Events
February
Feb. 12, 13 and 14 | Valentine and Dine.
Find great meals to share with your sweetheart at any of Sugarcreek’s great restaurants. Want to make a quiet romantic get away of it? Look for a cozy bed and breakfast with a fire place: click here.
April & May
Celebrate Sugarcreek
April 24 5:15 p.m.| Sweet Basil |108 E. Main St., Sugarcreek
This event honors the founders of Sugarcreek as well as the men who laid the foundation for Sugarcreek to prosper as The Little Switzerland of Ohio. For local residents, the awards given each represent a contribution that the recipients have made to foster the growth and improvement of their community.
Dandelion Festival
April 30 & May 1, 2010 Breitenbach Winery | Old Rt. 39 between Sugarcreek & Dover
Friday Noon to 7 p.m. and Saturday from 9 to 7.
This festival provides fun and many activities for the entire family. Dandelion wine is featured along with samplings of many of the award-winning wines for which Breitenbach has come to be known. Cellar tours and live entertainment add to the atmosphere. On May 1 children will enjoy the dandelion picking contest and learn how to make their own dandelion jelly. For more info: www.breitenbachwinery.com
Sugarcreek Community Wide Sales
May 7 & 8 | Sugarcreek Area
Visit a local business to pickup your map and find a bargain or follow the signs to find a bargain at one of the many garage sales going on throughout the weekend. Husband holding you back? Drop him off at the Vintage Garden Tractor Show and explore the bargains on your own.
Vintage Garden Tractor Show & Community Garage Sales
May 8, 2010 | Fire Station and Pavilion Area | N. Broadway St.
Organized locally, what started out as a hobby for two neighbors has turned into a show and swap meet. There are vintage garden tractors, parts vendors, a dead sled pull, hourly giveaways, a pedal tractor pull for children and more. This show also features customized garden tractors, lawn equipment, walk behinds, chainsaws and toy tractors.
To contact please e-mail: drwerker@roadrunner.com
June
Fabulous 50’s Fling
June 11 & 12, 2010 | Fire Station Pavilion Area & Swiss Village Corridor.
The Second Weekend in June is always slated to be a weekend to bust out the poodle skirts, roll up your shirt sleeves, grease back your hair and twist the night away at Sugarcreek. Come enjoy the Friday night cruise in or the all-day vintage car show on Saturday. The event is rated as one of the top 1950’s-era shows in the state of Ohio. The music makes the atmosphere and past names have included names like Phil Dirt & the Dozers. The food – which features affordable, throw-back prices on a high-quality product – continues to please the crowd and has allowed this event to grow year-after-year. See what all the talk is about Daddy-O: www.fab50sfling.com
July
Moonlight Madness
July 2, 2010 | Sugarcreek Area Businesses
Moonlight Madness keeps the doors open and the prices falling as local businesses prop their doors open until Midnight and music and other events happen throughout the Swiss Village Corridor. Stop in, find something to eat and take in a nice summer evening. A bargain is sure to find you.
Dominic Greco Band
July 24, 2010 | Sugarcreek Fire Station Pavilion Area
The Dominic Greco Band is a special event in Sugarcreek. The Greco Band has been playing hits from eras gone by since its founding in 1917. Come, sit and enjoy a wonderful evening of music as the Sugarcreek Business Association sponsors this event and it’s free to those who come. Vendors offer ice cream and other delights on site. Local retailers remain open for the event too. For more on the band click here: http://www.dominicgrecoband.org/
Swiss Village Bulk Food 30th Anniversary Celebration
July 30 | Swiss Village Corridor
Celebrating 30 years of serving visitors and the Sugarcreek Community with quality bulk foods, candies, cheeses, meats and other delicacies, this event is slated to feature fireworks, music and signature dishes from local restaurants. Keep your eye out for low prices but keep an eye toward the sky as a Fireworks Display is slated to light up the Sugarcreek skyline at dusk.
August
Sugarcreek Business Association Auction
August 20, 2010 | Fire Station Pavilion | 110 N. Broadway St.
Amish-made dinner starting at 4:30, silent auction running from 5:15 to 7 and the grand auction running from 6 to 8. Bargains can be found here as many of the SBA’s 140 members come together to donate for a good cause. As a non-for-profit organization, the SBA puts its proceeds back into putting on programming for visitors and the community, like the Fabulous 50s Fling and bringing Santa Claus to town for breakfast with the young ones. Items have ranged from car wash and wax at the silent auction to a full-size storage barn or finely crafted furniture. Stop in to see what you can find.
October
Ohio Swiss Festival
October 01 – 02 2010 | Ohio Swiss Festival Grounds| Swiss Village Corridor
The Ohio Swiss Festival began in 1953 as a way to help the Ohio Swiss Cheese Association, based in Sugarcreek, to sell its excess cheese and to celebrate the Sugarcreek area’s Swiss Heritage. Today it continues to be celebrated on the fourth weekend after Labor Day. Friday & Saturday provide a full day of entertainment and events.
Fall Foliage Tours
Fall into the beauty that is Ohio’s Amish Country. Tour our picturesque countryside, splashed in color amidst hay bales, corn shocks and forest floras. Carve your own route or ask one of our friendly residents to give you some directions. After a beautiful day, return to a nice cozy room to warm up and relax. Fall bookings fill up fast. For more information on Sugarcreek’s hotels, bed and breakfasts and other accommodations, click here.
Sugarcreek Village Fall Sales
October 15 & 16 | Sugarcreek Area
Follow the signs and pick up a map at one of the many garage sales going on throughout the community and visit the Swiss Village Corridor for bargains and buys from our friendly retailers. Maps are available at most businesses.
November
Christmas in the Village
November 26 | TBA | Downtown Swiss Village
Ring in the Holidays by coming to the candle lighting ceremony to honor one of our local residents who works quietly and does not ask for recognition during the year. Come take home the taste and feel of Amish Country and get into the Christmas Spirit by signing along or just taking in the music.
Moonlight Madness
Stop for Christmas in the Village and check out the deals going on throughout Sugarcreek as our area businesses open up their doors until late as a part of Moonlight Madness. Shopping seasons come and go, but Moonlight Madness only happens twice a year! The deals are mad, MAD I tell you! Come see for yourself.
Breakfast with Santa
November 27 | 8 a.m.| Sugarcreek United Methodist Church | 212 N. Broadway St.
That’s right; Ol’ Saint Nick will make an appearance and enjoy a sit-down breakfast in the fellowship hall along with parents and children to kick off the Christmas season. This is an experience that helps to bring the magic of the holiday season to life and a place for children and families to instill a holiday tradition and a sense of intimacy when it comes to meeting Santa before he has to start working the mall circuit and making sure that the elves up North are filling their quotas.
December
Shop Sugarcreek all winter long and look for exciting deals and tasteful, thoughtful gift baskets and goodies for friends, family members and business partners.
January
Garden Symposium and Organic Vegetable Conference
Jan. 14&15 | Hosted by April Showers Greenhouse at the Carlisle Inn|1357 Old Rt. 39, Sugarcreek
With Educational Support provided by the Organic Material Review Institute, Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association, OSU extension, OSU Agriculture Research and Development and the Ohio Farm Bureau, this conference will help to green the thumbs of professional and beginning gardeners alike. For more information or to make a reservation follow the instructions on the Symposium Brochure linked below or contact Ruth Hale at April Showers Greenhouse 7464 Old Route 39 NW Sugarcreek, OH 44681 or by phone Monday through Friday, between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. at (330) 852-7464.Symposium_Brochure_Info
