2011 OHIO - OCTOBER 2011
Food Festivals, & Other Food, Wine and Beer Events
waiting for new dates
September 30-Oct 1, 2011 58th Annual Ohio Swiss Festival - Sugarcreek, Ohio
Held in Sugarcreek, the Little Switzerland of Ohio, with parades, queen pageant, musical entertainment, rides, 5K Swiss Cheese Chase, cheese auction, cheesemaking contest, Steintossen stone throwing, yodeling Swiss cheese eating and Swiss costume contests. Sample award-winning wine and cheese from our local artisans throughout the festival.
October 1-2, 2011 Weekend Of Fire - Fairfield, Ohio
Fun, food and contests, with over 55 vendors and over 300 samples waiting for you. There will be vendors coming from all over the country ready to sample their wares. They'll have hot sauces that range from mild to wild, including some of the hottest hot sauces you've ever tried. Not only are the sauces wild, but wait until you see the people, costumes and booths. The hot sauce community is outrageous, bodacious and contagious! Attendance: 5,000.
October 1-2, 2011 Huntsburg Pumpkin Festival - Huntsburg, Ohio
The 42nd annual festival will include a baking contest, decorated & carved pumpkin show, pageant, horseshoe tournament, apple peeling contest, nail pounding contest, pumpkin roll, car show, pumpkin pie eating contest, road race, entertainment and a parade.
October 1-2, 2011 Spring Valley Potato Festival - Spring Valley, Ohio
The first full weekend in October of each year brings thousands of people together to enjoy the free continuous live entertainment. The aroma of an endless variety of foods is there to enjoy while strolling the streets lined with booth after booth of quality crafts and home grown produce in the Farmer's Market. Raffles, contests, a baked goods auction and a pet parade are just part of the many things to take in.
October 4-8, 2011 83rd Annual Bradford Pumpkin Show - Bradford , Ohio
Parades, pageant, bread & pie contests, car show, talent show and much more!
October 8, 2011 Yellow Springs Street Fair - Yellow Springs, Ohio
An all-day festival with entertainment throughout the Village. Over 200 booths. Join the international selection of cuisine from Vietnamese shish-kabob to Mexican empanadas to Thai wraps to hot dogs. Street performers, Music Festival & Beer Garden. For children, Primary Languages will have free crafts along with face painting and cookie decorating with donations going to the Dayton International School.
October 8-9, 2011 Oak Harbor Apple Festival - Oak Harbor, Ohio
Come celebrate our 32nd year, where there is something for everyone! Pageant, parade, tractor pulling contest, baking contest, talent show, classic car show, 5K Apple Run, youth football game and local performers. Attendance: 35,000.
October 8-9, 2011 42nd Annual Ohio Sauerkraut Festival - Waynesville, Ohio
Over 460 craft exhibitors, entertainment, and Sauerkraut...served in many traditional and some VERY unusual ways!
October 8-9, 2011 Enon Apple Butter Festival - Enon, Ohio
Hosted by the Enon Community Historical Society, apple butter is made the old-fashioned way in 50 gallon copper kettles, cooked over open fires. The festival offers music, entertainment, demonstrations, crafts and food, food & more food!
October 14-16, 2011 Apple Butter Stirrin' Festival - Coshocton, Ohio
Smell the fresh apple butter simmering over an open fire and enjoy artisans & crafters, music, contests and demonstrations in historic Roscoe Village.
October 19-22, 2011 Circleville Pumpkin Show - Circleville, Ohio
Ohio's oldest and largest festival. Pumpkin growing competition, Miss Pumpkin Queen, World's Largest Pumpkin Pie, fruit & vegetable displays, hog calling, egg toss, pumpkin toss, pie eating, baked goods, parades, entertainment.
October 23, 2011 Cincinnati Chocolate Festival - Cincinnati, Ohio
A community-wide festival designed for chocolate lovers of all ages. It will include chocolate tastings from over 24 vendors, celebrity chef demonstrations, many children’s activities, contests and raffles, not to mention lots of shopping for those special holiday gifts.
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