2026 Ohio Summer Festivals
Summer has officially arrived in Ohio, and that means festival season is in full swing!
From June through September, weekends across the state are packed with strawberry festivals, corn festivals, music festivals, balloon festivals, food events, and more.
To help you plan your summer adventures, I’ve put together this statewide guide featuring festivals and events organized by month. Whether you’re looking for a family-friendly weekend, a road trip destination, or a unique local celebration, you’ll find plenty of ideas here and if not check out our other weekend list of lots more things happening in Ohio.
Be sure to bookmark this page and check back often as I’m continually adding new festivals as I find them.
Disclaimer: Dates can change, so always check the official festival page before you go.
June Festivals
Jun 20-27 – Pickaway County Fair (Circleville)
Jun 22-27 – Harrison County Fair (Cadiz)
Jun 22-27 – Putnam County Fair (Ottawa)
Jun 23-27 – The Blue Tip Festival (Wadsworth)
Jun 25-27 – London Strawberry Festival (London)
Jun 25-27 – Columbia Hometown Festival (Columbia Station)
Jun 25-28 – Ashland Balloonfest (Ashland)
Jun 25-28 – Hamilton County Fair (Cincinnati)
Jun 26-27 – Ontario Liberty Fest (Ontario)
Jun 26-28 – Cy Young Days Festival (Newcomerstown)
Jun 26-28 – Garrettsville Summerfest (Garrettsville)
Jun 26-28 – Lorain International Festival (Lorain)
Jun 26-28 – Maria Stein Country Fest (Maria Stein)
Jun 26-28 – Simply Slavic Heritage Festival (Youngstown)
Jun 26-28 – Pyrate Fest XVIII (Put-in-Bay)
Jun 27-28 – Beach Glass Festival (Ashtabula Harbor)
Jun 27-28 – Bierfest (Brimfield)
Jun 28 – Strawberry Arts Fest (Medina)
Jun 28 – Jul 4 – Marion County Fair (Marion)
Jun 30-Jul 4 – Ashville 4th of July Celebration (Ashville)
July Festivals
Jul 1-5 – Chardon’s America 250 Celebration (Chardon)
Jul 2-5 – First Town Days Festival (New Philadelphia)
Jul 3 – Freedom Festival (Columbiana)
Jul 3-4- Centerville-Washington Township Americana Festival (Centerville)
Jul 3-5- Freedomfest (New Richmond)
Jul 9-11 – Ohio Hills Folk Festival (Quaker City)
Jul 9-11 – Country Concert 26 (Loramie)
Jul 10-11 – Summit County Italian-American Festival (Akron)
Jul 10-11 – Huron River Fest (Huron)
Jul 10-11 – John Paulding Summer Blast (Paulding)
Jul 10-12 – Tree Town Festival (Forest)
Jul 10-12 – Rally by the River (Grand Rapids)
Jul 10-12 – LilyFest (Rockbridge)
Jul 11 – Maple Splash Festival (Burton)
Jul 11 – Lake Side Mystic (Mentor)
Jul 11 – Defiance Jazz Festival (Defiance)
Jul 11-12 – Summer Festival of the Arts (Youngstown)
Jul 11-12 – Columbus Book Festival (Columbus)
July 11-12 – Cincy Blues Fest (Fairfield)
Jul 11-18 – Madison County Fair (London)
Jul 11-18 – Clinton County Fair (Wilmington)
Jul 12-18 – Adams County Fair (West Union)
Jul 12-19 – Logan County Fair (Bellfontaine)
Jul 13-18 – Lawrence County Fair (Proctorville)
Jul 13-19 – Lucas County Fair (Maumee)
Jul 14-19 – Montgomery County Fair (Dayton)
Jul 14-19 – Trumball County Fair (Cortland)
Jul 14-19 – Summer Moon Festival (Wapakoneta)
Jul 16-19 – Miami Valley Stream Threshers Association (Plain City)
Jul 17-18 – Ohio Challenge Hot Air Balloon Festival (Middletown)
Jul 17-18 – Waldo Summer Festival (Waldo)
Jul 17-19 – Island Fest (Kelleys Island)
Jul 17-19 – Inkcarceration Festival (Mansfield)
Jul 17-19 – Rossford Balloon and Fireworks Fest (Rossford) – CANCELED
Jul 17-19 Festa Italiana (Cuyahoga Falls)
Jul 17-25 – Jackson County Fair (Wellston)
Jul 18 – The Kent Blues Festival (Kent)
Jul 18 – Willoughby ArtsFest (Willoughby)
Jul 18 – Pop & Pour Southeastern Ohio Beer & Wine Festival (Zanesville)
Jul 18-19 – The United African Festival (Columbus)
Jul 19-26 – Ottawa County Fair (Oak Harbor)
Jul 20-25 – Perry County Fair (New Lexington)
Jul 20-25 – Warren County Fair (Lebanon)
Jul 20-25 – Crawford County Fair (Bucyrus)
Jul 20-25 – Fayette County Fair (Washington Court House)
Jul 20-26 – Franklin Co Fair (Hillard)
Jul 21-26 – Carroll County Fair (Carrollton)
Jul 22-25 – Adamsville Homecoming (Adamsville)
Jul 22-26 – 57th Annual Warren Greek Festival (Warren)
Jul 23-25 – Cincinnati Music Festival (Cincinnati)
Jul 23-25 – 7 Mile Bluegrass Festival (Circleville)
Jul 24-26 – Celina Lake Festival (Celina)
Jul 24-25 – Rock the Block (Cincinnati)
Jul 24-25 – Dayton Celtic Festival (Dayton)
Jul 24-26 – Jazz & Rib Fest (Columbus)
Jul 24-26 – Harmar Days Festival (Marietta)
Jul 24-26 – Annie Oakley Festival ( Greenville)
Jul 24-26 – Wine & Walleye Festival (Ashtabula)
Jul 24-31 – Clark County Fair (Springfield)
Jul 25 – Hocking Hills Alien Festival (Logan)
Jul 25 – Flair on the Square Fine Arts Festival (Bryan)
Jul 25 – Lindsey Sunflower & Homecoming Festival (Lindsey)
Jul 25 – Gibsonburg Arts & Wine Fest (Gibsonburg)
Jul 25-26 – Gathering at Garst (Greenville)
Jul 25 – Aug 1 – Knox County Fair (Mount Vernon)
Jul 26 – Aug 1 – Union County Fair (Marysville)
Jul 26 – Aug 1 – Shelby County Fair (Sidney)
Jul 26 – Aug 1 – Butler County Fair (Hamilton)
Jul 26 – Aug 1 – Clermont County Fair (Owensville)
Jul 26 – Aug 2 – Seneca County Fair (Tiffin)
Jul 27 – Aug 1 – Vinton County Fair (McArthur)
Jul 28 – Aug 2 – Lake County Fair (Painesville Township)
Jul 28 – Aug 2 – Summit County Fair (Tallmadge)
Jul 29 – Aug 9 – Ohio State Fair (Columbus)
Jul 30 – Aug 1 – Everwild Festival (Thornville)
Jul 30 – Aug 1 – Strongsville Homecoming (Strongsville)
Jul 30 – Aug 9 – Great Alliance Carnation Festival (Alliance)
Jul 31 – Aug 2 – Dublin Irish Festival (Dublin)
Jul 31 – Aug 2 – Greater Youngstown Italian Fest (Youngstown)
August Festivals
Aug 1 – Bluegrass, Brews and Barbecue Festival (Jackson)
Aug 1 – Kids Fest (Ottawa)
Aug 1 – Defiance County Hot Air Balloon Festival (Defiance)
Aug 1 – Rock the Lake (Indian Lake)
Aug 1 – Small Farm & Food Fest (Huber Heights)
Aug 1 – Great Lakes Rockabilly Roadtrip Music Festival (Port Clinton)
Aug 1-2 – Flower Festival (Bucyrus)
Aug 1-8 – Preble County Fair (Eaton)
Aug 2-8 – Greene County Fair (Xenia)
Aug 2-8 – Auglaize County Fair (Wapakoneta)
Aug 2-9 – Wood County Fair (Bowling Green)
Aug 3-8 – Gallia County Fair (Gallipolis)
Aug 3-8 – Scioto County Fair (Lucasville)
Aug 3-9 – Columbiana County Fair (Lisbon)
Aug 3-9 – Medina County Fair (Medina)
Aug 5-9 – Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival (Canton)
Aug 6-8 – Baltimore Festival (Baltimore)
Aug 6-9 – 41st Warren Italian-American Festival (Warren)
Aug 6-9 – Schoolhouse Farms in Bloom Festival (Rockford)
Aug 6-9 – Belpre Homecoming Festival (Belpre)
Aug 6-9 – Rivers Trails & Ales (Marietta)
Aug 6-9 – VOA Country Music Fest (West Chester)
Aug 6-9 – Toledo Jeep Fest (Toledo)
Aug 7-8 – Basket Festival (Berlin Heights)
Aug 7-8 – Vintage Ohio Wine Festival (Kirtland)
Aug 7-8 – Carey Fest (Carey)
Aug 7-8 – Leesburg Festival (Leesburg)
Aug 7-8 – Jazz Blues Fest (Springfield)
Aug 7-9 – Flag City BalloonFest (Findlay)
Aug 7-9 – North Ridgeville Corn Festival (North Ridgeville)
Aug 7-9 – Twins Day Festival (Twinsburg)
Aug 7-14 – Champaign County Fair (Urbana)
Aug 7-15 – Athens County Fair (Athens)
Aug 8 – Swanton Summer Corn and Country Festival (Swanton)
Aug 8 – Summerfest (Richwood)
Aug 8 – Stoney Stock Music Fest (Bryan)
Aug 8 – Art on the Square (Washington Court House (Washington Court House)
Aug 8-9 – Flower Festival (Bucyrus)
Aug 8-9 – Shaker Woods Festival (Columbiana)
Aug 8-15 – Ross County Fair (Chillicothe)
Aug 9-15 – Richland County Fair (Mansfield)
Aug 9-15 – Hartford Fair (Croton)
Aug 10-15 – Holmes County Fair (Millersburg)
Aug 10-16 – Erie County Fair (Sandusky)
Aug 11-15 – Attica Independent Fair (Attica)
Aug 11-16 – Ashtabula County Fair (Jefferson)
Aug 11-16 – Cuyahoga County Fair (Middleburg Heights)
Aug 13-15 – Bucyrus Bratwurst Festival (Bucyrus)
Aug 13-15 – Reynoldsburg Tomato Festival (Reynoldsburg)
Aug 13-16 – Props and Pistons Festival (Akron)
Aug 13-16 – St. Marys SummerFest (St. Marys)
Aug 13-16 – Little Italy Feast of the Assumption (Cleveland)
Aug 13-19 – Mercer County Fair (Celina)
Aug 13-20 – Henry County Fair (Napolean)
Aug 14-15 – Neon Nights (North Lawrence)
Aug 14-15 – Carroll Community Festival (Carroll)
Aug 14-16- Stars Hollow Fest Weekend (Medina)
Aug 14-16 – Fort Jennings Fort Fest (Fort Jennings)
Aug 14-16 Mount Vernon Music Arts Festival (Mount Vernon)
Aug 14-16 – Salt Fork Arts & Craft Festival (Cambridge)
Aug 14-16 – Dayton Germanfest Picnic (Dayton)
Aug 14-16 – Coshocton Sunflower Festival (Coshocton)
Aug 14-20 – Miami County Fair (Troy)
Aug 15 – Lavender Fest (McConnelsville)
Aug 15 – Port Clinton Festival (Port Clinton)
Aug 15-16 – Fairborn Sweet Corn Festival (Fairborn)
Aug 15-16 – Shaker Woods Festival (Columbiana)
Aug 16-22 – Muskingum County Blue Ribbon Fair (Zanesville)
Aug 16-22- Huron County Fair (Norwalk)
Aug 17-22 – Meigs County Fair (Pomeroy)
Aug 17-23 – Jefferson County Fair (Smithfield)
Aug 19-22 – Nelsonville Parade of the Hills (Nelsonville)
Aug 19-22 – Pemberville Free Fair (Pemberville)
Aug 19-22 – Pataskala Street Fair (Pataskala)
Aug 20-22 – Brown County Bluegrass Festival (Georgetown)
Aug 20-23 – Lexington Blueberry Festival (Lexington)
Aug 21-22 – All Ohio Balloon Fest (Marysville)
Aug 21-29 – Darke County Fair (Greenville)
Aug 21-29 – Allen County Fair (Lima)
Aug 22 – South Town Arts & Music Fest (Medina)
Aug 22-23 – Shaker Woods Festival (Columbiana)
Aug 22-29 – Defiance County Fair (Hicksville)
Aug 23-30 – Lorain County Fair (Wellington)
Aug 24-29 – Monroe County Fair (Woodsfield)
Aug 24-30 – Sandusky County Fair (Fremont)
Aug 25-30 – Portage County Randolph Fair (Atwater)
Aug 28-30 – German American Festival (Oregon)
Aug 29-30 – Great Trail Festival (Malvern)
Aug 29-30 – Hocking Hills Medieval Fest (Logan)
Aug 31 – Sept 5 – Noble County Fair (Caldwell)
Aug 31 – Sept 7 – Morrow County Fair (Mount Gilead)
September Festivals
Sept 2-5 – Sweet Corn Festival (Millersport)
Sept 2-7 – Canfield Fair (Canfield)
Sept 3-7 – Old Settlers Reunion (Jacksonville)
Sept 3-7 Geauga County Fair (Burton)
Sept 4-6 – Portsmouth River Days (Portsmouth)
Sept 4-6 Alterfest (Kettering)
Sept 4-6 – Secret Dreams Festival (Marengo)
Sept 4-7 – Obetz Zucchinifest (Obetz)
Sept 5 – Ohio is for Lovers Festival (Huber Heights)
Sept 5-7 – Canal Winchester Labor Day Festival (Canal Winchester)
Sept 5-7 – Great Trail Festival (Malvern)
Sept 9-12 – Fredericktown Tomato Show (Fredericktown)
Sept 10-12 – Marion Popcorn Festival (Marion)
Sept 11-12 – Lithopolis Honeyfest (Lithopolis)
Sept 11-12 – Sister Cities of Vandalia Oktoberfest (Dayton)
Sept 11-13 Clinton County Corn Festival (Wilmington)
Sept 11-13 – Columbus Oktoberfest (Columbus)
Sept 11-13 – Ohio River Sternwheel Festival (Marietta)
Sept 11-13 – Black Swamp Arts Festival (Bowling Green)
Sept 12-13 – Toledo Lighthouse Festival (Toledo)
Sept 12-13 – Beavercreek Popcorn Festival (Beavercreek)
Sept 12-17 Wayne County Fair (Wooster)
Sept 14-19 – Hocking County Fair (Logan)
Sept 14-19 – Wyandot County Fair (Upper Sandusky)
Sept 17-20 – Oktoberfest Zinzinnati (Cincinnati)
Sept 18-20 – Lost Lands Festival (Thornville)
Sept 18-20 – Tiffin-Seneca Heritage Festival (Tiffin)
Sept 18-20 – Ohio PawPaw Festival (Nelsonville)
Sept 18-20 – Oktoberfest (Cuyahoga Falls)
Sept 18-20 – Glass Pumpkin Festival (Laurelville)
Sept 19 – Monarch Fest (Put-in-Bay)
Sept 19-26 – Delaware County Fair (Delaware)
That’s the end of the Summer Festivals in Ohio! Stay tuned for the complete list of Ohio Fall Festivals coming soon!
