Akron City Festival
Category: Event Calendar
Date and Time
- Sunday, Aug 31, 2025
Location
Lock 3
200 S Main St
Details
The Third Annual Akron City Festival will be held in downtown Akron on Sunday, August 31, from 12 pm - 6 pm. The festival will have a family-friendly atmosphere and celebrate Akron's young adults as they start a new school year. A parade will kick off the festivities at 1 pm and the festival will be hosted by Night Lyfe Entertainment immediately following the parade.
There will be an outdoor basketball court, food trucks, a live DJ, gaming trucks, bouncy houses, face painting, giveaways, barbers, nail techs, henna artists, balloon artists, informational vendors for youth, and fun for the whole family. The parade will feature youth-serving, non-profit, community-based organizations and Akron Public Schools Athletics, Fine Arts, and JROTC. It will line up at the Spaghetti Warehouse located at 510 S. Main St. and starting at 1 pm will travel along Main Street ending at the Lock 3 Stage.
If your organization wants to be a part of the parade, please email Akron’s Youth Opportunity Strategist, Denico Buckley-Knight at dbuckley-knight@akronohio.gov by Friday, August 15.
