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What’s Going On At The Jet Express with Captain Kelly

WHAT’S GOING ON AT JET EXPRESS WITH CAPTAIN KELLY – NOVEMBER 3rd, 2021 Welcome to one of our great new blogs that we will bringing to you every week to our website, informative emails, and our social platforms. We hope to shed light on what’s going on behind the scenes at the Jet Express with…

Put-in-Bay Day Trip Itinerary: Fun for the Whole Family

Getting To Put-in-Bay Start the day bright and early to ensure you’re making the most of your family fun day at Put-in-Bay. Jet Express has a wide variety of departure times during the week in the summer with the earliest leaving the dock at 8:30 a.m. Make sure to wake the kids up early to…

Itinerary: A Dog-Friendly Ohio Vacation to Put-in-Bay

The Lake Erie Islands don’t just offer fun and games for humans—Put-in-Bay is also one of the best places to take a dog friendly vacation in Ohio! With plenty of outdoor green spaces, pet-friendly patios and opportunities to take a dip in Lake Erie, a trip to South Bass Island is the perfect way to…

Put-in-Bay Wineries: A Day Trip Itinerary

Way back in the 1800s, when the Lake Erie Islands were first settled, their primary source of economic success wasn’t tourism, but wine! The soil on the “Lake Erie Wine Islands,” as they were called, produced delicious wine-making grapes including Catawba, Concord, Niagara, and Riesling. The Put-in-Bay wineries are still going strong today, producing an…

The Best Outdoor Activities in Put-in-Bay

Trust us – the best days at the bay are spent outside. There are so many outdoor activities in Put-in-Bay that you can spend a full weekend biking, hiking, parasailing, sunbathing and more. To help you make the most of what the islands have to offer, we’ve created a day trip itinerary for you to…

Oktoberfest

The annual festival with German food, hot spiced wine, and cold beer. Oktoberfest is open on Saturday from 11am-7pm and on Sunday from 12pm-5pm. Fantastic food including, brats, potato pancakes, apple dumplings, pierogi, cabbage and noodles, chicken paprikash and wonderful desserts provided by Put-in-Bay Chamber of Commerce member restaurants including beer from the Put-in-Bay Brewery.  Live polka…

Put-in-Bay Hops & Vine Festival

Join us for the first ever Island Hops and Vine Festival! This family-friendly fall themed festival will feature wine and beer tasting, food and a whole lot of fun! This tented event will take place in DeRivera Park. The Jet Express provides ferry service DIRECTLY to downtown Put-in-Bay, where this event is taking place! Plan ahead and…

Big Day At The Bay

Join us in DeRivera Park as island businesses celebrate New Year’s Eve on Put-in-Bay with Monte Carlo street games. The Big Day also features a clambake and Sale Away Weekend! The Jet Express provides ferry service DIRECTLY to downtown Put-in-Bay! We dock just across the street from these events! Plan ahead, and get your ferry tickets HERE!

Put-in-Bay Music Festival

Celebrate peace through music, great food, fun and games at this family-friendly music festival. The music festival will take place in downtown Put-in-Bay at the Boathouse Bar and Grill parking lot. Check back later for more information including the lineup of bands for the festival! The Jet Express provides ferry service DIRECTLY to downtown Put-in-Bay, just across the…

Art In The Park

Art in the Park Put-in-Bay! Regional arts and craftspeople display and sell their original works in photography, watercolor, acrylic, pottery, glass and many other mediums. There will be live demonstrations and a silent auction for charity. Join us from 10am to 5pm in DeRivera Park. Art in the Park Put-in-Bay! The Jet Express provides ferry service DIRECTLY to downtown Put-in-Bay!…

Historic Weekend

Historic Weekend Put-in-Bay! Annual commemoration of the Battle of Lake Erie at Put-in-Bay, Ohio. Each year on and around September 10, we celebrate the anniversary of Oliver Hazard Perry’s defeat of the British fleet in The Battle of Lake Erie on September 10, 1813, and the enduring peace between the United States, the United Kingdom,…