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What’s Happening on Main Street – March 2019

Meal | Photo by Jay Wennington on Unsplash
Recurring Events

  • Open Late Friday Restaurant Week – Mount Vernon (February 24 – March 2)
    Foodies, food junkies, culinary connoisseurs and everyone else who basically loves food: Main Street Mount Vernon is pleased to announce the first-ever Downtown Mount Vernon Restaurant Week, February 24-March 2, 2019. Participating restaurants will offer a featured item each day to give individuals a taste of why Mount Vernon’s growing restaurant scene has had such growth.
  • Restaurant & Retail Week – Wooster (February 25 – March 2)
    Main Street Wooster presents Restaurant & Retail Week showcasing their downtown specialty businesses & many delicious restaurants! Participating restaurants & boutiques will offer specials for the entire week.

March 1

  • First Friday: March for Art – Delaware
    Artwork from local students will be displayed around the downtown.
    The Ross Art Museum will host a reception on First Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. for student artists and their families. Enjoy cookies and punch and get a chance to win art supplies in a raffle drawing!
  • First Friday: Reading Rainbow – Marietta
    March’s First Friday is Reading Rainbow to celebrate Read Across America Day and Dr. Seuss’s Birthday on March 2nd! Members of the Marietta Moose Lodge will be set up at the Armory with fun activities for children and giving away coloring books and other supplies!
  • First Friday: Lucky You – Medina
    Grab your friends and head to historic Medina for an evening of socializing, dining, shopping, dancing, laughing, and merriment.
  • First Friday: EcoFest – Middletown
    Downtown Middletown is getting a head start on Earth Day with the first annual Ecofest, a First Friday event created to educate our community about how to be sustainable, live healthier and preserve our environment for future generations.

    Don’t worry- it’s not all textbooks and lectures! EcoFest’s sponsor, West Central Wine, is going to make saving the environment fun with plenty of family friendly activities, workshops, free Ecofest goodies and more! Stay tuned for more details as the event gets closer!

  • First Friday: St. Paddy’s Beer Crawl – Tipp City
    Let’s kick off March together with Downtown Tipp City‘s 3rd annual St. Patrick’s Day themed Beer Crawl around Downtown Tipp City!
    Bring your friends and come decked-out wearing your green! Stroll around sampling beers in shops, restaurants, and other establishments downtown.

  • First Friday: Mardi Gras on Main Street – Wadsworth
    First Friday with a “New Orleans” twist! Enjoy a purple, green, and gold evening with jazz, masks, and creole/cajun food!

March 2

  • 2nd Annual Kent Mardi Crawl – Kent Mardi Gras | Photo by Serkan Turk on Unsplash
    Main Street Kent and Abita Brewing Company present the second annual Kent Mardi Crawl in downtown Kent! The event starts at Venice Cafe, where attendees will check in anytime between 5PM to 8PM to pick up their crawl “passes,” Mardi Gras themed giveaways, and enter a raffle for great prizes. Meet up with friends and have fun pictures taken in costume, then head out on the town, collecting Mardi Gras beads, masks, and other festive items along the way!

  • Medina City Schools Student Art Show – Medina
    Mark your calendars for the upcoming Medina City Schools Student Art Show: A Celebration of Youth Art Month. Works of art from MCS students will be on display around the historic district for the month of March.

  • Girl Scout Cookie Cookie Walk & Wine Pairing – Middletown
    Who doesn’t LOVE Girl Scout Cookies?! Come join us in historic downtown Middletown for a family-friendly Cookie Walk complete with wine pairing for our 21+ friends! After checking in at the beautiful Windamere, you will walk to different shops, eateries and establishments to get 8 different Girl Scout cookies. As an added bonus, there will be a “Cookie Monster Scavenger Hunt”. Find the hidden “cookies” in Downtown businesses and redeem your passport for a FREE box of Girl Scout Cookies to take home! We can’t promise you will burn more calories than you consume, but it will be a fun-filled night for cookie lovers of all ages.

March 4

  • Story Mob – Marietta
    This month’s Story Mob is a special one! Meet at the Peoples Bank Theatre at 5:30 p.m. and get ready for an amazing behind-the-scenes tour, a special giveaway, and even a ticket of admission!

March 5

  • Fat Tuesday Donut & Beer Walk – Middletown
    Who doesn’t LOVE Donuts and Beer?! Come get “FAT” with us this Fat Tuesday! Channel your inner Homer Simpson, wear some stretchy pants and join Downtown Middletown for their FAT TUESDAY DONUT & BEER WALK! Walk to different shops, eateries and establishments to get 8 different donuts, lovingly prepared from our famous Middletown locations of the Butler County Donut Trail! Each “Donut Stop” will have a specially selected beer pairing available for purchase.

March 7

  • Ladies Night Out – Medina Shopping | Photo by Artem Bali on Unsplash
    Round up your girlfriends and head to Medina for Ladies Night Out! Stop at the Visitors Bureau at 5pm and pick up a swag bag (limited to the first 200 guests) and event guide map (unlimited supply), then walk the district and fill your bag with goodies, treats, swag, and more from participating shops.

March 20

  • Vermilion in Bloom Ladies Night – Vermilion
    Remember all those beautiful flowers this past summer? You helped pay for them by attending our VIB Ladies Nights series, Ladies and Gents Night, and the Gardeners Fair! Mark your calendars, text your friends, reach out to someone new in the community and join us at PaperMoon Vineyards for a fun evening of socializing. Delicious food and wine await!

March 30

  • Downtown Tiffin Chocolate Walk – Tiffin
    Enjoy a sweet stroll through Downtown Tiffin! Tickets are $15 for the walk or $35 for the VIP Brunch at The Empire & your walk ticket. Purchase your ticket by March 15 and receive a free Chocolate Walk t-shirt, printed by SSG Ink.

 

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