OCTOBER  

ALGONQUIN MILL FALL FESTIVAL
(Admission: $8 / vehicle)

• When: October 10-12, 2008

• Where: Algonquin Mill Farm in Carrollton, Ohio 44615

• Phone: 330-627-5910 or 330-627-0103

Love old mills? How about fall foliage? Great! Head to the Algonquin Mill Fall Festival for a pioneer style festival featuring an operating early 1800's steam powered flourmill and sawmill, antique power show, old railway depot with model train layouts, many quality crafters, and delicious home-cooked food.

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APPLE BUTTER STIRRIN'
(Admission is $3/person four and older) 

• When:  Friday, October 17 - 19, 2008

• Location:  Historic Roscoe Village in Coshocton, Ohio

• Phone:  (740) 622-9310 or (800) 877-1830 

The annual Apple Butter Stirrin' festival offers visitors a chance to take in the sights and smells of both historic Roscoe village and the beauty of the autumn season.  The event offers musical entertainment including Blue Grass, 60s, 70s and 80s Hits and a barbershop quartet, an invitational craft show, a spelling bee, a hog-calling contest, a pumpkin-decorating contest, a pie baking contest, a quilt raffle, a special children’s activity area, living history tours and canal boat rides.  Also, of course, there will be apple butter stirrin' over an open fire, and historic artisans throughout the village, demonstrating their skills.  

Historic Roscoe Village is a 19-th-century living history community depicting life in Ohio's canal era.  The Village is located on State Routes 16 and 83, near the junction of US Route 36 in east-central Ohio.  For more information on Apple Butter Stirrin’ or Roscoe Village, please call (740) 622-9310 or (800) 877-1830.

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ASHTABULA COUNTY COVERED BRIDGE FESTIVAL
(Admission: $4, children younger than 12 are free)

• When: October 11-12, 2008

• Where: Ashtabula County Fairgrounds in Jefferson, Ohio

• Phone: 440-576-3769

Take a fall color tour of 16 covered bridges throughout Ashtabula County. Upon request, free tour maps are available. This annual event is family-oriented and includes children’s activities, contests, crafts, a parade, draft-horse pull, quilt show, farmers market, entertainment, great food and antique engines, tractors and automobiles.

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DINNER AND A GHOST TOUR
(Admission: Tours are $30 - pay at the door - which includes a charming dinner and ghostly tour
The separate Midnight tour is $40) 

• When: 2007 - October 5, 10, 11, 17, 24, 31, and Nov 1, 2008
  (Sign-in from 5:30 to 6:00p.m. followed by dinner and tour. The Midnight tour sign-in is from 10-10:30p.m.)

• Location: Snow Hill Country Club in New Vienna, Ohio  45159

• Phone: 937-987-2491(Reservations required for both events)

Currently, Snow Hill functions as a full service restaurant, Spirits Bistro, and a private golf course.  However, Snow Hill is also the home of many spiritual encounters!  To date, thousands of EVPs (Electronic Voice Phenomena) and strange pictures have been collected!  Therefore, Snow Hill invites you to share in the hauntings this fall!   

As well join the Haunted Midnight Lantern Ghost Tour, new this year!  The midnight tour is a once in a lifetime event, where you actually get to participate in your own ghost investigation. You are welcome to collect your own evidence! Night vision cameras, cameras, and recording equipment welcomed! Midnight Tour is $40 and are on the same evenings as Dinner and A Ghost Tours. Sign-in from 10 to 10:30 followed by activities.  

Snow Hill Country Club was built in the 1820’s by the Harris Family from Snow Hill, Maryland.  For nearly a century the Harris family operated the home as a stage coach inn and tavern.  The inn was enormously successful, and soon became the social hub for Clinton County.  It passed down through the family, and at one point housed a tunnel in the basement that went almost a mile underground to another home.  The Inn soon fell into disrepair when one of the Harris children reclaimed her ancestral home and refurbished it to its present grandeur. 

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DOLL & BEAR SHOW AND SALE
Olentangy Valley Doll Club of Ohio 
(Admission: Adults $4.00 and Children $1.00) 

• When: Always the fourth Sunday in October (October 26, 2008)

• Where: Aladdin Shrine Center, 3850 Stelzer Rd., Columbus, Ohio (4 miles north of the airport or exit I-270 at Morse Road/Easton)

• Phone: 614-457-1447

Antique, Collectible, Modern, Artist Dolls, Bears and Related items

Doll Display: Dolls of Color

Food Available * Door Prizes * Free parking

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FALL FESTIVAL OF LEAVES

(Admission is Free)

• When: Third weekend in October (October 17 - 19, 2008)

• Location: Bainbridge, Ohio

• For further info, email: info@fallfestivalofleaves.com

See the autumn colors in the hills and valleys of the village of Bainbridge. The community is open to all visitors for their annual festive event to celebrate the season. It hosts parades, pageants, flea markets and a midway with entertainment for all. In addition, there is a pedal tractor pull, arts and crafts plus several self-guided scenic tours of the beautiful colorful landscape. 

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FALL FUN DAYS HARVEST FESTIVAL
at Circle S Farms

• When: Starts in late September and always ends on October 31
  Hours are from 8:30 a.m. to dusk (till 11:00 p.m. for bonfire parties)

• Location: is 9015 London Groveport Rd., Grove City, OH 43123

• Phone: 614-878-7980 or call the recorded INFOLINE at 614-878-9462

Celebrating its 25th anniversary, many families, schools, churches, companies and many other groups and individuals annually visit the Fall Fun Days Festival at Circle S Farms, located in scenic southwest Franklin County. Our festival features hayrides to pick a pumpkin, a six acre corn maze, sunflower maze, Fun Hay Barn with slides, Scarecrow Cave, Fodder Lane, petting zoo, weekend entertainment and much more. Private hayrides with bonfire parties are available. There is a full service bakery with many tasty treats including freshly made donuts of all kinds. On the weekends the Pumpkin Cafe is open. Group reservations are requested and walk-ins are welcome. www.circlesfarm.com

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FORT ROWDY GATHERING 

• When: October 4 - 5, 2008 (First full weekend in October (Sat., 10 a.m.- 8 p.m., Sun., 10 a.m.- 6 p.m.)

• Location: Community Park, Covington, West U.S. Route 36, Covington, Ohio

• Phone: 937-473-5439

From the hovering lights of campfires, frontier enthusiasts gather in groups playing guitars, drums and washboards much like small trading villages once participated in the 1800s. The weekend begins with an old-fashioned hometown parade on Saturday but the highlight of this festival is the mountain man encampment located next to the Stillwater River.  The event and parking are free to the public.

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HALLZOOWEEN
(Call for admission information)

• When: October 11-12, 18-19, & 25-26, Noon – 5 p.m.

• Location:    Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden 

• Phone:    513-475-6124 or 1-800-94-HIPPO

Little ghouls, boys and animals can enjoy three spooktacular weekends of fun. Each Friday, Saturday and Sunday during HallZOOween from 4 – 8 p.m., young frankensteins (12 and under) can trick-or-treat their way around the Zoo.  Along the way, guests may encounter Pumpkin Pandemonium – the Zoo animal’s version of trick-or-treating, including Gorilla Pumpkin Hunt, Snow Monkey Pumpkin Hide & Seek, Elephant Pumpkin Smash, Indian Rhino Apple Bob and Polar Bear Pumpkin Bob. Other activities include a Little Creatures Carnival, a scavenger hunt, pumpkin patch, spooktacular train ride, scare-ousel, strolling characters, face painting, and mini pumpkin decorating activities. This event is FREE with Zoo admission. For more details, please call 513-475-6124Little ghouls, boys and animals can enjoy three spooktacular weekends of fun. Each Friday, Saturday and Sunday during HallZOOween from 4 – 8 p.m., young frankensteins (12 and under) can trick-or-treat their way around the Zoo.  Along the way, guests may encounter Pumpkin Pandemonium – the Zoo animal’s version of trick-or-treating, including Gorilla Pumpkin Hunt, Snow Monkey Pumpkin Hide & Seek, Elephant Pumpkin Smash, Indian Rhino Apple Bob and Polar Bear Pumpkin Bob. Other activities include a Little Creatures Carnival, a scavenger hunt, pumpkin patch, spooktacular train ride, scare-ousel, strolling characters, face painting, and mini pumpkin decorating activities. This event is FREE with Zoo admission. For more details, please call 513-475-6124

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HARVEST MOON CORN MAZE AND PUMPKIN PATCH
(Admission: Call for information) 

• Open: Mid September through early November

• Location: Niederman Family Farm at 4972 LeSourdsville-WestChester Drive in Liberty Township, Ohio 45011 (between Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio)

• Phone: 513-779-6184

This Southwest Ohio working farm provides the ultimate fall experience! Niederman Family Farm invites you to experience a 22 acre corn maze, pick pumpkins at the pumpkin patch, take a hayride, visit and feed the barnyard animals and have a picnic. Spend the day, bring your family, school group, church group, scout troop, Mom’s club, or just yourself.

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HAUNTED HAYRIDE & BLACK BOG
at Bull Run Farms
 

• When: October (Fridays and Saturdays from late September through the end of October)

• Location: 6070 Springboro Road in Lebanon, Ohio 

• Phone: 937-748-2272

Experience the Award-Winning Haunted Hayride at Bull Run Farms! Voted 2003 Best Scare and 2003 Grand Champions by Fox 22 Miami Valley Tour of Terror, you won't want to miss our 16th year of Halloween tradition. Located on over 50 acres of natural woodlands along Bull Run Creek, the 30-minute tractor-drawn haunted hayride brings a new look and feel this year.  Hunker down with your friends and family as you tour the spooky trails, the unexpected lurking at every turn.  Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the woods...After the hayride be sure and take in the evening's entertainment featuring story-telling by the bon fires, the professional stunt bike show showcasing performers from around the world, enjoy the harvest at our on-site concession stand, pick your own pumpkin and if you are really brave, dare to enter the Black Bog.

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HOLMES COUNTY ANTIQUE FESTIVAL
 

• When: October 4 - 5, 2008

• Location: Historic Downtown Millersburg, Ohio

• Phone: 330-674-6781

The festival features a Classic Car Parade, Firemen's Parade and Grand Parade. In addition, there are 25-30 Antique Dealers, Arts and Crafts, 5-K Run, Antiques, continuous entertainment and great food. Take a walking trip through the village and view the Downtown Window Museum, shop in unique stores and then tour the Victorian House and enjoy the beautiful Fall season in Holmes County.

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LEADERS FAMILY FARMS AND SCREAM ACRES

• When: September 26^th - November 2nd, 2008. Fridays 6pm until 10pm, Saturdays 1pm until 10pm, Sundays 1pm until 9pm. ScreamAcres opens at dark each night. 

• Where: Leaders Family Farms located a mile west of Napoleon, Ohio just off of state route 24 on county road 16 

• Phone: 419-599-1570 

Fun for all ages. You can “get lost” in the twists and turns of a seven acre jack-o-lantern corn maize. Win prizes at Northwest Ohio’s only corn cannon range. Sing and dance on the karaoke stage. Take a scenic and peaceful hayride around the farm. Take your pick of thousands of pumpkins in the pick-your-own pumpkin patch. Kids can get “moo-ving” in a cow train, play on the slides or make their way through straw tunnels. For those with young children there’s a special place – Little Farmers Barnyard. It includes a corn box, mini straw jump and inflatables to enjoy. There’s also a wide array of concessions.  

For those who are brave of heart and dared to be scared, explore Scream Acres Haunted Cornfield, Northwest Ohio’s most terrifying field of corn! This separate field of corn has many turns and twists with the added fear of the unknown. With creatures lurking behind the walls of corn you never know who… or what may be “stalking” you! At ScreamAcres Haunted Cornfield “you pay to get in…. but pray to get out!!”

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OHIO RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL

• When: August 30 - October 19, 2008

• Location: Renaissance Park in Harveysburg, OH (conveniently located between Cincinnati, Dayton and Columbus in Warren County on State Route 73 between I-71 and I-75)

• Phone: 513-897-7000

Ohio’s premier family event features 12 stages of continuous entertainment, 7 food and beverage buildings, and more than 130 arts and crafts shops.  Knights, comedy, daring stunt shows, giant roasted turkey legs, bread bowl stews, handmade arts and crafts abound in the authentically recreated 30-acre 16^th Century English village. 

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OHIO SAUERKRAUT FESTIVAL
(Admission is Free)  

• When: October 11 & 12, 2008 (Second full weekend in October)

• Location: Waynesville, Ohio

• Phone: 513-897-8855

The people of Waynesville may debate whether they are the Antiques Capital of the Midwest or the Home of the Sauerkraut Festival but make no mistake they have lots of both. And some say antiques and sauerkraut saved this little town. Either way, more than 11,000 pounds of sauerkraut are cooked up for the annual festival. Some of the more unique recipes for visitors’ indulgence include sauerkraut ice cream, brownies, doughnuts and pizza. The local folks urge that just because it’s made with sauerkraut doesn’t mean it tastes like it. Awards are given to those with the largest cabbage, greenest cabbage and most “congenial” cabbage.

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OLDE THYME HERB FAIR
(Admission is Free) 

• When: October 11 - 12, 2008 from 10am - 5pm (Second weekend in October)

• Where: Manchester, Ohio

• Call: 937-549-2484 or 1-800-71-HERBS

Olde Thyme Herb Fair at Lewis Mountain is a heady mix of aromatic and medicinal herb lore, down-home music, quality crafts, good food, and a wide array of workshop-style classes. It is an irresistible attraction for homemakers and craft enthusiasts. Herbfest happens the second weekend of October, perfect timing for peak fall color on the surrounding Appalachian foothills of southern Ohio.     

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PUMPKINFEST  AT PIGEON ROOST FARM
(No Admission charge for market area. $3 per person charge for “Fun Center”/ Corn Maze)

• When: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily from late September through October

• Location: Hebron, Ohio

• Phone: 740-928-4925

Come Celebrate Fall in the Country. Enjoy a nostalgic family trip back to a working farm, our 25^th year and still growing.  See the old barns, friendly barnyard animals, and interesting display of antiques and observation beehive. Choose from thousands of pumpkins in all sizes and shapes, colorful and unique heritage squash, several sizes of Indian corn, corn shocks, straw bales, hard shell and decorative gourds. Young and old will have a great time exploring the “Great Pumpkin Fun Center” with a “goat walk”, Bunnyville, Rocking Ranch, 2005 Corn Maze, aviary, and special toddler area.  The kids favorites—hillside slide, spook straw tunnel and Conestoga corn box are still included.  Food is available on weekends, The “Old Farm Store” and “Country Store” have handmade crafts and a large selection of fall decorations, and the children have their own “Kids Korner” bldg. So come visit and bring your camera to capture some of those special memories.

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PUMPKIN SHOW (CIRCLEVILLE)

(Admission is Free)

• When: October 15 - 18, 2008 (always 3rd Wednesday through Saturday of October)

• Location: Circleville, Ohio

• Web Site: pumpkinshow.com

Great pumpkins Charlie Brown, this is said to be Ohio’s oldest and largest pumpkin celebration. It hosts seven different parades in half as many days. This includes the Pumpkin Parade, Pet Parade and Baby Parade to name a few. The events also include a Big Wheel Race, world’s largest pumpkin pie, a pumpkin toss, pie eating competition and Fun Show. Additional contests of interest include hog calling, egg toss and pumpkin carving. Many displays, arts, crafts and live entertainment also accompany the festivities as well as plenty of pumpkins, squash and gourds.  

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• When: 2008 dates to be announced

• Location: Ohio Statehouse at Third near Broad Streets in Columbus, Ohio.  

• For reservations, information or tickets, contact Miss Emma at 614-387-1086 or ghosts@csrab.state.oh.us.

A two-headed calf, chess figures made from prisoners' bones and other macabre curiosities will be featured as tall yarns spun with facts come to life on this tour guided by costumed guides carrying oil lamps through the vaulted passageways of the Statehouse which is observing its 10th anniversary of restoration. 

Visitors will encounter the most famous ghosts among Halloween tours in greater Columbus. They may catch a glimpse of a lovelorn President Lincoln dancing in the Senate Chamber. Or they may see and hear chilling stories of the President Harrison Horror, the lobbyist who never left, the wolves of Wolf Run and a ripe body in the Rotunda. 

This year’s event will also feature free potion-making for kids of all ages. The Museum Shop will be open until 9 p.m.; food such as finger sandwiches, owl-eye cookies and spider cider will be available in the Capitol Café by Shane's. Miss Emma’s boarding-house-style dinners will be available for groups of more than 20. 

Tours are limited to 40 people. Tours begin at 7 p.m. and run on the half hour with the last tour at 9:30 p.m.  Special scheduling may be arranged for school or scout groups.

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TALL STACKS - CINCINNATI RIVERBOATS
(Ticket prices vary) 

• Open: Next event is 2009 (dates to be determined)

• Location: Cincinnati, OH

• Phone: 513-721-0104

The world’s largest gathering of riverboats, this is one of the best special events in America, let alone Ohio! It features more than 350 different specialty cruises from steamboats in the port of Cincinnati on the Ohio River.  Visitors will be able to take tours of and/or go on cruises in the riverboats.  The event will also house world-class live music, food, boat races, and entertainment galore for the kids.

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WOOLY BEAR FESTIVAL
(Admission is Free)

• When: October 5, 2008

• Location: Vermilion, Ohio

• Phone: 440-967-4477

Everyone knows about Ground Hog Day but a fuzzy little critter in Vermilion will forecast how severe of a winter Ohio can expect before it even starts – or so they say. The Wooly Bear is a fuzzy caterpillar. It is said that if the black band on the critters brown back is wide, get ready for lots of white stuff to fall from the sky. Well, this festival pays tribute to the Wooly Bear with its annual weather forecast, parade, wooly bear races and many contests, arts and crafts and additional entertainment for the whole family.

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ZOAR VILLAGE'S LANTERN TOURS OF THE GHOSTS
(Admission: $16 per person) 

• Location: Box 404, Zoar, OH 44697 - Located 2.5 miles east of I-77 (exit 93) on St. Rte. 212.

• Open: by appointment. Fridays and Saturdays in October at 7:30 p.m.

• Phone: 330-874-2002

Visitors are invited to take a haunted stroll through the village with history and ghost stories told by costumed guides. Overnight accommodations are available at the Zoar Tavern and Inn, and at bed and breakfasts in the village.  For information call 330-874-2170.

Come be a part of history this year at the historic village of Zoar, Ohio. One hundred ninety years ago a group of German Separatists founded the Village of Zoar in the Tuscarawas River Valley of Ohio.  In 1817 they left Germany and came to the United States seeking religious freedom.  Later they formed a communal society that lasted for 79 years, and was one of the most successful communal societies in the United States. Today, many of the buildings the Separatists built still line the main street of the historic village including the Town Hall.  The Zoar Community Association refurbished the Town Hall and operates a Museum where visitors can learn about the history of Zoar and view videos about the Separatists and the Ohio & Erie Canal which the group helped construct.  An audio self-guided tour CD can be rented at the Town Hall so guests can tour Zoar at a leisurely pace.  Call 330-874-2646 for more information.

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