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Ohio Pawpaw Festival

Name: Ohio Pawpaw Festival
Start: 2024-09-13T16:00:00+00:00
End: 2024-09-15T17:00:00+00:00
Location: Ohio Pawpaw Festival

September 13 @ 4:00 pm – September 15 @ 5:00 pm

The Ohio Pawpaw Festival, scheduled for September 13 to 15, 2024, celebrates the native tree fruit with pawpaw-inspired food and drinks.

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The Ohio Pawpaw Festival is both entertaining and informative. Learn about the rich history and promising future of the pawpaw. Presentations and activities cover topics such as pawpaw cultivation, cooking, genetic research, medicinal applications, and more.

Events include a food vendor pawpaw cook-off, best pawpaw contest, brewers’ round table and pawpaw beer tasting, and a pawpaw eating contest. Throughout the festivities, there will be live music.

The Ohio Pawpaw Festival has a Kids’ Tent with an obstacle course, bouncy houses, and carnival games.