It’s that time again: we’re publishing the first edition of our annual summer festivals guide. And despite the just-above-freezing temperatures as we post this, it’s coming just in the nick of time for many people. With all the chaos, violence and uncertainty in the world, we all need a break to have some fun. There’s a festival for every taste — some focused on food, others on music, some on ethnic culture or art or celebrating community. And on a positive note in this time of runaway inflation and high gas prices, most of these festivals are free admission.
Thu 4/23-Sun 4/26: Geauga Maple Festival
Sat 4/25: Ramp Up Peninsula
Sat 5/16-Sun 5/17: Cleveland Asian Festival
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Sat 5/16: Street Art Jam
Thu 5/21-Sun 5/24: Chagrin Falls Blossom Time
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Fri 5/22-Mon 5/25: Tremont Greek Festival
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Fri 5/22-Mon 5/25: Berea National Rib Cook-Off & Beer Fest
Sat 5/23-Sun 5/24: Cleveland Reggae Fest
Fri 6/5-Sun 6/7: Little Italy Summer Art Walk
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Sat 6/6: Kent Art and Wine Festival
Sat 6/6: Pride in the CLE
Sat 6/6-Sun 6/7: Chagrin Art by the Falls
Sat 6/6-Sun 6/7: Art in the Village, Legacy Village
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Sun 6/7: Bath Art Festival
Sun 6/7: Akton Juneteenth
Sat 6/13: Parade the Circle
Sat 6/13: The Hooley at Kamm’s Corners
Sat 6/13: Larchmere Porchfest
Sat 6/13 & Sun 6/14: Hale Farm Sow & Grow Festival and Plant Sale
Wed 6/17-Sat 6/20: Hale Farm Juneteenth Celebration
Sat 6/20: Island Wine Fest
Fri 6/19-Sun 6/21: Vermilion Festival of the Fish
Sat 6/20: BAYArts Art & Music Festival
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Sat 6/20: Wildwood Arts & Wine Fest
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Thu 6/25-Sat 6/27: Tri-C Jazz Fest
Thu 6/25-Sun 6/28: St. Demetrios Paris Festival
Fri 6/26-Sat 6/27: Ohio Scottish Games & Celtic Festival
Fri 6/26-Sun 6/28: Tremont Food Truck Festival
Fri 6/26-Sun 6/28: Put-in-Bay Pyrate Festival
Sat 6/27-Sun 6/28: Mulberry Market
Fri 7/3-Sat 7/4: All American Burgers & BBQ Festival
Sat 7/4: Boom at the Bay
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Wed 7/8-Sun 7/12: Our Lady of Mount Carmel Italian Festival
Wed 7/8-Sat 7/11: BorderLight Theatre Festival
Fri 7/10-Sun 7/12: Jeep Invasion/World’s Largest Rubber Duck, Putin-Bay
Fri 7/10-Sun 7/12: Cain Park Arts Festival
Fri 7/10-Sat 7/11: Summit CountyItalian-American Festival
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Sat 7/11: Middle Bass Island Music Fest
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Sat 7/11-Sun 7/12: Garden Walk Cleveland
Fri 7/17-Sun 7/19: Cleveland Irish Cultural Festival
Fri 7/17-Sun 7/19: Painesville Party in the Park
Sat 7/18: Lakewood Summer Meltdown
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Sat 7/18-Sun 7/19: Akron African American Cultural Festival
Sun 7/19: Taste of Tremont
Thu 7/23-Sun 7/26: St. Helen & Constantine Greek Festival
Fri 7/24-Sat 7/25: Ohio City Food Truck Festival
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Tue 7/28-Sun 8/2: Lake Country Fair
Tue 7/28-Sun 8/2: Summit County Fair
Sat 8/1: Lakewood Arts Fest
Sat 8/1 & Sun 8/2: Puerto Rican Parade & Cultural Festival
Mon 8/3-Sun 8/9: Medina County Fair
Wed 8/5-Sun 8/9: Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Weekend
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Fri 8/7-Sat 8/8: Vintage Ohio
Fri 8/7-Sun 8/9: Twins Days Festival in Twinsburg
Sat 8/8: Cuyahoga River Rally
Sun 8/9: Akron Picklefest
Tue 8/11-Sun 8/16: Cuyahoga County Fair
Thu 8/13-Sat 8/15: Ohio Burlesque Festival
Thu 8/13-Sun 8/16: Feast of the Assumption
Fri 8/14-Sun 8/16: Cleveland Pagan Pride
Sat 8/15: Highland Square Porch Rockr
Sat 8/15: Streetsboro Brew & BBQ Bash
Sat 8/22: Akron Pride
Sat 8/22: Bike Cleveland Fundo
Mon 8/24-Sun 8/30: Lorain County Fair
Fri 8/28-Sun 8/30: Heights Music Hop
Sat 8/29: Cleveland Dragon Boat Festival
Sun 8/30: One World Day
Thu 9/3-Mon 9/7: Great Geauga County Fair
Fri 9/4-Sun 9/6: The Made in Ohio Festival @ Hale Farm
Fri 9/4-Mon 9/7: Cleveland Oktoberfest Weekend 1
Fri 9/4-Mon 9/7: Cleveland Taco Festival
Mon 9/7: 11th Congressional District Labor Day Parade & Festival
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Thu 9/10-Sun 9/13: Thunder on the Strip
Fri 9/11-Sat 9/12: Cleveland Oktoberfest Weekend 2
Sat 9/12: Fresh Fest
Sat 9/12: Waterloo Arts Fest
Sat 9/12: Skunkfest
Sept 12: FAVA Art on the Square
Sun 9/13: Berea Arts Fest
Fri 9/18-Sat 9/19: Crocker Park Wine Festival
Sat 9/19: CPT Pandemonium
Sat 9/19: FireFish Festival
Sat 9/19-Sun 9/20: Tremont Arts & Cultural Festival
Thu 9/24-Sun 9/27: Ravenna Balloon A-Fair
Fri 9/25-Sun 9/27: Ingenuity
Thu 10/1-Sun 10/4: Ohio Mart
Sat 10/3: Cleveland Pickle Fest
Sat 10/3-Sun 10/4: Hale Farm Harvest Festival, first weekend
Sat 10/10-Sun 10/11: Hale Farm Harvest Festival, second weekend
Sat 10/10-Sun 10/11: Ashtabula County Covered Bridge Festival (tentative)
Sat 10/24: St. John Cantius Polish Festival
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