MidSummer at the Meadows

This weekend (July 11 – 13) marked the annual MidSummer at the Meadows event in the Milford area. The festival, which took place at Miami Township’s Miami Meadows Park, expanded to a three day event (F: 6 – 11, S: 3 – 11, S: 3 – 9) and was headlined entertainment-​wise by Loverboy, Kansas, and former American Idol fourth place finisher Josh Gracin, who performed on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, respectively.
I was there on Saturday from about 3:00 p.m. until 9:30, and there was a ton of people, but by the time I left it was becoming absolutely packed as Kansas’ performance time approached. It was a great event for all ages, with plenty of fun for kids and adults. For kids, the park’s playground equipment was open, while they had all kinds of carnival games and rides. For the older kids, there was plenty of room to toss a football or Frisbee and there was a Game City 360 tent where you could play video games, but most just hung out with their friends. For the older crowd, of course the beer was a hit, while the soccer fields were crowded with folding chairs as people sat and watched the on-​stage music performances.
There were the typical non-​food vendors such as National City, Cricket
and SmarTravel, while there were a lot of great food options raging from LaRosa’s, Skyline, and Planet Smoothie to Putter’s Tavern and Grill, Cincinnati Grill, and other local restaurants, as well as a hot dog and pop corn stand. I was impressed at the musical acts drawn out to perform at this Clermont County park, but with the turnout I saw, it was probably well worth their times. Overall, I really liked this event, I just wish it was not so far out on the East side of the Cincinnati area.