Over 170 Festivals this Weekend: June 3-6, 2021| Ohio and Beyond

It’s a beautiful Festival Weekend, festival fans.

As I compiled this weekend’s festivals together, I was amazed by how many there actually were. Take a look at the map below and check out all the pins representing the festival cities. It’s amazing!

This weekend, there are about 170 festivals throughout the states with impressive amounts in Ohio (40), Illinois (20) and Michigan (22). Of course, there would usually be more than this in a pre-Covid first weekend of June, but this is probably the largest amount of in-person festivals I’ve seen since Covid and I can’t hide my smile for the upcoming summer and fall.

In Ohio, Pride Month is kicking off with festivals in Dayton, Findlay, Hamilton. There’s a Railroad Festival in Dennison, a re-do of the Walleye Festival in Port Clinton (last weekend, there was flooding), the Peony Festival in Van Wert, some Parish Festivals in Willowick, Concord Township, and Toledo, and a great looking Flea event in Peninsula. Some festivals are having smaller versions of themselves, such as the Strawberry Jam in Troy instead of their usual Strawberry Festival and St. Rocco’s in Cleveland is having a Mini Festival Drive Thru, where they’ll be selling their famous zeppoli and sausage sandwiches.

So be sure to look at the full list below and check out some of my reviews if you’re interested in visiting a festival.

In the other states, here are some of the highlights…

Florida: Wellborn Blueberry Festival, Key West Pride Street Fair, Chiefland Watermelon Festival

Georgia: Georgia Peach Festival (Fort Valley/Byron), Columbus Georgia LGBT Pride Festival (Columbus)

Illinois: Rhubarb Festival (Aledo), Homewood Artisan Street Fair, International Horseradish Festival (Collinsville)

Indiana: Vintage Indiana Wine Festival (Indianapolis), Strawberry Days (Metamora), Monon Food Fest

Kentucky: Poke Sallet Festival (Harlan), Wine and Cheese Tasting Festival (Bardstown)

Michigan: Hippie Fest (Trufant), Swartz Creek Hometown Days, St. Clair Beer and Wine Festival

New York: June StrOrlean (Orlean), Stueben County Dairy Festival (Bath)

Pennsylvania: Polkafest (Johnstown), Canal Days Festival (Saltsburg), FUNKy FEST (Gibbon Glade)

Tennessee: Neddy Jacob Days (Lebanon), Folk Medicine Festival (Red Boiling Springs)

West Virginia: Mountain Music Festival (Minden), West Virginia Renaissance Festival (Lewisburg)

Wisconsin: Great Wisconsin Cheese Festival (Little Chute), June Dairy Days (West Salem), Loop Day (Burlington)

All these festivals and more are listed below with a wonderful map to help you see where the festivals are happening.

Have a wonderful weekend, everyone! Go out and explore.

Love, Peace and Funnel Cake Grease!

June 3-6, 2021 Weekend

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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

6/5 – SMART Mac N Cheese Throwdown – Berea/Middleburg Heights– My Review – USUALLY IN FEBRUARY

6/3-6/5 – Canton Greek Fest – Canton – My Review – DRIVE THRU

6/2-6/5 – Dennison Railroad Festival – Dennison – My Review

6/3-6/6 – Port Clinton Walleye Festival – Port Clinton – My Review – USUALLY MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND

6/5-6/6* – Troy Strawberry Festival – Troy – My Review – STRAWBERRY JAM VERSION 6/4-6/5

6/5 – Hippie Fest – Trufant, MICHIGAN – My Review

6/4-6/5 – Music & Ribfest – Wooster – My Review

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OHIO

6/1 – Something Russian Festival – Mogadore – PICKUP (USUALLY IN OCTOBER)
6/2 – ArtCoz Street Fair at Secrest – Zanesville
6/2-6/5 – Dennison Railroad Festival – Dennison – My Review
6/2-6/6 – Colossalcon – Sandusky
6/3-6/5 – Canton Greek Fest – Canton – My Review – DRIVE THRU
6/3-6/6 – Port Clinton Walleye Festival – Port Clinton – My Review – USUALLY MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND
6/3-6/6 – Pyro Arts and Music Festival – Garrettsville
6/3-6/6 – Community Days – Jackson Center
6/3-6/6 – Frontier Days – Milford
6/3-6/6 – St. Mary Magdalene Homecoming Festival – Willowick
6/3-6/6* – St. Gabriel Summer Festival – Concord Township – PARISH FESTIVAL 6/5
6/3-6/6 – Most Blessed Sacrament Parish Festival – Toledo – MODIFIED VERSION (SUMMERFEST)
6/4-6/5 – Valley Vineyards Wine and Beer Festival – Morrow
6/4-6/5 – Dayton Gay Pride Festival – Dayton
6/4-6/5 – Spirit of Macedonia FunFest – Macedonia
6/4-6/5 – Music & Ribfest – Wooster – My Review
6/4-6/6 – Summerfair Cincinnati – Cincinnati
6/4-6/6 – St. Rocco Mini Festival – Cleveland – DRIVE THRU
6/4-6/6 – “You Are My Sunshine” Vintage Market Days – Tallmadge
6/4-6/6 – Peony Festival – Van Wert
6/4-6/6 – Cincinnati Fringe Festival I – Cincinnati
6/4-6/6 – Knights of Columbus Picnic – Coldwater
6/4-6/6 – Valley View Trade Days I – Senecaville
6/4-6/6 – State Line Gem and Mineral Society Show – Wauseon
6/5 – Summer Splash Craft and Vendor Show – Elyria
6/5 – Mt. Sterling Community Center Spring Bazaar – Mt. Sterling
6/5 – Old Firehouse Winery Arts and Crafts Show – Geneva-on-the-Lake
6/5 – Tiffin Art Festival – Tiffin
6/5 – Caesar Ford Summer Fest – Xenia
6/5 – Hamilton Ohio Pride Festival – Hamilton
6/5 – Railroad Heritage Festival – Bradford
6/5* – Newark Ohio Pride Festival – Newark – MOVED TO 10/2
6/5 – Tempting Fête – Columbus
6/5 – Pride in the Park – Findlay
6/5 – Peninsula Flea at Heritage Farms I – Peninsula
6/5 – SMART Mac N Cheese Throwdown – Berea/Middleburg Heights– My Review – USUALLY IN FEBRUARY
6/5-6/6 – Art in the Village with Craft Marketplace – Lyndhurst
6/5-6/6 – LOCC Spring Festival Car Show and Swap Meet – Lancaster
6/5-6/6 – Maple and Main Art Fair – Sylvania
6/5-6/6 – Ohio Valley Frontier Days – Steubenville
6/5-6/6 – The Ohio Valley Indigenous Music Festival – Springboro
6/5-6/6* – Troy Strawberry Festival – Troy – My Review – STRAWBERRY JAM VERSION 6/4-6/5
6/6 – Bath Art Festival – Akron

FLORIDA

6/3-6/7* – Girls in Wonderland – Orlando – MOVED TO 10/14-10/18
6/4-6/5 – Unwined – Panama City Beach – USUALLY IN MARCH
6/4-6/6 – Gulf Coast Jam – Panama City Beach – USUALLY IN MARCH
6/5 – Wellborn Blueberry Festival – Wellborn
6/5 – Key West Pride Street Fair – Key West
6/5 – Chiefland Watermelon Festival – Chiefland
6/5 – (Post Pandemic) Jax Veg Fest – Jacksonville – USUALLY IN MARCH
6/5-6/6 – Cocoa Beach Uncorked – Cocoa Beach
6/5-6/6 – Savor SoFlo Festival – Hollywood Beach
6/6* – Jacksonville BBQ Festival – Jacksonville – MOVED TO 9/26
6/6 – Jacksonville Brunch and Bloody Mary Festival – Jacksonville

GEORGIA

6/4-6/5 – Georgia Blueberry Festival – Alma
6/4-6/5 – Columbus Geogia LGBT Pride Festival – Columbus
6/4-6/5* – Georgia Sea Islands Festival – St. Simons Island – ONLY TASTE OF GULLAH 6/4
6/4-6/5 – Georgia Peach Festival I – Fort Valley/Byron
6/4-6/6* – North Georgia Highlands Seafood and Wine Festival – Young Harris – MOVED TO 8/27-8/29
6/5 – The Summer Food Truck Festival – Metter
6/5-6/6 – Penny McHenry Hydrangea Festival – Douglasville
6/5-6/6 – The Georgia Renaissance Festival VI – Fairburn
6/5-6/6 – Flying Colors Butterfly Festival – Roswell

ILLINOIS

6/3-6/5 – Neoga Days – Neoga
6/3-6/5 – Galatia Lions Old Settlers Days – Galatia
6/3-6/5 – Moweaqua Pow Wow Spring Festival – Moweaqua
6/3-6/6 – Harvard Milk Days – Harvard – MOVED TO 10/16-10/17
6/4-6/5 – Rhubarb Festival – Aledo
6/4-6/5 – The International Horseradish Festival – Collinsville
6/4-6/5 – Camp du Bois June Rendezvous – Wood River
6/4-6/5* – Legacy of Giving Music (LoG) Festival – Springfield – MOVED TO 7/2-7/3
6/4-6/5 – Homewood Artisan Street Fair – Homewood
6/4-6/6* – Lincoln Park Greek Fest – Chicago – MOVED TO 9/10-9/12
6/4-6/6 – Milledgeville Village Jamboree – Milledgeville
6/4-6/6* – Spring Awakening – Chicago – MOVED TO 10/2-10/3
6/4-6/6 – Sodbuster Days – Good Hope
6/4-6/6* – Horizon Hobby RC Fest – Monticello – MOVED TO 9/10-9/11
6/4-6/6 – Cogs and Corsets: A Steampunk Happening – Bloomington
6/5 – Elmwood Strawberry Festival – Elmwood
6/5* – Grayslake Craft Beer Festival – Grayslake – MOVED TO 9/18
6/5 – Catlin Strawberry Festival – Catlin
6/5 – Brothers’ Field Food and Wine Festival – Long Grove
6/5* – Highwood Pride Festival – Highwood – MOVED TO 8/14
6/5 – Chicago BBQ, Boots and Bourbon Fest – Lombard
6/5-6/6* – WingOut Chicago – Chicago – MOVED TO 10/2-10/3
6/5-6/6 – Lincoln Days Civil War Reenactment – Pittsfield
6/5-6/6 – Lincolnshire Art Festival – Lincolnshire
6/5-6/6 – Ottawa Uncorked (formerly 2 Rivers Wine Fest) – Ottawa
6/5-6/6 – Hinsdale Fine Arts Festival – Hinsdale
6/5-6/6* – Fort de Chartres June Rendezvous – Prairie du Rocher – MOVED TO 9/11-9/12
6/5-6/6* – Printer’s Row Lit Fest – Chicago – MOVED TO 9/11-9/12
6/6 – Starved Rock Center Celebration – Ottawa

INDIANA

6/3-6/5 – St. Simon Festival – Indianapolis
6/3-6/5 – Mentone Egg Festival – Mentone
6/4 – Taste of Shelby County – Shelbyville
6/4 – Strawberry Festival – Kokomo
6/4 – Covington Street Festival – Covington
6/4-6/5 – Hoosier Hills Fiber Festival – Franklin
6/4-6/5 – St. Gabriel International Festival – Indianapolis
6/4-6/6* – Wilbur Wright Birthplace Festival – Hagerstown – MOVED TO 9/18
6/4-6/6* – Campbellsburg Country Festival (or the All-American Country Hoedown Festival) – Campbellsburg – MOVED TO 9/10-9/12
6/4-6/6 – Merom Bluff Chautauqua Festival – Merom
6/4-6/6 – St. Therese Little Flower (of the Infant Jesus) Summerfest – Indianapolis
6/4-6/6 – Rosedale Strawberry Festival – Rosedale
6/5 – Juneteenth Community Celebration – Indianapolis
6/5 – Hometown Country Jam Music Festival – Hobart
6/5 – Vintage Indiana Wine Festival – Indianapolis
6/5 – Monon Food Fest – Monon
6/5 – Earth Day Indiana Festival – Indianapolis – USUALLY IN APRIL
6/5 – Not so “Frigid Digits” Winter Beer Fest – Indianapolis – USUALLY IN FEBRUARY
6/5-6/6 – Strawberry Days – Metamora
6/5-6/6 – Lebanon Summer Fest – Lebanon
6/5-6/6 – Village Art Fair – Winona Lake
6/6-6/13* – Germanfest – Fort Wayne – DRIVE THRU 6/12

KENTUCKY

6/3-6/5 – Poke Sallet Festival – Harlan
6/3-6/5 – Hillview City Fair – Hillview
6/5 – Art in the Garden – Augusta
6/5 – Foodstock: A Food Truck Festival – Somerset
6/5 – Wine and Cheese Tasting Festival – Bardstown
6/5-6/6 – Kentucky Highland Renaissance Festival I – Eminence
6/6 – Northern Kentucky Pride Festival – Covington

MICHIGAN

6/3-6/6 – Aldo Leopold Festival – Cedarville
6/3-6/6 – Carson City Frontier Days – Carson City
6/3-6/6 – – Swartz Creek Hometown Days – Swartz Creek
6/3-6/6 – Curwood Festival – Owosso
6/3-6/6 – Kalamazoo Institute of Arts Fair – Kalamazoo – VIRTUAL
6/4 – Sturgeon Festival – Port Huron – REIMAGINED VERSION
6/4-6/5 – Krusin’ Klassics Fun Run – Escanaba
6/4-6/5 – The Original Michigan Lavender Festival – Imlay City
6/4-6/6 – Center Line Independence Festival – Center Line
6/4-6/6 – Festival of the Arts – Grand Rapids
6/4-6/6 – Bark on Biddle – Wyandotte
6/4-6/6 – Gypsy Goddess Festival – Allegan
6/4-6/6 – Islandfest – Grosse Ile
6/4-6/6 – Lilac Festival – Barryton
6/5 – Kirtland’s Warbler Festival – Roscommon – VIRTUAL
6/5 – Hippie Fest – Trufant – My Review
6/5 – Warren Food Truck Rally – Warren
6/5 – Romanian American Heritage Festival – Dearborn Heights – MODIFIED
6/5 – St. Clair Beer and Wine Festival – St. Clair
6/5-6/6 – Lyon Township International Kite Festival – New Hudson
6/5-6/6* – Motor City Pride – Detroit – MOVED TO 9/18-9/19
6/6 – Blessing of the Bikes in Hell – Hell
6/6 – The Vintage Market presents: Home Sweet Home – Monroe

NEW YORK

6/4 – June StrOlean – Olean
6/4-6/5 – New York State Yoga Festival at Letchworth State Park – Mt. Morris
6/4-6/6 – Grecian Festival – Vestal – DRIVE THRU
6/4-6/6 – Fairport Canal Days – Fairport
6/5 – Steuben County Dairy Festival – Bath

PENNSYLVANIA

6/4-6/5 – Riverfest – Rices Landing
6/4-6/6 – Polkafest – Johnstown
6/4-6/6 – Canal Days Festival – Saltsburg
6/4-6/6 – FUNKy FEST – Gibbon Glade
6/4-6/6 – Three Rivers Arts Festival I – Pittsburgh – HYBRID VERSION
6/5 – Bellefonte Children’s Fair – Bellefonte
6/5-6/6 – Quiet Creek Herb Farm Springfest – Brookville

TENNESSEE

6/4 – Brew at the Zoo – Nashville
6/4-6/5 – Dunlap Coke Ovens Bluegrass Festival – Dunlap
6/4-6/5* – The Secret City Festival – Oak Ridge – MOVED TO 9/24-9/25
6/4-6/6* – Country Living Fair – Nashville – MOVED TO 9/10-9/12
6/4-6/6 – Memphis Pride Fest – Memphis – VIRTUAL
6/5 – Folk Medicine Festival – Red Boiling Springs
6/5 – Mountain City Community Day – Mountain City
6/5– Neddy Jacob Days – Lebanon
6/5 – Sip TN Chattanooga Wine Festival – Chattanooga – USUALLY IN MARCH
6/5 – Moonshine and Mud Festival – Oliver Springs
6/5 – Flatwater Tales Storytelling Festival – Oak Ridge
6/5-6/6 – Lenoir City Arts and Crafts Festival – Lenoir City