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Summer 2012: Big happenings

Fill your calendar with street festivals, special screenings and fun events on the water

Metromix
June 19, 2012

You don't have to love boats to have a blast at the Crazy Cardboard Boat Regatta in West Chester on July 14. (Credit: File)

Ohio River Paddlefest Music and Outdoor Festival

Coney Island - 6201 Kellogg Ave. - Cincinnati

June 21 : 10 a.m. - 9 p.m. Roots on the River Music Festival 5-11 p.m. Scheduled to appear: Jake Speed and the Freddies, Wheels, Jeremy Pinnell and the '55s, The Lewis Brothers and Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band.

Boat drop off and registration open for 8.2-mile float, 11 and 14 mile races, poker run and kayak fishing tournament 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Kayak clinics on Lake Como 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Boat demonstrations on Lake Como noon-8 p.m. Basket raffle noon-9 p.m. Northern Kentucky fly fishers kayak fishing tournament 4-8 p.m. Gearfest begins noon-9 p.m.

Ohio River Paddlefest and Finish Line Festival

Yeatman's Cove - 805 Pete Rose Way - Downtown

June 22 : 6:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Registration 6:30-9 a.m., mandatory racer meeting 6:45 a.m. and all races begin 7:15 a.m. Paddler pit stop 7:45-9 a.m. Awards presentation 11:15 a.m. Raffle drawing 12:15 p.m. Music by Hickory Robot, exhibitors, refreshment and more 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

See paddlers arrive Downtown. Food, drinks, exhibitors, vendors and more. With amateur and professional canoe and kayak races. Shuttle buses run from 10:30 a.m. with last bus leaving for Coney Island at 2:45 pm.

Cincinnati Pride Parade and Festival

Sawyer Point - Pete Rose Way - Cincinnati

June 29 : 2 p.m. - 10 p.m.

Parade kicks off at 2 p.m. and goes through downtown and the Banks. Festival begins following parade and features two stages of entertainment, vendor booths, food, beverages and family-fun zone. Fireworks over the river at 9:30 p.m.