2021 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.
On Stage & In Concert
& Other Celebrations
Summer Fun At Put-in-Bay
The Lake Erie islands are the place to be for the next few weeks of summer!
Sept. 18 is a day to work multi-tasking into your entertainment - it's the date of the island's celebration of halfway to St. Patrick's Day, as well as New Year's Eve and the Put-in-Bay Music Festival. Finally, the annual Put-in-Bay Road Races are scheduled for Sept. 23 and 24.
Kelleys Island
On Kelleys Island, Sept 18 will be a fun day to visit, so you can enjoy the Wine, Art, & Food Fair plus the Feathers & Foliage Festival.
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Please support the Greater Port Clinton Area Arts Council for the Toasting Transformation fundraiser on Aug. 21 at The Arts Garage. Really, please support it. I'm one of the organizers. Visit https://TRANSFORMATION.givesmart.com to purchase tickets and register for the online auction of pieces donated by local artists. You can also purchase tickets at Lilly & Gert's in Port Clinton. If you can come to the in-person event you will also be able to see the exhibit of 50 photographs from the Vietnam War by Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Eddie Adams. That exhibit will be on display through Nov. 14.
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We have plenty of ongoing events to enjoy in our area, including farmers' markets in Huron on Thursdays; in Norwalk, Sandusky, and Vermilion on Saturdays; in Lakeside on Tuesdays and Fridays; and Aug. 15 and 29 and Sept. 12 in Port Clinton. Don't forget to enjoy the live music at the Meals on Madison (M.O.M.)Stage in Port Clinton! It's like a low-key street party several nights a week.
September
Through Oct. 1 - "Between the Lines: A Group Show," Carrington Arts, Sandusky
Through October - "Fashioning Identity: Mola Textiles of Panama," Cleveland Museum of Art
Through Oct. 31 - Nature's Bounty Art Show, Main Street Vermilion Arts Guild
Through Nov. 14 - "Eddie Adams: Vietnam" presented by the Greater Port Clinton Area Arts Council, The Arts Garage, Port Clinton
Sept. 15 - Verandah Concert: Cottonwood Jam String Band, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library and Museums
Sept. 16 - Third Thursday Music, Flowers, and a Sunset, downtown Vermilion
Sept. 18 - A Night of Americana with Hey Mavis presented by the Firelands Symphony Orchestra, Paper Moon vineyards in Vermilion
Sept. 18 - Farmers' market and Cruisin' State Street car show, downtown Fremont
Sept. 19 - Third annual Classic Car Show, Marblehead
Sept. 22 - Sandusky County Historic Jail & Dungeon Tours
Sept 23 - Art in the Park - Fall/Holiday Wreaths, Frost Center at Osborn MetroPark, Sandusky
Sept. 24-25 - "Musical Portraits" presented by the Toledo Symphony, Peristyle Theater at Toledo Museum of Art
Sept. 24-26 - Port Clinton High School Alumni weekend, plus 45th reunion of the Class of 1976
Sept. 24 - Downtown Fremont Chocolate Walk
Sept. 24 - Dungeon Descent tour of the Sandusky County historic jail and dungeon
Sept. 24-26 and Oct. 1-2 - "Little Shop of Horrors" presented by the Bellevue Society for the Arts
Sept. 24-26 and Oct. 1-3 - "Mamma Mia!" presented by the Fremont Community Theatre
Sept. 25 - Sale Away Weekend, Put-in-Bay
Sept. 25 - Sandusky Farmers Market
Sept. 25 - Market on Main, Huron
Sept. 25-26 - Family scarecrow-making weekend at Burnham Orchards, Berlin Heights
Sept. 25-26 - Military vehicle show and Huey rides, Liberty Aviation Museum, Port Clinton
Sept. 25-26 - Sandusky County Fairgrounds flea market
Sept. 25-26 - Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge wildlife drives
Sept. 25 through Oct. 3 - American Presidents Film & Literary Festival, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums, Fremont
Sept. 26 - Port Clinton Farmers market
Sept. 26 - Williamsburg Salsa Orchestra presented by the Lange Trust, Jackson Street Pier, Sandusky
Sept. 26 - Cars for Critters sponsored by the Friends for Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge
Sept. 26 - Lighthouse and Islands Tour, Jet Express, Port Clinton
Sept. 26 - Art Loop Festival, Schedel Arboretum & Gardens
Sept. 30 - Grapes and Grains event benefitting the Magruder Hospital Foundation, Catawba Island Club
Sept. 30 - Huron farmers market
OCTOBER
Oct 1-2 - Oastoberfest, Twin Oast Brewing
Oct. 1-2 - The Crop Circle "extraterrestrial event," plus farmers market Saturday, downtown Fremont
Oct. 1-3 - Vermilion's Oktoberfest Weekend, supporting Vermilion restaurants
Oct. 1-15 - "Disney's The Lion King," KeyBank State Theatre, Playhouse Square, Cleveland
Oct. 2 - Island Wine Fest, Put-in-Bay
Oct. 3 - Max Rabinovitsj, violinist, with Milana Stezeva, pianist, presented by the Musical Arts Series Port Clinton, Performing Arts Center at Port Clinton High School
Oct. 3 - "Sister Cities" presented by the Toledo Symphony Orchestra, Peristyle Theater at Toledo Museum of Art
Oct. 7 - For King and Country, Huntington Center, Toledo
Oct. 7 - Huron farmers market
Oct. 7 - Beer & Wine Tasting with personal chef Jennifer Schuerman, Schedel Arboretum & Gardens
Oct. 8 - Zoo Brew beer-tasting event, Toledo Zoo and Aquarium
Oct. 9 - Spiegel Grove Squires Base Ball home game, at Terra State Community College
Oct. 9 - Lakeside-Marblehead Lighthouse Festival
Oct. 9 - Sandusky farmers market
Oct. 9 - Pumpkin Festival, Huron Boat Basin
Oct. 9-10 - Antique tractor show, Quarry Hill Orchards, Berlin Heights
Oct. 9-10 - Apple butter weekend, Burnham Orchards
Oct. 9-10 - Oak Harbor Apple Festival
Oct. 9-10 - Oktoberfest, Put-in-Bay
Oct. 9-10 - Sandusky County Fairgrounds flea market
Oct. 10 - Port Clinton farmers market
Oct. 10 - Woolybear Festival, Vermilion
Oct. 10 - The Big Sit bird counting event, Osborn MetroPark, Sandusky
Oct. 14 - Huron farmers market
Oct. 14-17 - Rock by the Sea Music Festival, Put-in-Bay
Oct. 14 through Nov. 22 - Owl Banding, Scheele Preserve and North Pond Preserve, Kelleys Island
Oct. 15 - Owl Prowl, Edison Woods MetroPark, Berlin Heights
Oct. 15 - REO Speedwagon, Stranahan Theater, Toledo
Oct. 15-16 - "Passion & Intrigue" presented by the Toledo Symphony Orchestra, Peristyle Theater at Toledo Museum of Art
Oct. 15-17 and 22-23 - "Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery" presented by the Harlequins Coach House Theatre
Oct. 16 - The Best Party Ever presented by the Foundation for Firelands
Oct. 16 - Sandusky farmers market
Oct. 16 - Family Halloween, Kelleys Island
Oct. 16-17 - Pumpkin Path, Toledo Zoo & Aquarium
Oct. 16 through May 15, 2022 - "Doppelganger," a film by artist Stan Douglas, Toledo Museum of Art
Oct 17 - Guided Bird Walk, Eagle Point MetroPark, Sandusky
Oct. 17 - Clyde Fall Market and Candyland
Oct 19 - Trekking the Trail, Huron River Path MetroPark, Huron
Oct. 20 - Flashlight tour of the Sandusky County historic jail and dungeon
Oct. 20 - Gold Over America starring Simone Biles, Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland
Oct. 21 - An Evening with Michael Buble, Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland
Oct. 21-22 - Rain, a tribute to The Beatles, Stranahan Theater, Toledo
Oct. 22 - "Back to the 70s", Lorain Palace Theater
Oct. 22-23 and 29-30 - BSA's Big Spooky Affair, Bellevue Society for the Arts
Oct. 23 - Civil War Winter Camp, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums
Oct. 23 - Halloween at the Bay, Put-in-Bay
Oct. 23 - Chocolate and Wine Walk, downtown Vermilion
Oct. 23 - Toledo Sister Cities International Festival, SeaGate Convention Centre
Oct. 23 - "Time for Three" presented by the Toledo Symphony Orchestra, Peristyle Theater at Toledo Museum of Art
Oct. 23-24 - Adult Halloween, Kelleys Island
Oct. 26 - Fall Color Hike, Hoffman Forest MetroPark, Berlin Heights
Oct. 27 - Flashlight tour of the Sandusky County historic jail and dungeon
Oct 29 - Haunted Prison Tour, Frost Center of Osborn MetroPark, Sandusky
Oct. 29 - Spirit Stories at Spiegel Grove, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums
Oct. 29 - "Stars of the Sixties," Lorain Palace Theater
Oct. 30 - Holiday Wreath with Sharon, Schedel Arboretum & Gardens
Oct. 30 - Sandusky farmers market
Oct. 30 - Cholera Cemetery Walk, Sandusky
Oct. 30 - Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Oct. 31 - "The Organ Unmasked," keyboardist Charles Manning, soprano Nancy Shuffle, and bass-baritone John Shuffle, presented by the Musical Arts Series, Port Clinton, Immaculate Conception Church
Oct. 31 - "Whose Live Anyway?", Stranahan Theater, Toledo
Oct. 31 - Wyandot BioBlitz, Wyandot MetroPark, Huron
NOVEMBER
Nov. 2 - Sandusky County Craft and Vendor Show, Sandusky County Fairgrounds
Nov. 4 - Mercy Me, Huntington Center, Toledo
Nov. 4-7 - "Anastasia," Stranahan Theater, Toledo
Nov. 5 - Marshall Charloff Purple Piano (a tribute to Prince), Lorain Palace Theater
Nov. 5 - "Epic Journeys" presented by the Toledo Symphony Orchestra, Peristyle Theater at Toledo Museum of Art
Nov. 5-7 - Owl Fest, Scheele Preserve and North Pond Preserve, Kelleys Island
Nov. 6 - Music at the Maritime, Maritime Museum of Sandusky
Nov. 6-7 - Fallen Timbers Art Festival, The Shops at Fallen Timbers
Nov. 6 through Feb. 27, 2022 - "The Age of Armor: Treasures from the Higgins Armory Collection at the Worcester Art Museum," Toledo Museum of Art
Nov. 8-12 - Christmas Holiday Art Show, Main Street Vermilion Arts Guild
Nov. 11 - "Science & Symphony" presented by the Toledo Symphony Orchestra, Peristyle Theater at Toledo Museum of Art
Nov. 13 - "A Tribute to Tony Bennett" presented by the Toledo Symphony Orchestra, Peristyle Theater at Toledo Museum of Art
Nov. 13 - Lauren Daigle World Tour, Huntington Center, Toledo
Nov. 13-14 Sandusky County Fairgrounds flea market
Nov. 15-17 - Christmas Holiday Art Show, Main Street Vermilion Arts Guild
Nov. 19 - "The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Musical," Stranahan Theater, Toledo
Nov. 19 - "Songs of the Earth" presented by the Toledo Symphony Orchestra, Peristyle Theater at Toledo Museum of Art
Nov. 19 through Dec. 31 - Lights Before Christmas, Toledo Zoo & Aquarium
Nov. 20 - China Grove, a tribute to The Doobie Brothers, Lorain Palace Theater
updated 09.13.21 CAE
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