The 2024 Port Clinton Lighthouse & Maritime Festival Review
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 last remaining wooden pier light on Lake Erie. 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 was again the third Saturday in August–Saturday, August 17th, 2024, 10 am – 4 pm. (The third weekend in August is 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. The festival is held in the Waterworks Park, where we have the Original Lighthouse, the replica Keeper’s Boathouse, extra seating and eating areas.
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