Do you have a child who would love to see a firetruck up close? What about a police car, army truck, John Deere tractor, digger, dump truck, or backhoe? Touch-a-Truck events give kids the opportunity to sit in the driver's seats, and even honk the horns of these unique vehicles!

Wondering where to find a Touch-a-Truck near you? Check out our of list of local Touch-a-Truck events happening across Northeast Ohio!

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Upcoming Touch-a-Truck Events in Northeast Ohio

June to Specific Month: April | May | June | July | August | September | October

April 2019

FREE Ravenna's Easter Eggstravaganza & Touch-a-Truck
Easter Eggstravaganza is a fun-filled day for kids of all ages! Welcome the Easter Bunny as he rides in on a fire truck. There are game booths and designated areas for children ages 1 through 10 to search for eggs, and an egg hunt for children ages 1 through 18 with disabilities. Plus, check out the annual Touch-A-Truck, featuring an amazing display that allows children of all ages to get up and close with the equipment and vehicles. {Find Out More}
When: Saturday, April 20, 2019; 10am sharp!
Where: Portage County – Ravenna City Park, Ravenna, OH 44266
Cost: FREE

May 2019

Touch-a-Truck at Community Safety & Wellness Fair
Kids will love exploring emergency and service equipment in Touch-a-Truck and playing on the inflatables and many activities designed just for them. Plus, the whole family will to learn how to increase personal safety and wellness through health screenings, demonstrations, and expertise from more than 70 exhibitors. {Find Out More}
When: Saturday, May 18, 2019; 10am-1pm
Where: Westlake Recreation Center, 28955 Hilliard Blvd., Westlake, OH 44145
Cost: FREE

June 2019

FREE Touch-A-Truck at North Ridgeville High School
Get up close and personal with all kinds of big trucks. This unique event encourages children to touch vehicles, ask questions, and even climb inside to take in the view from the driver’s seat. {Find Out More}
When: Saturday, June 1, 2019; 10am-12pm
Where: 34600 Bainbridge Rd., North Ridgeville, OH 44039
Cost: FREE

FREE Meet the Trucks Lakewood Park
Come see, touch, and explore the City’s fine fleet of trucks and vehicles. Plus, enjoy a ton of other fun activities! {Find Out More}
When: Saturday, June 1, 2019; 10am-2pm
Where: Lakewood Park, 14532 Lake Ave., Lakewood, OH 44107
Cost: FREE

Truck-a-Palooza Summer Reading Kick-Off! at Cuyahoga County Public Library
Have you ever wondered what a special vehicle looks like close-up? Several different types of vehicles will be parked at the library so you can see all of the details, hear what they sound like, and even touch their shiny finish! {Find Out More}
When: Saturday, June 1, 2019; 11am-1pm
Where: Garfield Heights Branch, 5409 Turney Rd., Garfield Heights, OH 44125
Cost: FREE

FREE Pro Football Hall of Fame's Kick-Off to Summer

Kick-off your summer at the Pro Football Hall of Fame at this FREE family-friendly event which will include a Touch-a-Truck display, a football skills combine, food trucks, inflatables, and other family fun! Explore all your favorite vehicles at the “Touch-a-Truck” display which will feature a fully interactive element for children and families to be hands on and learn about a wide variety of unique vehicles. The football skills combine will allow kids to test their athletic abilities through the 40 yard dash, vertical jump, and more. {Find Out More}
When: Saturday, June 1, 2019; 2pm-7pm
Where: 2121 George Halas Dr. NW, Canton, OH 44708
Cost: FREE

FREE Boardman Community Day & Touch-a-Truck Event
Touch-a-Truck, hot dogs, exhibits, and more! At Boardman Park's Southern Park Stables on Washington Blvd., enjoy the Llama and Dog Show, $2 pony rides, 4H petting zoo, and activities for kids! Parking at Township Building with wagon rides to the stables. {Find Out More}
When: June 1, 2019; 11am-2pm
Where: Boardman Township Building, 8299 Market St., Boardman, OH 44512
Cost: FREE

FREE Touch-a-Truck Event at Duck Race Kids Fest at Cleveland Metroparks Chalet
Kids Fest activities will include pony rides, inflatables, magic, face painting, and Touch-a-Truck, featuring a Strongsville fire engine and other vehicles. Rubber ducks, which will race 7/10-mile through the Rocky River, are available for “adoption.” {Find Out More}
When: Saturday, June 1, 2019; 11am-3pm
Where: 16200 Valley Pkwy., Strongsville, OH 44136
Cost: FREE

FREE Touch-a-Truck at Quirk Cultural Center
All ages are welcome to participate in this fun, free event that provides an up-close experience for children to sit and climb on city trucks and equipment typically seen from far away! Enjoy the concessions, face painting, sand play area for tots, and so many trucks! {Find Out More}
When: Friday, June 14, 2019; 11am-1pm
Where: 1201 Grant Ave., Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44223
Cost: FREE

FREE Touch-a-Truck at the Ehrnfelt Senior Center in Strongsville
Kids can get up close to trucks, construction equipment, and other large vehicles. {Find Out More}
When: Friday, June 14, 2019; 12pm-2pm
Where: Senior Center Parking Lot, 18100 Royalton Rd., Strongsville, OH 44136
Cost: FREE

FREE Touch-A-Truck at Tallmadge Recreation Center
Children of all ages can touch, climb on, and explore vehicles of all shapes and sizes in the parking lot of the Recreation Center. In addition to Tallmadge City vehicles, you’ll be able to take a look at 4×4 trucks, army vehicles, and other cool surprises. Rain date: June 22. {Find Out More}
When: Saturday, June 15, 2019; 10am-12pm
Where: 46 N. Munroe Rd., Tallmadge, OH 44278
Cost: FREE

FREE Meet the Trucks at Amherst Manor
Attractions will include an ambulance, fire truck, police cruiser, crane, petting zoo, face painting, and a balloon twisting clown. Shuttle parking available at 440 N. Lake St., Amherst, OH 44001. {Find Out More}
When: Saturday, June 15, 2019; 11am-2pm
Where: Amherst Manor, 175 N. Lake St., Amherst, OH 44001
Cost: FREE (Proceeds from the lunch sale will benefit the Parkinson's Foundation.)

FREE Touch-a-Truck at the Milan Public Library
Kick-off the Summer Reading Program with a Touch-a-Truck event in Milan! The parking lots will be chock-full of vehicles, so explore all those cars and trucks you’ve always wanted to “play” with up close. {Find Out More}
When: Saturday, June 22, 2019; 11am-1pm
Where: 19 E. Church St., Milan, OH, 44846
Cost: FREE

FREE Summer Kick-Off & Touch-a-Fire-Truck
It’s a day of fun for the entire family! Live music, food, beverages, Fun Run, Cornhole tournament, Pong tournament, kids inflatables, arcade games, carnival games, touch-a-fire-truck, face painting, a playground (it will be lighted after dark), and more! {Find Out More}
When: Saturday, June 22, 2019; 11am-11pm
Where: Grand Lake St. Marys State Park, Villa Nova Shelter, St. Marys, OH, 45885
Cost: FREE

FREE Euclid Touch-a-Truck
Various service vehicles from the City of Euclid will be on hand for children of all ages to experience up close. From police and fire vehicles to tractors and even a Zamboni, learn about each vehicle with hands-on interaction! {Find Out More}
When: Saturday, June 29, 2019; 11am-1pm
Where: Euclid Ice Arena CE Orr, 22550 Milton Blvd., Euclid, OH 44123
Cost: FREE

July 2019

FREE Fairview Park’s Touch-a-Truck
Put your imagination in gear and go! Join us for Fairview Park’s Touch-a-Truck where kids get a chance to get behind the wheel of their hometown vehicles. Come and climb on and explore your favorite vehicles including tow trucks, big rigs, fire engines, police cars, and construction trucks. {Find Out More}
When: Saturday, July 13, 2019; 11am-1pm
Where: FHS / Gemini Center Parking Lot, 21225 Lorain Rd., Fairview Park, OH 44126
Cost: FREE, Registration: Walk-up

FREE School Supply Drive & Touch-a-Truck
Stuff the Bus with schools supplies for local children and experience a Touch-a-Truck event! Free event open to everyone! {Find Out More}
When: Sunday, July 28, 2019; 12pm-3pm
Where: Hickory Ridge Cinemas Plaza, 1055 Pearl Rd., Brunswick, OH 44212
Cost: FREE; Bring school supply donations.

August 2019

FREE Touch-a-Truck & Children's Costume Parade
Come and see trucks of all kinds for kids and vehicle lovers to get up close and personal. Plus, join in for the children’s Costume Parade, where kids can wear those Halloween costumes or come as their favorite princess or hero. {Find Out More}
When: Sunday, August 4, 2019; 11am-2pm
Where: Brunswick Area Historical Society, Heritage Farm Museum & Park, 4613 Laurel Rd., Brunswick, OH 44212
Cost: FREE

FREE Truck & Tractor National Night Out in Aurora, OH {Find Out More}
National Night Out and Truck & Tractor Night combined for one amazing event!
When: Tuesday, August 6, 2019; 5pm-8pm
Where: Kiwanis Moore Park, 35 W. Pioneer Tr., Aurora, OH 44202
Cost: FREE

FREE City of Massillon Fun Fest
Fun Fest is intended to provide all the fun of a festival with a focus on meaningful activities. Many of the organizations and businesses provide valuable health, safety, and educational information to parents while entertaining the children. The day will be filled with hands-on experiences, including sand art, beaded and edible jewelry, fossils, inflatables, remote control cars, balloon crafts, wooden projects, spirit masks, mining for gemstones, flower arranging, Little Tykes riding, and a preschool sensory experience. There will also be carnival games, running drills, corn hole, spray hair color and temporary tattoos, build-your-own trail mix, face painting, and a petting zoo. Among the health and safety booths will be spinal screening, dental screening, and seat belt safety. Children will get to spin the Atkinson Feucht Hare school supply wheel, where everyone wins. {Find Out More}
When: Saturday, August 10, 2019; 10am-2pm
Where: Fun Fest is centered on First St. and Lincoln Way E. and on the lawn of the Massillon Museum, 121 Lincoln Way E, Massillon, OH 44646
Cost: FREE

FREE Meet the Machines
Meet the Machines is a free public event that offers a unique opportunity for children and families to meet and explore construction equipment, emergency/service vehicles and machines of all makes and sizes. Participating machines will include a fire truck, ambulance, SWAT truck, snow plow, school bus, construction equipment, and more! This hands-on experience will feature a family-friendly environment with giveaways, live entertainment, and safety information! {Find Out More}
When: Sunday, August 11, 2019; 12pm-4pm
Where: Legacy Village, 25001 Cedar Rd., Lyndhurst, OH 44124
Cost: FREE and open to the public

Touch-a-Truck Presented by MTD
Kids can enjoy sitting behind the wheel of more than 50 pieces of equipment and vehicles. {Find Out More}
When: Sunday, August 18, 2019; 11am-3pm
Where: 9485 Eastland Rd., Strongsville, OH 44149

FREE Key Church Touch-a-Truck 2019
Have you ever wanted to sit behind the steering wheel of a fire engine? Slide into the driver’s seat of a semi-truck? Climb aboard a backhoe or excavator? Check out the inside of a helicopter? All these opportunities and much more await children of all ages and their families at the 15th Annual Touch-A-Truck event at Key Church. Free food and drinks, face painting, fun for all ages! Come rain or shine! {Find Out More}
When: Saturday, August 24, 2019; 10am-12pm
Where: Key Church, 1825 W. Reimer Rd., Wadsworth, OH 44281
Cost: FREE

FREE 4th Annual PECPTA Touch-A-Truck
Presented by The City of Parma, Mayor DeGeeter, Parma Early Childhood PTA, University Hospitals, and The Shoppes at Parma, this free family event will include many unique cars and trucks for children and their families to explore, including a fire truck, police car, school bus, monster trucks, face painting from Art by Ali, balloon animal art by The Magic Man, and much more! {Find Out More}
When: Saturday, August 24, 2019; 12pm-4pm
Sensory-Friendly Silent Hour (no honking or sirens): 12pm-1pm
Where: The Shoppes at Parma, 7671 W. Ridgewood Dr., Parma, OH 44129
Cost: Admission is FREE! Parma Early Childhood PTA will be collecting canned goods (non-perishable items) for the Parma Hunger Center and loose change to be donated to the Parma Animal Shelter.

September 2019

FREE Willoughby Hills Touch-a-Truck
Explore a variety of Service Department, Police Department, and Fire Department vehicles. {Find Out More}
When: Saturday, September 14, 2019; 10am-2pm
Where: Willoughby Hills City Hall Complex, 35405 Chardon Rd., Willoughby Hills, OH 44094
Cost: FREE

FREE Honkin' Haulin' Hands on Trucks
Get into the driver’s seat of more than 30 trucks, including fire engines, ambulance, rubbish truck, front end loader, dump truck, and more! Get up close and personal with these big trucks! {Find Out More}
When: Sunday, September 15, 2019; 12pm-3pm
Where: Beachwood Municipal Service Center, 23355 Mercantile Rd., Beachwood, OH 44122
Cost: FREE

FREE Northern Ohio Regional Sewer District Clean Water Fest & Open House
Guests are free to visit more than 60 exhibitor booths, meet the employees and local partners, tour their award-winning wastewater treatment plant and lab, see live entertainment, and so much more. Plus, sit in the trucks and operate the equipment! {Find Out More}
When: Saturday, September 21, 2019; 9am-4pm
Where: Environmental & Maintenance Services Center, 4747 E. 49th St., Cleveland, OH 44125
Cost: FREE

Touch-a-Truck at Dayton Nursery's Annual Fall Festival
Dayton’s annual Fall Festival grows year after year to a fun and exciting afternoon for kids and adults alike. {Find Out More}
When: Saturday, September 21, 2019; Touch-a-Truck: TBA, Festival: 10am-4pm
Where: 3459 Cleveland Massillon Rd., Norton, OH 44203
Cost: FREE parking. Activities require the purchase of tickets, $1 each.

October 2019

FREE Big Trucks at Avon Lake Safety Center
Visitors can check out city and safety vehicles and tour the insides of the police and fire departments and court. The collection of safety and city vehicles includes fire and police, SWAT team, the bomb-squad truck, Metro LifeFlight, Army Humvee, Department of Natural Resources and Coast Guard patrol boats, sewer cleaner, street sweeper, leaf vacuum truck, excavator, chipper, and more. {Find Out More}
When: Monday, October 21, 2019; 10am-2pm
Where: 32855 Walker Rd., Avon Lake, OH 44012
Cost: FREE

More Fun to Come …

These touch-a-truck events were held in previous years. Once information is available for this year we will update to include. Thanks!

FREE Touch-a-Truck at Herrick Memorial Library
Join the staff of the Herrick Memorial Library at their fourth annual Touch-a-Truck program. This event highlights the wide variety of Wellington’s community workers and the vehicles that they use. This family friendly event will let everyone get close and possibly into these vehicles to check them out. {Find Out More}
When: TBA; 11am-2pm
Where: Wellington Eagles parking lot, 631 S. Main St., Wellington, OH 44090
Cost: FREE

FREE 6th Annual Touch-a-Truck at Warren-Trumbull County Public Library
At the Liberty Branch Library. The Liberty Branch Library parking lot will be filled with many awesome vehicles. Stop by to get an up-close look at some amazing trucks and specialty vehicles! For kids of all ages. {Find Out More}
When: TBA; 11:30am-1pm
Where: Liberty Branch Library, 415 Churchill-Hubbard Rd., Youngstown, OH 44505
Cost: FREE

If you have an update on these of any other Touch-a-Truck Events in Ohio, submit the details and we’ll get it added to the list. Thanks!