Things to Do in Southwest Ohio with Kids

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BLINK Cincinnati 2026: A Free Festival of Light and Art

BLINK Cincinnati 2026 returns Thursday, Oct. 8, through Sunday, Oct. 11, turning more than 30 blocks of the city's urban core into a free,...
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Fall Fun Is in Full Bloom at Gorman Heritage Farm

Grab your flannel, bring the family, and get ready to celebrate the season at Gorman Heritage Farm! This October, the farm comes alive with...
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Things to Do This Weekend in Cincinnati and Dayton with Kids | September 18-20, 2026

Fall is officially here, and this weekend is bursting with festival energy across Southwest Ohio! From a riverfront Oktoberfest and a knights-and-jousting getaway to...
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Where to See Fall Colors in Cincinnati (2026 Guide)

Fall in Southwest Ohio means crunching through leaves, chasing a color-changing forest canopy, and figuring out where to take the kids before the trees...
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Still Time to See Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirror Room in Cincinnati

Cincinnati Art Museum is hosting its first Yayoi Kusama Infinity Mirror Room, and families have until Oct. 18 to catch it. Yayoi Kusama: All...
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10 Favorite Fall Festivals in Cincinnati

Cincinnati Parent's Fall Festival Awards recognize 7 of the area’s farms and festivals that each have something extra special.
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10 Favorite Fall Festivals in Cincinnati

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Cincinnati Parent's Fall Festival Awards recognize 7 of the area’s farms and festivals that each have something extra special.

Fox Ridge Park: Kenton County’s New Family Park

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A 225-acre former golf course in Independence, Kentucky, just across the Ohio River from Cincinnati, is being turned into a new county park built...

Worth-the-Drive: Barberton Mum Festival

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Every fall, a park in Barberton, a Summit County city just south of Akron, fills with more than a million chrysanthemum blooms arranged into...

Up, Up, and Away: The Ravenna Balloon A-Fair

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If you're looking for an autumn event the whole family will remember, mark your calendars now: the 47th annual Ravenna Balloon A-Fair lifts off...

Fall on the Farm Returns to Blooms & Berries with New Food, New Fun, and Fan Favorites!

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Voted Best Pumpkin Patch/Farm 6 years in a row by Cincinnati City Beat! Blooms & Berries Farm Market invites families back to Fall on...

Cincinnati Zoo’s HallZOOween

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HallZOOween returns to the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden on select weekends this fall, with trick-or-treat stations, animal enrichment and a costume parade included...

Lebanon Train Fest Marks 40 Years of the LM&M Railroad

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A 40th Anniversary for Lebanon's Own Railroad The LM&M Railroad in historic downtown Lebanon, Ohio, turns 40 this year, and the railroad is marking the...

Cincinnati & Dayton Oktoberfest Guide 2026

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German Heritage, One Festival at a Time Southwest Ohio's German roots go back to the 1800s, and the region still marks that heritage with a...

Descending into Darkness: The Lewisburg Haunted Cave

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As the nights lengthen and shadows creep across Ohio's landscape, one attraction stands out in both terror and scale: The Lewisburg Haunted Cave. Situated...

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Trails in Ohio

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Families looking for a low-key outing that mixes reading with fresh air have another option this year: Storybook Trails, a program that turns the...

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