The Ohio Hill Country Festival is held the Wednesday through Saturday after Labor Day on the downtown streets to celebrate Wellston’s rich Appalachian heritage. We offer a Karaoke Contest, Coal Miner Olympics, a Wednesday Hometown Parade and a Saturday Grand Parade, Baby Contests, Car and Motorcycle Show, Free Entertainment nightly, Rides, Games, Great Food and down home hospitality. Bring your lawn chair, spend the day - or several, and enjoy the old fashioned small town hospitality in historic downtown Wellston, Ohio Everyone’s Hometown since 1873.
Schedule:
Hometown Day presented by Milton Bank/ OVB
12:00 p.m - 2:00 p.m: Free lunch for Senior Citizens and Veterans at The Depot Presented by Grace Baptist Fellowship Church
2:00 p.m - 6:00 p.m: Art Show at The Depot Presented by Montgomery Trucking and Wellston Rotary Club
4:00 p.m - 8:00 p.m: Quilt, Needlework and Craft Registration at The Depot Presented by THe Happening Bistro
5:00 p.m: 2024 Ohio Hill Country Festival Opens Presented by Gem Bottling
5:00 p.m: Rides Open Presented by Gem Beverages
5:30 p.m: Mini Queens Contest at Holzapfel Family Clinic Stage
6:30 p.m: Hometown Parade Presented by Peoples Bank and Peoples Insurance - Click here for a Parade Entry Form
7:00 p.m: Opening Ceremonies including Crowning of Senior Citizen Royalty at The VFW Post 9092 Stage
