Events

If you’re planning to attend the Ohio State Fair on July 24, then you need to drop by the Dairy Products Building and see the intricate sculptures made of butter. It’s a tradition going on since the early 1900s.

If you’re strolling around Twinsburg just south of Cleveland in early August, don’t be alarmed if you start seeing double. The Twins Days Festival, set for Aug. 2-4, is the “largest annual gathering of twins and multiples in the world” according to the Guinness Book of World Records.

Saturday, Aug. 24, is Bike Buckeye Lake’s third annual Tour de Buckeye Lake cycling event. Riders choose between a 45-, 26- or 8-mile route circumventing Buckeye Lake. The 45- and 26-mile routes include a 4.1-mile stretch along the new Buckeye Lake Dam. The 45-mile route runs through picturesque Dawes Arboretum. The ride begins and ends at Buckeye Lake Winery, where there will be a post-cycling party with live music and local beers on tap.

The over 4 million annual visitors to scenic Hocking Hills State Park can now relax at a new visitor center, which includes 8,500 square feet of indoor space and 5,000 square feet of covered verandas.

‘Tis the season to attend one of 95 fairs being held in Ohio this summer and fall.

Ahoy, ship enthusiasts, mark July 11-14 on your calendars. That’s when the Tall Ships return to Cleveland during their summer-long cruise of the Great Lakes. Three ships will be available for Lake Erie cruises and you can board all of them with tickets.

My brother and I grew up in Akron, so our dad always took us to the All-American Soap Box Derby. During its heyday, as many as 70,000 people gathered to cheer on young racers, who came from across the country and the world.

Every summer, owners of a unique vehicle called an Amphicar gather in Celina for their ritual “splash-in” and take visitors for rides on water. The 2019 edition of the Celina Lake Festival is set for July 24-28 at Grand Lake St. Mary’s State Park.

Get busy living, and join fans from around the world for “The Shawshank Redemption” 25th Anniversary celebration in Mansfield. The celebration, scheduled for Aug. 16-18, features events, tours and celebrity appearances.

You can’t get any farther northeast in Ohio than Conneaut. That’s where 1,700 re-enactors will gather this summer to recreate the World War II invasion of Normandy beaches. D-Day Conneaut 2019 runs Aug. 14-16.