URBANA — The Ohio Fish & Shrimp Festival is back for 2021 at Freshwater Farms of Ohio, located a mile north of Urbana at 2624 N. U.S. Route 68.
After a break last year, the 19th edition of the festival takes place on three consecutive Saturdays, Sept. 11, 18 and 25 – instead of its traditional three-day weekend format.
Festival goers, though, will be treated to the same crowd-pleasing mix of food (including fresh seafood from the farm), family fun, and bands performing on an outdoor stage, organizers said.
The festival runs from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. each day, with free admission and free parking. Bands perform from 6 to 10 p.m. each day.
Online reservations for festival food and drive-thru onsite ordering and pickup will be available for the first time. Online reservations can be made prior to each festival day at fwfarms.com/shop or by calling (937) 652-3701.
The Ohio Fish & Shrimp Festival offers:
• The best of area food trucks and seafood specialties from the kitchens of Freshwater Farms, plus craft beers, wine, margaritas and other beverages;
• Arts and crafts vendors and local merchants;
• The farm’s critter displays, including the sturgeon petting zoo, touch tanks, and — making their festival debut — pygmy goats;
• The Freshwater Farms of Ohio Farm Market;
• New wildflower maze and eco-farmed produce patches are open to the public for the first time; and
• Pirate Treasure Sand Dig, “John Darts” throwing game, and disc golf target game for all ages.
The festival kicks off Freshwater Farms’ “Seven Seafood Saturdays of Fall,” which also includes the Halloween Bash on four consecutive Saturdays, Oct. 9, 16, 23 and 30.
For more information and a complete schedule of bands, visit https://fwfarms.com/festival/.