FESTIVALS

“It’s an opportunity for Ohio to experience the taste of Greece.”

Contact: 614224- 9020, www. columbusgreek festival. com

Times: 11 a. m. to midnight Friday and Saturday; noon to midnight Sunday; 11 a. m. to 7 p. m. Monday

Admission: weekend passes cost $ 5, or $ 4 for senior citizens; free for children younger than 12 and military members and their families

“It’s delicious,” he said of the roast- beef sandwiches that organizers serve for lunch on Monday. “It has its own unique taste.”

The cooking process involves filling a 120- foot- long, 4- foot- wide and 4- foot- deep pit with coal, adding the foilwrapped meat and covering it with sand, sheet metal and a tarp.

This process is completed by 12: 30 a. m. Monday, giving the meat about 11 hours to cook before lunch is served. Pfeil expects to sell about 5,500 sandwiches.

Before the culinary finale, though, guests can enjoy plenty of fun at the festival on Saturday and Sunday, with music, rides, a pageant, eating contests and, on Saturday, a parade.

“It’s a homecoming,” Pfeil said. “People come back to West Jefferson who have lived here in the past.”

Contact: 614879- 8818, www. westjeffoxroast. org

Times: noon to 11 p. m. Saturday and Sunday; 11 a. m. to 7 p. m. Monday

Admission: free; ride wristbands: $ 15 on Saturday and Sunday, $ 14 on Monday

• Canal Winchester Labor Day Festival, Historic Downtown, High Street, Canal Winchester; noon to 11 p. m. Saturday; 10: 30 a. m. to 11 p. m. Sunday; 10: 30 a. m. to 6 p. m. Monday; free ( www. cwlaborday. org)

• Pickerington Labor Day Parade and Fish Fry, Victory Park, 100 Lockville Road, Pickerington; 10 a. m. to 2 p. m. Monday; free ( www. e- clubhouse. org/ sites/ pickeringtonoh/)

• Richwood Independent Fair, Richwood Independent Fairgrounds, 1 Gill St., Richwood; 8 a. m. to 10 p. m. Thursday through Monday; daily pass: $ 5; free for children 5 and younger when with an adult, not including rides ( richwoodfair. com)