What a great event! Lots of homemade sausages as well as pierogis and pizza. Wash it all down with…read morea tasty craft beer! The scenery is gorgeous ...can't beat this for a fun fall weekend.

If you're looking for some end of summer fun, this is the event to come for! Plenty of fun for the…read morekids and kid in you! Bouncy houses, carnival games and carnival food galor. Venders of all types and tons of unique items for sale. Don't forget the fun that this is all named for - HOT AIR BALLONS!!! Those can be seen at Sun Beau Farms right down the street from Downtown Ravenna. Usually held during the 3rd Weekend in September and the best activities on that Saturday. Visit the City of Ravenna's website for more details as summer goes on!

My friend had suggested we check this event out. Parking would've been pretty difficult but she had…read morea parking pass to one of the nearby garages. It was about a 5min walk to the festival. Tons of people! We were packed like sardines within just a few blocks of the street. Some of the restaurants were open but for the most part, people were standing around or getting food and leaving. I'm not huge on Italian food, but the marinara smelled so good! I got a meatball sub while my friend ordered an Italian sausage with one meatball. Delicious! It doesn't interest me to come back to the festival, but I'd come back to the neighborhood to try a restaurant. It's just too chaotic. And it seemed better to have cash. We had gotten food from Trattoria. They took credit card but discouraged cards since there would be an additional $2 fee. It's interesting to know the history of this neighborhood. It surrounds the Catholic Church. They were reciting the rosary as we we were there. Not a bad event to check out! Just didn't seem to have tons of seating for you to hang around.

BRING SOME CASH!! I…read morethink anyone who goes to Cleveland should try out the Feast of Assumption if they're at the area. The feast happens every year during early August. Check out Corbo's stall. They take credit cards, and have a wide variety of food from spaghetti to cassata cakes. The other stalls range from mundane things like lemonade to frog legs or mussels. Drink options are surprisingly limited. There's a carnival area where all the drunk frat girls frequent, and the typical comfort food stall that sells cotton candy and caramelized apples. There's also a hole in the wall for gambling if you walk toward the carnival. But to me, the Feast of Assumption brings nothing new to the table since I've already been to Little Italy. Most food sold at the feast has a jacked up price. I paid $9 for a bowl of basic spaghetti and a meatball. If you're religious, then you'll be happy that money went to the church that sponsers this event. But if you care nothing for charity, then just go to these restaurants during a normal week for bigger portions. Parking is awful. Little Italy is blocked off, so forget about parking close by. I'm glad I stayed nearby. Prepare to fork over at least $10 for parking.

Despite the flaws mentioned in the other reviews, Burning River Fest is worth attending if you're…read moreinterested in beer (specifically Christmas Ale), music, and environmental organizations. The other reviews made a couple valid criticisms: they don't let you bring in your own water bottles (although you could have sneaked in your own utensils to eat - haha), forcing you to buy one of their own, costing $3 (not sure if they could be refilled and if so, their cost): I just downed my water as I walked in, natch. The beer cups, corn-based and compostable, weren't reused. A GLBRF volunteer told me cups aren't reused because they touch the ends of the beer taps. They did have plenty of recycling and compost bins around the fest. There were very few chairs, I stood without complaint. As for paper tickets, it may have not been the most environmentally friendly but the system allowed people to get their beer quicker instead of having to make change and ring up credit cards at each purchase. However, there was no signage that I had to get a wristband to buy alcohol once inside the fest. The lines didn't detract from my experience. I arrived at 6pm, right when it started, bought my admission ticket in advance and most of my beer tickets and wristband for beer as soon as I arrived, and waited no more than 10 minutes in any line although friends who arrived later had waited a bit longer than that. Although there were a few families there, I also wouldn't plan to bring young'uns here. As Steve mentioned, there was not much for kids to do here. The rain put a damper on the crowd and the overall experience. That being said, it's still worth attending if you're interested in hearing some music (mostly generic bluegrass, folk, and traditional country) and enjoying the views of Lake Erie amid friends and other people.

Went with husband last weekend on our weekend trip to CLE. First off, do NOT ask Google to get you…read moreto the location. We ended up walking through some projects, an industrial area and steel bridge to end up on the other side of freight tracks and a barbed wire fence from where we needed to be. Google Maps got us to within 20 yards but the last 20 were impossible. Ended up taking a cab to the access road. We were glad we did not drive as the cab got us much closer to the entrance than if we had to park. Long line to buy admission. Eco friendly festival sold us a paper ticket then took it back at the gate 10 feet away. Long line to get 21+ wristband then ANOTHER long line to purchase beer tickets ($5/beer = 5 tickets -- again, not eco friendly) and on the the NEXT long line for beer. Three choices available only -- Wright Plus, Burning River and Christmas Ale. In July. With 100% humidity. Okay..... Music was kind of lame. Only one of the stages had chairs so if you go, consider bringing one. Food choices were limited. I love the idea of this festival but it could be much better executed.

The best festival around by far! Delicious food. Great live music. Tons of seating options inside…read moreand out. I look forward to it every year!

We have been going to this festival for years and years…read more Love the gyros. Last year the we realized they forgot the tzatziki when we got home. This year we checked before we drove off and we got it. Unfortunately the pita were so stale and hard. Hopefully this was just a fluke.

First time here with my wife, good decent entertainment, fireworks. Good selection of fare, just…read morelike those expensive fares that you pay to get in to pay for everything. Anyway, looks like a good turn out, oh and they also have rides for kids.

Stopped by Scene's first ever Pig and Whiskey fest in downtown Willoughby on Saturday afternoon. We…read moregot there pretty early and there wasn't much of a crowd although some people were hanging around the Browns tent for meet and greets with some of the players. I think these sessions were $50 apiece, you couldn't just walk in and get an autograph. Bands took the stage later on -- Uncle Kracker was the big draw but that wasn't until Sunday . I like the idea of this festival, but overall there are some kinks to work out. On the food side, they had a solid offering of BBQ vendors - Smoke Ring, Old Carolina, The Proper Pig, Over the Moon. I was very excited about the Smoked Mac & Cheese from Smoke Ring but disappointed in the portion size. It was basically a large handful's worth of food for $5. The bacon on a stick from the Proper Pig was definitely the highlight - also $5, but it was the thickest, juiciest slice of bacon I've ever had the pleasure of devouring. That is one food truck I would definitely chase down if I happen to spot them on the road. The main problem, then, was the booze. Drink tickets were 5 for $5. I believe all the beers were 5 tickets apiece, but there was a serious lack of local beers. When we were there they had a few different brews from Goose Island and Shock Top on tap. Considering Willoughby Brewing was literally right next door it seemed like they could have made more of an effort to get Cleveland beers here - it's not like we've got a beer shortage in this city. "Whiskey Row" was the center of the confusion, however. Each vendor had a menu displaying what kinds of liquor they were offering and they number of tickets each costs. They ranged from 5 to 11 tickets (there might have been a 12 ticket whiskey, I can't quite remember) and you basically got a shot's worth. Or maybe a little more. Every tent had different sized serving cups, so we really had no idea what we were supposed to be getting. Now, why would someone who isn't familiar with a whiskey (or any whiskies, which I think was probably the case with a lot of guests) want to pay $11 for a glass of something they aren't sure if they like? I know entrance was free, but how much money did they think people were going to drop on whiskey? The point of going to food/drink festivals is being able to sample a bunch of stuff you wouldn't normally be exposed to, or want to pay full price for in a restaurant/bar. That was not the case here. At a few of the tents, we asked to pay less for a smaller amount - like 2 or 3 tickets for a smaller taste. A lot of the volunteers weren't really sure what the policy was, so we got a way with a few, and then others refused. So that needs to be clarified, and hopefully next year they'll do sample pours. Obviously a pour of 10-year aged whiskey is worth more than a pour of Bacardi (um, why bother, btw?) but it just made deciding on what to a drink a hassle when every single thing was priced differently. If people want full-size pours, fine, but just make everything the same number of tickets so people don't have to mill around trying to figure out what's what. Also, most of the whiskey offered was bourbon, which is cool because yay America - but the even among the bourbon selections there were only a handful I hadn't seen before. People can walk into any bar and try Jim Beam if they wanted to. It would've been nice to see a few more small-batch brands and international whiskies. But the pig was fabulous!

very expensive just to walk on a couple ships and the sails were never let down while docked to get…read moregood pics. Never again, don't waste your money. little ships are the ones that actually go out but still no sails. just motors...for almost $70! And then the usual way overpriced fair food.. nope nope

we went up Saturday they said you can view them free from ------Ships can be viewed for free from…read moreWendy Park and Voinovich Park at North Coast Harbor. But what they didn't say it cost $20 to park. They say it is a festival. To me a festival there is rides different food vendors and games for kids. we paid the $10 each to get in and the $20 to park to be very disappointed. We were there for about 2 hours just enough to eat and walk around. We left by six and as we were leaving there was no cost to get in or to park. $60 waste of money. The other 20 was on food which was not good. ........... SO VERY DISAPPOINTED.