstock – Chagrin Falls – My Review
COLUMBUS FESTIVALS
9/7-9/9 – Grandview Heights Ox Roast – Columbus
9/8-9/9 – Lithopolis Honeyfest – Lithopolis – My Review
9/8-9/9 – 934 Fest – Columbus
9/8-9/10 – Macedonian Festival – Reynoldsburg
9/9 – Hot Licks Bluesfest – Granville – My Review
9/9 – FestiFair Arts & Crafts Festival – Marysville
9/9-9/10 – Mystics and Marvels: A Faire of Unusual Things – Hilliard
9/8-9/10 – Hot Times Festival – Columbus – My Review
9/8-9/10 – Columbus Oktoberfest – Columbus – My Review
DAYTON FESTIVALS
9/8-9/9 – Vandalia Oktoberfest – Vandalia
9/8-9/9 – Springboro Oktoberfest – Springboro – My Review
9/8-9/10 – Dayton Greek Festival – Dayton – My Review
9/8-9/10 – Italian Fall Festa – Kettering – My Review
9/9 – Marigold Festival – Huber Heights
9/9 – Fall Fest – Dayton
9/9 – Patriot Salute – Dayton
9/9 – Montgomery Soil and Water Conservation District Fall Farm Fest – Brookville
9/9-9/10 – Beavercreek Popcorn Festival – Beavercreek – My Review
TOLEDO FESTIVALS
9/8 – Momentum Festival I – Toledo
9/8-9/10 – Black Swamp Arts Festival – Bowling Green – My Review
9/9 – Napoleon Fall Festival – Napoleon
9/9-9/10 – Toledo Lighthouse Waterfront Festival – Toledo – My Review
ALABAMA
Alabama Festivals can be found at festivalguidesandreviews.com/alabama-festivals/
DELAWARE
Delaware Festivals can be found at festivalguidesandreviews.com/delaware-festivals/
FLORIDA
Florida Festivals can be found at festivalguidesandreviews.com/florida-festivals/
GEORGIA
Georgia Festivals can be found at festivalguidesandreviews.com/georgia-festivals/
ILLINOIS
Illinois Festivals can be found at festivalguidesandreviews.com/illinois-festivals/
INDIANA
Indiana Festivals can be found at festivalguidesandreviews.com/indiana-festivals/
KENTUCKY
Kentucky Festivals can be found at festivalguidesandreviews.com/kentucky-festivals/
MARYLAND/WASHINGTON, DC
Maryland/Washington DC Festivals can be found at festivalguidesandreviews.com/maryland-washington-dc-festivals/
MICHIGAN
Michigan Festivals can be found at festivalguidesandreviews.com/michigan-festivals/
MISSISSIPPI
Mississippi Festivals can be found at festivalguidesandreviews.com/mississippi-festivals/
NEW YORK
New York Festivals can be found at festivalguidesandreviews.com/new-york-festivals/
NORTH CAROLINA
North Carolina Festivals can be found at festivalguidesandreviews.com/north-carolina-festivals/
PENNSYLVANIA
Pennsylvania Festivals can be found at festivalguidesandreviews.com/pennsylvania-festivals/
SOUTH CAROLINA
South Carolina Festivals can be found at festivalguidesandreviews.com/south-carolina-festivals/
TENNESSEE
Tennessee Festivals can be found at festivalguidesandreviews.com/tennessee-festivals/
VIRGINIA
Virginia Festivals can be found at festivalguidesandreviews.com/west-virginia-festivals/
WEST VIRGINIA
Virginia Festivals can be found at festivalguidesandreviews.com/virginia-festivals/
WISCONSIN
Wisconsin Festivals can be found at festivalguidesandreviews.com/wisconsin-festivals/
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