Ongoing

28th Annual Ohio Pawpaw Festival

Snow Fork Event Center 5685 Happy Hollow Rd, Nelsonville

The Annual Ohio Pawpaw Festival is a fun-filled, educational community event celebrating one of America’s largest native tree fruits, the pawpaw (Asimina triloba). This all-weekend event highlights the rich history and future possibilities of the pawpaw through delectable food and beverages, and a full line-up of presentations and activities that cover pawpaw growing, cooking, genetics, medical use and other topics related to sustainability. Special events at the festival include competitions for the best and biggest pawpaw, a pawpaw cook-off, a best pawpaw-related work of art and the ever-popular pawpaw-eating contest.

$20

Scioto Sweep 2026

Scioto Audubon Metro Park 400 W Wittier St, Columbus

Join Keep Columbus Beautiful and Green Columbus at Scioto Audubon Metro Park for Scioto Sweep 2026, our annual cleanup focused on protecting the Scioto River through land and water cleanups.

For Adults: Pawpaw Party

Slate Run Metro Park (Camp Starview) 9631 Neiswander Road, Ashville

Celebrate the pawpaw, an understory tree with the largest edible fruit native to North America. Sample the fruit, try a tasty treat and learn cool pawpaw facts on a 1-mile hike.

Boiling Sorghum Molasses

Slate Run Living Historical Farm 1375 OH-674, Canal Winchester

Watch as sorghum molasses is boiled