2024 Calendar of Events
By Catharine Hadley, Arts and Entertainment Editor, catharinehadley@gmail.com
The theme of this column is "trying new things." I'm happy to be starting this new project of writing the entertainment column for Leisure Living Magazine! I've done all I could to make the entertainment listing complete and varied, so there should be something for everyone. Although I've done my best to make sure all the information is accurate, please go online or call ahead to confirm your plans.
Any suggestions and details of your upcoming events can be sent to me at catharinehadley@gmail.com.
I love the way our part of Ohio celebrates the holidays! Downtown Sandusky has a new event this year. The Sandusky Christmas market opens Friday, Nov. 29, with the Christmas tree lighting at Washington Park. The market opens directly afterward at Schade-Mylander Plaza. Enjoy the food, shopping, live entertainment, and local art through Sunday. The market continues Friday through Sunday the following weekend, and wraps up Dec. 13 and 14. It closes with a celebration and fireworks the evening of Saturday, Dec. 14.
Holiday concerts are part of our communities' traditions. Firelands Symphony Orchestra presents “Home for the Holidays” orchestra and chorale concert featuring vocalist Lynne Winterstellar on Dec. 8 at Sawmill Creek Convention Center. The Sandusky Choral Society performs on Dec. 13 and 14 at Zion Lutheran Church, Sandusky. My favorite holiday concert is presented by Musical Arts Series Port Clinton. The Cleveland Buring River Brass Christmas Spectacular “Our Kind of Christmas” is Dec. 22 in the Performing Arts Center of Port Clinton High School.
Small Business Saturday is Saturday, Nov. 30. Every year I encourage readers to make shopping locally a priority. It helps all of us. It keeps our community strong and our local economies healthy. It's a much richer experience than shopping online. We're lucky to have great local businesses!
Please submit suggestions for the Spring edition of Leisure Living Magazine to catharinehadley@gmail.com by February 28.
NOVEMBER
Through Nov. 30 - Opening reception of an exhibit of works by artist Hope Burger, presented by the Greater Port Clinton Area Arts Council, The Arts Garage, Port Clinton
Through Dec. 30 - Wild Winter Lights, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
Through Dec. 31 - "Lights Before Christmas" at the Toledo Zoo and Aquarium
Through Dec. 22 - "A Christmas Carol," Mimi Ohio Theatre, Playhouse Square, Cleveland
Nov. 29 - Opening of the "Hayes Train Special" model train display, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums, Fremont
Nov. 29 - Downtown Fremont Annual Christmas Tree Lighting
Nov. 29-Dec. 1 - Wildlife drive, Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge
Nov. 29-Dec. 1, Dec. 6-8, 13-15, and 20-22 - Holiday Market 2024, Gideon Owen Wine Company Catawba, Port Clinton
Nov 30 - Sights, Sounds, and Scents of the Holidays, Kelleys Island Wine Co., Kelleys Island
Nov. 30 - Small Business Saturday
Nov. 30 - Light Up Norwalk, Main Street, Norwalk
Nov. 30 - John Denver tribute, Lorain Palace Theatre
Nov. 30-Dec. 15 - Langston Hughes' “Black Nativity,” Hanna Theatre, Playhouse Square, Cleveland
Nov. 30-Dec. 22 - “A Christmas Story,” Allen Theatre, Playhouse Square, Cleveland
DECEMBER
Dec. 1 - “A Jolly Holiday with the Pops,” Connor Palace, Playhouse Square, Cleveland
Dec. 3 - FurFest Silent Auction benefitting the Humane Society of Erie County, The Winererie, Sandusky
Dec. 4-15 - “'Twas the Night Before …” performed by Cirque du Soleil, KeyBank State Theatre, Playhouse Square, Cleveland
Dec. 5-15 - “A Christmas Carol” presented by the Toledo Rep, Tenth Street Stage, Toledo
Dec. 5-29 - “Cavalcade of Art,” an exhibit of works by members of the Port Clinton Artists' Club presented by the Greater Port Clinton Area Arts Council, The Arts Garage, Port Clinton
Dec. 6 - Olde' Fashioned Christmas, downtown Oak Harbor
Dec. 6 - Community Christmas Concert presented by the Toledo Symphony Orchestra, Grace Lutheran Church, Fremont
Dec. 6 - Light Up Vermilion
Dec. 6 - Victorian Christmas Dinners in the Mansion, Historic Lyme Village, Bellevue
Dec. 6 - “O Christmas Tea: A British Comedy,” Lorain Palace Theatre, Lorain
Dec. 6-7 - Lakeside Christmas, Lakeside
Dec. 6-7 - Downtown Fremont Open House
Dec. 6-8 and 13-15 - “Annie!” presented by Playmakers Civic Theatre, Port Clinton
Dec. 6-8 and 13-15 - “25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” presented by Fremont Community Theatre, Fremont
Dec. 7 - Opening artists' reception for “Cavalcade of Art,” an exhibit of works by members of the Port Clinton Artists' Club presented by the Greater Port Clinton Area Arts Council, The Arts Garage, Port Clinton
Dec. 7 - Community Christmas, downtown Port Clinton
Dec. 7 - Perkins Township WinterFest 2024 - Strickfaden Park, Sandusky
Dec. 7 - Indoor Holiday Market, downtown Fremont
Dec. 7 - Tree lighting ceremony, Williams Park, Gibsonburg
Dec. 7 - “Vegas After Dark,” Lorain Palace Theatre, Lorain
Dec. 7 - Huron Winter Fest, downtown Huron
Dec. 7 - 2024 Gary Anderson Invitational Air Rifle Championship, CMP Center, Port Clinton
Dec. 7-8 - Christkindlmarkt, Mulberry Creek Herb Farm, Huron
Dec. 7-8 - Fremont Flea Market, Sandusky County Fairgrounds
Dec. 7-15 - Holidays at the Manor House, Wildwood Preserve Metropark, Toledo
Dec. 8 - Firelands Symphony Orchestra presents “Home for the Holidays” orchestra and chorale concert featuring vocalist Lynne Winterstellar, Sawmill Creek Convention Center
Dec. 8 - Handel's “Messiah,” a Toledo Symphony special event, Rosary Cathedral, Toledo
Dec. 8 - “Motown Christmas,” Stranahan Theatre, Toledo
Dec. 8 - Wildlife drive, Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge
Dec. 8 - Pentatonix performs “Hallelujah! It's a Christmas Tour,” Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland
Dec. 8 - “Merry Tuba Christmas,” Lorain Palace Theatre, Lorain
Dec. 8-March 23 - “Picasso and Paper,” special exhibit, Cleveland Museum of Art
Dec. 11 - “The Midtown Men Holiday Hits,” Valentine Theatre, Toledo
Dec. 12-15 - “Disney on Ice: Mickey's Search Party,” Huntington Center, Toledo
Dec. 13 - Lights of Spiegel Grove, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums, Fremont
Dec. 13-14 - Holiday Market on the Water, Island Port inside the Jet Express, Port Clinton
Dec. 13-14 - Sandusky Choral Society concert, Zion Lutheran Church, Sandusky
Dec. 13-15 - Christmas Ice Festival, Erie County Fairgrounds, Sandusky
Dec. 13-15 - “The Nutcracker,” Lorain Palace Theatre, Lorain
Dec. 13-15 and 20-22 - “Disney's Beauty and the Beast” presented by Bellevue Society for the Arts, Bellevue
Dec. 13-22 - “The Nutcracker” performed by Cleveland Ballet, Connor Palace, Playhouse Square, Cleveland
Dec. 14-15 - Liberty Aviation Museum open house, with Santa fly-in and breakfast with Santa on Dec. 15, Port Clinton
Dec. 14 - Holiday Candle-lit Tours, Historic Lyme Village, Bellevue
Dec. 14 - Craft and Vendor Show, Sailor Way Middle Schook, Vermilion
Dec. 14-15 - “The Nutcracker” presented by the Toledo Ballet, Stranahan Theatre, Toledo
Dec. 15 - Christmas in the Village, Historic Lyme Village, Bellevue
Dec. 18 - Tomaseen Foley's “A Celtic Christmas,” Hanna Theatre, Playhouse Square, Cleveland
Dec. 19-20 - “Christmas with C.S. Lewis,” Hanna Theatre, Playhouse Square, Cleveland
Dec. 20 - An Evening with Peter Billingsley and “A Christmas Story,” Stranahan Theatre, Toledo
Dec. 20 - “A Motown Christmas,” Lorain Palace Theatre, Lorain
Dec. 20 - Toledo Symphony performs at Oak Harbor High School, Oak Harbor
Dec. 20-21 - Hayes Home Holidays, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums, Fremont
Dec. 21 - Straight No Chaser performs “Top Shelf Tour,” KeyBank State Theatre, Cleveland
Dec. 21 - “A Very Jazzy Christmas” presented by Toledo Jazz Orchestra, Toledo Museum of Art Peristyle
Dec. 21-22 - Jim Brickman's “Comfort & Joy,” Hanna Theatre, Playhouse Square, Cleveland
Dec. 22 - Cleveland Buring River Brass Christmas Spectacular “Our Kind of Christmas” presented by the Musical Arts Series Port Clinton, Port Clinton High School
Dec. 27 - Trans-Siberian Orchestra performs “The Lost Christmas Eve,” Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland
Dec. 28 - “A Night of American Classic Rock,” Lorain Palace Theatre, Lorain
Dec. 28 - “'Twas a Girls Night Before Christmas: The Musical!” at Hanna Theatre, Playhouse Square, Cleveland
Dec. 29 - Harlem Globetrotters, Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland
Dec. 30 - Harlem Globetrotters, Huntington Center, Toledo
Dec. 31 - Walleye Madness at Midnight, downtown Port Clinton
Dec. 31 - First Night, downtown Sandusky
Dec. 31 - New Year's Eve Celebration, downtown Fremont
JANUARY
Jan. 3-April 26 - “Flanagan's Wake", Kennedy's Cabaret, Playhouse Square, Cleveland
Jan. 7-26 - “Life of Pi,” Connor Palace, Playhouse Square, Cleveland
Jan. 8-12 - Ohio RV Supershow, I-X Center, Cleveland
Jan. 12 - Musician's Choice - Bach, del Aguila, Dvorak featuring Toledo Symphony's principal bassist, presented by Toledo Symphony, Toledo Alliance for the Performing Arts headquarters, Toledo
Jan. 16-19 - “Cirque du Soleil: Crystal,” Huntington Center, Toledo
Jan. 16-19 - Cleveland Boat Show, I-X Center, Cleveland
Jan. 17 - Zac Brown Tribute Band, Lorain Palace Theatre, Lorain
Jan. 18 - Taylor Swift tribute band, Lorain Palace Theatre, Lorain
Jan. 18 - Spanish Brass presented by the Toledo Symphony, Toledo Museum of Art Peristyle
Jan. 20 - Day trip to FireKeepers Casino organized by the YMCA of Sandusky County
Jan. 23-26 - “Chicago,” the Broadway musical, Stranahan Theatre, Toledo
Jan. 24-26 and 31-Feb. 2 - “Silent Sky” presented by Fremont Community Theatre, Fremont
Jan. 25 - Positive Yoga half-day yoga retreat presented by Main Street Vermilion
Jan 25 - “A Night at the Oscars” presented by Toledo Symphony, Toledo Museum of Art Peristyle
Jan. 25-26 - Today's Bride Wedding Show, I-X Center, Cleveland
Jan. 31 - Great Big Home & Garden Show, I-X Center, Cleveland
Jan. 31-Feb. 1 - Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, KeyBank State Theatre, Playhouse Square, Cleveland
Jan. 31 through Feb. 2 and 7-8, “Moon Over Buffalo” presented by Bellevue Society for the Arts, Bellevue
FEBRUARY
Feb. 1 - Ice A Fair even featuring ice sculptures, ice carving demonstrations, trolley tours, and more, presented by Main Street Vermilion, downtown Vermilion
Feb. 1 - “American Songbook 3: The Artistry of Jon Hendricks” presented by Toledo Jazz Orchestra, Valentine Theatre, Toledo
Feb. 1-23 - “Fat Ham,” Allen Theatre, Playhouse Square, Cleveland
Feb. 2 - Musician's Choice - Brahms and Schubert featuring Toledo Symphony's principal cellist, presented by Toledo Symphony, Dvorak featuring Toledo Alliance for the Performing Arts headquarters, Toledo
Feb. 4-23 - “Parade,” Connor Palace, Playhouse Square, Cleveland
Feb. 7-8 - “Stewart Goodyear's Life, Life, Life” presented by Toledo Symphony, Toledo Museum of Art Peristyle
Feb. 7-March 2 - “Peter and the Starcatcher,” Hanna Theatre, Playhouse Square, Cleveland
Feb. 14 and 16 - “South Pacific” presented by the Toledo Opera, Valentine Theatre, Toledo
Feb. 14-16 - Cleveland Golf & Travel Show, I-X Center, Cleveland
Feb. 14 - Tribute to Michael Buble and the Great American Songbook, Lorain Palace Theatre, Lorain
Feb. 15 - “Love in the Air” concert presented by Firelands Symphony Orchestra, Sawmill Creek Convention Center, Huron
Feb. 15 - E5C4P3 Journey tribute band, Lorain Palace Theatre, Lorain
Feb. 15-16 - Great Train Show, I-X Center, Cleveland
Feb. 17 - Presidents' Day Celebration 2025, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums, Fremont
Feb. 19 - The Rock Orchestra by Candlelight, Stranahan Theatre, Toledo
Feb. 21-23 and Feb. 28- March 2 - “The Outsider” presented by Harlequins Coach House Theatre, Sandusky
Feb. 21-March 2 - Cleveland Auto Show, I-X Center, Cleveland
Feb. 22 - Paula Poundstone, Mimi Ohio Theatre, Playhouse Square, Cleveland
Feb. 22 - Jim Brickman, Valentine Theatre, Toledo
Feb. 23 - Mark Kosower, principal cellist of the Cleveland Orchestra, presented by Musical Arts Series Port Clinton, Firelands Presbyterian Church, Port Clinton
Feb. 24 - Burning Snowman Fest, Port Clinton
Feb. 25-March 2 - “Beetlejuice,” Stranahan Theatre, Toledo
Feb. 27 - “Toby Mac Hits Deep Tour,” Huntington Center, Toledo
Feb. 27 - “The Addams Family Musical,” Valentine Theatre, Toledo
updated 11.25.24 CAE
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