They close both major streets through town for the parade and street festival!…read more For the parade its tradition to go out a day or so before the parade and stake a claim to a piece of curb. Leaving folding chairs on your spot is part of the deal. And no one messes with your stuff. Its sort of code. Just love it. The parade is solid too. Lots of bands and marchers and well, lots of great sponsors too. A whole community thing! The street fair is just awesome. There are several bandstands and we've never been disappointed with the music variety and quality of talent! Lots of foodie options for everyone, local and exotic fare. Lots of places to take your stuff, cop a squat and a bit of shade and pig out! Lots of local artisans and plenty of cool arts and crafts to choose from. Its a great place to take the family, some community charm and hospitality and celebrate the day!

We had a blast listening to DV8 enjoying tons of brews both local and regional, all for a good…read morecause! What an awesome venue at Crossroads Church - the facility is unbelievable! Food trunks were fun and a variety of food choices for all. This is a great event and I hope they do it every year! I'll definitely get more friends to buy early (ticket sales ended earlier in the week of the event, I assume for planning/logistics reasons) Keep an eye open for the event in 2019!

Tons of breweries here! Lots of new breweries from the area, too! Cool indoor/outdoor facility…read more Live music by DV8. Great time! Hope they continue to do this yearly!

My first visit to the Lebanon Blues Festival was during the 20th annual of the event…read more When I arrived in Lebanon I was able to find easy parking in the historic downtown parking lots though they were near full and many of the streets were packed with cars as well. Given it's a Blues Fest, the first thing I saw was an antique car show and competition. This leads me to mention that this event as expanded well beyond a Blues festival. This is a city block party. Food vendors, food trucks, craft merchants, car shows and lastly the beer garden with live bands. During the 2018 event everything expanded across four streets. The area that served beer was somewhat fenced in along a grassy area with natural shade and the center stage. After entering the beer garden they planned for capacity by having separate tents to check for ID, purchase tickets for alcohol and lastly serve beer. I was able to listen to a couple bands during my visit. I really enjoyed The Sean Carney Band. The City of Lebanon and Lebanon Optimist club really did a bang up job.

Fantastic Blues festival in a very quaint town. Great music, beer gardens, good food, car show…read more Lebanon does a first rate job with all their festivals

My family & I enjoy Applefest every year in Lebanon. Not sure why they changed it from a 2 day…read moreevent to a 1 day event?! It's extremely crowded! I would give it 5 stars except that entering & exiting the parking area at the fairgrounds is not fun! All the vendor booths are great! Long lines for the food vendor booths...no surprise. All in all, a day of wonderful family fun!

Buongiorno Italian…read morefall 2025 Festival My 100% Italian Wife has instructed me to provide sunny weather for the Festival, which is arguably the nicest festival in the Greater Dayton Metropolitan Area. A weekend of wonderful Italian music, delicious Italian food, good friends, and lots of great Italian food. And of course, a large TV for the Ohio State game. Caveat: we always take our own flatware to avoid the inexpensive plastic ware provided. The John Pirelli Lodge of OSIA is located at Bella Villa Hall on County Line Road in Dayton OH, and we have been attending for 50+ years. I have never understood that many folks seek out pizza at the Italian Festival. There are at least 100 plus pizza joints in the Greater Dayton Metropolitan Area which offer much better pizza. There is real Italian food here - just ask all of the Italians in the food booths. I have also never understood why this festival cannot provide great Italian Pepperoni Rolls. Has no one taken the famous WV Italian Pepperoni Roll Trail (which is now extended to Davis, WV?) I always pass on Baked Italian Pasta unless it is lasagna. I have observed my dear wife making homemade lasagna, and we both comprehend the reasons that the festival cannot provide lasagna. Today it is (baked) Italian Shells plus Spicy Italian sausage and loads of other Italian goodies. As expected the shells are much overcooked and the Spicy Italian sausage is perfect. One of the very best festival offerings is the Spicy Italian sausage, which is arguably superior to any sausage offered at the Dayton Art Institute October Fest. My dear wife implores us to arrive by noon; she can easily make several laps around the grounds and scope out the many Italian Delights including 50 homemade Italian cookies and of course, the gelato. We have friends and family who delay their arrival until 6:00 PM, and we perceive controlled chaos during evening hours. Of course, we tend to enjoy arrival at the many Dayton and Ohio festivals. Great that the Italian Festive is very family friendly from newborns to folks in their nineties.

Food was bad this year. The pizza crust was not the same, it use to be crispy crust this year 2025…read morewas just flat dough, the crust is what the pizza so delicious. Also my family had several issues with the other food. Be careful who you get to make your food, food poison is not funny!! The cookies are way over priced to be as bad as they were.

Amazing people and family friendly place. They have a corn maze, a walking trail and a haunted…read morehayride. They have a snack booth with fresh baked goods. They a food and drink stand with amazing bubbling mocktails.

This tickets are a good price for the scare you receive. I…read morewent with 2 friends and the screamed the entire time. I was laughing so hard at them. It is scary but not overly scary unless you scare easily. This is one of my favorite haunted houses to go to during the season.

I'm trying to keep an open mind as I write this because haunted things just aren't the same as they…read morewere when we were kids. To start, there are multiple activities to choose from which is nice. I will only be commenting on the two that we did; the Forgotten Forest walk and the Hayride. Parking is $3, which my husband said he knew about beforehand so he actually had cash ready. There was plenty of parking and we didn't have to walk too far to get to the entrance. Once inside, there is a line for tickets but if you purchase them online they are cheaper and you don't have to wait in line before you go wait in line again. We were SO happy to see a beer trailer as I had already had my fill of children for the day and my filter needed lubricating. While we waited for our friends to arrive we grabbed a beer (they take credit) and stood by the fire. When they arrived we got in line for the forgotten forest. We needed more than one beer for the almost 2 hours we waited in line. The ticket lady said the night before it was 3.5 hours!!!! Yikes! We went in and they made me go first. A waste because I don't get scared lol. I like the elevator effect at the beginning but when we got off it took my eyes a minute to adjust and I fell on the walkway. And continued to fall for a huge amount of time as I could not get my footing. But alas, I remained uptight in the end and nothing was broken! There really wasn't anything scary and I was very disappointed. I figured it would at least be fun for the kids but the 11-year-olds said it was boring so there's that. I would not do this one again. Next we went to the hayride. The line went MUCH faster and it only took about 20 minutes to get through three lanes. There was an actor walking up and down the line and was great about people taking photos with him. The hayride was SO much more fun than the forest. I won't ruin it with details but I would go back and do it again. We bought our photo and went on our way as the park was closing. There are porta potties if you need but I generally try to stay away from those as a rule.

Amazing historic venue with great acoustics. Saw Bronson Arroyo Band here and had a fantastic time…read more Staff were friendly and helpful. Place was clean as well. Great time!

Beautiful old theater in Wilmington! We came here to see the steel drivers and loved every minute…read more It is an intimate venue that is just gorgeous. The woodwork and detail in this old building is breathtaking and wonderfully maintained. The acoustics were awesome and all of the staff was friendly and accommodating. There isn't a bad seat in the house. I can't wait to come back!