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:
Queen's Day presented by Adena Health Systems
10:00 a.m: Car and Motorcycle Show Registration Opens
11:00 a.m: Rides Open Presented by Gem Bottling
11:00 p.m: Baby Contest at Holzapfel Family Clinic Stage
12:00 p.m - 2:00 p.m: Touch a Truck Presented by Wellston Fire Department
1:00 p.m - 2:00 p.m: Generations of Faith at The Veterans Stage Presented by Grace Baptist Fellowship Church
12:00 p.m - 4:00 p.m: Quilt, Needlework and Craft Show at The Depot Presented by The Happenings Bistro
12:00 p.m: Car and Motorcycle Show Presented by Black Diamond Masonic Lodge 538 of Wellston
12:00 p.m - 6:00 p.m: Art Show at The Depot Presented by Montgomery Trucking
3:00 p.m: Queen's Luncheon by Invitation Only at St Peter and Paul Perish Hall Presented by ASB Services
3:00 p.m: Motorcycle and Car Show Awards Presented by Black Diamond Lodge
4:30 p.m: Visiting Queen Group Photo at Wellston City Hall
4:45 p.m: Visiting Queen Presentation at The Veterans Stage
5:00 p.m: Rides Close for 1 Hour Intermission
6:00 p.m: Rides Re-open Presented by Gem Bottling
6:30 p.m: Ohio Hill Country Grand Finale Parade Presented by Peoples Bank and Peoples Insurance - Click her for a Karaoke Entry Form
7:30 p.m: Announcing of Parade Winners, Raffles and Drawings at The Veterans Stage Presented by McWilliams Funeral Home
8:00 p.m: Attaboy at The Veterans Stage Presented by Wellston American Legion Post 371
10:30 p.m: Crowing of 2025 Ohio Hill Country Royalty at The Veterans Stage Presented by ASB Services
11:00 p.m: Offical Closing of 2025 Ohio Hill Country Festival