This is the 25th year the International Amphicar Owners Club has brought their one-of-a-kind vehicles to the Celina Lake Festival.
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The Celina Lake Festival is officially underway, and one group is bringing history to life in an interactive way.
The Celina Lake Festival promises to celebrate tradition, innovation, and milestones in 2025.
CELINA, OH (WLIO) - The Celina Lake Festival wrapped up with Kids Day on Sunday.
During the Celina Lake Festival, make sure to stop by Harbor Point State Park for a living history lesson. Reenactors for "Troops in Town" will be out Saturday and Sunday with historic vehicles, weapons, and more, ready to teach people of all ages anything they'd like to know about the life of a World War II soldier. You can walk through the troops' camps and talk to the men and women in uniform, and there will also be child-sized weapons and helmets for kids' photo ops. Reenactors hope the experience leaves everyone with a greater appreciation for what our veterans went through by seeing both their living conditions and realistic battles.
A big crowd shows up to wrap up another successful Celina Lake Festival. Sunday was kids’ day, and there were a lot of activities for them to enjoy. Some tested their strength at the kiddie tractor pull or tried to reel in the big one at the fishing derby. Kids also got up and personal with some big trucks or hit the rides for a little fun. This is the 62nd year for the festival and the committee is glad to see people come back year after year to not only enjoy the everything on lakeshore drive, but in the rest of Celina too.
Downtown Celina was a busy place today as the Celina Lake Festival kicked off. Large crowds of people headed to the shorelines of Grand Lake Saint Marys to enjoy the festivities of the Celina Lake Festival.
The lake fest opened early Friday with merchant and craft sales, concessions, and carnival rides. The entertainment tent will feature new musical acts Friday and Saturday evenings. Friday at 7:45 PM is the popular Amphicar "Splash In" event, and fireworks will round out the night at 10 PM. A member of the Celina Lake Festival Steering Committee, Dylan Correll, says there are plenty of activities and attractions for all ages throughout the weekend.
Yet another long-time summer festival is cancelled to due to COVID-19 restrictions. The Celina Lake Festival Steering Committee has announced that all aspects of the 2020 Lake Festival will be cancelled. This would have been the 59th annual festival that draws thousands of people to Grand Lake and the city of Celina. The committee says every possible option was explored to hold the event but the safety of patrons, vendors, sponsors, volunteers and the community is their number one priority. The festival will be back in 2021 on the weekend of July 23-25.
They are half car and half boat, and a whole lot of fun! This is the 20th year that the International Amphicar Owners Club has made their way to Celina to take part in the Lake Festival. Close to 50 Amphicars splash down as part of the festival this year. In 1999, the club was deciding between New York and Celina, Ohio to take their members. After picking the west side of Grand Lake St. Marys, they haven’t missed a year.