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SPECIAL EVENTS


For additional information on the following Special Events, please call Groveport Town Hall at 614.836.3333.

To be held on Saturday, March 31, 2012, the Groveport Wellness Fair offers health screenings and sample sessions at traditional and alternative practices on all three floors of Groveport Town Hall.

- Village Independence Day
festivities feature the Main Street Parade at 1:30 pm and fireworks at dusk. Next year's festival will be held on July 4, 2012.

- KidsFest & Back to School Expo was held on Saturday, August 13 from 1-4 pm.  The event annually offers children ages 5 - 12 an end of summer festival just for them, while parents appreciate the valuable information designed to help prepare little ones for school.

- Groveport's Hometown Classic Car Show, co-sponsored by the Southeastern Franklin County Chamber of Commerce, features the finest vehicles in the area from eras past. Held on the third Sunday in September.  Featuring a juried show of cars at least 25 years old, awards are presented to the Top 30 entrants at 3 pm.  Other vehicles are welcome to participate but are ineligible for awards.  For additional information, click here.

- Apple Butter Day, held each year on the second Saturday in October offers music, homemade crafts and skilled craft demonstrators, all located in and around the grounds of the Village's 1820's Log House on Wirt Road.  For information on becoming a vendor at Apple Butter Day, please click here.  For a vendor application, please click here.   For a schedule of 2011 entertainment, please click here.

- Make a Difference Day is a national day of service that is coordinated locally by the Community Affairs Department in Groveport Town Hall. Co-sponsored by the Groveport Madison School District, in partnership with McGraw Hill Companies, M.A.D.D. 2011 included the collection and packing of toiletries and home products to benefit the Homeless Families Foundation and the YWCA Family Shelter. 

- Halloween was held on Thursday, October 27 from 5:30 - 7 pm. A community Halloween Block Party, sponsored by the Groveport Madison Lions Club, followed at 7 pm in front of Groveport Town Hall. Other Halloween-related special events and programs are annually sponsored by Groveport Town Hall, Heritage Park Nature Center and Groveport Recreation Center.  

- A Salute to Veterans is held annually on November 11 at 4 pm at Veterans Park, 421 Main Street.  The tribute recognizes all recent sponsors of engraved bricks in the park's Honor Court.  Speaker for Friday, November 11, 2011 at 4 pm will be E-4 Daniel M. Hutchison, Director of Ohio Combat Veterans.  A reception follows at Motts Military Museum, 5075 S. Hamilton Road.

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Santa Claus visits Groveport on the first Friday in December beginning with the annual Tree Lighting Ceremony across from Town Hall at 6:30 pm and the arrival of Santa on a fire truck to officially welcome the holiday season.  For a flyer featuring December 2011 activities, please click here.