Yes, the weather outside is frightful — early April has given us snow, icy rain and cold temperatures. But never mind. As we know, summer always comes in Cleveland and brings us a plethora of festivals and special events, so many we find ourselves having to make hard choices.
Want to start your planning? Here’s CoolCleveland’s annual guide to northeast Ohio summer festivals. We’re omitting a few that having announced their dates yet, such as Ingenuity — we’ll add those when we get them. And we may have overlooked a few, so let us know if you see anything missing.
One point of clarification: some people have asked us about including weekly/monthly recurrent/series events. This list is only about festivals and not intended to be inclusive of everything going on all summer long. Send us the information about your recurrent events, and we will try to include them in our weekly events listings.
Sun 4/17: Earthfest
Thu 4/21-Sun 4/24: Geauga County Maple Festival
Sat 4/30: Ramp Up Peninsula Ramp Fest
facebook.com/RAMP-UP-Peninsula/
Sat 5/14: The Hooley on Kamm’s Corners
kammscorners.com/Hooley2016.html
Sat 5/21-Sun 5/22: Cleveland Asian Festival
clevelandasianfestival.org/2016/
Sat 5/21-Sun 5/22: Hessler Street Fair
Thu 5/26-Sun 5/29: Chagrin Falls Blossom Time Festival
yourhometownchagrinfalls.com/blossom-time-festival/
Fri 5/27-Mon 5/30: Berea National Rib Cook-Off
Thu 5/27-Mon 5/30: Tremont Greek Festival
Sat 6/4-Sun 6/5: Art in the Village Art Festival
artfestival.com/Art_in_the_Village
Sun 6/5: Taste of Lakewood
Fri 6/10-Sat 6/11: Canton Blues Festival
downtowncanton.com/canton-blues-festival/
Sat 6/11-Sun 6/12: Chagrin Falls Art by the Falls
valleyartcenter.org/art-by-the-falls
Sat 6/11-Sun 6/12: Crocker Park Fine Art Fair
artfestival.com/Crocker_Park_Fine_Art_Fair
Sat 6/11: Parade the Circle
clevelandart.org/parade-the-circle
Sat 6/11-Sun 6/12: LaureLive
Fri 6/17-Sun 6/19: Avon Heritage Duck Tape Festival
Sat 6/18: BayARTS & Music Festival
Sat 6/18: Larchmere Porchfest
Sat 6/18: Clifton Arts & Music Fest
Sat 6/18-Sun 6/19: Shaker Heights Arts & Music Festival
Thu 6/23-Sat 6/25: Tri-C JazzFest
Fri 6/24-Sun 6/26: Rock The Docks, Akron
Sat 6/25: Waterloo Arts Fest
Sat 6/25-Sun 6/26: Mulberry Creek Medieval Herb Fest
Sat 6/25-Sun 6/26: Cleveland Museum of Art Centennial Festival Weekend
clevelandart.org/centennial-celebrations
Fri 7/1-Sun 7/3: Italian American Summer Fest at Berea Fairgrounds
italianamericansummerfestival.com/
Fri 7/1-Mon 7/4: Rib White & Blue Akron National Rib Festival
lock3live.com/rib-white-blue-akron-s-national-rib-festival
Sat 7/2: Larchmere Festival
larchmere.com/larchmere-festival
Thu 7/7-Sat 7/9: Summit County Italian American Festival
Fri 7/8-Sun 7/10: Cain Park Arts Festival
Sat 7/8-Sun 7/10: Tall Ship Madeline & Harbor Fest, Lake County
Sat 7/9-Sun 7/10: Music in the Valley Folk & Wine Festival
wrhs.org/music-in-the-valley-folk-wine-festival/
Sun 7/10: Taste of Tremont
facebook.com//Taste-of-Tremont/
Fri 7/15: Agumboot Music Festival
Fri 7/15-Sun 7/17: Painesville Party in the Park
Sat 7/16: Mentor Headlands Beach Fest
cityofmentor.com/headlands-beachfest/
Sat 7/16-Sun 7/17: African-American Festival at Lock 3 Live
Fri 7/22-Sun 7/24: Cleveland Irish Cultural Festival
Fri 7/29-Sun 7/31: Midwest Reggae Fest
Fri 7/29-Sat 7/30: The Summer Market, Avon
Mon 8/1-Sun 8/7: Medina County Fair
Thu 8/4-Sun 8/7: Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival, Canton
visitcantonstark.com/pro-football-hall-of-fame-enshrinement
Thu 8/4-Sun 8/7: Ohio Burlesque Festival
Sat 8/6: Lakewood Arts Fest
Fri 8/5-Sun 8/7: Weapons of Mass Creation
Sun 8/7: Warehouse District Festival
Fri 8/5-Sat 8/6: Vintage Ohio at Lake Metroparks
Fri 8/5-Sun 8/7: Twins Day Festival in Twinsburg
Sat 8/7: Nature Arts Festival at Big Creek Park
Sat 8/7: Chardon Arts Festival
chardonsquareassociation.org/arts-festival/
Mon 8/8-Sun 8/14: Cuyahoga County Fair
Fri 8/12-Sat 8/13: Flair Festival at Lock 3 Live
Fri 8/12-Sun 8/14: Ohio Celtic Festival
Fri 8/12-Mon 8/15: Feast of the Assumption
Sat 8/13: Cleveland Pride
Sat 8/13-Sun 8/14: National Hamburger Festival
Tue 8/17-Sun 8/21: Lake County Fair
Fri 8/19-Sun 8/21: Flats Festival of the Arts
Sat 8/20: Highland Square Porch Rockr
Mon 8/22-Sun 8/28: Lorain County Fair
Sat 8/27-Sun 8/28: Cleveland Pagan Pride
Sat 8/27-Sun 8/28: Cleveland Garlic Festival
Fri 8/26-Sat 8/27: Burning River Fest
Thu 9/1-Mon 9/5: Great Geauga County Fair
Fri 9/2-Mon 9/5: Cleveland Labor Day Oktoberfest
Thu 9/8-Sun 9/11: Thunder on the Strip, Geneva-on-the-Lake
Fri 9/9-Sun 9/11: NEOCycle
Sat 9/10: Skunkfest
Sat 9/10: Hingetown Hoedown
Sat 9/17: FireFish
Sat 9/17: Blue Sky Folk Fest
Sat 9/17: Cleveland Dragon Boat Festival
Sat 9/17-Sun 9/18: Tremont Arts & Cultural Festival
tremontwest.org/tremont-arts-cultural-festival
Sat 9/17-Sun 9/18: Cleveland Museum of Art Chalk Festival
clevelandart.org/chalk-festival
Fri 9/23-Sun 9/25: Ingenuity
Sat 9/24: Music on the Porches, Peninsula
explorepeninsula.com/music-on-the-porches
Sun 9/25: Ohio City Street Festival
ohiocity.org/ohiocitystreetfestival
One Response to “Here’s Our 2016 CoolCleveland Summer Festivals Guide!”
Ellen mcgarvey
Cleveland is getting more and more gorgeous