Main Street Music: 6-8 p.m. Thursday and Saturday, Downtown Wooster Pavilion. The performer featured this week will be Gene Keen (Thursday) and Mental Faculties (Saturday).

Parties on the Patio, 6-9 p.m. Friday, Ashland Golf Club, 1333 Center St, Ashland. Musical guest: Chris Donley. Food truck: Mad Meltz. The entire line-up of these popular evenings can be found at ashlandgolfclubohio.com. A cash bar will be available along with free popcorn. Join us rain or shine on the patio or in the pavilion.

Downtown Wooster Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-noon Saturday, North Market Street between Liberty and North Streets. Sensory-friendly hour is 8-9 a.m. Dogs are welcome after 9 a.m. Start your weekend with Main Street Wooster's Farmers Market to find the freshest produce, bakery, meats, eggs, teas, jams, honey, soaps, wine, artisan goods, and more.

Kingwood Center Gardens will host Glass in Flight 2, an exhibition of larger-than-life glass and steel sculptures, May 23 through Sept. 7.
Kingwood Center Gardens will host Glass in Flight 2, an exhibition of larger-than-life glass and steel sculptures, May 23 through Sept. 7.

Glass in Flight Exhibit at Kingwood Center, through Sept. 7, Kingwood Center Gardens, 50 N. Trimble Road, Mansfield. The exhibit is free with paid admission to the gardens. The exhibit features sculptures celebrating pollinators and the beauty of the natural world; some are never-before-seen pieces, including a new monarch butterfly and bats with six-foot wingspans. Over 40 stunning sculptures will create arches and groupings or be showcased as individual pieces. Artist Alex Heveri, a Tucson, Arizona sculptor, has been creating large-scale steel and luminousDalle de verre glass sculptures for over 30 years. Garden admission is $10 for non-members; $5 for 7 to 18 years; free for children 6 and under; free for Kingwood members. Learn more at Kingwoodcenter.org or call 419-522-0211.

“SURFACTION - A Cinema of Natural and Unnatural Processes" is a new exhibit at CIX Gallery & Lounge in Wooster that will debut with an opening reception on Aug. 29, 2026.
“SURFACTION - A Cinema of Natural and Unnatural Processes" is a new exhibit at CIX Gallery & Lounge in Wooster that will debut with an opening reception on Aug. 29, 2026.

"SURFACTION - A Cinema of Natural and Unnatural Processes," Aug. 29 through Nov. 14, CIX Gallery & Lounge, 291 Branstetter St., Wooster. Gallery hours are 11 a.m - 4 p.m. Sunday through Tuesday or by appointment. Email [email protected]. Opening reception 3-6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29 with live DJ and refreshments provided. Free and open to the public.

Wayne County Stitchers Sewing Fest, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, The Church of the Cross, 5100 Cleveland Road, Wooster. Doors open at 8:30 a.m. with classes beginning at 9 a.m. and ending at 3 p.m., with raffle items and door prizes. Admission is $10. It is a fun day of creative learning with classes, our boutique and fabric fair. Please bring your scissors for sharpening. Lunch will be available at cost. For more information, contact: [email protected].

This article originally appeared on The Daily Record: Parties on the Patio headlines Area Happenings