Our Port Clinton Lighthouse & Maritime Festival
The Port Clinton Lighthouse & Maritime Festival was established to celebrate Port Clinton’s rich maritime heritage, exemplified by the beautifully restored Port Clinton Lighthouse. The one-day festival featured lighthouse tours, nautically themed art, and educational programs, food and merchandise vendors, music by the Ottawa County Bluegrass Band, and other entertainment, a display of wooden boats and stunning views of the Lake Erie Islands.
The date of the event is always the third weekend in August which happens to be International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend ILLW and is celebrated by lighthouses and amateur radio enthusiasts throughout the world. By the way, the name of the event–The Port Clinton Lighthouse & Maritime Festival– accurately reflects our intent to make this an event that truly captures Port Clinton’s intimate relationship with the Lake Erie and Portage River, which was once the home of shipbuilding, and shipping, and continues to be the home of fishing and tourism. The home to The festival is Port Clinton’s Waterworks Park, where we have the Original Lighthouse, the replica Keeper’s Boathouse, extra seating and eating areas.
ANTIQUE AND CLASSIC WOODEN BOAT SHOW
August 16, 2025, 10AM to 4 PM. Click on the link below for a boat show registration form
If you are interested in being a vendor for the 2025 Lighthouse Festival, click the button below:
