Cleveland Ethnic Bucket List

Cleveland is fortunate to have people of 118 ethnic heritages represented. Most are active and have annual and special events. We always get asked what are the best ethnic events each year. While "best" is a subjective term we decided to put together a list of annual ethnic events that we have experienced and think that every Clevelander should attend at least once.

There are a lot of one-time or every few years' events that you should attend as well but this initial list will be annual events.

We want your input. What does every resident of, and visitor to, The Land need to witness? We will be collecting your input and merging with our long list and then narrowing down to a definitive (in our opinion) checklist. Let us know how many of these you have already experienced. You can email us with your suggestions.

Here's a short alphabetical list of "must-do's" to get started and their approximate dates. These are approximate annual dates. Please check the Calendar of Events for detailed information. Don't be offended or worry if your favorite is not listed. This is just the start.

Cleveland Asian Festival (AsiaTown - 30th and Payne - weekend before Memorial Day)

Columbus Day Parade (Little Italy - October 12)

Cleveland International Hall of Fame inductions (Windows on the River - 3rd Tuesday in April)

Feast of the Assumption (Little Italy - August 15)

Greek Independence Day Parade (West 14th - March 25 )

India Republic Day (various - January 26)

Juneteenth Celebration (African American Cultural Garden - June 19)

Liszt Concert (Hungarian Cultural Garden - 3rd Saturday in July)

Lunar New Year (AsiaPlaza and other - February)

Mexican Day of the Dead (Gordon Square - November 1)

Ohio Scottish Games & Celtic Festival (County Fairgrounds - Last weekend in June)

Oktoberfest (County Fair Grounds - Labor Day)

One World Day (Cleveland Cultural Gardens - Sunday before Labor Day weekend)

Opera in the Italian Garden (Last Sunday in July)

Polish Constitution Day Parade (Polish Village in Parma - May 3)

Puerto Rican Day Parade (West 25th by Metro - August 1)

Romanian Festival (St Mary Romanian Orthodox Cathedral - August 17)

Slovenian Kurentovanje (62nd and St. Clair - February)

St. Patrick's Day Parade (Superior Ave downtown - March 17)

Ukrainian Independence Day Parade (Ukrainian Village in Parma - August 23)

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