OHIO FESTIVALS & FAIRS
AUGUST 2025
Looking for weekend plans? Ohio's festivals and fairs offer the perfect blend of local charm, delicious food, and family-friendly fun. From craft shows to live music, there’s something for everyone to enjoy. Don’t miss out—experience the best of Ohio this season! 🎡✨
AUGUST

8/1-8/2* – Berlin Heights Basket Festival – Berlin Heights
8/1-8/2* – Carey Fest – Carey
8/1-8/2* – Holy Cross Immaculata Festival – Cincinnati
8/1-8/2* – Our Lady of Victory Parish Festival – Columbus
8/1-8/2* – Days in the Park – Deer Park
8/1-8/2* – Rogues Hollow Festival – Doylestown
8/1-8/2* – Our Lady of the Cedars Lebanese Festival – Fairlawn
8/1-8/2* – Our Lady of Perpetual Help Community Festival – Grove City
8/1-8/2* – Big River Get Down – Hamilton
8/1-8/2* – Hanover Wine Festival – Hamilton
8/1-8/2* – Independence Home Days – Independence
8/1-8/2* – Vintage Ohio Wine Fest (and a Little Brew, too) – Kirtland
8/1-8/2* – Lebanon Blues Festival – Lebanon
8/1-8/2* – Leesburg Festival – Leesburg
8/1-8/2* – Hocking Hills Bigfoot Festival – Logan
8/1-8/2* – London Rhythm and Rib Fest – London
8/1-8/2* – TiKi STiK – Marion
8/1-8/2* – Medina’s Wizarding Weekend – Medina
8/1-8/2* – Rock ‘N’ Green Tomato Festival – Miamisburg
8/1-8/2* – Big Bend Blues and Brews Bash – Pomeroy
8/1-8/2* – Y-Bridge Arts Festival – Zanesville
8/1-8/3* – St. John the Baptist Summer Festival – Cincinnati
8/1-8/3* – Brats and Crafts Festival – Columbus
8/1-8/3* – Dublin Irish Festival – Dublin
8/1-8/3* – Grassfire Festival – Garrettsville
8/1-8/3* – Farm Days Show – Mt. Gilead
8/1-8/3* – Riverdays – New Richmond
8/1-8/3* – Pokrova Ukrainian Festival – Parma
8/1-8/3* – St. George Middle Eastern Summer Festival – Toledo
8/1-8/3* – Toledo Jeep Fest – Toledo
8/1-8/3* – St. John the Evangelist Family Festival – West Chester
8/1-8/3* – Greater Youngstown Italian Fest – Youngstown
8/2* – Athens Community Arts and Music Festival – Athens
8/2* – Bloomville Block Party – Bloomville
8/2* – Summer Zabava – Cleveland
8/2* – Ohio River Paddlefest – Cincinnati
8/2* – Ghana Festival Ohio – Columbus
8/2* – Copley Heritage Day – Copley
8/2* – Defiance County Hot Air Balloon Festival – Defiance
8/2* – Dresden Melon Festival – Dresden
8/2* – JAM by the Sand (formerly Jerry Garcia’s Birthday Celebration) – Fairport Harbor
8/2* – Bull Thistle Arts Festival – Fayette
8/2* – Car Tunes on Main – Findlay
8/2* – Jazz in the Park – Forest Park
8/2* – Grafton Sizzlin’ Summer Festival – Grafton
8/2* – Houston Community Classic Festival – Houston
8/2* – Bacon Fest – Kettering
8/2* – Rock the Lake – Lakeview
8/2* – Lakewood Arts Festival – Lakewood
8/2* – North Fairfield Street Fair – North Fairfield
8/2* – Peninsula Flea at Heritage Farms V – Peninsula
8/2* – Down A River, Down A Beer – Piqua
8/2* – Family Reunion Community Fun Day – Steubenville
8/2* – Vibin in the Vines Music Festival – Wakeman
8/2-8/3* – Pymatuning Lake Festival – Andover
8/2-8/3* – Puerto Rican Parade and Cultural Festival – Cleveland
8/2-8/3* – Honoring Traditions Eastern Woodland Celebration – Lancaster
8/2-8/3* – Arts in the Park – Port Clinton
8/2-8/3* – The Great Lakes Medieval Faire and Marketplace V – Rock Creek
8/2-8/3* – Fulton Farms Sweet Corn Festival – Troy
8/2-8/3* – Twins Days Festival – Twinsburg
8/3* – Barton Polka Fest – Barton
8/3* – Chardon Arts Festival – Chardon
8/3* – Polish Summer Festival – Dayton
8/3* – CLE Market: Rocky River III – Rocky River
8/3* – St. Aloysius Summer Festival – Shandon
8/3* – St. Charles & St. Hyacinth Polka Picnic – Toledo
8/3* – The FEST – Wickliffe
8/3* – Blue Sky Folk Festival – Willoughby
8/6-8/9* – Days in the Park – Alliance
8/6-8/9* – Betty Zane Days – Martins Ferry
8/6-8/9* – Scio Street Fair – Scio
8/6-8/10* – Asian Lantern Festival at the Cleveland Zoo VI – Cleveland
8/7* – North Market Night Market at Bridge Park IV – Dublin
8/7-8/9* – All Ohio Balloon Fest – Marysville
8/7-8/9* – Reynoldsburg Tomato Festival – Reynoldsburg
8/7-8/9* – Holy Spirit Festival and Homecoming – Whitehall
8/7-8/10* – Rivers, Trails and Ales Festival – Marietta
8/7-8/10* – Columbus Zoo Lantern Festival II – Powell
8/7-8/10* – St. Marys Summerfest – St. Marys
8/7-8/10* – Italian-American Heritage Festival – Warren
8/8-8/9* – Brick Street Block Party – Arcanum
8/8-8/9* – Carroll Community Festival – Carroll
8/8-8/9* – St. Cecilia Festival – Columbus
8/8-8/9* – St. Mary Homecoming Festival – Columbus
8/8-8/9* – Creston Ox Roast – Creston
8/8-8/9* – Dellroy Volunteer Fire Dept Homecoming – Dellroy
8/8-8/9* – St. Brendan Parish Festival – Hilliard
8/8-8/9* – Homecoming – Kelleys Island
8/8-8/9* – Sandy-Beaver Canal Days – Magnolia
8/8-8/9* – Maumee Summer Fair – Maumee
8/8-8/9* – Neon Nights – North Lawrence
8/8-8/9* – Springfield Jazz and Blues Festival – Springfield
8/8-8/10* – Salt Fork Arts and Crafts Festival – Cambridge
8/8-8/10* – Coshocton Sunflower Festival – Coshocton
8/8-8/10* – Lorain County Music Fest – Elyria
8/8-8/10* – Germanfest Picnic – Dayton
8/8-8/10* – Sacred Heart Festival – Fairfield
8/8-8/10* – Flag City BalloonFest – Findlay
8/8-8/10* – Mount Vernon Music and Arts Festival – Mount Vernon
8/8-8/10* – North Ridgeville Corn Festival – North Ridgeville
8/8-8/10* – Ohio Celtic Festival – Painesville Township
8/8-8/10* – Voices of America Country Music Fest – West Chester
8/8-8/10* – St. Brigid Parish Festival – Xenia
8/9* – Sonnenberg Homecoming – Apple Creek
8/9* – Peaches and Cream Summer Harvest Festival – Berlin Heights
8/9* – Raccoon (Geauga) County Music Festival – Burton
8/9* – Madden Road Micro Music Fest – Cable
8/9* – Quinstock – Catawba Island
8/9* – BoomerFest – Centerville
8/9* – Chardon Brewfest – Chardon
8/9* – Water Lantern Festival – Cincinnati
8/9* – Water Lantern Festival – Columbus
8/9* – Potatoes N’ Such: Dayton Potato Festival – Dayton
8/9* – Heart of Grove City Boubon and Spirits Festival – Grove City
8/9* – The Kent Flea and Makers Market IV – Kent
8/9* – Grill for Good – Kent
8/9* – Bowen House Art Festival – Logan
8/9* – Brewfest Waterfront District – Lorain
8/9* – Downtown Massillon Fun Fest – Massillon
8/9* – South Town Music Festival – Medina
8/9* – New Lebanon Stagecoach Festival – New Lebanon
8/9* – North Canton Main Street Festival – North Canton
8/9* – TedFest – Pandora
8/9* – Freed Fest – Salem
8/9* – Swanton Corn Festival – Swanton
8/9* – Circle Festival and Light Parade – Tallmadge
8/9* – Barrio Latino Art Festival – Toledo
8/9* – Glass City Jazz Fest – Toledo
8/9* – Waynesville Street Faire III – Waynesville
8/9* – Uptown Untapped Beer Festival – Westerville
8/9* – Last Stop Willoughby (Train) Festival – Willoughby
8/9* – Art on the Lawn – Yellow Springs
8/9-8/10* – Hale Farm Civil War Reenactment – Bath
8/9-8/10* – Shaker Woods Festival I – Columbiana
8/9-8/10* – Festival Latino – Columbus
8/9-8/10* – Englewood Festival – Englewood
8/9-8/10* – Hippie Fest – Logan
8/9-8/10* – 18th Century Colonial Trade Fair – Loudonville
8/9-8/10* – All Saints Festival – New Riegel
8/9-8/10* – The Great Lakes Medieval Faire and Marketplace VI – Rock Creek
8/10* – Akron Pickle Fest – Akron
8/10* – Feast of the Assumption West – Broadview Heights
8/10* – Obzinky (Harvest Festival) – Chagrin Falls
8/10* – Cleveland International Kite Festival – Cleveland
8/10* – Fort Loramie Summer Gazebo Party – Fort Loramie
8/10* – Immaculate Conception Church Summer Festival – Kenton
8/10* – Art on the Commons – Kettering
8/10* – An Affair on the Square Craft Fest – Medina
8/10* – Richfield Community Day – Richfield
8/10* – Festival of India – Sylvania
8/10* – Our Lady of Sorrows Slovak Heritage Festival – Youngstown
8/13-8/16* – The Parade of the Hills – Nelsonville
8/13-8/16* – Pataskala Street Fair – Pataskala
8/13-8/16* – Gathering of the Juggalos – Thornville
8/13-8/17* – Asian Lantern Festival at the Cleveland Zoo VII – Cleveland
8/14* – CLE Market: Avon Lake III – Avon Lake
8/14-8/16* – Bucyrus Bratwurst Festival – Bucyrus
8/14-8/16* – D-Day Conneaut – Conneaut
8/14-8/17* – Midwest Regional Black Family Reunion Celebration – Cincinnati
8/14-8/17* – Feast of the Assumption – Cleveland
8/14-8/17* – Lexington Blueberry Festival – Lexington
8/14-8/17* – Appalachian Herbfest – Pomeroy
8/14-8/17* – Columbus Zoo Lantern Festival III – Powell
8/14-8/17* – Brier Hill Italian Festival – Youngstown
8/15* – Firefly Nights on the Green – Bowling Green
8/15-8/16* – St. Bernadette Parish Festival – Amelia
8/15-8/16* – Baltic Homecoming – Baltic
8/15-8/16* – Carlisle Railroad Days – Carlisle
8/15-8/16* – St. Andrew Parish Festival – Columbus
8/15-8/16* – North Market Wine Fest at Bridge Park – Dublin
8/15-8/16* – Sts. Peter and Paul Russian Food Festival – Lorain
8/15-8/16* – Mentor CityFest – Mentor
8/15-8/16* – Seven Mile Oktoberfest – Seven Mile
8/15-8/16* – Wayne Ohio Bluegrass Festival – Wayne
8/15-8/17* – Cleveland Area Pagan Pride Days – Bedford
8/15-8/17* – St. Mary Funfest – Cincinnati
8/15-8/17* – St. Mary Romanian Festival – Cleveland
8/15-8/17* – Olde Towne East Jazz Festival – Columbus
8/15-8/17* – Fort Jennings Fort Fest – Fort Jennings
8/15-8/17* – Lazy Daisy – Garrettsville
8/15-8/17* – St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish Festival – Milford
8/15-8/17* – Bremenfest – New Bremen
8/15-8/17* – Cleveland Donauschwaben Sommer Oktoberfest – Olmsted Township
8/15-8/17* – Little River Bluegrass Festival – Oregonia
8/15-8/17* – Saint John Bosco International Festival – Parma Heights
8/15-8/17* – Seton Parish Festival – Pickerington
8/15-8/17* – Valley City Street Fair – Valley City
8/16* – Highland Square PorchRokr Festival – Akron
8/16* – Alonzo Weed Fest – Amesville
8/16* – Ashland Ohio Pride by Waters Edge – Ashland
8/16* – Bainbridge Rox – Chagrin Falls
8/16* – Cincy Beerfest – Cincinnati
8/16* – Whiskey Island Paddlefest – Cleveland
8/16* – St. Josephine Bakhita Parish Festival at St. Elizabeth – Columbus
8/16* – Roscoe Village Food Truck Festival – Coshocton
8/16* – Dayton Porchfest – Dayton
8/16* – E-Town Shakedown Music and Art Festival – Eaton
8/16* – Blues, Brews and Brats Fest – Fremont
8/16* – Art-A-palooza – Green
8/16* – Harlem Township Days – Harlem Township
8/16* – Columbus Food Truck Festival: Hilliard Edition – Hilliard
8/16* – Dog Days of Summer Festival – Kent
8/16* – Pepper Fest – Kettering
8/16* – Lancaster BrewFest – Lancaster
8/16* – Peddler Fest – Lodi
8/16* – Puerto Rican Day Parade and Festival – Lorain
8/16* – Marion Blues Festival – Marion
8/16* – Westside Flea III – North Olmsted
8/16* – Peninsula Flea at Heritage Farms VI – Peninsula
8/16* – Rossford Riverfest – Rossford
8/16* – Springfield Rotary Gourmet Food Truck Competition – Springfield
8/16* – Brew and BBQ Bash – Streetsboro
8/16* – Sunbury Sizzle and Sounds – Sunbury
8/16* – Toledo Night Market III – Toledo
8/16* – FareFest – Versailles
8/16* – Oliver Hazard Day – Waterville
8/16* – Wren Homecoming – Wren
8/16* – GOMoP-Alooza Music and Arts Festival – Warren
8/16-8/17* – Props and Pistons Festival – Akron
8/16-8/17* – The Great Camelot Renaissance Faire – Carrollton
8/16-8/17* – Shaker Woods Festival II – Columbiana
8/16-8/17* – Dayton African American Cultural Festival – Dayton
8/16-8/17* – Fairborn Sweet Corn Festival – Fairborn –
8/16-8/17* – St. Maron Food Festival – Independence –
8/17* – Bark in the Park – Bay Village
8/17* – St. Stephen’s Day Picnic – Cleveland
8/17* – St. Mary’s of the Assumption Parish Picnic – Geneva
8/17* – Halupki Festival – Marblehead
8/20-8/21* – Bash on the Bay – Put-in-Bay
8/20-8/23* – Utica Homecoming Fall Festival – Utica
8/20-8/24* – Asian Lantern Festival at the Cleveland Zoo VIII – Cleveland
8/21-8/23* – Brown County Bluegrass Festival – Georgetown
8/21-8/23* – St. Peter St. Joan of Arc Community Festival – Powell
8/21-8/23* – Ohio Rural Heritage Festival – Ripley
8/21-8/24* – North Olmsted Homecoming Festival – North Olmsted
8/21-8/24* – Columbus Zoo Lantern Festival IV – Powell
8/22-8/23* – Bellbrook Lions Club SummerFest – Bellbrook
8/22-8/23* – Clifton Gorge Music and Arts Festival – Clifton
8/22-8/23* – Rock the Block – South Euclid
8/22-8/24* – Austinburg Country Days – Austinburg
8/22-8/24* – St. Mary’s Egyptian Festival – Columbus
8/22-8/24* – Germania Society Oktoberfest – Cincinnati
8/22-8/24* – St. Ignatius Iggy Fest – Cincinnati
8/22-8/24* – The Lebanese Festival – Dayton
8/22-8/24* – North Royalton Community Festival – North Royalton
8/22-8/24* – German-American Festival – Oregon
8/23-8/24* – SCP Weekend at St. Christopher Church – Rocky River
8/22-8/24* – St. Mark’s Egyptian Festival – Seven Hills
8/22-8/24* – Summer Ends Festival – Shreve
8/22-8/24* – Winchester Homecoming Festival – Winchester
8/23* – Made in Ada Wilson Football Festival – Ada
8/23* – Akron Pride Festival – Akron
8/23* – Avon Lake Beer Fest – Avon Lake
8/23* – Pickers Market III – Butler
8/23* – Chillicothe Pride Festival – Chillicothe
8/23* – Water Lantern Festival – Cleveland
8/23* – Grandview Hop III – Columbus
8/23* – India Festival – Columbus
8/23* – Weinland Park Community Festival – Columbus
8/23* – VetFest Ohio – Fairborn
8/23* – HAMILPALOOZA – Hamilton
8/23* – WAG! Fest – Hilliard
8/23* – Harvested Here Festival – Hillsboro
8/23* – Marblehead Lions Club Perch Festival – Marblehead
8/23* – Antiques and Boutiques Market – Marietta
8/23* – Taco and Nacho Fest at Austin Landing – Miamisburg
8/23* – Hops in the Hangar – Middletown
8/23* – ARTFest on Main – Springboro
8/23* – Stone Creek Firemen’s Festival – Stone Creek
8/23* – Toledo Pride – Toledo
8/23-8/24* – Northeast Ohio Steampunk Festival – Burton
8/23-8/24* – Cleveland Garlic Festival – Cleveland
8/23-8/24* – Shaker Woods Festival III – Columbiana
8/23-8/24* – Jungle Jim’s Weekend of Fire – Fairfield
8/23-8/24* – Art on the Green – Hudson
8/23-8/24* – Ohio Valley Orchid Fest – Kettering
8/23-8/24* – Hocking Hills Medieval Fest – Logan
8/23-8/24* – Great Trail Festival I – Malvern
8/23-8/24* – St. Josaphat Ukrainian Festival – Parma
8/24* – Canton India Festival – Canton
8/24* – St. George Romanian Heritage Festival – Canton
8/24* – West Geauga Unity Day – Chesterland
8/24* – One World Day – Cleveland
8/24* – Merion Village Festival – Columbus
8/24* – Mutt Strut – Kirtland
8/24 – Mill Street August Makers’ Market – Medina
8/24* – St. Bernard Church Summer Festival – New Washington
8/24* – Vintage Marketplace at the Falls III – Olmsted Falls
8/27-8/30* – Sweet Corn Festival – Millersport
8/27-8/31* – SamJam Bluegrass Festival – Piketon
8/28-8/31* – Columbus Zoo Lantern Festival V – Powell
8/28-9/1* – St. Rocco Festival – Cleveland
8/28-9/1* – Old Settlers Reunion – Jacksonville
8/29-8/30* – Nativity Fall Festival – Cincinnati
8/29-8/30* – Glandorf Park Festival – Glandorf
8/29-8/31* – Akron Pizza Fest – Akron
8/29-8/31* – Labor Day BBQ and Music Festival – Barberton
8/29-8/31* – The Made in Ohio Arts and Crafts Festival – Bath
8/29-8/31* – Liberty Home Oktoberfest – Hamilton
8/29-8/31* – Holloway Oldtimers Baseball Club Festival Weekend – Holloway
8/29-8/31* – Alterfest – Kettering
8/29-8/31* – Perch, Peach, Pierogi and Polka Festival – Port Clinton
8/29-8/31* – Portsmouth River Days – Portsmouth
8/29-8/31* – Russia Homecoming Festival – Russia
8/29-8/31* – Immortal Christian Rock Festival II – Versailles
8/29-8/31* – St. Michael Festival – Worthington
8/29-9/1* – Cleveland Oktoberfest I – Berea/Middleburg Heights
8/29-9/1* – Kamm’s Corners Greek Festival – Cleveland
8/29-9/1* – Columbus Greek Festival – Columbus
8/29-9/1* – Milan Melon Festival – Milan
8/29-9/1* – Firelands Labor Day Festival – New London
8/29-9/1* – Obetz Zucchinifest – Obetz
8/29-9/1* – West Liberty Labor Day Festival – West Liberty
8/30* – Jonathan Bye Days – Byesville
8/30* – Columbus GospelFest – Columbus
8/30* – International Festa-Val – Columbus
8/30* – Reggae Amplified – Dayton
8/30* – Maize Valley Winery and Craft Brewery Sunflower Festival I– Hartville
8/30* – VetFest – North Ridgeville
8/30* – Sullivan Township Labor Day Festival – Sullivan
8/30* – Tippapalooza Music Festival – Tipp City
8/30-8/31* – Akron Food Truck Festival – Akron
8/30-8/31* – Serbian Cultural Festival – Broadview Heights
8/30-8/31* – Lunken Airport Days – Cincinnati
8/30-8/31* – St. John Neumann Labor Day Festival – Cincinnati
8/30-8/31* – Ohio Cup Vintage Base Ball Festival – Columbus
8/30-8/31* – Perch and Pilsner Festival – Conneaut
8/30-8/31* – Killbuck Early American Days – Killbuck
8/30-8/31* – Community Togetherness Fest and Grind League 3×3 Basketball Tournament – Lorain
8/30-8/31* – Nowhere Else Festival – Martinsville
8/30-8/31* – Ottoville Park Carnival – Ottoville
8/30-8/31* – St. Andrew Ukrainian Fall Festival – Parma
8/30-8/31* – Fair at New Boston – Springfield
8/30-8/31* – Summer Sunset Blast – Stow
8/30-8/31* – Ohio Cannabis Festival – Tallmadge
8/30-8/31* – Toronto Ohio Art Festival – Toronto
8/30-9/1* – Canal Winchester Labor Day Festival – Canal Winchester
8/30-9/1* – Fort Rowdy Gathering – Covington
8/31* – Lorain County Labor Day Celebration – Lorain
8/30-9/1* – Great Trail Festival II – Malvern
8/30-9/1* – Ohio Renaissance Festival I – Waynesville
8/30-9/1* – West Jefferson Ox Roast Festival – West Jefferson
8/31* – Riverfest – Cincinnati
8/31* – Cincinnati Hispanic Fest – Cincinnati
8/31* – St. Jude Paris Festival – Elyria
8/31* – Bexley Labor Day Block Party and Brewfest – Bexley
8/31* – Elmore Labor Day Fireworks Festival – Elmore
8/31* – Hungarian Festival (formerly Hungarian Scout Festival) – Parma
8/31-9/1* – Holiday at Home – Ketteringhts I – Lancastern Township
Gibsonburg Old Timey Days in Gibsonburg:
- Dates: August 23–24, 2025.
- Description: A charming festival that celebrates the history and traditions of Gibsonburg. The event features historical reenactments, live entertainment, craft vendors, and family-friendly activities, offering a nostalgic experience for all attendees.
- What to Do There:
- Watch historical reenactments and demonstrations of traditional crafts.
- Explore vendor booths offering handmade goods and unique items.
- Enjoy live music and entertainment throughout the event.
- Participate in family-friendly activities and games.
- What People Like About It:
- The nostalgic and educational experience of stepping back in time.
- A welcoming community atmosphere with activities for all ages.
- The opportunity to support local artisans and vendors.
- Free admission and a fun-filled weekend for families.
- Address: Gibsonburg, OH (specific venue details not explicitly listed).
- County: Sandusky County.
- Phone Number: Not explicitly listed.
- Email Address: Not explicitly listed.
- Website URL: Gibsonburg Old Timey Days.