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94 events, Nov 7–30 in Northeast Ohio, including Christkindl Markt, Alice Pixley Young: Half Life and 63rd Annual Fall Hiking Spree.

94 events · Nov 7–30

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This weekend · Sat Nov 7 – Sun Nov 8

A dark gallery with a red-lit wooden floor and a hanging sculpture of glass strands and dark leaves.

Aug 8 – Jan 31

63rd Annual Fall Hiking Spree

Sep 1 – Nov 30

A dark gallery set with a large painted vase, a glowing rainbow arch and lit steps across a curving floor.

Sep 23 – Sep 26

Home Field: The Cleveland Browns and Shaker Heights

Sep 26 – Feb 7

Lake Erie Fall Brawl 2026

Oct 17 – Nov 29

A spool of thread and gold scissors resting on dyed pink and blue cloth beside pressed greenery.

Oct 21 – Nov 7

A painting of a dense crowd of simplified figures in blues, purples and warm skin tones hangs on a white gallery wall.

Oct 23 – Apr 23

Between the Lines JR

Santa and Mrs. Claus sit by a decorated fireplace with a young girl and a baby on Santa’s lap.

Gingerbread House Arts & Craft Show

A long hall strung with lights, with stalls of wreaths and goods lining both sides.

Nov 6 – Dec 30

Holly Days Artisan Boutique & Mistletoe Market

Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells!

2026 Smells Like Snow Coffee Festival

42nd Annual Lake Catholic Performing Arts Craft Fair

A painting of a wide exhibit hall lined with vendor tables, hanging banners and racks of goods.

Amherst United Methodist Church Fall Craft Show

Buckeye Alpaca Show (Fall Fest)

Buckeye Book Fair

Craft Fair at Medina Community Church

Día de Muertos (22nd annual)

Pop-up Market Series at Market 42

Rocky River Fall Avant-Garde Art & Craft Show

Royal Princess Brunch

Carrousel of Crafts

Diwali and Chopda Pujan 2026

Free Family Day: Indigenous Voices

Mantua Christmas Boutique

NUTCRACKER! Magical Christmas Ballet

A rocky creek bed winding through a shaded gorge with layered shale walls and green ferns.

The Holiday Greenhouse Gathering at Boyert's

A full orchestra and conductor perform on a wood-paneled concert stage.

Next week · Nov 9–15

Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra

Cleveland Veterans Day Parade

Figures with flashlights cross a dark field toward a lit barn beside a cornfield at night.

Wadsworth Veterans Day Parade

A Night of Magic with David McCreary

Christkindl Markt

Gift of the Magi Christmas Boutique

Children in a train car press against a window looking out at bright holiday light displays.

Nov 13 – Dec 22

A painting of a snowy small-town main street hung with garland, with a Christmas tree at the far end.

Three hikers study a map in a grassy field with autumn hills behind.

45th Annual Holiday Tree Festival (Akron Children’s)

52nd Holiday Mart

Hikers walk through a golden meadow toward wooded hills in autumn.

A painting of a long row of draped tables holding knit goods, baked goods, a wreath and framed pictures.

November 2026 Hartville Sports Card Show

A wide, low waterfall spills over rock ledges below a ridge of autumn trees.

Shoppers walk along a small-town street of gabled shops under a gray sky.

Vendor booths fill a wide exhibition hall under a high white ceiling.

Shop-a-Holidays at the Akron Zoo

A snowy main street of brick shops hung with garlands and wreaths, a tall decorated evergreen at the far end.

A white two-story clapboard building with a gray roof and a gazebo beside a green lawn under blue sky.

Painting of snowy market huts around a decorated tree.

A painting of a lit archway and glowing star lights among trees at night.

Nov 15 – Jan 15

Mossy sandstone ledges and hemlock trees above a snowy forest floor on a bright day.

Shoppers browse vendor tables of wreaths and crafts in a bright hall with tall windows.

Coming up · Nov 16–30

A performer with a microphone stands in a lamplit living-room set.

A path under an arch of holiday lights leading to a lit Christmas tree at night.

Nov 18 – Dec 30

A snowy park at night with glowing light arches, lit evergreens and a small lit gazebo and cabin.

Illustration: holiday lights display, woman in red coat gazing at a glowing tree, child in blue jacket pointing at decorations.

Annie (Near West Theatre)

Nov 20 – Dec 6

Cleveland Christmas Connection

Painting of glowing light arches and trees on a snowy field at night.

Strings of lights stretch across a town square at dusk in front of a clock-tower courthouse.

Families point and snap photos on a zoo lawn at night beside glowing light sculptures of a giraffe, a lion and penguins and a lit tunnel arch.

Nov 20 – Dec 27

Santa waving from a rooftop above a crowded, lit-up downtown street at night.

Painting of a snowy village of small houses around a lit tree at night.

Nov 21 – Jan 3

Painting of white tents and picnic tables beside a white church.

An overhead night view of a packed plaza surrounding a lit Christmas tree, ringed by shops.

An orchestra with a grand piano and harp plays on a wood-paneled stage as a conductor leads.

An empty garden at dusk with a glowing arched light tunnel and trees wrapped in warm lights beyond a dark lawn.

Nov 21 – Jan 3

Holiday Art & Craft Market (Hale Farm & Village)

Small lit wooden market huts with snowy roofs around a tall lit evergreen on a stone plaza at dusk.

A snowy street at dusk lined with lit houses and paper lanterns, a lit evergreen and a trolley in the distance.

Painting of an inflatable arch and canopy on a park road in autumn.

Horses in lit-up holiday blankets and riders in Santa hats parade down a downtown Akron street at night past a lit building.

Annie (Weathervane Playhouse)

Nov 27 – Dec 20

An empty park road at dusk, seen low from the lane, lined with glowing light displays, snowflakes and candy canes.

Nov 27 – Dec 27

Painting of a lantern-lit arch and glowing trees along a path at night.

Nov 27 – Dec 30

An empty garden at dusk with a glowing arched light tunnel and trees wrapped in warm lights beyond a dark lawn.

Nov 27 – Dec 23

Holiday light displays glowing along the edge of a lake in a dark park at night.

Nov 27 – Dec 23

A painting of a snowy small-town square at dusk with a tall lit Christmas tree in front of brick storefronts.

Painting of glowing light arches and trees on a snowy field at night.

Painting of old barns, a tractor and wagons in a farmyard.

Nov 27 – Dec 21

Annie

Nov 28 – Dec 27

An empty town square at dusk with a tall evergreen strung with warm lights, brick shops with lit windows behind a snowy plaza.

Painting of a stage with a decorated tree and draped curtains.

Nov 28 – Dec 6

Painting of snowy market huts around a decorated tree.

Nov 28 – Dec 20

Painting of a lantern-lit arch and glowing trees along a path at night.

A tall Christmas tree glowing with white lights under falling snow against a night sky.

WinterLand Kickoff

Painting of booths with rugs and string lights in a bright hall.

An empty town square at dusk with a tall evergreen strung with warm lights, brick shops with lit windows behind a snowy plaza.

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By night

Sat Aug 8

Aug 8 – Jan 31Alice Pixley Young: Half LifeAkron

Tue Sep 1

Sep 1 – Nov 3063rd Annual Fall Hiking SpreeAkron

Wed Sep 23

Sep 23 – Sep 26Shana Moulton: Meta/Physical TherapyAkron

Sat Sep 26

Sep 26 – Feb 7Home Field: The Cleveland Browns and Shaker HeightsShaker Heights

Sat Oct 17

Oct 17 – Nov 29Lake Erie Fall Brawl 2026Cleveland

Wed Oct 21

Oct 21 – Nov 7Alison McKim, Deep Earth Dreaming (BAYarts)Bay Village

Fri Oct 23

Oct 23 – Apr 23Left Field: An Exhibition by Inga WilhelmyLakewood

Fri Nov 6

Fri Nov 6Bark After Dark: Yappy HolidaysAkron
Nov 6–7Christmas in the Woods Craft ShowRavenna
Fri Nov 6First Friday – Downtown Canton (November)Canton
Nov 6–7Gingerbread House Arts & Craft ShowMentor
Nov 6 – Dec 30Heights Arts 25th Annual Holiday StoreCleveland Heights
Nov 6–7Holly Days Artisan Boutique & Mistletoe MarketRussell Township
Nov 6–8Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells!North Canton
Fri Nov 6Main Street Wadsworth November First Friday: Giving Thanks to Our VeteransWadsworth
Fri Nov 6Spree with Me: Owl ProwlNorton

Sat Nov 7

Sat Nov 72026 Smells Like Snow Coffee FestivalAkron
Sat Nov 742nd Annual Lake Catholic Performing Arts Craft FairMentor
Nov 7–8Akron ComiconCuyahoga Falls
Sat Nov 7Amherst United Methodist Church Fall Craft ShowAmherst
Nov 7–8Buckeye Alpaca Show (Fall Fest)Tallmadge
Sat Nov 7Buckeye Book FairWooster
Sat Nov 7Craft Fair at Medina Community ChurchMedina
Sat Nov 7Día de Muertos (22nd annual)Cleveland
Sat Nov 7Pop-up Market Series at Market 42Brunswick
Sat Nov 7Rocky River Fall Avant-Garde Art & Craft ShowRocky River
Nov 7–8Royal Princess BrunchAkron

Sun Nov 8

Sun Nov 8Carrousel of CraftsWadsworth
Sun Nov 8Diwali and Chopda Pujan 2026Brunswick
Sun Nov 8Free Family Day: Indigenous VoicesAkron
Sun Nov 8Mantua Christmas BoutiqueMantua
Sun Nov 8Stebbins Gulch: A Hike Through Geological HistoryKirtland
Sun Nov 8The Holiday Greenhouse Gathering at Boyert'sMedina
Sun Nov 8Youth Orchestra ConcertKent

Wed Nov 11

Wed Nov 11Cleveland Orchestra Youth OrchestraOberlin
Wed Nov 11Cleveland Veterans Day ParadeCleveland
Wed Nov 11Family Flashlight WalkMunroe Falls
Wed Nov 11Wadsworth Veterans Day ParadeWadsworth

Fri Nov 13

Fri Nov 13A Night of Magic with David McCrearyCleveland
Nov 13–14Christkindl MarktCanton
Nov 13–14Gift of the Magi Christmas BoutiqueChesterland
Nov 13 – Dec 22North Pole AdventureIndependence
Fri Nov 13Santa Parade & 50th Anniversary CelebrationNorth Olmsted
Fri Nov 13Spree with Me: Scavenger HuntAkron

Sat Nov 14

Nov 14–2245th Annual Holiday Tree Festival (Akron Children’s)Akron
Nov 14–1552nd Holiday MartTallmadge
Sat Nov 14Autumn in the PrairieSpringfield Township
Sat Nov 14Chagrin Falls Fall Avant-Garde Art & Craft ShowChagrin Falls
Sat Nov 14November 2026 Hartville Sports Card ShowHartville
Sat Nov 14Photo Exploration Hike: Brandywine FallsSagamore Hills
Sat Nov 14Pre-Holiday Sip & ShopKent
Sat Nov 14Pre-Thanksgiving Pop-Up Market (Heart & Home Marketplace)North Canton
Sat Nov 14Shop-a-Holidays at the Akron ZooAkron
Sat Nov 14Whoville Holiday AdventureCanton
Sat Nov 14Winter Craft Market at Conneaut Arts CenterConneaut
Nov 14–15Winter Village Market at Holden ArboretumKirtland

Sun Nov 15

Nov 15 – Jan 15Holiday Lights at EtonWoodmere
Sun Nov 15Magnificence on the Mountain: Little Mountain HikeKirtland
Sun Nov 15Wickliffe Christmas Craft ShowWickliffe

Wed Nov 18

Wed Nov 18Ana's Attic Unscripted – Comedy NightPainesville
Nov 18 – Dec 30Wild Winter LightsCleveland

Thu Nov 19

Thu Nov 19Holiday Light Up in the ParkCanton
Nov 19–22Holly Pine LaneCanton

Fri Nov 20

Nov 20 – Dec 6Annie (Near West Theatre)Cleveland
Nov 20–22Cleveland Christmas ConnectionCleveland
Nov 20–22Medina Candlelight WalkMedina
Fri Nov 20Painesville Spirit of the SeasonPainesville
Nov 20 – Dec 27Wild Lights (Akron Zoo)Akron
Fri Nov 20Window Wonderland (Main Street Wooster)Wooster

Sat Nov 21

Nov 21 – Jan 3Candy Land Wild about WinterKirtland
Sat Nov 21Community Friendsgiving at Canal CreativeCanal Fulton
Sat Nov 21Crocker Park Tree LightingWestlake
Sat Nov 21MasterWorks IV: Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic DancesCanton
Nov 21 – Jan 3Tropical Holiday at Cleveland Botanical GardenCleveland

Sun Nov 22

Sun Nov 22Holiday Art & Craft Market (Hale Farm & Village)Bath
Sun Nov 22Winter Wonderland Lighting CelebrationStrongsville

Wed Nov 25

Wed Nov 25Solon Winter FestivalSolon

Thu Nov 26

Thu Nov 26Kent Turkey TrotKent

Fri Nov 27

Fri Nov 27Akron Illuminated Holiday Parade & Tree LightingAkron
Nov 27 – Dec 20Annie (Weathervane Playhouse)Akron
Nov 27 – Dec 27Ashtabula County's Lights on the LakeAshtabula
Nov 27 – Dec 30Deck the Hall: Holidays Through the DecadesAkron
Nov 27 – Dec 23Holiday Ice & Lights FestivalKirtland
Nov 27 – Dec 23Holiday Lights at Carlisle ReservationLaGrange
Fri Nov 27Hudson's 78th Lighting of the GreensHudson
Fri Nov 27Ravenna Holiday Celebration / Midnight MadnessRavenna
Nov 27 – Dec 21Wintergreen Tree Farm Cut-Your-Own Christmas TreesMantua

Sat Nov 28

Sat Nov 28Aurora Holiday Tree Lighting FestivalAurora
Nov 28 – Dec 20Chardon Holiday MarketChardon
Sat Nov 28Christmas Lighting of the Square (Chardon)Chardon
Sat Nov 28Cuyahoga Falls Tree LightingCuyahoga Falls
Sat Nov 28WinterLand KickoffCleveland

Sun Nov 29

Sun Nov 29Eastlake Indoor Christmas MarketEastlake
Sun Nov 29Tallmadge Tree Lighting CeremonyTallmadge

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