Ohio's Festival Weekend: September 17-20, 2026

Another huge Ohio weekend with 136 Festivals and Shows!

Welcome back, festival fans.

It’s another weekend of over 130 festivals and shows!

If you didn’t get to festivals last weekend, Ohio’s giving you many more opportunities this weekend with plenty of winners.

Consider festivals like the…

Oktoberfest Zinzinnati, USA (Review) in Cincinnati
Clyde Fair (Review)
Dayton Hispanic Heritage Festival (Review)
Arts in the Alley (Review) in Grove City
FireFish Festival (Review) in Lorain
Harvest of the Arts (Review) in Wellington
Ohio Fish and Shrimp Festival (Review) in Urbana
Yankee Pedder (Review) in Canal Fulton
Centerburg Oldtime Farming Festival (Review)
Johnny Appleseed Festival in Lisbon
Oregon Ohio Honey Festival
Akron Latin Festival
Headlands Birding Festival in Mentor

And here are some returning classic festivals that I’ve been to…

…the Ohio Pawpaw Festival (Review) in Nelsonville (new location)…

…Backwoods Fest (Review) in Thornville…

…Roche de Boeuf Festival (Review) in Waterville…

…the Ohio Renaissance Festival (Review) in Waynesville…

…India Festival USA (Review) in Broadview Heights…

…Tremont Arts and Cultural Festival (Review) in Cleveland…

…the Columbus Zoo Lantern Festival (Review) in Powell…

…the Preble County Pork Festival (Review) in Eaton…

…the Great Mohican Indian Pow-Wow (Review) in Loudonville…

…the Tiffin Seneca Heritage Festival (Review) in Tiffin…

…and many more!

I hope to see you at some festivals this weekend!

Be sure to go through the list and check the map for festivals around you (even in another state).

There’s a lot going on, Ohio, and there will be more next weekend, so be sure to Subscribe for new posts.

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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-092026
South: https://festivalguidesandreviews.com/south-festival-weekend-092026
West: https://festivalguidesandreviews.com/west-festival-weekend-092026

Have a great weekend, Ohio!

Until next week…

Love, Peace and Festival Grease!

Ohio Festival Weekend: September 17-20, 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

9/17-9/19 – Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church Greek Festival – Akron – My Review
9/19-9/20 – Burnham Orchards Fall Harvest Weekends I – Berlin Heights – My Review
9/19 – India Festival USA – Broadview Heights – My Review
9/19-9/20 – Yankee Peddler Festival II – Canal Fulton – My Review
9/19-9/20 – Centerburg Oldtime Farming Festival – Centerburg – My Review

9/20 – Woofstock – Chagrin Falls – My Review
9/17-9/20 – Oktoberfest Zinzinnati, USA – Cincinnati – My Review
9/19 – Tremont Arts and Cultural Festival – Cleveland – My Review
9/18-9/20 – Clyde Fair – Clyde – My Review
9/19 – Hispanic Heritage Festival – Dayton – My Review

9/19-9/20 – Preble County Pork Festival – Eaton – My Review
9/18-9/20 – Elyria Apple Festival – Elyria – My Review
9/18-9/20 – Arts in the Alley – Grove City – My Review
9/18-9/19 – Lions Club Fall Festival – Jamestown – My Review
9/19 – FireFish Festival – Lorain – My Review

9/19 – Lorain IAV Festa – Lorain – My Review
9/18-9/20 – The Great Mohican Indian Pow-Wow – Loudonville – My Review
9/19 – Mason Heritage Festival – Mason – My Review
9/18-9/20 – Lake Loramie Fall Festival – Minster – My Review
9/18-9/19 – St. Augustine Turtle Fest – Napoleon – My Review

9/18-9/20 – Ohio Pawpaw Festival – Nelsonville – My Review
9/17-9/20 – Columbus Zoo Lantern Festival V – Powell – My Review
9/18-9/20 – Backwoods Fest – Thornville – My Review
9/18-9/20 – Tiffin Seneca Heritage Festival – Tiffin – My Review
9/19 – Ohio Fish and Shrimp Festival II – Urbana – My Review

9/19 – Roche de Boeuf Festival – Waterville – My Review
9/19-9/20 – Ohio Renaissance Festival III – Waynesville – My Review
9/20 – Harvest of the Arts – Wellington – My Review

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OHIO FAIRS AND SHOWS

9/12-9/17 – Wayne County Fair – Wooster
9/12-9/19 – Williams County Fair – Montpelier
9/14-9/19- Hocking County Fair – Logan
9/14-9/19 – Guernsey County Fair – Old Washington
9/14-9/19 – Wyandot County Fair – Upper Sandusky
9/16-9/19 – Bellville Street Fair – Bellville
9/17-9/19 – Cincinnati Tackle Trade Days II – Mason
9/17-9/20 – WACO Fly-IN – Troy
9/18-9/19 – September Art Market at Screw Factory – Lakewood
9/18-9/20 – Carroll County Antique Collectors Club Power Show – Carrollton
9/18-9/20 – GemStreet USA – Middleburg Heights
9/18-9/20 – Springfield Antiques Show and Flea Market Spectacular: Fall – Springfield
9/18-9/20 – Artomatic 419 – Toledo
Weekend continues below…

9/18-9/20 – LaGrange Engine Show – Wellington
9/19 – Dahlia Festival – Andover
9/19 – Canfield Fall Market on the Green – Canfield
9/19 – Fremont Poultry Club Young Bird Show – Fremont
9/19 – Fall into Autumn Craft and Vendor Show – Strongsville
9/19-9/20 – Old Iron Power Club Antique Power Show – Caldwell
9/19-9/20 – Sacred Journey Market: Dark Market – Cincinnati
9/19-9/20 – Homestead Market on Creek – Clarksville
9/19-9/20 – Finds on the Farm Fall Craft Show – Liberty Township
9/19-9/20 – Moon City Poultry Club Show – Wapakoneta
9/19-9/20 – A Wool Gathering – Yellow Springs
9/19-9/26 – Delaware County Fair – Delaware
9/20 – Columbus Coin Show – Hilliard
9/20 – Columbus Fall Avant-Garde Art & Craft Show – Hilliard
9/20 – Cleveland Reptile Show & Sale – Medina
9/20 – Harvest of the Arts – Wellington – My Review
9/20-9/26 – Ashland County Fair – Ashland

OHIO FESTIVALS

9/17-9/19 – Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church Greek Festival – Akron – My Review
9/17-9/19 – Crestline Harvest Festival – Crestline
9/17-9/19 – Mohican Bluegrass Festival – Glenmont
9/17-9/19 – SkinnyFest Bluegrass Festival – West Union
9/17-9/20 – Oktoberfest Zinzinnati, USA – Cincinnati – My Review
9/17-9/20 – Old Fashioned Canal Days – Delphos
9/17-9/20 – Farm Club Old Machinery Club Show – Morrow
9/17-9/20 – Old Timers Day Festival – Peebles
9/17-9/20 – Columbus Zoo Lantern Festival V – Powell – My Review
9/18 – Forager’s Fest – Milford
9/18-9/19 – Columbus Serbian Festival – Columbus
9/18-9/19 – Our Lady of Peace Fall Festival – Columbus
9/18-9/19 – Family Fall Fun Fest – Cortland
9/18-9/19 – Felicity Gourd and Harvest Festival – Felicity
9/18-9/19 – Harvested Here Festival – Hillsboro
9/18-9/19 – Lions Club Fall Festival – Jamestown – My Review
9/18-9/19 – St. Augustine Turtle Fest – Napoleon – My Review
Weekend continues below…

9/18-9/19 – Sacrifest – New Carlisle
9/18-9/19 – New Vienna Oktoberfest – New Vienna
9/18-9/19 – Pickerington Oktoberfest – Pickerington
9/18-9/19 – Crocker Park Wine Festival – Westlake
9/18-9/19 – Cincinnati Fear Fest II – Williamsburg
9/18-9/20 – Lake Shore Park Rib Burn-Off – Ashtabula
9/18-9/20 – Clyde Fair – Clyde – My Review
9/18-9/20 – Germania Oktoberfest – Columbus
9/18-9/20 – Olde Towne East Jazz Festival – Columbus
9/18-9/20 – Cuyahoga Falls Oktoberfest – Cuyahoga Falls
9/18-9/20 – Elyria Apple Festival – Elyria – My Review
9/18-9/20 – Arts in the Alley – Grove City – My Review
9/18-9/20 – Hartford Apple Festival – Hartford Township
9/18-9/20 – Jack Pine Glass Pumpkin Festival – Laurelville
9/18-9/20 – Lordstown Apple Cider Festival – Lordstown
9/18-9/20 – The Great Mohican Indian Pow-Wow – Loudonville – My Review
9/18-9/20 – Headlands Birding Festival – Mentor
9/18-9/20 – Lake Loramie Fall Festival – Minster – My Review
Weekend continues below…

9/18-9/20 – Ohio Pawpaw Festival – Nelsonville – My Review
9/18-9/20 – St. Mary of the Annunciation International Festival – Portsmouth
9/18-9/20 – Our Lady of the Valley Septemberfest – Reading
9/18-9/20 – Backwoods Fest – Thornville – My Review
9/18-9/20 – Lost Lands Music Festival – Thornville
9/18-9/20 – Tiffin Seneca Heritage Festival – Tiffin – My Review
9/18-9/20 – Scarecrow Festival – Washington Court House
9/19 – Harvest and Herb Festival – Ada
9/19 – Akron Latin Festival – Akron
9/19 – Firestone Fest – Akron
9/19 – Bula Brewfest – Ashtabula
9/19 – Beer Fest and Hot Dog Diggity Dog Fest at The Greene – Beavercreek
9/19 – Smoke and Fire Festival – Bexley
9/19 – India Festival USA – Broadview Heights – My Review
9/19 – Brooklyn’s Community Fall Fest – Brooklyn
9/19 – Caledonia Festival on the Square – Caledonia
9/19 – Cardington Wine and Arts Festival – Cardington
9/19 – Food Truck Rally at Boardwalk Village – Celina
Weekend continues below…

9/19 – Downtown Chillicothe Oktoberfest – Chillicothe
9/19 –Anderson Park District’s A Fair of the Arts – Cincinnati
9/19 – Sips and Swigs – Cleveland
9/19 – Tremont Arts and Cultural Festival – Cleveland – My Review
9/19 – Northland Unity Festival – Columbus
9/19 – Coshocton Dog Fest – Coshocton
9/19 – Autumn Fest at Learning Tree Farm – Dayton
9/19 – Hispanic Heritage Festival – Dayton – My Review
9/19 – Garrettsville OktoberFest – Garrettsville
9/19 – Illumination Festival – Greenville
9/19 – Corn Stand Jam – Hamilton
9/19 – Fall Arts and Crafts Festival – Hartville
9/19 – Erie Metroparks Osborn Fall Fest – Huron
9/19 – Harvest Festival at Faith Ranch – Jewett
9/19 – Leipsic Main Street USA – Leipsic
9/19 – FireFish Festival – Lorain – My Review
9/19 – Lorain IAV Festa – Lorain – My Review
Weekend continues below…

9/19 – ManAfest: A Mansfield Arts Festival – Mansfield
9/19 – Mason Heritage Festival – Mason – My Review
9/19 – Honey Bee Festival – Middlefield
9/19 – Salt Rock Township Fireman’s Festival – Morral
9/19 – 720 September Market – North Canton
9/19 – Oregon Ohio Honey Festival – Oregon
9/19 – Oktoberfest Ottawa – Ottawa
9/19 – Oxtoberfest – Oxford
9/19 – Music on the Porches – Peninsula
9/19 – Rock Piqua Food Truck and Music Festival – Piqua
9/19 – Sharon Women’s Club Fall Fest – Sharon Center
9/19 – South Charleston Heritage Days Festival – South Charleston
9/19 – Moon Valley Country Fest – Tiro
9/19 – Ohio Fish and Shrimp Festival II – Urbana – My Review
9/19 – Roche de Boeuf Festival – Waterville – My Review
9/19-9/20 – Burnham Orchards Fall Harvest Weekends I – Berlin Heights – My Review
9/19-9/20 – Yankee Peddler Festival II – Canal Fulton – My Review
9/19-9/20 – Fall Festival Weekends at White House Fruit Farm II – Canfield
9/19-9/20 – Centerburg Oldtime Farming Festival – Centerburg – My Review
9/19-9/20 – Homestead Market on Creek – Clarksville
Weekend continues below…

9/19-9/20* – Chalk Festival – Cleveland – CANCELLED
9/19-9/20 – Red Wagon Farm Pumpkin Fest I – Columbia Station
9/19-9/20 – Preble County Pork Festival – Eaton – My Review
9/19-9/20 – Apple and Honey Harvest Weekend – Kirtland
9/19-9/20 – Johnny Appleseed Festival – Lisbon
9/19-9/20 – Pumpkin Days at Nickajack Farms II – North Lawrence
9/19-9/20 – The Muddy Maumee Book and Art Festival – Toledo
9/19-9/20 – Ohio Renaissance Festival III – Waynesville – My Review
9/19-9/20 – Waynesville Fall Fest I – Waynesville
9/20 – Beverly-Center Elementary Food Truck Fall Festival Craft and Vendor Show – Beverly
9/20 – Woofstock – Chagrin Falls – My Review
9/20 – Concours d’Elegance – Dayton
9/20 – Case-Barlow Farm Fall Fest – Hudson
9/20 – Grape Festival at SNPJ Farm – Kirtland
9/20 – Fall Greenhouse Gathering at Boyert’s – Medina
9/20 – DogFest North Central – New Albany
9/20 – Bauman Orchards Fall Festival I – Rittman

CINCINNATI FESTIVALS

9/17-9/20 – Oktoberfest Zinzinnati, USA – Cincinnati – My Review
9/18 – Forager’s Fest – Milford
9/18-9/19 – Cincinnati Fear Fest II – Williamsburg
9/18-9/20 – Our Lady of the Valley Septemberfest – Reading
9/19 –Anderson Park District’s A Fair of the Arts – Cincinnati
9/19 – Hispanic Heritage Festival – Dayton – My Review
9/19 – Corn Stand Jam – Hamilton
9/19 – Mason Heritage Festival – Mason – My Review
9/19 – Oxtoberfest – Oxford
9/19-9/20 – Ohio Renaissance Festival III – Waynesville – My Review
9/19-9/20 – Waynesville Fall Fest I – Waynesville
9/20 – Concours d’Elegance – Dayton

CLEVELAND FESTIVALS

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 – Red Wagon Farm Pumpkin Fest I – Columbia Station
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

COLUMBUS FESTIVALS

9/17-9/20 – Columbus Zoo Lantern Festival V – Powell – My Review
9/18-9/19 – Columbus Serbian Festival – Columbus
9/18-9/19 – Pickerington Oktoberfest – Pickerington
9/18-9/20 – Germania Oktoberfest – Columbus
9/18-9/20 – Olde Towne East Jazz Festival – Columbus
9/18-9/20 – Arts in the Alley – Grove City – My Review
9/18-9/20 – Hartford Apple Festival – Hartford Township
9/19 – Smoke and Fire Festival – Bexley
9/19 – Northland Unity Festival – Columbus

Do you notice festivals on the map beyond Ohio? Find them below!

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