The weather’s been up and down, but looking ahead, more warmer days are ahead, and Easter is this week, a sure sign of spring. And that means festival season is coming. Since we published our preliminary festival guide back in mid-February, the schedule has filled out and happily, it appears that with only a few exceptions most of our beloved events have survived the pandemic. Given the two-year shutdown (although many events did return last year, if belatedly in many cases), everyone should be ready to celebrate and support the festivals, fairs and special events that make up a northeast Ohio summer.
We’ll add more as we hear about them — a lot of smaller festivals, such as church festivals, haven’t set their dates yet. And if you know of any we should add, please let us know!
*Sat 5/28: Station Hope
https://www.station-hope-2019/
*Sat 5/21-Sun 5/22: Cleveland Asian Festival
http://clevelandasianfestival.org/2016/
*Thu 5/26-Sun 5/29: Chagrin Falls Blossom Time Festival
http://yourhometownchagrinfalls.com/event/blossom-time-festival/
*Fri 5/27-Mon 5/30: Berea National Rib Cook-Off
*Fri 5/27-Mon 5/30: Tremont Greek Festival
http://www.tremontgreekfest.com/
Sat 5/28: Reggaefest Cleveland
https://reggaefestcleveland.com
*Sat 6/4-Sun 6/5: Art in the Village Art Festival
http://www.artfestival.com/Festivals/Art_in_the_Village_Cleveland_Ohio.ASPX?Type=art
*Sat 6/4: Pride in the CLE
https://lgbtcleveland.org/pride/
*Sat 6/4: Canton Blues Festival
http://www.events.downtowncanton.com/canton-blues-festival/
*Sat 6/4-Sun 6/5: Art in the Village @ Legacy Village
*Sat 6/11: Summer Arts Fest: Dance With Giants
https://www.clevelandart.org/learn/community-arts/summer-arts-fest
*Sat 6/11-Sun 6/12: Chagrin Falls Art by the Falls
http://www.valleyartcenter.org/art-by-the-falls-june-6-and-7-2015.html
*Sat 6/11-Sun 6/12: Hale Farm Sow and Grow Farm Festival
https://www.wrhs.org/events/sow-and-grow-farm-festival-2/
*Sat 6/11-Sun 6/12: Fairy Days at Heritage Farms Peninsula
*Sun 6/12: Taste of Lakewood
*Thu 6/16-Sat 6/18: Avon Heritage Duck Tape Festival
http://www.ducktapefestival.com/
*June 17-19: Festival of the Fish
http://vermilionchamber.net/festivals/fish-festival/
*Sat 6/18: BayARTS & Music Festival
http://www.bayarts.net/events/upcoming-events.aspx
*Sat 6/18: The Hooley on Kamm’s Corners
http://www.kammscorners.com/TheHooley
*Sat 6/18: Juneteenth Freedom Fest
*Thu 6/23-Sat 6/25: Tri-C Jazz Fest
https://www.tri-c.edu/jazzfest/
*Thu 6/23-Sun 6/26: Rock The Docks, Akron
https://www.facebook.com/events/667565146702266/
*Fri 6/24-Sat 6/25: Ohio Scottish Games
http://www.ohioscottishgames.com
*Fri 6/24- Sun 6/26: Pyrate Festival, Put-in-Bay
https://millerferry.com/event/pyrate-festival/
*Sat 6/25: Larchmere Porchfest
http://www.larchmereporchfest.org/
*Sat 6/25: Cuyahoga River Rally
https://canalwaypartners.com/cuyahoga-river-rally/
*Sat 6/25: Wildwood Fine Arts & Wine Festival
https://cityofmentor.com/departments/parks-recreation/events/wildwood-fine-arts-wine-festival/
*Sat 6/25-Sun 6/26: Mulberry Creek “Texas Country Fair” Herb Fest
http://mulberrycreek.com/News_and_Events/
*Sun 6/26: Edgewater NeighborFest
*Fri 7/1-Mon 7/4: Rib White and Blue, Akron
http://lock3live.com/page/rib-white-and-blue
*Fri 7/1-Mon 7/4: Fairport Mardi Gras
https://www.facebook.com/fairportmardigras/
*Wed 7/6-Sun 7/10: Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish Festival
https://olmc-cleveland.org/events/our-lady-of-mount-carmel-parish-festival
*Thu 7/7-Sun 7/10: Tall Ships Festival
https://www.tallshipschallenge.com
*Fri 7/8-Sun 7/10: Cain Park Arts Festival
http://www.cainpark.com/index.aspx?page=11
*Sat 7/9-Sun 7/10: GardenWalk Cleveland
https://www.gardenwalkcleveland.org
*Sat 7/9-Sun 7/10: Wonderstruck
*Sat 7/9-Sun 7/10: Room To Let CLE
https://www.slavicvillage.org/roomstolet/
*Sat 7/9-Sun 7/10: Music in the Valley Folk & Wine Festival
http://www.wrhs.org/upcoming-event/music-in-the-valley-folk-wine-festival/
*Fri 7/15-Sun 7/17: Painesville Party in the Park
*Sat 7/16: Middle Bass Island Music Festival
https://millerferry.com/event/middle-bass-island-music-festival/
*Sat 7/16: Mentor Headlands Beach Fest
http://cityofmentor.com/visit/headlands-beachfest/
*Sat 7/16: Lakewood Summer Meltdown
https://www.lakewoodalive.org/event/lakewood-summer-meltdown-19/
*Wed 7/20-Sun 7/24: BorderLight Festival of International Theatre
*Fri 7/22-Sat 7/23: The Summer Market
http://www.thesummermarket.com
*Sat 7/23-Sun 7/24: African-American Cultural Festival at Lock 3 Live
http://www.akronafricanculture.com
*Tue 7/26-Sun 7/31: Lake Country Fair
*Tue 7/26-Sun 7/31: Summit County Fair
*Mon 7/1-Sun 7/7: Medina County Fair
*Thu 8/4-Sat 8/6: Summit County Italian American Festival
*Thu 8/4-Sun 8/7: Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival, Canton
*Fri 8/5: Vintage Ohio at Lake Metroparks
http://www.lakemetroparks.com/
*Fri 8/5-Sun 8/7: Twins Days Festival in Twinsburg
*Sat 8/6: Lakewood Arts Fest
*Tue 8/9-Sun 8/14: Cuyahoga County Fair
*Thu 8/11-Sat 11/13: Ohio Burlesque Festival
*Sat 8/6 & Sun 8/7: Puerto Rican Parade & Cultural Festival
https://www.puertoricanparade.org
*Fri 8/12-Mon 8/15: Feast of the Assumption
http://holy-rosary.org/2014-feast-info
*Thu 8/18-Sun 8/21: St. Constantine & Helen Greek Festival
http://stsconstantine.com/greek-festival/
*Sat 8/20: Raccoon County Music Festival
https://www.raccooncountymusicfestival.com
*Sat 8/20: Water Lantern Festival
https://www.waterlanternfestival.com/cleveland.php
*Wed 8/24-Thu 8/25: Bash on the Bay
https://putinbay.com/events/put-in-bay-bash-on-the-bay/
*Sat 8/20: Highland Square Porch Rockr
*Fri 8/19-Sun 8/21: Cleveland Pagan Pride
http://clevelandpaganpride.org/
*Mon 8/22-Sun 8/28: Lorain County Fair
https://www.loraincountyfair.com
*Sat 8/27: Akron Pride
*Sat 8/27: Waterloo Arts Fest
http://waterlooarts.org/arts-fest-2014/
*Sat 8/27-Sun 8/28: Cleveland Garlic Festival
http://www.clevelandgarlicfestival.org/
*Sun 8/28: One World Day
http://clevelandoneworldday.org/2017/
*Wed 8/31-Mon 9/5: Great Geauga County Fair
*Fri 9/2-Sun 9/4: Akron Pizzafest
*Fri 9/2-Sun 9/4: Hale Farm Made in Ohio Arts & Crafts Festival
https://www.wrhs.org/events/made-in-ohio-arts-crafts-festival-2019/
*Fri 9/2-Mon 9/5: Cleveland Labor Day Oktoberfest first weekend
http://clevelandoktoberfest.com/
*Mon 9/5: 11th Congressional District Labor Day Parade & Festival
https://www.facebook.com/groups/91399258396/
*Thu 9/8-Sun-9/11: Thunder on the Strip, Geneva-on-the-Lake
http://www.thunderonthestrip.com/
*Sat 9/10-Sun 9/11: Cleveland Labor Day Oktoberfest second weekend
http://clevelandoktoberfest.com/
*Sat 9/10: Skunkfest
http://www.skunkhaven.net/images/CurrentSkunkfestFlyer.pdf
*Sat 9/10: Pandemonium
https://www.cptonline.org/support/pandemonium/
*Sun 9/11: Berea Arts Fest
*Sat 9/17: FireFish
http://www.firefishfestival.com
*Sat 9/17-Sun 9/18: Tremont Arts & Cultural Festival
http://www.tremontwest.org/index/tremont-arts-cultural-festival
*Sun 9/18: Cleveland Dragon Boat Festival
*Fri 9/23-Sun 9/25: Ingenuity
*Sat 9/24: Music on the Porches, Peninsula
http://www.explorepeninsula.com/music-on-the-porches
*Fri 10/7-Sun 10/9: St. Stanislaus Polish Festival
http:/www.ststanislaus.org
*Sat 10/8-Sun 10/9: Ashtabula County Covered Bridge Festival
http://www.coveredbridgefestival.org
*Sat 10/22: St. John Cantius Festival
https://www.stjohncantiuschurch.org
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