Oberlin Main Street-Chamber

13 South Main Street, second floor

Oberlin, Ohio 44074

440-774-6262

contact@oberlin.org

Free Family Fun in Oberlin, Ohio!

Juneteenth

Celebrate freedom with free activities in Oberlin on June 17, 18, and 19. Juneteenth begins with a comedy night on Thursday. Friday events include an “Oberlin in 1860” trolley tour, children’s book launch, historic Westwood cemetery tour, community picnic, and the Maafa memorial service. Activities continue on Saturday with a downtown parade and festival on Tappan Square. The event concludes Saturday evening with a free outdoor concert by the M.usically I.nclined Band performing Latin jazz, funk, and blues. Presented by Juneteenth Oberlin, Inc.

Chalk Walk

Saturday, June 26

10:00 AM – 9:00 PM

Downtown Oberlin

Oberlin’s fifth annual festival of sidewalk chalk art! The public and master artists create works of chalk art using downtown Oberlin sidewalks as “canvases.” All skill levels are welcome. High quality chalk pastels are provided to the public free of charge. The event concludes with a free outdoor concert by The Ron Busch Quartet performing mainstream bop. Saturday, June 26, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM. Clark Bandstand, Tappan Square, corner of North Main (State Route 58) and West Lorain (State Route 511). Presented by the Allen Memorial Art Museum, the Firelands Association for the Visual Arts (FAVA), Oberlin Main Street-Chamber, and the Oberlin Public Library.

Oberlin Summer Theater Festival

July 2010

Hall Auditorium

67 North Main Street

Oberlin Summer Theater Festival presents its second season with free family classics: Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town” opening July 2nd; an adaption of Madeleine L’Engle’s “A Wrinkle In Time” opening July 9th; and William Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” opening July 16th. Performances run in repertory, Tuesdays through Sundays, through July 31. Hall Auditorium, 67 North Main Street (State Route 58), in downtown Oberlin. Admission is free. Presented by the Oberlin Summer Theater Festival, a service of Oberlin College.

Summer Concert Series

Saturday, July 3

7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Tappan Square

E.T. King and the Determination performs R&B in a free outdoor concert. Clark Bandstand, Tappan Square, corner of North Main (State Route 58) and West Lorain (State Route 511). Presented by Oberlin Main Street-Chamber.

Summer Concert Series

Saturday, July 10

7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Tappan Square

Credo Chamber Music Camp participants perform classical chamber music in a free outdoor concert. Clark Bandstand, Tappan Square, corner of North Main (State Route 58) and West Lorain (State Route 511). Presented by Credo and Oberlin Main Street-Chamber.

Summer Concert Series

Saturday, July 17

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Downtown Oberlin

The Colin Dussault Acoustic Trio performs classic rock in a free outdoor concert in the courtyard at downtown Oberlin’s new LEED-ND green mixed-use retail-residential development. East College Street Development, 55 East College Street, corner of East College and South Pleasant streets, in downtown Oberlin. Presented by Lorain National Bank and Oberlin Main Street-Chamber.

Summer Concert Series

Friday, July 23

7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Tappan Square

Walkin’ Cane & Kristine Jackson performs original blues and rock in a free outdoor concert. Clark Bandstand, Tappan Square, corner of North Main (State Route 58) and West Lorain (State Route 511). Presented by Oberlin Main Street-Chamber.

Summer Concert Series

Friday, July 30

7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Tappan Square

The Croonerz performs Motown, ’70 and ‘80s dance, classic rock, and R&B in a free outdoor concert. Clark Bandstand, Tappan Square, corner of North Main (State Route 58) and West Lorain (State Route 511). Presented by Oberlin Main Street-Chamber.

Family Fun Fair

Saturday, August 7

10:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Downtown Oberlin

Classic downtown summer festival with vintage car show, oldies music, merchant sidewalk sales, entertainment, kids’ games, and old-fashioned family fun. Presented by Oberlin Main Street-Chamber.

Doggie Doo & Pooch Parade

Saturday, September 18

11:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Tappan Square

Oberlin’s sixth annual celebration of dog fun! The event raises much-needed funds for local animal shelters, increases awareness of the plight of homeless dogs, and helps people become interested in adopting dogs. Many dog rescue groups and local animal shelters come to this event each year with dogs for people to see and, hopefully, adopt! Presented by Oberlin Main Street-Chamber.