Top 5 things to do in Cincinnati this weekend: July 23-25
1. Guinness Cincinnati Celtic Festival
Genetic testing is all the rage these days, and maybe you ve discovered some Celtic lineage in your family tree. Or perhaps the sound of pipes and fiddles stirs your soul. Or hey, maybe you just love the TV series Outlander and a good stout. You ll find all that and more at this family-friendly festival, which celebrates the Celtic territories of Brittany, Cornwall, Wales, Scotland, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
Highlights include a Highland dancing competition, a military tattoo featuring eight pipes and drums performances, live Celtic music, several Irish dancing performances, contests for the reddest hair, most freckles and tallest tale, traditional food, a whiskey tasting tent, guided beer tastings with Guinness Brewery ambassador Jimmy Callahan, dart throwing and fun games and activities. A Celtic Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Sunday at the Lawn Stage. The festival takes
Cincinnati Magazine
March 12, 2021
Bob Castellini called it a “mud pit” and “dust bin.” Mark Mallory called it a “bunch of nothingness” and “pile of dirt.” The Cincinnati Reds owner and the former mayor were describing what downtown Cincinnati’s riverfront was like about 15 years ago. Two expensive new stadiums had been erected, with the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center situated between, but surrounding them was a lot of dirt and acres of parking lots.
In the 1990s, what we know as The Banks was mostly home to parking lots and warehouses.
Photograph courtesy of Kenton County Public Library
Today, of course, nothing less than an utter transformation of the riverfront has taken place, as the mud pit became The Banks a $2 billion-plus 200-acre playground of pro sports, restaurants, bars, green space, walking paths, a carousel, and (sometimes) a giant Ferris wheel. It’s the most ambitious civic project ever undertaken here, requiring unprecedented tea