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Ohio Festivals & Events in October 2026 by Weekend

Written by the USA Fest Bot team with AI help. · Published · Updated

Cincinnati skyline beyond the Ohio River and wooded hills under a hazy sky
Downtown Cincinnati and the Ohio River from Mount Echo Park (not one of the events below). Photo: Ibagli, Wikimedia Commons, CC0.

October is fair and harvest festival season in Ohio. This guide covers 30 festivals, county fairs and other public events listed on USA Fest Bot for October 2026, grouped by weekend. You’ll find the Ohio Sauerkraut Festival in Waynesville, BLINK in Cincinnati, the Covered Bridge Festival in Jefferson, apple butter weekends in Burton, Grand Rapids and Coshocton, the Fall Festival of Leaves in Bainbridge, the Circleville Pumpkin Show, a Bigfoot festival in Celina and the Ohio Renaissance Festival. Each one links to its listing page and to the event’s own website.

Pick a weekend, then open the listing page and the event’s website for hours and details. USA Fest Bot doesn’t sell tickets.

Dates can change, so check the event’s website before you go.

Already underway: Coshocton County Fair, through Thursday, October 8.

Weekend of October 9–11

Fifteen events on our list fall on this weekend, including events in Loudonville, Cincinnati and Rio Grande. Also included here: Coshocton County Fair, which is already underway and runs through Thursday, October 8. Monday, October 12, is Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Two listings run through that Monday or later.

Red barns and white farm buildings beyond a green field
A farm in Holmes County, in Ohio’s Amish Country (not one of the events below). Photo: S. Clyde, U.S. National Archives, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.

October 16–18

Eight events on our list fall on this weekend, including events in Coshocton, Bainbridge and Mansfield. Still running from an earlier weekend: Old-Fashioned Christmas in the Woods (October 10–18) and Fairfield County Fair (October 11 - 17).

Downtown Columbus office towers along a riverside street under a blue sky
Downtown Columbus, Ohio (not one of the events below). Photo: Tysto, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.

October 23–25

Three events on our list fall on this weekend, in Circleville, Celina and Marysville.

October 30 – November 1

One event on our list falls on this weekend, in Delaware. Also included here: Cops & Kids Findlay Halloween Parade (Tuesday, October 27), which falls on a weekday before this weekend. Halloween falls on Saturday, October 31, this year.

Running across several weekends

These listings cover three or more October weekends. The dates show the full span, so check the organizer’s page for which days they are open.

Before you go: a short checklist

  • Open the event’s website the week you go. Each listing page links to it, and organizers post hours and updates there.
  • Check which days are event days. Some listings here cover a long span, such as Ohio Renaissance Festival (Weekends & Labor Day, September 5 – November 1), Old-Fashioned Christmas in the Woods (October 10–18) and Coshocton County Fair (October 2 - 8). Our listings show the full span, so check the organizer’s page for the exact days.
  • Add it to your calendar. Every listing in this guide has an “Add to calendar (.ics)” link and a map link.

Find more events near you

The rest of the site covers more of Ohio. Ohio events collects every Ohio listing on USA Fest Bot, and our Circleville Pumpkin Show guide covers that festival on its own. Pumpkin patches, corn mazes and haunted attractions that run all season are on pumpkin patches 2026, corn mazes 2026 and haunted houses 2026. For more fall plans, see fall festivals 2026, Oktoberfest 2026 (Put-in-Bay Oktoberfest is on it) and this weekend. Missing an event you know? Submit a listing.

Quick answers

Can these dates change?

The dates in this guide match each event’s listing page on USA Fest Bot. Dates can change, so check the event’s website before you go.

Is an event I know missing?

It may not have posted its 2026 dates yet. You can submit a listing with a link to the event’s website.

USA Fest Bot is not affiliated with any event in this guide and does not sell tickets. Found a date that has changed? Send a correction.