What’s Happening on Main Street – March 2020
Recurring Events
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Restaurant & Retail week is the perfect event for you and your family to experience the very best of historic downtown Wooster!
Participating restaurants will offer specials for one week only, a select lunch menu for $10 and/or a select dinner menu for $20. Participating retailers will be offering special discounts and promotions during the week. Retailers will be open until 8:00 pm on Thursday, March 5th to allow for you to shop after work and then grab a bite to eat or drink.
This year, you will have the chance to win a $100 gift card to your favorite downtown business! For your chance to win, take a selfie at a participating restaurant or retail location, make sure to tag the appropriate business and the #UniquelyWooster.
March 5
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Main Street Portsmouth is excited for an evening of friends and neighbors, celebrating downtown success over drinks and an update from Main Street staff and board members. Dinner will be served at 7 and will feature chicken, ribs, green beans, potatoes, coleslaw, and bread from the Scioto Ribber. Admission also includes an open bar and cake from Union Mills Confectionery. Music will be performed live by Mr. Andy Russell. Throughout the evening, guests are invited to browse the silent auction and bid on items. This event is one of Main Street’s larger fundraisers, and goes a long way in ensuring the continuation of our programming, events, and grants.
March 6
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Local businesses act as art galleries and display artwork created by students from Delaware City Schools. During First Friday, the community is invited to stop by these “art galleries” and view the amazing artwork students have created. Take some time to explore many different types of art at participating downtown establishments, including live music, artist demonstrations, author book readings, and more!
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Join Main Street Kent for the first ever Kent Rainbow Weekend! Complete with comedy, a bar crawl, art exhibits, storytelling, drag shows, live music/DJs, workshops and more, come to downtown Kent and celebrate the LGBTQ+ community!
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Head to downtown Marietta for this music walk-themed First Friday! Local musicians will be setup in downtown shops and St. Patrick’s Day flare will be on display.
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Grab your friends and head to historic Medina the first Friday of each month for an evening of socializing, dining, shopping, dancing, laughing, and merriment. Remember to check out the Medina City Schools Student Art Show!
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Let’s kick off March together with Downtown Tipp City‘s 4th 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.
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Businesses will be open late so that you can shop, dine, and explore! March’s First Friday will feature a Scavenger Hunt!
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“Donut” miss this First Friday. Need we say more? Shop local, dine local, and show lots of love to your downtown small businesses!
March 7
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Join Main Street Kent for the first ever Kent Rainbow Weekend! Complete with comedy, a bar crawl, art exhibits, storytelling, drag shows, live music/DJs, workshops and more, come to downtown Kent and celebrate the LGBTQ+ community!
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You’re invited to join Main Street Kent for the inaugural Kent Rainbow Weekend Bar Crawl. Check in at the Venice Cafe from 5-8pm on Sat., March 7 to pick up your bar crawl pass, Absolut mason jar and rainbow swag; and enter the grand prize raffle. Head out on the town to enjoy the night, complete with Absolut drink specials and lots of entertainment. Downtown businesses will be hosting LGBTQ+ live music, drag shows, art exhibits, karaoke, open poetry readings and more. Grab dinner at a local spot and visit as many bar crawl establishments as you wish.
March 12
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Head to Medina for a “tropical evening” of shopping, dining, and socializing. Pick up an event guide at the Medina County Visitors Bureau, and then head out to the stores and restaurants for some fun. Hawaiian shirts and beach wear encouraged!
Every LNO guest will receive a shopping passport to use at participating businesses for a chance to win a massive gift basket, or $200 Main Street Medina bucks! Collect a stamp for each purchase you make that evening. When you have 5 stamps, turn your passport back in at the Visitors Bureau to be entered into the drawing.
March 14 
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Stores will have specials, treats, and stay open late. All kinds of FUN downtown Lebanon.
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Pie Fest is a celebration of all things pie: pizza pie, dessert pie, pie pops, mini pies, and more!
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Join Downtown Tiffin as we chase the leprechaun during the 5th Annual St. Paddy’s Day 5k Run/Walk. This race is family and pet friendly. Costumes are encouraged, but not necessary. Proceeds to benefit Downtown Revitalization in Tiffin.
March 17
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Happy St Patrick’s Day!! We can’t think of any better way to celebrate than with the 3.1 Beer Run! Come celebrate with Mainstreet Piqua by running a 5K and drinking a beer at every mile. Don’t drink beer? No problem – we have a root beer option!
March 18
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Join Main Street Portsmouth for their quarterly forum highlighting positivity through a series of speakers who will update guests on their public events and projects, answer questions anyone may have, and hear input from those in attendance.
March 19
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Test your trivia knowledge and Downtown Tiffin’s Third Thursday Trivia Night!
Posted by heritageadmin on Monday, February 24, 2020
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