Earth Day Festivals, 420 Celebrations, Books, Maple Syrup and more! Welcome back, Festival Fans. Festival numbers are starting to pick up this weekend and they will continue to pick up over the weeks ahead. By mid to late May, it will be full Festival Season in Ohio! Two big types of celebrations this weekend are Earth Day Festivals and 420 Celebrations. While many communities will have some type of Earth Day event this weekend, the more festival-esque occasions can be found in Chillicothe, Oxford, Seville and Huron. Meanwhile, thanks to the legalization of marijuana in Ohio, the 420 festivals ..read more

Springtime, Bourbon and Critters too! Welcome back, Festival Fans. I am still hyped by the recent Total Solar Eclipse… …and how this… …could turn to this so quickly. I won’t even share any close-up images of the sun/moon eclipse as nothing gives it justice. The sun’s corona bled over the moon in my photos and didn’t truly express how beautiful it actually was,. In my memory, the moon looked right it was right above you in the Earth’s atmosphere and not the great distance it actually is. Amazing. **** After last weekend, with all those events, it seems like the state is taking a small breathe ..read more

Easter, Dyngus Day and some preparations for next weekend’s Eclipse Festival Weekend post. Welcome back, Festival Fans. This is one of those weekends – particularly Easter Weekend – where there’s not much going on in Ohio… …except for Dyngus Day (Review) on Easter Monday. So if you’re not prepared for that, find some squirt guns and pussy willow branches… …maybe some beards… …and prepare to fill those bellies with pierogi, kielbasa and plenty of beer! It is a fun time a Cleveland. Promise. Now, if you’re traveling out of state to see family/friends, you can always check the Festival Guides ..read more

Bacon, Buzzards and Bluegrass – plus some Out-of-State Testical Festival Dinners. Welcome back, Festival Fans. The Ides of March have come, which means… …that the buzzards returned to Cleveland (or Hinckley at least). This means that Buzzard Sunday will also be back (Review) with various offerings including a pancake breakfast, an arts and crafts fair, live buzzards, a buzzard carnival and more. In College Corner, Baconfest also returns with vendors, games, camping, music and a bacon menu to enjoy! And, in Wilmington, the third B of the weekend – Bluegrass – will be celebrated at the Industri ..read more

Plenty of Shows this St. Patrick’s Day Weekend, plus some Maple and the Blues. Hello, Festival Fans. It’s St. Patrick’s Day Weekend and, while Ohio doesn’t have any St. Patrick’s Day Festivals, there are tons of celebrations throughout the state and well-known parades in Cleveland, the city of Dublin, Cincinnati, and Mahoning Valley/Boardman. Also, traditionally on March 15, the buzzards return to Hinckley… …but the celebration will be next weekend. This weekend, in terms of Festivals and Shows, opportunities are few for the former and great for the latter. There are only a handful of festiv ..read more

Maple Festivals, Vendor Shows, and a bit of Beer and Wine. Hello, Festival Fans. The flashes of warm weather have really helped me remember what Spring and Summer are like. I’ve taken longer walks, did a little landscaping and even got to go to the Loveland Frog Festival last weekend, which you can read about HERE. It’s really made me miss festivals. While things don’t start to kick off until April (check out the Solar Eclipse Festival Guide for the first weekend of April), this weekend is a pretty impressive one. There are plenty of Maple Syrup Festivals going on in cities like College Corner ..read more

The Frogman Festival is a celebration of cryptids and lore with an emphasis given to the area cryptid known as the Loveland Frog or Loveland Lizard. Taking place at a convention center, a large showroom holds 60+ vendors of all different media while other rooms are used for concessions and presentations. There’s even a costume parade. 2024 DATE: TBDLocation: Oasis Conference Center 902 Loveland-Miamiville Rd Loveland, OH 45140 Website: https://frogman-festival.ticketleap.com/ **** This post documents my experience on March 2, 2024. The Loveland Frog: The Origin Cryptoteeology In the world of ..read more

The Arnold Sports Festival is this weekend, along with Mac and Cheese, a Frogman and plenty of Beer and Wine. Hello, Festival Fans. As we enter March, the festivals just get a little more exciting. Not only do we have the Maple Festivals starting up in College Corner and Lucas (Review), but we have the Arnold Sports Festival (Review) with all sorts of sporting competitions, the impressive physique competitions with all that tanned, muscle-on-muscle posing, and more proteins bars and shakes than you can possibly imagine! If fitness is a thing you laugh at in the face, there are plenty of o ..read more

Burning Snowmen during the Brite Winter: Some great winter festivals this weekend! Hello, Festival Fans. Just last weekend, after recovering from the shock of USA Today mentioning my Eclipse Festival Guide in their article (found here), I was thinking to myself: February is almost over. When is the Brite Winter Festival this year? Well, I’m happy to say, that I now realize that it is this weekend… …the same weekend as the Burning Snowman Festival in Port Clinton. Both festivals are fun with different approaches to winter. While Brite Winter (Review) tries to embrace the winter and use it as ..read more

Ice Sculptures, Beer, Shows and the Solar Eclipse Festival Guide. Hello, Festival Fans. For many of you, Lent has started and you’re probably still digesting some paczki as you read this Hope you didn’t give up festivals in your Lenten intentions. This week is mild, festival-wise, as there are only an Ice Festival (Review) in Medina and a beer festival called Mittenfest in Cincinnati. The former is a nice excuse to visit downtown Medina and explore the square for ice sculptures while checking out local businesses. The latter is a ticketed event with craft beer, food, DJ and more. If neither ap ..read more