Plan Your Summer! Here Is the Cool Cleveland 2015 Festival Calendar

It’s hard to believe, with the daffodils just beginning to poke their heads that summer festival season is bearing down upon us. Very soon there’ll be an event to go to every weekend — or multiple events to choose from. Most celebrate food, music or art, or some combination of those, and many offer great opportunities to check out local talent — musicians, chefs, artists and artisans. Others offer the chance to check out the history and culture of a certain neighborhood or ethnic group. And virtually all give you the chance to enjoy northeast Ohio’s outdoors while the weather’s fine.

Our list is a little earlier this year, and some festivals have not set their dates yet. We’ll update the information as soon as we get it, so check back later!

Sun 4/19: Earthfest http://www.earthdaycoalition.org/

Thu 4/23-Sun 4/26: Geauga County Maple Festival http://www.maplefestival.com/

Sat 4/25: Party for the Planet at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo http://www.clevelandmetroparks.com/Zoo/Events-and-Happenings/Party-for-the-Planet-6261.aspx

Sat 4/25: Ramp Up Peninsula http://www.explorepeninsula.com/ramp-up-peninsula

Sat 5/9: 4 Miles 4 Water http://drinklocaldrinktap.org/activism/join-4m4w/

Sat 5/9: The Hooley on Kamm’s Corners http://www.kammscorners.com/TheHooley

Sat 5/16-Sun 5/17: Cleveland Asian Festival http://clevelandasianfestival.org/2015/

Sat 5/16-Sun 5/17: Hessler Street Fair http://hesslerstreetfair.org/

Sat 5/16-Sun 5/17: North Coast Harbor Block Party http://www.northcoastharbor.org/events/event/season-opening-block-party/

Thu 5/21-Sun 5/24: Chagrin Falls Blossom Time Festival http://yourhometownchagrinfalls.com/event/blossom-time-festival/

Fri 5/22-Mon 5/25: Great American Rib Cook-Off & Music Festival www.fox8.com/rib

5/22-25: Berea National Rib Cook-Off http://www.berearib.com/

5/22-25: Tremont Greek Festival http://www.tremontgreekfest.com/

Sat 6/6-Sun 6/7: Chagrin Falls Art by the Falls http://www.valleyartcenter.org/art-by-the-falls

Sat 6/6-Sun 6/7: Beachwood-Lyndhurst Art Festival http://www.artfestival.com/Festivals/Art_in_the_Village

Fri 6/12-Sat 6/13: Canton Blues Festival http://www.events.downtowncanton.com/canton-blues-festival/

Sat 6/13: Parade the Circle http://www.clevelandart.org/events/special-events/parade-the-circle

Sat 6/13: BayARTS & Music Festival http://www.bayarts.net/events/

Sat 6/13-Sun 6/14: Crocker Park Fine Art Fair http://artfestival.com/Festivals/Crocker_Park_Fine_Art_Fair

Fri 6/19-Sun 6/21: Avon Heritage Duck Tape Festival http://www.ducktapefestival.com/

Sat 6/20: Larchmere Porchfest http://www.larchmereporchfest.org/

Sat 6/20: Clifton Arts & Music Fest http://www.cudell.com/artsfest

Sat 6/20: Blue Sky Folk Festival, Kirtland http://www.blueskyfolkfest.com/

Thu 6/25 – Sat 6/27: Lakewood CityWide Street Sale http://www.citywidestreetsale.com

Fri 6/26-Sun 6/28: Italian American Summer Fest at Berea Fairgrounds http://www.italianamericansummerfestival.com/

Fri 6/26-Sun 6/28: Rock The Docks, Akron https://www.facebook.com/events/667565146702266/

Sat 6/27-Sun 6/28: Shaker Heights Arts & Music Festival http://www.shakerartscouncil.org/SHAC_Festival

Sat 6/27: Cleveland Pride http://clevelandpride.org/

Sat 6/27: Waterloo Arts Fest http://waterlooarts.org/arts-fest-2014/

Sat 6/27-Sun 6/28: Mulberry Creek Medieval Herb Fest http://mulberrycreek.com/News_and_Events/

Wed 7/1-Sat 7/4: Rib White and Blue Festival, Akron http://www.lock3live.com/events.aspx

Fridays 7/3 – 9/11 @ 7:00pm: Lakewood Front Porch Concert Series http://www.FrontPorchConcertSeries.com

Thu 7/9-Sat 7/11: Tri-C JazzFest http://www.tri-c.edu/jazzfest/

Thu 7/9-Sat 7/11: Summit County Italian American Festival http://it-am.org/

Thu 7/9-Sun 7/12: Fairview Park Summer Fest http://fairviewsummerfest.com

Fri 7/10-Sun 7/12: Cain Park Arts Festival http://www.cainpark.com/

Fri 7/11: Lakewood Summer Meltdown http://www.LakewoodSummerMeltdown.com

Sat 7/11-Sun 7/12: Tall Ship Madeline & Harbor Fest, Lake County http://fairportharbor.org/

Sat 7/11-Sun 7/12: Music in the Valley Folk & Wine Festival http://www.wrhs.org/upcoming-event/music-in-the-valley-folk-wine-festival/

Fri 7/17-Sun 7/19: Painesville Party in the Park http://www.parkpartyinfo.com/

Sun 7/19: African-American Festival at Lock 3 Live http://www.lock3live.com/events.aspx

Sun 7/19: Taste of Tremont https://www.facebook.com/pages/Taste-of-Tremont/

Fri 7/24-Sun 7/26: Cleveland Irish Cultural Festival http://www.clevelandirish.org/

Sat 7/25: Headlands Beach Fest http://cityofmentor.com/visit/headlands-beachfest/

Sat 7/25: Family Unity in the Park http://www.thefamilyunityinthepark.com

Thu 7/30-Sat 8/1: Ohio Burlesque Festival http://www.ohioburlesque.com/

Fri 7/31-Sun 8/2: Midwest Reggae Fest http://www.midwestreggaefest.com/

Fri 7/31-Sun 8/2: Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival, Canton http://www.visitcantonstark.com/pro-football-hall-of-fame-enshrinement-festival

Sat 8/1: Lakewood Arts Fest http://lakewoodartsfest.org/

Sat 8/1: Euclid Beach Blast https://www.facebook.com/euclidbeachblast

Sat 8/1-Sun 8/2: Cleveland Puerto Rican Festival http://www.juliadeburgos.org/latino-arts-and-culture-celebration-and-puerto-rican-parade.html

Sun 8/2: Cleveland World Festival http://clevelandoneworldfestival.com/

Sun 8/2: Warehouse District Festival http://www.warehousedistrict.org/

Fri 8/7-Sun 8/9: Weapons of Mass Creation http://wmcfest.com/

Fri 8/7-Sun 8/9: Ohio Celtic Festival http://www.ohiocelticintfest.com/

Fri 8/7-Sat 8/8: Vintage Ohio at Lake Metroparks http://www.lakemetroparks.com/

Fri 8/7-Sun 8/9: Twins Day Festival in Twinsburg http://www.twinsdays.org/

Sat 8/8: Glenville Community Festival http://glenvillecommunityfestival.org

Sat 8/8-Sun 8/9: National Hamburger Festival http://hamburgerfestival.com/

Mon 8/10-Sun 8/16: Cuyahoga County Fair http://www.cuyfair.com/

Thu 8/13-Sun 8/16: Feast of the Assumption http://holy-rosary.org/2014-feast-info

Fri 8/14-Sat 8/15: Flair Festival at Lock 3 Live http://www.lock3live.com/events

Sat 8/15: Brewfest Waterfront  District Lorain http://www.brewfestwd.com

Sat 8/22-Sun 8/23: Cleveland Pagan Pride http://clevelandpaganpride.org/

Sun 8/23: One World Day http://clevelandoneworldday.org

Fri 8/28-Sun 8/29: Burning River Fest https://www.burningriverfoundation.org/

Sat 8/29: Highland Square Porch Rockr http://www.porchrokr.org/

Thu 9/3-Mon 9/7: Great Geauga County Fair http://www.geaugafair.com/

Fri 9/4-Mon 9/7: Cleveland Labor Day Oktoberfest http://clevelandoktoberfest.com/

Sun 9/6-Mon 9/7: Taste of Hudson Art Fair http://tasteofhudson.com/

Thu 9/10-Sun 9/13: Thunder on the Strip, Geneva-on-the-Lake http://www.thunderonthestrip.com/

Fri 9/11-Sun 9/12: NEOCycle http://www.neocycle.org/

Sat 9/12: Skunkfest http://www.skunkhaven.net/

Sat 9/12: Lakewood Wine & Craft Beer Festival http://www.WineandCraftBeerFesival.com

Sat 9/12-Sun 9/13: Cleveland Garlic Festival http://www.clevelandgarlicfestival.org/

Sat 9/19: Cleveland Dragon Boat Festival http://www.cledba.org/

Sat 9/19-Sun 9/20: Chalk Festival http://www.clevelandart.org/events/special-events/chalk-festival

Sat 9/19-Sun 9/20: Tremont Arts & Cultural Festival http://www.tremontwest.org/index/tremont-arts-cultural-festival

Sat 9/26: Music on the Porches, Peninsula http://www.explorepeninsula.com/music-on-the-porches

Sat 9/26: Lorain Firefish Festival http://followfirefish.com

Fri 10/2-Sun 10/4: IngenuityFest http://ingenuitycleveland.com

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