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16 October Festivals Not To Miss

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There is a crispness in the air that brings with it an abundance of pumpkin spice and earlier sunsets and a month chocked full of festivals.  Check out our recommendations for ways to spend your weekends this October.  Now if you’re looking for haunted and spooky, that ‘s a whole other list that you can check out at this link.

The Heritage of Flight Festival

New Carlisle Heritage of Flight
October 5th, 6th & 7th
We kick things off with a Classic Car Cruise-In on Friday night featuring live entertainment and an Auto Auction. In past years over 800 Classic Cars & Trucks have lined Main Street for one of the state’s largest cruise-ins. Saturday begins with the Impact Bethel Pancake Breakfast, more live entertainment and our main event; The Parade of Planes.
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Balloon Fest – A Hot Air Affair

Grimes Field
October 5 @ 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm, October 6 @ 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm
$2

View the B-25 on display and the Grimes Flying Lab which was built in 1952. It was a valuable tool for Grimes engineers to test and evaluate aircraft exterior lighting systems under various conditions while actually in flight. Volunteers for the Flying Lab Foundation, recently spent nine years restoring this beautiful aircraft after it sustained wing damage in 1986 and spent nearly fourteen years lying abandoned in a field.

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Minster Oktoberfest

Minster Oktoberfest
October 5 @ 6:00 pm – 11:59 pm, October 6 @ 9:30 am – 11:59 pm, October 7 @ 9:30 am – 8:00 pm

  The Oktoberfest, which draws over 80,000 people to the Village, emphasizes the community’s rich German heritage. Sing and dance to German music. Taste the hearty German foods. Watch the spectacular parade featuring colorful floats, marching bands and many celebrities. See the many events in the Gazebo and the Spazz Plaz. Take part in the beer tray relay, the 10K run, and any numerous other games.

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Lumberjack Festival

Ghostlight Coffee
October 6 @ 8:00 am – 2:00 pm

??For thirty long years, Joe climbed the great trees of Dayton, Ohio. He’d prune and trim from morning ’til night.…

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41st Annual Spring Valley Potato Festival

October 6 @ 9:00 am – 9:00 pm, October 7 @ 9:00 am – 6:00 pm

Arts & Crafts, Live Entertainment, 5K Tater Trot Run/Walk, Carnival Rides, Potato Soup, Potato Candy and more! 20th Annual 5k…

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Wagner Subaru Outdoor Experience

Eastwood Metro Park
October 6 @ 11:00 am – 10:00 pm, October 7 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm    Free

Come join us at #outdoorx for FREE! Wagner Subaru Outdoor Experience is the Midwest’s Premiere Outdoor Adventure Festival! Saturday October 6, 11am-10pm…

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Miamisburg Fall Festival

Riverfront Park
October 6 @ 12:30 pm – 4:30 pm  Free

Come visit the Miamisburg Fall Festival and experience: Crafts Games Music Petting Zoo Hay Rides Inflatables Entertainment Pumpkin Patch For…

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Centerville Fall Festival

Stubbs Ampitheater
October 7 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm  Free

Celebrate Centerville’s 50th Anniversary as a City! This free event features music by Alexis Gomez, kids’ activities, inflatables, the Centerville…

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Waynesville’s Annual Sauerkraut Festival

Downtown Waynesville
October 13 @ 9:00 am – 8:00 pm, October 14 @ 9:00 am – 6:00 pm

The Ohio Sauerkraut Festival serves 7 tons of sauerkraut and attracts approximately 350,000 visitors each year to browse among the over 450 craft booths and sample the offerings from more than 30 different food booths.  It continues to be one of the top quality festivals in the United States, attracting visitors and vendors from every state across the Nation.

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20th Anniversary Iams Homestead Pioneer Harvest Fest

Iams Homestead Museum
October 13 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm  Free

Opening Ceremony:  Color Guard, singing of National Anthem Booths and displays open from 10 AM to 5 PM Country Store in…

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Enon Apple Butter Festival

Settler’s Park

October 13 @ 10:00 am – 6:00 pm, October 14 @ 11:00 am – 5:00 pm  Free

The Enon Community Historical Society sponsors the annual Enon Apple Butter Festival as a community service project.

The Historical Society makes apple butter the old-fashioned way in six, 50-gallon copper kettles, cooked over open wood-burning fires.

Canning and selling of the apple butter is done at the festival in the afternoon as it becomes ready.

Annual attendance is estimated at 8-10,000 for the two days.

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Ohio Renaissance Festival

Ohio Renaissance Festival
Every Sat & Sun all month 10:30 am – 6:00 pm $23

Queen Elizabeth and over 150 costumed characters invite you to this 30-acre re-created 16th Century English village where you can…

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GemFest 2018

Yellow Cab Tavern
October 13 @ 7:00 pm – October 14 @ 7:00 pm    $5

GemFest 2018 is coming your way! Six bands, local artists, Wrappin’ & Rollin’ Cafe, cool people, AND the proceeds go…

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Family Fall Festival

Shafor Park
October 14 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Enjoy an afternoon of fun games, food, hayrides along Shafor Boulevard to see Scarecrow Row, pumpkin painting and other entertainment…

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Pioneer Village Harvest Festival

Caesar’s Creek Pioneer Village

October 20 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, October 21 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm      $5

Learn about how the Pioneers would prepare their cabins and their food storages for the coming winter months. This would…

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Oktoberfest

Dayton Liederkranz Turner
October 20 @ 5:00 pm – 11:00 pm   $3

Dust off the dirndls and lederhosen, grab your coolest stein and your best friends and head down to the Liederkranz…

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