LAKE SNOWDEN — The 26th Annual Ohio Pawpaw Festival will occur Sept. 13-15.
Every year, the event is hosted at Lake Snowden Campground in Albany.
The festival revolves around North America’s largest edible native tree fruit, the pawpaw. Southeast Ohio is home to some of the best wild pawpaw patches in the country.
On Friday and Sunday, passes can be purchased for $20 a day, and $30 on Saturday.
The weekend passes can be purchased for $60 each. Kids aged 12 and under get in free.
Parking is also free, and there will be shuttles at Baker Center and at the Quidel Building on East State Street in Athens.
Information can be found at ohiopawpawfest.com/parking-shuttles/ .
The entire weekend centers around pawpaw-themed entertainment and education, such as pawpaw-flavored food and beverages, and presentations highlighting growing and medical use of the plant.
Some of the activities include competitions for the biggest pawpaw, a cook-off, best art, and the pawpaw-eating contest.
There will also be bicycle routes, a sustainability village, and horse-drawn wagon rides.