Holiday Welcome Weekend

For the very best in locally grown, home baked and handmade crafts the Piqua Community Farmers Market is the place to be!  www.piquafarmersmarket.com

Lock 9 Park in downtown Piqua comes alive with music, food and fun.

All years of cars and trucks are welcome to be a part of this 3rd annual event. Dash plaques will be given to the first 75 registered cars.

Chocolate chip cookies come in so many different shapes, sizes and flavors. Do you have a secret family recipe that is the talk of the neighborhood?  This is one of our most popular contests each year at the Piqua Farmers Market – We hope you will join us.

Details on the contest can be found on the Piqua Farmers Market website at www.piquafarmersmarket.com. Click on the Special Events tab.

For the very best in locally grown, home baked and handmade crafts the Piqua Community Farmers Market is the place to be!  www.piquafarmersmarket.com

City of Piqua Fourth of July celebration. Details coming soon at www.piquaoh.org

For the very best in locally grown, home baked and handmade crafts the Piqua Community Farmers Market is the place to be!  www.piquafarmersmarket.com

For the very best in locally grown, home baked and handmade crafts the Piqua Community Farmers Market is the place to be!  www.piquafarmersmarket.com

For the very best in locally grown, home baked and handmade crafts the Piqua Community Farmers Market is the place to be!  www.piquafarmersmarket.com

Out with the old and in with the new!  Be sure to visit downtown Piqua for the legendary sidewalk sales with a huge variety of merchandise at blowout prices.  Absolutely NOT TO BE MISSED!

Out with the old and in with the new!  Be sure to visit downtown Piqua for the legendary sidewalk sales with a huge variety of merchandise at blowout prices.  Absolutely NOT TO BE MISSED!

Lock 9 Park in downtown Piqua comes alive with music, food and fun.

‘Fresh from the Farm’ is the theme of our annual Cupcake Decorating Contest. Bring six similarly decorated cupcakes to this annual contest. Let your creativity wander.  Details on the contest can be found on the Piqua Farmers Market website at www.piquafarmersmarket.com. Click on the Special Events tab.

For the very best in locally grown, home baked and handmade crafts the Piqua Community Farmers Market is the place to be!  www.piquafarmersmarket.com

For the very best in locally grown, home baked and handmade crafts the Piqua Community Farmers Market is the place to be!  www.piquafarmersmarket.com

5th Annual event.  99 craft beers, river activities and a silent auction.  Tickets will on sale in early summer.  Visit Mainstreetpiqua.com for details.

For the very best in locally grown, home baked and handmade crafts the Piqua Community Farmers Market is the place to be!  www.piquafarmersmarket.com

This annual event is a LOT of fun. Tickets will be available this summer.  Details on location and cost are coming soon.

Red, green or yellow – we are not picky about the color but we do care how much it weighs! Bring your home-grown beauty to this annual market contest.  Each entry will be carefully weighed and may the biggest tomato win!  Details on the contest can be found on the Piqua Farmers Market website at www.piquafarmersmarket.com. Click on the Special Events tab.

For the very best in locally grown, home baked and handmade crafts the Piqua Community Farmers Market is the place to be!  www.piquafarmersmarket.com

Thousands of numbered rubber ducks make their way down the Miami River.  Will your duck be the winner of a $1000 grand prize.  Ducks can be purchased at Mainstreet Piqua, 326 N. Main Street or visit www.mainstreetpiqua.com.  Ducks are $5 each or 6 for $25!

Lock 9 Park in downtown Piqua comes alive with music, food and fun.

For the very best in locally grown, home baked and handmade crafts the Piqua Community Farmers Market is the place to be!  www.piquafarmersmarket.com

Our annual Salsa Smackdown is the granddaddy of our contests at the Piqua Community Farmers Market.  There are three categories: mild, hot and most unusual. Our judges always have a hard time figuring out the winner but they have a GREAT time judging! The details for our 10^th annual Salsa Smackdown can be found on the Piqua Farmers Market website at www.piquafarmersmarket.com. Click on the Special Events tab.

For the very best in locally grown, home baked and handmade crafts the Piqua Community Farmers Market is the place to be!  www.piquafarmersmarket.com

For the very best in locally grown, home baked and handmade crafts the Piqua Community Farmers Market is the place to be!  www.piquafarmersmarket.com

For the very best in locally grown, home baked and handmade crafts the Piqua Community Farmers Market is the place to be!  www.piquafarmersmarket.com

Nothing says fall like a delicious apple pie and this popular Piqua Farmers Market season-ending contest is always a good one! Bring your favorite pie and prepare for stiff competition! Details on the contest can be found on the Piqua Farmers Market website at www.piquafarmersmarket.com. Click on the Special Events tab.

For the very best in locally grown, home baked and handmade crafts the Piqua Community Farmers Market is the place to be!  www.piquafarmersmarket.com

The Piqua Public Library is celebrating ten years in their new home in the Fort Piqua Plaza building.  The tour will include none public spaces in the basement and third floors.  Participants on this tour will learn about the building’s interior architecture, its ghosts and it's over 100 years of use. The structure is handicapped accessible.

The tour will begin in front of the Library.

This walking tour is a ticketed event.  Please stop by the Mainstreet Piqua office at 326 N. Main Street to pick up your ticket.  Tickets are $5 per person.  Call 773-9355 if you have any questions.

Purchase your ticket for $20 and spend a delightful evening visiting over 20 downtown Piqua businesses and pick up a chocolate treat at each designated stop.  Tickets will go on sale the day after Labor Day can be purchased at Mainstreet Piqua at 326 N. Main Street.  More details coming in early fall!

Headstones, footstones and monuments have unique symbols and styles that reflect their age and the societal norms of their eras.  Many of the monuments were built in a grand style while others are more modest and present a feeling of private grief.  The tour will include lots of walking over uneven grass surfaces.

The tour begins in the front of the Forest Hill Cemetery office off of SR 66.

This walking tour is a ticketed event.  Please stop by the Mainstreet Piqua office at 326 N. Main Street to pick up your ticket.  Tickets are $5 per person.  Call 773-9355 if you have any questions.

Imagine horse-drawn carriages, hitches and riders, all outfitted with Holiday Lights, making their way down Main Street. Christmas banners and decorated street trees will create an amazing backdrop for this dazzlingly fun family-friendly event.

Start your Christmas shopping by visiting the downtown businesses to see what they have to offer,

Start your Christmas shopping by visiting the downtown businesses to see what they have to offer,

Community caroling, horse-drawn carriage rides, strolling characters, children’s activities and live entertainment make this family-oriented holiday celebration a “must do” on many calendars.  Stop in and visit downtown Piqua’s many stores to choose the perfect gift for your loved one.

The tradition of celebrating the holiday season with an old-fashioned hometown parade is a long one in downtown Piqua.  Families and friends, young and old, fill the streets for this festive event.  After the parade kids can visit with Santa in the lobby of the Fort Piqua Plaza.

These annual 5K & 10K runs make use of the beautiful Piqua PATH. Download your registration at www.mainstreetpiqua.com or sign up online at www.cantstoprunningco.com  Same day registrations are accepted.  Registration is held in the lobby of the Municipal Government Complex, 201 W Water Street.