Holiday Welcome Weekend

Be a part of spring cleaning up downtown Piqua!  There is always plenty to do so get your organization or family involved.

You are invited to join us for a delightful evening of fun, music and food in downtown Piqua.  Be sure to stop in and see the various demonstrations in the storefronts while enjoying a variety of live music.   At the corner of Ash and Main Streets you will find a huge selection of food options from various local restaurants and caterers.  Your appetizer, meal and dessert all in one place!  Items range from $1 to $4.  We look forward to seeing you at Taste of the Arts 2019!

East Piqua was one of the earliest areas of Piqua to be developed.  Job Gard built a log lean-to cabin prior to 1800 making it Piqua’s first European-American home.  With the coming of the Miami Canal in 1837, the area grew in size and complexity.  Churches and mills were located next to simple brick and frame homes that soon competed with large Federal and Greek Revival style structures.  Brick yards became baseball diamonds and mill races became streets.  This tour will pass some of Piqua’s earliest homes.

The tour begins at Lock Nine Park on East Water Street.

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.

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

Do you make an amazing berry pie?  Bring your extraordinary creation to the Piqua Community Farmers Market before 5:30 p.m. and see how it stacks up against your fellow bakers.  Details can be found on the Piqua Community Farmers Market website at www.piquafarmersmarket.com  Click on the Special Events page.

Due to the construction of Lock 9 Park the fun has been moved to Canal Place in downtown Piqua! www.rockpiqua.com

All years of cars and trucks are welcome to be a part of this 4th annual event. Dash plaques will be given to the first 75 registered cars.

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

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

Due to the construction of Lock 9 Park the fun has been moved to Canal Place in downtown Piqua! www.rockpiqua.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

‘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

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

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

6th Annual event.  99 craft beers, river activities and a silent auction.  Tickets will on sale in early summer.  Visit Mainstreetpiqua.com for details.

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

Due to the construction of Lock 9 Park the fun has been moved to Canal Place in downtown Piqua! www.rockpiqua.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!

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

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.

Victory Heights was a World War II housing complex and Clark Avenue holds many additional homes from that era.  From brick bungalows built into the hill to the addition of asbestos and cement shingling (Glatex), the war made a huge impact on Clark Avenue housing.  At the bottom of the hill, war industries such as the Wood Shovel & Tool Company and the Meteor Motor Car Company provided full employment to Clark Avenue residents who had just recently been suffering through the Great Depression.

The tour begins at the Pitsenbarger Statue off of McKinley Avenue.

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!

This tour will take in areas not covered before and provide an insight into the burial customs and artistic carvings used in Piqua.  The symbols used in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries such as the lamb, the rose and the urn will be reviewed and explained.  The cemetery is a place of traditions and innovations, of massive memorials and small remembrances and examples of old world markers and new world adaptions.

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.