Downtown Perrysburg, Inc. (DPI) is excited to announce the return of Perrysburg Winterfest on Friday, February 21-22, 2025. Join the fun on Louisiana Avenue and East Second Street in historic Downtown Perrysburg to experience the 15th annual event the whole family will enjoy.

The streets will come alive with commissioned ice sculptures from Ice Creations Friday evening when you are invited to join us for the first-ever DPI Winter Poker Run. Check-in at the heated tent on East Second Street beginning at 7 pm, to participate. This is your chance to visit some great downtown restaurants and bars and try some tasty beverages and delicious bites. Just wanna hang out? Come out to the tent and dance with DJ Rick Clark at Touch the Sky DJ, enjoy an adult beverage, and mingle until 11 pm! The best and second-best hand (and the worst hand) of the Poker Run will be announced at 10:15. Winners will receive a specially curated basket from local businesses.

Come back Downtown Saturday at 11 am for live carving demonstrations, a hot chocolate crawl (with 5 stops), a s’mores party (in the Waterford Bank Parking lot), warming station with coloring contest at Howard Hanna, a kids dash, a scavenger hunt (win Walleye tickets for your family), and more! Back by popular demand the giant inflatable Polar Bear Slide. Stop in the heated tent for kid’s activities, adult beverages available for purchase, and more! See the schedule here. 

Visit https://runsignup.com/Race/OH/Perrysburg/TakeFlightKidsDash to register for the 2:00 p.m. “Take Flight” Kid’s Dash. All participants will receive a paper airplane in honor of the organization’s art installation “Against the Wind” at Riverside Park. Downtown businesses and restaurants will be open with winter fun-themed activities and warm food and drinks.

We invite everyone 21+ back downtown Saturday evening beginning at 7 pm to wrap up our great festival at our 2025 Winter Bash! Event tickets are available for pre-sale online February 7-21 (Here) and at the door the day of the event. Tickets will include entrance into the tent, one complimentary adult beverage, live music from Pop’s Garage, and more. 

Perrysburg Winterfest 2025 would not be possible without our Sponsors: Ice Creations and Howard Hanna Reality whose support keeps our downtown thriving. We’d also like to thank Visit Perrysburg, Knight Insurance Group, and Meadows of Perrysburg UMH Properties for their generous contribution to this year’s events! There are still opportunities for local businesses and organizations to support Winterfest 2025 through sponsorship. Get down with the ‘COOLEST’ event of 2025 and send your sponsorship forms to downtownperrysburg@gmail.com to learn more about how to be a part of this incredible event.

Throughout the weekend, support our over 40 commissioned ice carvings in our Ice Madness competition. Be sure to vote using the QR codes provided throughout the event.  The winner not only receives bragging rights but a free block of ice at Winterfest 2026.