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Labor Day events happening across Northeast Ohio

3News has compiled a list of festivals and events taking place during Labor Day weekend.

CLEVELAND — Labor Day is here, and there are still plenty of events taking place across Northeast Ohio for you and your family to enjoy! 

Check out the list of festivals, fairs, sporting events and more below!

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Cuyahoga County  

Air Show Watch Party 

  • Aug. 31 to Sept. 2
  • Noon to 4:30 p.m. 
  • Bar 32

Enjoy the Cleveland Air Show from 32 stories up at Bar 32 in the Hilton Cleveland Downtown. Tickets for the event can be purchased HERE

Cleveland National Air Show

  • Aug. 31 to Sept. 2
  • 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
  • Burke Lakefront Airport 

Celebrating 60 years, the Air Show is Cleveland’s Labor Day Weekend tradition with three days of aerial thrills featuring the U.S. Navy Blue Angels, military jet demonstrations, gravity-defying aerobatics, parachuting and more.

Cleveland Taco Fest

  • Aug. 30, 4-11 p.m.
  • Aug. 31, 11 a.m. - 11 p.m.
  • Sept. 1, 11 a.m. - 11 p.m.
  • Sept. 2, 11 a.m. - 9 p.m.
  • Jacobs Pavilion

The street festival includes more than 30 taquerias and stands serving tacos, cervezas and tequila, with margaritas, live entertainment, kids activities and more.

Cars in Cleveland 

  • Sunday, Sept. 1
  • 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. 
  • Public Square

An iconic car show is returning to Cleveland during Labor Day weekend. The event will feature exotic vehicles, music, games, activities, family fun and vendors. Learn more HERE.

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Cleveland Oktoberfest

  • Aug. 30 to Sept. 2 & Sept. 6-7
  • Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds  

The Cleveland Oktoberfest will be filled with beer, food and live music. Tickets for the event can be purchased HERE

68th Hungarian Festival 

  • Sunday, Sept. 1 
  • 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. 
  • German Central Park 7863 York Road, Parma 

The festival features delicious food, live musical entertainment, colorful, authentic folk costumes, folk dance lessons and more. Learn more HERE.

Ashtabula County

Perch & Pilsner Festival

  • Aug. 31 & Sept. 1
  • 12-11 p.m.
    • Fireworks Sunday 10 p.m.
  • Conneaut Township Park, 480 Lake Rd., Conneaut

Geauga County 

The Great Geauga County Fair

  • Thursday, Aug. 29- Monday, Sept. 2 
  • Geauga County Fairgrounds 
  • 14373 N Cheshire St, Burton

The Great Geauga County Fair features rides and games for all, grandstand entertainment, food, horse shows and more! 

Stark County 

Black College Football Hall of Fame Classic 

  • Sept. 1
  • 4 p.m.
  • Pro Football Hall of Fame 

The annual Black College Football Hall of Fame Classic returns to Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton. The game featuring Virginia State University against Benedict College will kick off at 4 p.m. Tickets can be purchased HERE.

Hartville Labor Day Weekend Marketplace & Flea Market

  • Aug. 31 and Sept. 2 (Closed Sunday, Sept. 1)
  • 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 
  • 1289 Edison St. NW, Hartville

The flea market features than 1,000 outdoor vendors over 12 acres, plus a food court and indoor shops.

Stark County Fair

  • Aug. 27 to Sept. 2
  • Gates open 8 a.m. daily
  • 305 Wertz Ave., Canton

Summit County

Akron Pizza Fest

  • Aug. 30
    • 5-10 p.m. 
  • Aug. 31
    • 2-10 p.m.
  • Outside Lock 3

The food and music festival features pizza parlors from all across the Akron area. 

Barberton Labor Day Fireworks

  • Aug. 31 
  • 9 p.m.

Barberton Labor Day Parade

  • Sept. 2 
  • 10 a.m.
  • Route begins at Barberton High/Middle School at Norton Avenue and ends at St. Augustine Church at 6th Street Northwest and W Lake Avenue

Barberton Labor Day BBQ and Music Fest 

  • Aug. 30 to Sept. 1 
  • 615 West Park Ave., Barberton

The weekend-long festival features BBQ, live music, a rib burn-off, free entry and free parking. 

Akron Symphony Orchestra: Cirque Goes Broadway 

  • Aug. 31-Sept. 1
  • 7-10 p.m. 
  • Blossom Music Center 

Touring troupe Cirque de la Symphonie combines acrobatics with show tunes with music director Lucas Waldin the and Akron Symphony. Broadway singers Morgan James ("The Addams Family," "Wonderland," "Godspell") and Hugh Panaro (more than 2,000 Broadway performances as the title role in "The Phantom of the Opera") sing hits from "Les Misérables," "Frozen," "Wicked," "Chicago," and more.

Made in Ohio Art and Craft Festival 

  • Aug 30 to Sept. 1 
  • 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 
  • Cost: $12 for adults, $6 for children (3-12) 
  • Hale Farm and Village: 2686 Oak Hill Road, Peninsula

Features local jewelry artists, potters, carvers, glass artists soap and lotion makers and quilters as well as restaurants, brewers and wineries.

Stow Summer Sunset Blast

  • Aug. 31 and Sept. 1
  • 5-10 p.m.
  • Silver Springs Park, 5238 Young Rd., Stow

Stow's end of summer celebration includes fireworks, food, craft beer, kids activities and more. 

Huron County

Firelands Labor Day Festival

  • Aug. 31 to Sept. 2
  • Gates open: 6 p.m. Friday; 9 a.m. Saturday-Monday
  • New London Recreation Park, 2 Blake St., New London

Mahoning County

Canfield Fair

  • Aug. 28 to Sept. 2
  • 8 a.m. - 10:30 p.m.
  • 7265 Columbiana-Canfield Rd., Candield

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