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  • Frogman Festival returns March 1st and 2nd to Loveland, Ohio

    Frogman Festival returns March 1st and 2nd to Loveland, Ohio

    by David Miller

    Loveland, Ohio – The 3rd annual Frogman Festival will be held on Saturday, March 1, 2025 from 9:30 AM until 6 PM and Sunday, March 2 from 10 AM until 4 PM at Oasis Conference Center in Loveland, Ohio. There were over 1000 attendees at the 2nd Annual Frogman Festival.

    Last year many people drove hundreds of miles from Minnesota, Kansas, and Virginia. One of the vendors was from Montreal, Canada and travelled down to Loveland the day before. Many vendors were from out of state including, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Kentucky, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Western New York, and Tennessee. One YouTube blogger, The Carpetbagger who has over a million followers drove nine hours overnight from Georgia to attend the festival and share his many stories throughout the day.

    There will be over 60 unique vendors selling their art, crafts and merchandise in the large ballroom they will call “The Terrarium”.

    Speakers will be presenting their research on cryptids, paranormal activity, UFO’s and other unusual topics in a separate room.

    At noon each day, the Pied Piper of Loveland will lead a parade of costumed participants that is open to anyone interested.

    You can wander the Oasis to find face-painting, an intuitive reader, live animal displays, a puppet show, music and more. Food and drink including beer will be available a la carte.

    Visit frogmanfestival.org for more details.

    Ticket prices online are lower than paying at the door. There are no refunds for tickets purchased. Kids 12 and under are free when accompanied by a paid adult but please order a kids ticket (free) for them.

    The Official Frogman Festival speakers

    The Official Frogman Festival Activities and guests

    Was the 2024 Loveland Frogman Festival fact, fiction or fantasy?

    See the Loveland Magazine video highlights including interviews and the parade!

    Photos from last year

     

    Frogman Hotel Block

    Just like last year, we can offer Discounted Rooms for Frogman Attendees. Take advantage of this offer to stay at the closest hotel to the convention center.

     

  • Frogman Festival returns March 1st and 2nd to Loveland, Ohio

    Frogman Festival returns March 1st and 2nd to Loveland, Ohio

    Loveland Magazine Managing Editor at last year’s Loveland Frogman Festival.

    by David Miller

    Loveland, Ohio – The 3rd annual Frogman Festival will be held on Saturday, March 1, 2025 from 9:30 AM until 6 PM and Sunday, March 2 from 10 AM until 4 PM at Oasis Conference Center in Loveland, Ohio. There were over 1000 attendees. at the 2nd Annual Frogman Festival.

    Last year many people drove hundreds of miles from Minnesota, Kansas, and Virginia. One of the vendors was from Montreal, Canada and travelled down to Loveland the day before. Many vendors were from out of state including, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Kentucky, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Western New York, and Tennessee. One YouTube blogger, The Carpetbagger who has over a million followers drove nine hours overnight from Georgia to attend the festival and share his many stories throughout the day.

    There will be over 60 unique vendors selling their art, crafts and merchandise in the large ballroom they will call “The Terrarium”.

    Speakers will be presenting their research on cryptids, paranormal activity, UFO’s and other unusual topics in a separate room.

    At noon each day, the Pied Piper of Loveland will lead a parade of costumed participants that is open to anyone interested.

    You can wander the Oasis to find face-painting, an intuitive reader, live animal displays, a puppet show, music and more. Food and drink including beer will be available a la carte.

    Visit frogmanfestival.org for more details.

    Ticket prices online are lower than paying at the door. There are no refunds for tickets purchased. Kids 12 and under are free when accompanied by a paid adult but please order a kids ticket (free) for them.

    The Official Frogman Festival speakers

    The Official Frogman Festival Activities and guests

    Was the 2024 Loveland Frogman Festival fact, fiction or fantasy?

    See the Loveland Magazine video highlights including interviews and the parade!

    Photos from last year

     

    Frogman Hotel Block

    Just like last year, we can offer Discounted Rooms for Frogman Attendees. Take advantage of this offer to stay at the closest hotel to the convention center.

     

  • 3rd annual Frogman Festival returns in March

    3rd annual Frogman Festival returns in March

    Loveland Magazine Managing Editor David Miller at last year’s Loveland Frogman Festival

    Loveland, Ohio – The 3rd annual Frogman Festival will be held on Saturday, March 1, 2025 from (9:30 AM until 6 PM and Sunday, March 2 from 10 AM until 4 PM at Oasis Conference Center.

    There will be over 60 unique vendors selling their art, crafts and merchandise in the large ballroom they will call “The Terrarium”. Speakers will be presenting their research on cryptids, paranormal activity, UFO’s and other unusual topics in a separate room.

    The Loveland Frog, Jeff Craig, and Andy the Pied Piper of Loveland.

    At noon each day, the Pied Piper of Loveland will lead a parade of costumed participants that is open to anyone interested.

    Wander the Oasis to find face-painting, an intuitive reader, live animals, a puppet show, music and more. Food and drink including beer will be available a la carte.

    Visit frogmanfestival.org for more details. Ticket prices online are lower than paying at the door. There are no refunds for tickets purchased. Kids 12 and under are free when accompanied by a paid adult but please order a kids ticket (free) for them.

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    Read about and watch the videos from last year’s Festival:

    Was the Loveland Frogman Festival fact, fiction or fantasy?

     

     

    Frogman Hotel Block

    Just like last year, we can offer Discounted Rooms for Frogman Attendees. Take advantage of this offer to stay at the closest hotel to the convention center.

  • Mark your calendar for the 3rd annual Official Frogman Festival

    Mark your calendar for the 3rd annual Official Frogman Festival

    The Official Frogman Festival

    March 1-2, 2025 | 9:30am – 6pm

    Oasis Conference and Event Center

     

    The 3rd annual Frogman Festival will be held on Saturday, March 1st through Sunday, March 2nd, 2025, at Oasis Conference Center in Loveland, Ohio.

    Doors open at 9:30 AM and will continue until 6 PM.

    Over 50 unique vendors will be selling their art, crafts, and merchandise in the large ballroom. Speakers will be presenting their research in a separate room.

    At noon, the Pied Piper of Loveland will lead a parade of costumed participants that is open to anyone interested.

    Wander the Oasis to find the circus sideshows providing entertainment. Food and drink, including beer, will be available a la carte.

    Meet Jeff Craig Founder and Director of Frogman Festival

    After 15 years as a vendor at events with his paranormal maps, Hidden Ohio Map & Guide, and Map In Black, Jeff founded and organized the first Frogman Festival in 2023. The one-day event was held in Mason at Great Wolf Lodge. With 8 speakers and over 50 hand-picked vendors, as well as the first-ever Meta Zoo Tower Tournament, around 2000 people attended and participated in the event. The purpose of the Frogman Festival is to gather and celebrate the legend of the Frogman story as well as other strange and unusual stories in our region.

    The festival provides an inclusive and accessible space for anyone and everyone. Tolerance and acceptance is at the forefront for all who attend, participate, and volunteer. Jeff has been a cartographer for 30 years in the field of map publishing and currently works in the utility industry. He has also been an instructor at Northern Kentucky University and other area schools teaching introductory geography courses. In 2005, he was awarded a grant by NKU to help research the sites that would later be included in the 1st edition of Hidden Ohio Map & Guide which was published in 2007. Also in 2007 Hidden Ohio Map & Guide received an honorable mention in the Cartography and Geographic Information Society annual map competition. In 2022, the Printing and Graphics Assoc awarded Map In Black, Best In Category for Map Process to Williams and Heintz, the printer of the map. Then in 2023, Hidden Ohio Map & Guide, 4th edition also received the annual award.

    Meet Dr. John Stamey

    Supporter of Frogman Festival

    In 2022, when Jeff Craig met Dr. John Stamey at the Wytheville UFO Festival after first seeing him the night before on TV coincidentally, they immediately garnered the impetus to work on an event which Jeff had been planning, a festival for the elusive Frogman of Ohio. Jeff went back to Cincinnati and quickly began planning the event for 2023. John lent support from his remote location in South Carolina. John is best known for his appearance on the TV show The UnXplained with William Shatner where he provided his insights to the Moon-Eyed People of western North Carolina. John runs several cons in the US southeast related to Bigfoot and Pop Culture. He hosts the weekly podcast, ScaryCast and writes publications about various topics from The South Carolina Lizardman to UFO’s to computer science.

    Was the 2024 Loveland Frogman Festival fact, fiction or fantasy?

    Read on…

    Loveland Magazine Managing Editor at last year’s Loveland Frogman Festival. Read his story

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  • Joy to the world and cheers to the winner: “We have names!”

    Joy to the world and cheers to the winner: “We have names!”

    David Miller is the Managing Editor of Loveland Magazine

    by David Miller

    Loveland, Ohio – Michael Schott really came through for us and submitted the winning names for our Loveland Frog mascots — that we simply love and have had such fun picking.

    Loveland Magazine’s mascots now have renewed, bouncy personalities and will be your earworm, like trying to get the the White Stripes – Seven Nation Army out of your head.*

    We hope you like their names as much as we do. I know it sounds trite, but we did struggle to pick a winner. There were many great suggestions, and our mascots are dear to us, so we took our time going over everyone’s wonderful suggestions. We appreciate how much thought that went into your submissions. Thank you, thank you, thank you all, so awfully much!

    Mr. and Ms. Frog just didn’t get it anymore! So…

    Michael Schott Submitted:

    Jeremiah and Joy  – That is Jeremiah in the line ” Jeremiah was a Bullfrog” and Joy in the song’s title of “Joy to the World”. J&J, the Joyous frogs of Loveland, maybe!   

     also could be something like….

    2)   Hoyt and Joy – That is in reference to Hoyt Axton the writer of “Joy to the World” and Joy for the Joy in the song “Joy to the World”.

    They bring peace and Joy to our Loveland, Ohio world. Ya know something corny like that :). 

    So, meet Jeremiah and Joy Hoyt!

    Thank you to everyone who entered our contest to win tickets, tees, and a poster for the Loveland Frogman Festival that is coming on March 2nd to the Oasis Conference Center.

    We are excited to share some details about the upcoming event. There will be more than 50 vendors selling their art, crafts, and merchandise in the large ballroom of the Oasis Conference Center. In addition, there will be a separate room where speakers will be presenting their research. At noon, there will be a parade led by the Pied Piper of Loveland, which is open to anyone interested in joining. Additionally, there will be circus sideshows providing entertainment. If you get hungry or thirsty, there will be food and drink options available a la carte, including beer.

    PURCHASE TICKETS NOW

     

    *Seven Nation Army out of your head.

  • Name our Frog Mascots and win fun and amazing prizes

    Name our Frog Mascots and win fun and amazing prizes

    Loveland, Ohio – Attention all frog enthusiasts! Loveland Magazine is hosting a fun contest where you can name our frog mascots. “Mr. and Ms. Frog” just doesn’t cut it anymore!

    This is a chance to win some amazing prizes. The creative winner will receive 2 tickets to the Frogman Festival, 2 official tee shirts, and the official poster as cool prizes.

    So put on your thinking cap and come up with some creative, bouncy personality, and catchy names for Loveland Magazine’s beloved mascots. Don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity!

    The winner will receive tickets to the highly anticipated Frogman Festival that will be on March 3rd at the fabulous Oasis Conference Center.

    Please send us your suggestions to: lovelandmagazine@cinci.rr.com with the subject line “Name those Frogs.”

    We are excited to share some details about the upcoming event. There will be more than 50 vendors selling their art, crafts, and merchandise in the large ballroom of the Oasis Conference Center. In addition, there will be a separate room where speakers will be presenting their research. At noon, there will be a parade led by the Pied Piper of Loveland, which is open to anyone interested in joining. Additionally, there will be circus sideshows providing entertainment. If you get hungry or thirsty, there will be food and drink options available a la carte, including beer.

    The purpose of the Frogman Festival is to gather and celebrate the legend of the Frogman story as well as other strange and unusual stories in our region. Last year more than 2,000 people attended when it was held at the Great Wolf Lodge in Mason. This year it will be in Loveland where it belongs!

    Loveland Magazine is a sponsor of the festival.

    The Pied Piper of Loveland

    In addition to the Loveland Frog, a mysterious bagpiper can be found in and around Loveland playing the ancient Highland Bagpipes that evolved in medieval Europe but were refined in Scotland. The stories of pipers leading various rats, children and snakes out of villages and in the countryside are written in the archives. Our piper has trained and studied the instrument from talented musicians to become himself, a sought-after and award-winning player. Having competed at the top levels of the piping world, today he can be found performing with bandmates in the Cincinnati Caledonian Pipes and Drums and The Great Lakes Pipe Band.

    For the festival, he will be leading a parade at noon inside the event with any and all welcome to join him whether in costume or not. Any and all costumes from the cryptid world to cosplay, renaissance to steampunk are encouraged. Step off at noon in the lobby in no particular order then follow our piper to wherever he may lead you.