Experience Alumapalooza, Festivals, Concerts, Antiques and More Near Dayton This Spring

Located on I-75 just 30 miles north of Dayton, Ohio you'll find a wonderful variety of outdoor recreation sure to satisfy every travel preference.

Just a short drive off the highway is Lake Loramie State Park. With its 1,600 acre lake and 30 miles of shoreline, Lake Loramie is one of the original canal feeder lakes for the Miami-Erie Canal and offers visitors a quiet retreat in rural Ohio. Swim from a sandy beach, hike along the old canal towpath, wet a line from the lakeshore or a rented boat, and spend the night in a shaded campsite or cabin. However you like to unwind, Lake Loramie State Park is the perfect destination to recharge your battery in the great outdoors. Organized and upcoming activities at Lake Loramie State Park include a spring campout the weekend of May 5th, a Fishing Derby May 6th, and Paddlepalooza May 27th.

And speaking of "paloozas", how about Alumapalooza the week of May 30th through June 3rd? Alumapalooza is a family-friendly festival for people who love Airstream travel trailers. For any or all of six days and five nights, participants can camp in a field right next to the Airstream manufacturing facility. A wide variety of seminars and fun presentations are offered throughout the week plus additional activities like live music, yoga, trailer open houses, cooking demonstrations, a barbeque, and the not to be missed factory tours. In fact, the Airstream factory tour has been acclaimed by FoxNews.com as one of the top ten factory tours in the United States.

For the second year in a row at Alumapalooza Airstream is hosting a Fine Art Invitational. Participating artists include some of the top living artists today who have won numerous national awards and have their work featured in prominent galleries across the country. This year's artists were chosen because their work reflects the idea of "Americana" - culture, history, people, and nature.

Alumapalooza is open to Airstream owners and non-owners alike and concurrent with Alumapalooza, the nearby Village of Jackson Center, home to Airstream is hosting Community Days, a local festival featuring live music, great food, and amusements for the kids.

Additional community festivals in the area during the month of May and June include the Anna Homecoming, Botkins Carousel, Holy Angels Parrish Picnic, and Downtown Sidney's Kids Around the Square. Each offers their own unique variety of family friendly entertainment, live music, delicious food, and lots of fun.

The Buckeye Farm Antiques Show returns to Sidney the weekend of May 26th. This year's show will feature Case tractors and equipment along with many other brands as well. Special activities not to be missed include threshing & corn shredding demonstrations, a craft & flea market, primitive crafts, agricultural machine parts area, blacksmith, sawmill, shingle mill, and plenty of free, family friendly entertainment. Also featured are an Antique Tractor Pull and Kiddie Tractor Pull. A car, truck, and motorcycle show will be presented on Sunday.

If live music performed in the great outdoors is your thing, how about these options? Beginning June 16th, the Sidney Civic Band begins its Summer Concert Series with Friday evening performances on the shaded and beautiful lawn of the Shelby County court house. On June 24th, Sidney's first in a series of Backstage Block Party concerts kicks off in the back lot of the historic Sidney Theatre. High energy live music, food, and cold drinks... what could be better than that on a mid-June summer night?

If you enjoy history, how about planning to attend the Shelby County Historical Society's 18th Annual Graceland Cemetery Tour? This year's featured presentations will focus on the Titans of Industry who "in their day" helped influence the growth of the local economy and contributed meaningfully to our national economic prosperity as well. Free tours will be conducted on June 15th.

One more thought... Country music fans will not want to miss this year's three day music festival at Country Concert in early July. Headliners include Blake Shelton, Florida Georgia Line, and Jake Owen. Other well-known artists scheduled to appear are Brett Eldredge, Justin Moore, Jon Pardi, Montgomery Gentry, Old Dominion, the Charlie Daniels Band, and many more. Twenty-seven performers on two big stages are sure to put Country Concert at the top of your to-do list this summer.

For every recreational interest, the possibilities are plentiful. Additional information about these and the many fine attractions of west central Ohio can be found on the web site of the Sidney Visitors Bureau at www.VisitSidneyShelby.com - "Sidney Ohio... We're waiting for you."

 

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