Summer Festival Guide 2024: The Festival Season is About to Get in Full Swing

Cleveland Asian Festival by Anastasia Pantsios

It’s that time again. The temperatures are reliably in the 60s and even the 70s, and we’re all itching to get outdoors and have some fun. With the Cleveland Asian Festival kicking it off in just three weeks, the northeast Ohio festival season gets into full swing!

In the ten years since we started publishing our festivals guide a lot of things have changed — beloved events have disappeared, and new events have been added to the schedule and become just as beloved. And of course there are changes this year as well: the Avon Duct Tape Festival is officially history, and it appears the Mentor Headlands Beach Fest, the Canton Music Festival (formerly the Canton Blues Festival) and Wonderstruck may be as well (through the latter posted in mid-March that they “definitely plan to continue” and “may take place later than usual” though it’s getting late to be planning a major music festival with national acts.) Great Lakes Brewing’s Burning River Festival disappeared with the pandemic and despite a long-running message on their site that they’ll be back, that doesn’t seem to be in the works.

Edgewater Neighborfest has told us they’re taking the year off, while some late-in-the-season events such as FreshFest, Cleveland Public Theatre’s Dia de Muertos and most of the ethnic church festivals that fill the August and September calendar haven’t announced dates. Ohio City Inc has announced the return of the Ohio City Street Festival in September and has been recruiting volunteers but hasn’t publicly announced a date. But we’re really thrilled the Cleveland Vegan Society’s VegFest has returned after a five-year pandemic break!

As usual, we’re asking people out there (especially you church fest organizers!) to let us know if we missed anything. Email us at events@coolcleveland.com.

Sat 5/18-Sat 5/19: Cleveland Asian Festival

clevelandasianfestival.org/2024

Thu 5/23-Sun 5/26: Chagrin Falls Blossom Time

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Fri 5/24-Mon 5/27: Berea National Rib Cook-Off & Beer Fest

berearib.com

Fri 5/24-Mon 5/27: Tremont Greek Festival

annunciationcleveland.net/calendar

Sat 5/25: Station Hope

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Sat 5/25-Sun 5/26: Cleveland Reggaefest

reggaefestcleveland.com

Fri 5/31- Sun 6/2: Little Italy Summer Art Walk

Little Italy Summer Art Walk

Sat 6/1: Pride in the CLE

lgbtcleveland.org/pride/

Sat 6/1: Kent Art & Wine Festival

mainstreetkent.org/events/

Sat 6/1-Sun 6/2: Art in the Village @ Legacy Village

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Thu 6/6-Sun 6/9: Parma Rock N Rib Festival

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Parade the Circle photo by Anastasia Pantsios

Sat 6/8: Parade the Circle

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Sat 6/8: The Hooley at Kamm’s Corners

westparkkamms.org/hooley/

Sat 6/8-Sun 6/9: Chagrin Art by the Falls

artbythefalls.html

Fri 6/14-Sat 6/15: Juneteenth Freedom Fest

juneteenthcle.com

Fri 6/14-Sun 6/16: Vermilion Festival of the Fish

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Sat 6/15: Bath Art Festival

www.BathArtFestival.org

Sat 6/15-Sun 6/16: Hale Farm Crooked River Festival

Crooked River Festival

Thu 6/20-Sat 6/22: Tri-C Jazz Fest

tri-c.edu/jazzfest/

Fri 6/ 21-Sat 6/22: Ohio Scottish Games and Celtic Festival

ohioscottishgames.com/tis

Sat 6/22-Sun 6/23: Mulberry Market: Pairings

mulberrycreek.com/

Sat 6/22: Veg Fest

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Sat 6/22: BAYarts Music & Art Festival

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Sat 6/22: Wildwood Arts & Wine Fest

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Thu 6/27-Sun 6/30: Rock the Docks Akron

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Fri 6/28-Sun 6/30: Put-in-Bay Pyrate Festival

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Fri 628-Sat 6/29: Tremont Food Truck Festival

Tremont Food Truck Festival

Sat 6/29: Larchmere Porchfest

larchmereporchfest.org/

 

Rooms To Let CLE by Anastasia Pantsios

Sat 6/29-Sun 6/30: Rooms to Let Cle

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Sat 6/29: River Rally

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Wed 7/3-Sat 7/6: Rib White & Blue Akron

Rib White & Blue

Wed 7/3-Sun 7/7: Fairport Mardi Gras

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Wed 7/10-Sun 7/14: Our Lady of Mount Carmel Italian Festival

olmc-cleveland.org/community

Thu 7/11-Sat 7/13: Summit County Italian American Festival

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Fri 7/12-Sun 7/14: Cain Park Arts Festival

cainpark.com/arts-festival/

Sat 7/13: Middle Bass Island Music Fest

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Sat 7/13-Sun 7/14: Music in the Valley

Music in the Valley

Sat 7/13-Sun 7/14: Garden Walk Cleveland

gardenwalkcleveland.org

Fri 7/19-Sat 7/20: The Summer Market, Lorain

thesummermarket.com

Fri 7/19-Sat 7/20: Wizardly Weekend, Kent

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Fri 7/19-Sun 7/21: Painesville Party in the Park

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Fri 7/19-Sun 7/21: Cleveland Irish Cultural Festival

clevelandirish.org

Sat 7/20: Lakewood Summer Meltdown

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Sun 7/21: Taste of Tremont

https://experiencetremont.com/featured-events/taste-of-tremont/

Tue 7/23-Sun 7/38: Lake Country Fair

lakecountyfair.org

Tue 7/23-Sun 7/28: Summit County Fair

summitfair.com

 

Wed 7/24-Sat 7/27: Borderlight Festival

borderlightcle.org

Greek Fest, photo courtesy of St. Helen’s & Constantine’s Church

Thu 7/25-Sun 7/28: St. Helen & Constantine Greek Festival

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Fri 7/26-Sun 7/28: African American Cultural Festival

African American Cultural Festival

Sat 7/27-Sun 7/28: Fuel @ Hale Farm

Fuel/Hale Farm

Mon 7/29-Sun 8/4: Medina County Fair

medinaohiofair.com

Thu 8/1-Sun 8/4: Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Weekend

profootballhof.com/enshrinement/

Fri 8/2-Sun 8/4: Twins Days Festival in Twinsburg

twinsdays.org/

Fri 8/2-Sat 8/3: Vintage Ohio

visitvintageohio.com

Sat 8/3: Lakewood Arts Fest

lakewoodartsfest.org/

Sat 8/3 & Sun 8/4: Puerto Rican Parade & Cultural Festival

puertoricanparade.org

Tue 8/6-Sun 8/11: Cuyahoga County Fair

cuyfair.com

Sat 8/10: Raccoon County Music Festival

centuryvillagemuseum.org/event-calendar

Sat 8/10: Painesville Art in the Park

mainstreetpainesville.org

Sun 8/11: Akron Picklefest

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Thu 8/15-Sat 8/17: Ohio Burlesque Festival

ohioburlesque.com/

The Feast by Anastasia Pantsios

Thu 8/15- Sun 8/18: Feast of the Assumption

holy-rosary.org/schedule-of-events

Fri 8/16-Sun 8/18: Cleveland Pagan Pride

clevelandpaganpride.org/

Sat 8/17: Highland Square Porch Rockr

highlandsquareakron.org

Sat 8/17: Streetsboro Brew & BBQ Bash

Streetsboro Brew & BBQ Bash

Sun 8/18-Sun 8/25: Lorain County Fair

loraincountyfair.com

Wed 8/21-Thu 8/22: Bash on the Bay @ Put in Bay

bashonthebay.com

Sat 8/24: Akron Pride

akronpridefestival.org/home

Sat 8/24: Cleveland Water Lantern Festival

waterlanternfestival.com/

Sat 8/24-Sun 8/25: North Union Farmers Market Garlic Festival

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Sun 8/25: One World Day

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Thu 8/29-Mon 9/2: Great Geauga County Fair

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Fri 8/30-Sun 9/1: The Made in Ohio Festival @ Hale Farm

MadeinOhioFestival.org

Fri 8/30-Mon 9/2: Cleveland Oktoberfest Weekend 1

clevelandoktoberfest.com

Fri 8/30-Sun 9/1: Akron Pizza Fest

akronpizzafest.com

Fri 8/30-Mon 9/2: Cleveland Taco Festival

tacofestcle.com

Mon 9/2: 11th Congressional District Labor Day Parade & Festival

Labor Day Parade & Festival

Thu 9/5-Sun 9/8: Thunder on the Strip

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Fri 9/6-Sat 9/7: Cleveland Oktoberfest Weekend 2

clevelandoktoberfest.com

Sat 9/7: CPT Pandemonium

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Sun 9/8: Berea Arts Fest

bereaartsfest.org

Fri 9/13-Sat 9/14: Crocker Park Wine Festival

crockerparkwinefestival.com

Skunkfest photo by Anastasia Pantsios

Sat 9/14: Skunkfest

Skunkfest

Sat 9/14: Waterloo Arts Fest

waterlooartsfest.org

Sat 9/14-Sun 9/15: Chalk Festival

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Thu 9/19-Sun 9/22: Ravenna Balloon A-Fair

ravennaballoonafair.com/

Sat 9/21: FireFish

firefishfestival.com

Sat 9/21: Cleveland Pickle Fest

clevelandpicklefest.com

Sat 9/21: Cleveland Dragon Boat Festival

cledba.org/faqs

Sat 9/21-Sun 9/22: Tremont Arts & Cultural Festival

Tremont Arts & Cultural Fest

Ingenuity Festival by Anastasia Pantsios

Fri 9/27-Sun 9/29: Ingenuity

ingenuitycleveland.org

Sat 9/28: Peninsula Music on the Porches

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Sat 9/28: Heights Music Hop

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Sun 9/29: St. John Cantius Polish Festival

stjohncantiuschurch.org

Fri 10/4-Sun 10/6: Shrine Church of St. Stanislaus Polish Festival

ststanislaus.org/events/

Sat 10/5-Sun 10/6: Hale Farm Harvest Festival, first weekend

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Sat 10/12-Sun 10/13:  Ashtabula County Covered Bridge Festival

coveredbridgefestival.org

Sat 10/5-Sun 10/6: Hale Farm Harvest Festival, second weekend

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