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Enjoy a taste of island fun on the mainland at the Seventh Annual Toledo
Lighthouse Waterfront Festival, set for July 10 and 11 at Maumee Bay State Park in Oregon.
Festival hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. Admission and parking are free.
Festivalgoers can enjoy boat rides around the Toledo Harbor Lighthouse Saturday between 9 a.m. and noon and 3 and 8 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets are $25 at the Lighthouse Tent.
The festival will also include a sandcastle-building contest, nautical arts and crafts, a lighthouse photo contest, children’s activities and island entertainment. A large silent auction will feature such prizes as restaurant gift certificates, lighthouses, etc. A variety of tasty treats will also be available, including perch, funnel cakes, Toft’s ice cream and more.
Scheduled entertainment includes:
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Jim Taylor, of Curtice, looks over entries in the
Toledo Lighthouse Waterfront Festival photo
contest. The festival promises a taste of island
fun on the mainland at Maumee Bay State Park
in Oregon. (Press photo by Ken Grosjean)
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Saturday:
10 a.m.; Patrick the International Magician
11 a.m.: Rus Frantzen'
12 p.m.: Dick McCarthy
1 p.m.: Lee Murdock
2:30 p.m.: The Amazing Toledo Lighthouse
3 p.m.: Eddie Boggs Band
5 p.m.: Toledo School of the Arts (steel drums)
7 p.m.: Beach Boys Summer Concert by former Bonkers (Amphitheatre)
Sunday
10 a.m.: Patrick the International Magician
11 a.m. Rus Frantzen'
12 p.m.: JD Owen
2 p.m.: Island Flava 1
4 p.m.: Toledo School of the Arts (steel drums)
The Toledo Harbor Lighthouse is served and promoted by more than 500 Toledo Lighthouse Society volunteer members who are working to restore the Toledo landmark. The lighthouse is a one-of-a-kind buff brick rolled steel roof 400 square foot structure. It features 70 windows that rise 64 feet out of the water. Restoration, which will cost $1.5 million, will include new windows and shutters and green infrastructure – powered by solar energy.
The original lighthouse Fresnel lens is showcased in the lobby of the lighthouse. Access to the lighthouse is being worked on.
For more information about the festival or the lighthouse, visit toledolighthouse.org.
Jim Taylor, of Curtice, looks over entries in the Toledo Lighthouse Waterfront Festival photo contest. The festival promises a taste of island fun on the mainland at Maumee Bay State Park in Oregon. (Press photo by Ken Grosjean)
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