Around Lake Erie

Head to Kelleys Island in Ohio for Island Fest (July 14-16) to enjoy family entertainment, a parade, fireworks, crafters, street dances, games, great food and a beer tent.

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Embrace fall at the LakesideMarblehead Lighthouse Festival (Oct. 14), where you’ll find pumpkin-decorating, a pie contest, live music, hayrides and tours of the iconic Ohio lighthouse. lakesideohio.com

Laugh at the annual Lucille Ball Comedy Festival (Aug. 2-6) featuring more than 50 events and 30 artists in Ball’s hometown of Jamestown, New York. comedycenter.org grapejamboree.com

Celebrate the harvest at Grape Jamboree (Sept. 23-24) in Geneva, Ohio, with a grape-stomping contest, a parade, rides, great food, entertainment, grape juice and local wine.

Join hunters from all over the world to participate in the Pelee Island Pheasant Hunt, which has been happening on this 10,000-acre island in Ontario for more than 90 years. pelee.org/pheasant-hunts

Marvel at more than a million twinkling lights at the Toledo Zoo and Aquarium’s annual Lights Before Christmas, which has been voted best zoo lights by USA Today toledozoo.org/lights