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Special Events
The community is invited to enjoy the many special events
offered by the Village of Groveport, including:
St. Patrick's Family Day offers
Irish dancing, music, food and crafts on the Saturday before
St. Patrick's Day. Held at Groveport Town Hall,
the festival is all free but registration for the children's
crafts is requested by calling 836-3333.
Lunch with the Bunny
is held the week prior to
Easter at Groveport Recreation Center, 7370 Groveport
Road, and is followed by the annual
Marshmallow Drop in the
adjacent Park. The
Village's annual
Easter Egg Hunt is held at 10 am at
Groveport Elementary School the day before Easter.
"East Meets West" at the Village's annual Wellness
Fair, held at Groveport Town Hall in the spring of each
year. Dozens of traditional and alternative health
care practitioners offer visitors a sample service, literature
and general information at this free event, held this year on
Saturday, March 29 from 11 am - 2 pm.
Keep Groveport Beautiful Day is held in May for volunteers who plant flowers in area parks, distribute flower seeds and litter bags to area neighborhoods, and pick up trash in communal areas.
Music in the Park
concerts are offered on Sunday evenings from early
June through late August. The series offers the finest in popular music in outdoor concerts held at Heritage Park on Wirt Road with a rain location of Town Hall auditorium, 648 Main Street.
Village Independence Day
is celebrated each year on July 4 with a children's
parade at 10 am, the Main Street Parade at 1:30 pm, concerts,
food vendors and children's activities until evening.
Fireworks at dusk.
Brown Dog Day. Brown dogs, white kittens, iguanas
and all types of pets are included in the Village's annual pet
show and competition. Prizes may go to the puppy
with the longest eyelashes or the most exotic pet.
Groveport's Hometown Cruise-In,
co-sponsored by the Southeastern Franklin County Chamber of
Commerce,
is held in mid-September from Noon - 4 pm. Featuring a juried show of cars at least 25 years old, awards
are presented to the Top 30 entrants at 4 pm.
Other vehicles are welcome to participate but are
ineligible for awards.
Apple Butter Day, annually held on the second Saturday in October
offers pioneer music, homemade crafts and skilled craft demonstrators, all held on the grounds of the Village's 1820's Log House in Heritage Park on Wirt Road.
Halloween is
celebrated each year on October 31 with Trick or Treat from 5:30
- 7 pm, followed by a community Halloween Block Party, sponsored
by the Groveport Madison Lions Club, at 7 pm in front of
Groveport Town Hall. Other special events and
programs are sponsored by Groveport Town Hall, Heritage Park
Nature Center and Groveport Recreation Center.
Salute to Veterans is held annually on November 11 in Groveport's Veterans Park, 421 Main Street. The tribute recognizes all recent sponsors of engraved bricks in the park's Honor Court.
Santa Claus visits Groveport
on the first Friday of December beginning with the annual
Tree Lighting Ceremony
across from Town Hall at 6:30 pm and the arrival of Santa
in Town Hall at 7 pm to officially begin the Christmas season.
Hometown Holiday is held in
early to mid-December. Co-sponsored by the Groveport
Heritage Society and Go Groveport/Bierberg Mercantile, the
program offers sites of interest for members of the entire
family to enjoy. A horse-drawn carriage ride and
tour of historic homes are featured. |