Here is my list of 10 can’t miss food festivals in June:
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Credit: HANDOUT
TROY STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL
SATURDAY-SUNDAY
405 S.W. Public Square, Troy
Located in beautiful historic downtown Troy and along the Great Miami River levee, this free family-friendly festival has more than 200 exhibitors, nonstop entertainment on two stages and plenty of activities for kids. Plus strawberries with more strawberries on top of more strawberries. This year’s theme is “A Berry WACO Weekend.”
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YOUNG’S FARMSTEAD CHEESE 10TH ANNIVERSARY WEEK
MONDAY-JUNE 9
6880 Springfield-Xenia Road, Yellow Springs
This is the festival’s 10th year. Young’s Family Fun Wristbands are available for unlimited family fun all over the farm — unlimited miniature golf, batting cages, driving range, Cowvin’s Fast Slide, Moovers & Shakers and Cowvin’s Kiddie Corral. Price is $15 for ages 12 and over and $9 for ages 11 and under. Wristbands good only on day of purchase and can be purchased anywhere on the farm. Young’s deep fried cheddar cheese curds will be on sale at both restaurants for $3.99, in regular, buffalo or sweet chili style. Sample Young’s Farmstead Cheese, which is on sale all week. Purchase one piece of homemade cheese, a pint of fresh cheddar curds, or sampler package, and get one of equal or lesser value for only $3. Tour the cheese production facility on Saturday at 1 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 4 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m., 2:30 p.m. and 4 p.m.
BANANA SPLIT FESTIVAL
JUNE 7-8
1326 Fife Ave. Wilmington
Who invented the banana split? If you ask anyone in Wilmington it was Ernest Hazard in 1907. The annual Banana Split Festival celebrates the birthplace of the banana split. Festival goers will enjoy plenty of food booths and craft and collectible booths promoting the 50s and 60s, a classic car cruise in, games for the entire family and free entertainment. But the highlight for most will be the “build your own” banana split booth. No surprise there.
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Credit: Jim Ingram
ROCK ‘N GREEN TOMATO FESTIVAL
JUNE 8
Riverfront Park, Miamisburg
The eighth Annual Rock ‘n’ Green Tomato Festival held in Miamisburg is everything that an outdoor festival should be — contests, tournaments, live music, vendors and plenty of food including fried green tomatoes and green tomato pie. Held at Riverfront Park, it’s a perfect destination to bike to if you are looking to make an entire day of it.
YELLOW SPRINGS STREET FAIR
JUNE 8
Downtown Yellow Springs
To say that this is a favorite event would be a massive understatement. This all-day festival features entertainment, street performers, fine arts & crafts, clothing, jewelry, fair trade items and a wide variety of food ranging from Vietnamese shish-kabob to Mexican empanadas to Thai wraps to hot dogs.
VERSAILLES POULTRY DAYS
JUNE 14-16
459 S. Center St Versailles
Poultry Days, an annual community festival which began in 1952 to celebrate the Versailles history as a leading poultry producer, is held the second full weekend in June each year. Arrive early to enjoy one of our world-famous chicken dinners. Since 1952, this village of less than 3,000 people has sold 1,012,685 of these delicious dinners. Last year 28,520 dinners were sold, but arrive early as they can sell quickly. After you eat, the festival will have plenty to stop and enjoy including the annual Ultimate Frisbee Tournament, which is one of the top tournaments in the nation and Miss Chick and Little Miss Poultry Days Contests.
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JUNGLE JIM’S INTERNATIONAL CRAFT BEER FESTIVAL
JUNE 14-15
5440 Dixie Highway, Fairfield
Mark your calendars Father’s Day weekend for one of the largest and longest-running beer festivals in Cincinnati: Jungle Jim’s International Craft Beer Fest. They’ll have over 100 breweries showcasing more than 400 beers, including a few unique brews you won’t be able to find at your typical beer festival. Included in the ticket price will be access to a variety of food and pub grub. But it’s not the food you came for, it’s the drink. Purchase tickets online now as they will sell-out.
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Credit: Tom Gilliam
Credit: Tom Gilliam
CELTIC FEST OHIO
JUNE 14-16
Renaissance Park, 10542 East State Route 73, Waynesville
Eat. Drink. Rock. Enjoy a wide variety of food items from traditional Scottish, Irish and English to American fare. A bevy of food combined with the traditional Celtic tunes we all know and love to rowdy Celtic rock to pipes and drums, this is a tasty rocking festival with 100 arts and crafts shops featuring interesting items all made with a Celtic flare.
SPASS NACHT 2019 “AN AUSTRIAN FESTIVAL”
JUNE 21
Fraze Pavilion, 695 Lincoln Park Blvd., Kettering
In honor of Kettering’s sister city, Steyr, Austria, the Kettering Sister City Association presents a Spass Nacht — translation, fun night. Authentic food, beverages, polka music from the Charon Polka Band and other live entertainment will take place throughout Lincoln Park. The Chardon Polka Band will bring their own tunes into the mix along with polka-pop covers of artists like Justin Bieber and Lady Ga Ga, so get ready for some fun while you do your Oktoberfest pre-gaming.
TACO FIESTA 2019
JUNE 30
Fraze Pavilion, 695 Lincoln Park Blvd., Kettering
What better way to spend a summer Sunday afternoon than at Taco Fiesta in Lincoln Park? Tacos with a soundtrack thanks to the musical rhythms of jazz, meringue, calypso, bembe, cha cha, samba and bossa nova. Bring your family, meet your friends in Lincoln Park for the first ever Taco Fiesta.
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