Cleveland Calendar
Please note: Many of these events have been canceled, postponed, or rescheduled for 2020 and 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Please only use this as a guide to what is normally scheduled – check individual event websites for more info/updates.
Here’s a look at a variety of fun events, festivals, shows, and more happening this year in Cleveland. We’ll keep this list updated throughout the year!
Cool things happening in Cleveland in 2020/2021
January
- November 21, 2020-January 3, 2021: Cleveland Botanical Garden Glow (annual holiday light display)
- November 27, 2020-January 8, 2021: Winter RiverFest
- Martin Luther King Jr Day: North Coast Harbor Ice Fest – canceled for 2021
- Winter Beerfest – canceled for 2021
February
- TBD: Brite Winter (annual music and arts festival) – virtual in 2021
- TBD: DonutFest (donut and coffee event) – canceled for 2021
- February 13, 2021: Cleveland Kurentovanje (annual Slovenian cultural festival) – virtual in 2021
March
- Events TBD!
April
- TBD: Yuri’s Night (annual space-themed event) – canceled in 2021
- TBD: Thyagaraja Festival (annual Indian music festival)
- April 5, 2021: Indians home opener (baseball)
- April 5, 2021: Dyngus Day (annual Polish festival)
- April 7-20, 2021: Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF) (annual event)
May
- TBD: Cleveland Asian Festival (annual festival)
- TBD: Cleveland Marathon (annual race)
- TBD: Berea Rib Cook-Off (annual event)
June
- Cleveland Summer Beerfest – canceled for 2021
- TBD: Pride in the CLE (annual parade/festival)
- TBD: Asian Lantern Festival at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
- TBD: Waterloo Arts Fest (annual festival)
- TBD: Larchmere Porchfest (annual neighborhood music festival)
- TBD: Tri-C Jazzfest (annual music festival)
- TBD: Burning River Fest (annual festival)
July
- TBD: Cain Park Arts Festival (juried art/crafts festival)
- TBD: Taste of Tremont (annual food festival)
- TBD: Asian Lantern Festival at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
August
- TBD: Vintage Ohio Wine Festival (annual festival)
- TBD: Cleveland Burger Week
- TBD: Cleveland Garlic Festival (annual festival) – canceled
- TBD: Asian Lantern Festival at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
- August 28-30, 2021: Taste of Summer (annual food festival)
September
- TBD: Cleveland Oktoberfest (annual festival)
- TBD: Cleveland National Air Show (annual event)
- TBD: Browns home opener (football)
- TBD: Village Peddler Festival (annual arts and crafts festival)
- TBD: Downtown Cleveland Restaurant Week (annual food event)
- TBD: Cleveland Taco Week
October
- TBD: Boo at the Zoo
- TBD: Downtown Cleveland Restaurant Week (annual food event)
- TBD: Something Russian Festival (annual festival) in Mogadore
- TBD: Spooky Pooch Parade in Lakewood (annual dog costume parade)
November
- November 21, 2020-January 3, 2021: Cleveland Botanical Garden Glow (annual holiday light display)
- November 21, 2020: Adult Swim at Greater Cleveland Aquarium (Holiday ales & ciders) – canceled
- November 28, 2020: Winterfest (annual tree lighting event at Public Square) – virtual this year
December
- November 21, 2020-January 3, 2021: Cleveland Botanical Garden Glow (annual holiday light display)
- November 30-December 31, 2020: Wild Winter Lights at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
- December 12, 2020: Wintertide festival in Gordon Square
- TBD: Festival of Trees at the Allen Theatre at Playhouse Square – canceled in 2020
- TBD: A Christmas Story Run (5K/10K race) – canceled in 2020
- TBD: Holiday CircleFest in University Circle – canceled in 2020
Summer concert series
The Cleveland Metroparks are once again running concert series at Edgewater Beach and Euclid Beach Park this summer. Here’s the current schedule:
Edgewater Live 2020
- CANCELED FOR 2020
Euclid Beach Live 2020
- CANCELED FOR 2020
Check out more Metroparks music events here.