Festivals & Fairs

Barnesville Pumpkin Festival

The highlights of this four-day festival (always the last full weekend in September) include an antique and classic car show, craft displays, farm machinery, hog calling, tall tales, royalty contests, parade, food, quilt show, live music, 5k race, family fun, and much more. Growers will attempt to beat the 2,195-pound 2021 record. Pumpkin pie eating, pie baking, pumpkin decorating, and pumpkin roll contests are also part of the festivities.

Main and Chestnut streets
Barnesville, OH 43713
740-425-2593
trockwell.bpf09@yahoo.com
barnesvillepumpkinfestival.com

The Belmont County Fair

The Belmont County Fair has been a family tradition since 1849. The Belmont County Agricultural Society invites you to come to the fair and celebrate the youth of our community as they share their goals and accomplishments. The fair showcases our youths best and provides amusements and entertainment that will give all thrill seekers something to get excited about. As our fairgrounds grow, we feel that there is no better place like ours to let your hair down, kick up your heels and call this place home. Come and enjoy a week of action packed fun!

45420 Roscoe Road
Richland Township, OH 43950
(740) 695-5059
belmontcountyfair.org

National Pike Wagon Train

The National Pike Wagon Train is an annual activity sponsored by the Belmont County Tourism Council. The wagon master will lead horse-drawn wagons along Route 40 in Belmont County, drawing attention to a way of travel that was common along the original National Road, the nation’s first federally-funded highway.