My family and I look forward to this event every year! The last 10 years we have been a vendor…read morerepresenting a non-profit that has Apple cider and water by donation. But that aside, this is a great family-friendly event with arts & crafts vendors, food, a chance to mix Apple Butter over huge fire pit, and plenty of free activities for kids and adults alike. The performers on the central stage with straw bales in the seating area makes a good place to rest before tackling more shopping, eating, or meeting up with friends you haven't seen since the last Apple Butter Day. Highly recommend this event. It's always on the 2nd Saturday in October.

A little Groveport history: Back in the day, Groveport was 2 settlements - Wert's Grove and…read moreRarey's Port. Wert's Grove was settled primarily as an orchard and the streets on this side of the village reflect that (Cherry, Oak, Walnut, Grove, etc.) Although there isn't an Apple Street, the residents of Groveport decided Apple Butter Day was a good way to remember the town's start and bring together the community. Volunteers start weeks before the festival making apple butter from scratch using manual methods (i.e. a copper kettle over a fire and a wooden stirrer on a long pole). Most of this is canned for people to buy at the festival (or at the Heritage Center throughout the year), but some is saved to be reheated the day of the festival and sold with thick pieces of homemade bread for $2 a slice. If nothing else, I have to get a slice of this bread!! In the meantime, there is entertainment (animals and pony rides for the kids, live music, apple butter making demos, etc.), food (churches and youth groups make better than your average fair food and fudge, lots of fudge), and vendors (get your Christmas shopping done early!). I think that this event is getting better as it goes on. This last one was packed with people and there was enough going on to keep us down there for several hours!

Super fun, well organized, lots of fun for everyone!…read more This event had been going on for 15 years, it was well planned, well executed and attended by so many people. The business had canopies all up and down the Main Street. Each canopy had friendly people handing out candy to the kids and telling the adults about their stores. There was live music, a fire truck, food trucks, and much much more. This event was fun and entertaining. The event was attend by so many families.

I'd been planning to stop in and check out this local fest, since hearing about it two years ago,…read morewhile at the Serbian Festival. These local ethnic festivals are, in my opinion, a fantastic way to show centra Ohio's cultural diversity! The church is beautiful. Stained glass windows. Vibrant mosaic tiles. Paintings all over the walls. Macedonian music playing outside. As you enter through the building. There is two rows of food - both sides of the line offer the same goods. Tons of pork and beef dishes, kabobs, sausages. Dessert are the later half of the line. Cream puffs, pastries, baklava, fruit-and-nut concoctions. I'm planning to systematically nibble through all these treats. I'm extra excited for a bite of the stuffed pepper and giant sausage (for the love, I can't remember the name of them - but they look very plump and juicy)!!

The best food! Fair prices! The best desserts options. I feel bad for them because of the rainy…read moreweather,I know what it takes to organize such an event!

Always a fun time, and although this year it was a little gray, it seemed at it's largest so far. I…read morehave been 3 times I think now and I always walk away with lots of honey and bee-themed goodies, being as we keep bees at our house too (its a lifestyle, just bee :). The end of the summer is a perfect time to stock up on beeswax candles for the upcoming cozy, mystical autumn days-- I'm so glad I did that this year! After we shopped, we checked out a mead tasting in the library just off of the main road and had a blast trying all the different flavors. I walked away with a bottle of orange blossom honey raisin mead for myself plus an extra bottle to include in a wedding gift. A new vendor addition was a shaved ice truck that had honey drizzle for all of the shaved ice. Yum! It's, of course, always a little more fun if it's sunny given the theme, but I still had a great time this year too.

Super fun, quite a large festival for a small town. Loved how involved the whole fest was…read more Attractions, educational demonstrations, honey samples galore, meade tastings, popcorn, corn dogs, bubble tea, artisinal crafts, and face painting, live music, and Im sure I am forgetting a lot. Great traffic averting as well because it was blocked off in a way that didn't disrupt the flow of traffic. Lithopolis Ohio showed itself off with this honey festival.

Eggfest is the one event I look forward to attending every year. The food is plentiful and…read moredelicious. It can be crowded but the lines typically go fast and it allows you some time to digest. There's a dog show that happens two times during the day, cooking demonstrations and vendors tents as well. It's a bonus that All the proceeds go to cancer research. I recommend going earlier than later as some vendors run out of food. Overall, one of the best foodie events there is. I definitely recommend.

I had seen a reference to this online, but figured it was just a grill show and ignored it…read more Sweetie surprised me with tickets for my birthday, and it turned out to be more than that. Really a food festival/cooking competition. At Fortress Obetz, mainly in the shade under the bleachers, there were dozens of contestants from regional restaurants, food shops, and private teams. Tickets include free samples, so we wandered and tasted. Mainly BBQ-leaning items, but also tacos, bagels and lox, and more. The worst thing I had all morning was still pretty darn good, and some were stellar. You can vote for your favorite. The competitors were friendly and informative, proud to share and talk about their entries. Baby K wasn't much into it, she's not a carnivore, but she had some pita and a snowcone, and a cookie. There were vendors with baked goods, lemonade, grilling supplies, etc. Free bottles of water, nicely chilled on a hot day. A beer garden. Go early; it got busy quick, and there was just a conga line going from table to table for tastings. Parking at the stadium is easy. There was music throughout the day, cooking demos, and a dog skill show.

More than 40,000 people attend this four-day festival held in honor of the dainty little flower…read more Not bad for being around for only 11 years. (The festival, not the flowers.) What is the Pickerington connection to violets? Uhh- I'm still not sure, aside from the fact the festival also celebrates the history of Pickerington. Every day brings live music, arts and crafts and general family fun. They have even added a car and bike show. It's a cute little festival. Will I go every year? Probably not. But I DO like violets and have no problem with Pickerington. I would definitely make it a point to attend if I had intentions of buying flowers or just lived in the neighborhood.

Pretty good set up. The festival covered about 2 or 3 blocks down S. Yearling. There was a stage…read morewith live music on each end. I got there after the rain passed through around 6pm. Drink tickets were available for $2 each. 1 cup of beer was 2 tickets, so $4/beer which is pretty darn cheap for a festival. I didn't count but I don't think there were the 26+ vendors they claimed to have. Still, there were plenty of choices. All in all a pretty good time.

Wow! What a fun time! I had to convince my boyfriend to come to this festival, as he used to work…read morein Whitehall and had a few bad experiences. I talked him into it and I'm glad we came. Admission is free! I'm not sure there's the 30+ vendors as they claim, but I didn't actually count them. There might not be 30+, but there is A LOT of food trucks with plenty of variety! Hot dogs and sausage, crab cakes, shrimp, red snapper, Jamaican food, all kinds of Mexican food, including churros. There's empanadas, fair fries, funnel cakes, cheeseburgers, grilled cheese, kona ice, any kind of ice cream ever, and even a few healthy options like fresh pita sandwiches and salmon. There's also plenty of drink options including beer. There's live bands, craft tents, a big blow up house for kids and put put golf. We saw a lot of dogs, so it's definitely pet friendly! We arrived around noon and had no trouble parking. We left around 3pm and it was PACKED! No parking available in sight and very crowded, including long lines for food and the bathrooms. I would say the earlier you get there the better, unless you don't mind huge crowds and lines. The only thing I'll complain about was the lack of shade. I'm pretty fair skinned and can only stand in the sun so long, even with sunscreen on. We sat on the sidewalk and street a few times just to avoid the hot July sun. They need more tables with umbrellas! This is a fun way to spend a Saturday afternoon, though, and we'll for sure be back next year!

A very nice little holiday festival in Creekside, in the heart of Gahanna. Loads of things for…read morekids: a train, facepainting, ornament making and other crafts, etc. Performances by the Pinnell Dance School dancers, and I think a band earlier. And Santa and the tree lighting, of course. Lots of vendors, and free samples and other handouts like hot chocolate from the realtors sponsoring it. Many photo ops, fake snowballs for the kids, fake snow machine, and much more. Baby K loved it. I had fun. Plenty of food trucks too, and of course the local restaurants. Mill Street was closed so I'm guessing to get into the garage you'd have to come from the north or east. We parked just across the creek in the park south of 62, and had a very short walk. Definitely coming next year.