Touring-Ohio's Featurette
Tall Ships Festival
CLEVELAND, OHIO: The American Sail Training Association has partnered with GREAT LAKES UNITED to bring a fleet of international tall ships to the Great Lakes, the world’s largest body of fresh water, as part of the Great Lakes United TALL SHIPS CHALLENGE® 2010 race series. During this challenge these ships will be in and around Cleveland between July 7 and July 11. Ships expected to take part include schooners, clippers, privateer, ketch, and replicas of the HMS Bounty...
Visiting Ohio Events & Exhibits
Historic Home and Garden Tour
URBANA, OHIO: This is Urbana’s 18th Annual Historic Home and Garden Tour. This year’s tour includes 7 homes, one home under restoration, 2 private gardens, the Urbana United Methodist...
Oldest Memorial Day Parade in the Nation
IRONTON, OHIO: On Monday, May 31, Ironton, the county seat of Lawrence County, will be celebrating their 142nd Memorial Day Parade. The parade will have over 1800 participants in front of a crowd...
Coshocton Balloon Festival
COSHOCTON, OHIO: The 2010 Frontier Hot Air Balloon Festival is scheduled for June 11 – 13, 2010. Friday will feature a lift off from the fairgrounds between 6:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday...
Zing, zang, zoom!
COLUMBUS, OHIO: Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey is visiting the Nationwide Arena through Sunday. One of the regular features of the circus is the traditional parade from Grandview. Although...
Touring Ohio Festivals
Miami Valley Steam Threshers in Plain City
PLAIN CITY: The Miami Valley Steam Threshers Reunion and Show is once again on display in Plain City. This is the 61st show and it’s bigger than ever. Friday night was the annual tractor parade...
Wilmington’s Banana Split Festival
WILMINGTON, OHIO: If you love a good old-fashioned festival, set to the tune of the fabulous 50s and 60s, then Wilmington in Southwest Ohio is right place. Just think drive-in movies, poodle skirts,...
Worth Seeing
Columbus’ Main Library Named Library of the Year
COLUMBUS, OHIO: The Library Journal pre-announced yesterday that the Columbus Metropolitan Library (CML) will be the winner of the Gale/Library Journal Library of the Year Award 2010 to be published...
GE’s EcoMagination Tour Stops in Columbus
Over a 28-day period, this 131′ long wind turbine blade is making its way from South Dakota to Dallas, Texas, a total of 2436 miles crossing 9 states. On Thursday, the big blade stopped at...
Visiting Ohio's History Today
Historic Aircraft
COLUMBUS, OHIO: OSU’s Don Scott Field located on the north side of Columbus, has a historic 1929 Ford Tri-Motor aircraft through this weekend. The once popular passenger aircraft was a familiar...
Civil War Encampment at the Statehouse
A two-day Civil War encampment will take place on the Ohio Statehouse lawn, May 7 & 8. 1st Ohio Light Artillery, Battery A Civil War re-enactors will offer living history lessons during an 1860s-era...
Ohio Music Festivals
Jazz & Rib Fest — Columbus
COLUMBUS, OHIO: The aroma of hot ribs and sounds of cool jazz will return the Arena District in downtown Columbus on July 23, 24 and 25 for the Jazz and Rib Festival. This is one of the BIG ONES....
Smokin’ Blues, Sizzlin’ Hot Ribs & More!
CANAL WINCHESTER: A FREE two-day summer street celebration featuring live Blues on two stages, Rib Competition, non-rib food, art/artisan vendors, children’s activities and a beer garden –...