Things To Do

FIND OUT WHAT’S HAPPENING AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND EVERY FRIDAY MORNING AT 9:10 ON THE SHORES & ISLANDS MORNING SHOW WITH CHUCK, STEVE AND TROY; AND FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT 12:20 WITH SHORES & ISLANDS OHIO.  CLICK ON THE LOGO TO SEE THEIR CALENDAR, COMPLETE WITH LINKS TO EVENTS AROUND THE AREA.

CORN MAZE AT FARMER JONES FARM MARKET, through November 3, Farmer Jones Farm Market, Milan, Thurs 10:00 AM-7:00 PM, Fri-Sat 10:00 AM-10:00 PM, Sun 12:00 PM-7:00 PM. There will be two corn mazes, a livestock barn, combine slide, hillbilly basketball, milk-a-cow, barrel horses, pumpkin bowling, a veggie launcher and straw mountain.

WALKIN’ ON WEDNESDAY, September 11, 4-7:30pm, Main Street Amherst, with a vendor and car show, plus an area for kids to play some games on the streets of the historic district, live entertainment, shops, restaurants and businesses will be open late.

VERANDAH CONCERT FEATURING COMMON CHORDS WITH ROBERT JONES AND MATT WATROBA, September 11, 6:30-8pm, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums, Spiegel Grove, Fremont

HALLOWEEKENDS, September 12-November 2, Cedar Point, Thurs 6 pm-12 am, Fri-Sat 11 am-12 pm, Sun 11 am-8 pm. Daytime family activities like corn and hay mazes, pint-sized tractors for kids, pumpkin decorating, games and trick-or-treating, plus nighttime haunted mazes, scare zones and entertainment. Select rides open on Thursday and Friday.

NHRA NORTH CENTRAL DIVISION SUMMIT ET RACING SERIES TEAM FINALS, September 12-14, Summit Motorsports Park. Winners will advance to the NHRA Nevada Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway to race toward a world championship!

METALLICA TRIBUTE THE FOUR HORSEMEN WITH RAVENWOOD AT ROCKIN’ ON THE RIVER, September 13, 6-11pm, Black River Landing, Lorain, the final show of the season.

MARKET ON MAIN, September 13, 4-8pm, Suhr Park from Church Street to Benedict Avenue, Norwalk

THE CROCKER PARK WINE FESTIVAL, September 13 from 4-10pm, September 14 from 2-10, with 150+ wines from local, national and international producers as well as select craft beers and spirits, musical entertainment, exhibitors and food will be available for purchase from area restaurants.

STARS OF THE SIXTIES AT LORAIN PALACE THEATRE, September 13, 7:30pm, featuring The Lovin’ Spoonful, The Buckinghams and The Cowsills.

MUSIC ON MADISON, September 13-14, 8-11pm, downtown Port Clinton, with Cleveland’s Rock Bar Friday and Billy Likes Soda Saturday.

CAR SHOW & OPEN HOUSE, September 14, 11am-3pm, Resurrection Lutheran Church, Port Clinton

FOOD TRUCK FLY IN, September 14, 10am-3pm, Huron County Airport

WINE, ART & FOOD FAIR, September 14, 12-6 pm at locations all around Kelleys Island.

COAST TO THE OAST, September 14, Twin Oast Brewery, Catawba, with a morning bicycle ride, refreshments and live music.

COMEDIAN DENNIS REGAN AT LAKESIDE, September 14, 7:30pm, Hoover Auditorium

DOWNTOWN FREMONT CAR SHOW, September 14, 5-8pm.

DRAGONS AND BACON FEST V, September 14, 8am-4pm, Paper District Marina, downtown Sandusky, with contestants racing 40-foot Dragon Boats and lots of bacon treats.

PUT-IN-BAY MONARCH FEST, September 14, 11am-2pm, Duggan’s Field, Lake Erie Islands Nature & Wildlife Center, Put-in-Bay

FREMONT FLEA MARKET, September 14 9am-4pm & September 15 9am-3pm, Sandusky County Fairgrounds, Fremont

BILLY MORRIS AND THE SUNSET STRIP, September 14, 8-11pm, Fremont Community Amphitheater

DOWNTOWN LORAIN 1924 TORNADO WALKING TOUR, September 14, 1:15pm, downtown Lorain.

HALFWAY TO ST. PATRICK’S DAY, September 14, with a parade with marching bands and bagpipes, traditional Irish food and drinks, and plenty of green attire.

2024 CAR & BIKE SHOW, September 15, 2-4pm, Bellevue Assembly Church

2024 FALL AVANT-GARDE ART & CRAFT SHOW, September 15, 10am-4pm, Emerald Event Center, Avon

3 BIRDS AND THE WIRE AT LAKEVIEW PARK, September 15, 1-3pm, Lakeview Park, Lorain

SQUIRES BASE BALL EVENT, September 15, 1pm, Terra State Community College, Fremont with the Spiegel Grove Squires vs. Sandusky County Raptors playing Civil War-era rules base ball.

PUT-IN-BAY ROAD RACES, September 17-19, Put-in-Bay Airport, with vintage sports cars participating in events, activities and races!

MUSIC ON MADISON, September 19-21, 8-11pm, downtown Port Clinton, with CC Machine Thursday, Willits Records Friday and Renegade Lemonade Saturday.