Your festival event guide for the Columbus, Ohio Area, including Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Licking, Madison, Pickaway and Union Counties.

Welcome to a comprehensive festival listing page and guide for Columbus, Ohio and the greater area. Once area festivals are confirmed on the main Ohio Festival Schedule, they are copied over to this page to make it easier to plan your weekend festival adventures. Please keep in mind that you should not see area festivals that have been canceled or have not yet been confirmed.

Other areas of Ohio with Festival Schedule Pages include Cleveland and Cincinnati.

Otherwise, for other areas of the state or all of Ohio, please refer back to the Ohio Festival Schedule.

Festivals listed here include music festivals, art festivals, food festivals, town festivals, church festivals, cultural festivals and more, but they do not include craft shows, machinery shows, bazaars, county fairs and some other events that can be found on the Fairs, Shows, Expos, Bazaars Page.

“My Review” means that it’s a link to my review of that festival.

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2025 Columbus Festival Schedule

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DECEMBER

12/1-12/7 – Conservatory Aglow III – Columbus
12/1-12/7 – Wanderlights III – Columbus
12/1-12/7 – Butch Bando’s Fantasy of Lights III – Delaware
12/1-12/7 – WonderLight’s Christmas in Ohio IV – Hartford
12/1-12/7 – Holiday Lights at the Park II – Plain City
12/1-12/7 – Lucy Depp Park Light Show II – Powell
12/1-12/7 – Wildlights at Columbus Zoo III – Powell
12/5 – Pickerington Holiday Gathering – Pickerington
12/6 – WinterFest Columbus – Columbus
12/6 – Christmas Under the Clock – Plain City

12/8-12/14 – Conservatory Aglow IV – Columbus
12/8-12/14 – Wanderlights IV – Columbus
12/8-12/14 – Butch Bando’s Fantasy of Lights IV – Delaware
12/8-12/14 – WonderLight’s Christmas in Ohio V – Hartford
12/8-12/14 – Holiday Lights at the Park III – Plain City
12/8-12/14 – Lucy Depp Park Light Show III – Powell
12/8-12/14 – Wildlights at Columbus Zoo IV – Powell
12/13 – Simply Christmas in Lithopolis – Lithopolis
12/14 – Westerville Winterfest and Carnival – Westerville

12/15-12/21 – Conservatory Aglow V – Columbus
12/15-12/21 – Wanderlights V – Columbus
12/15-12/21 – Butch Bando’s Fantasy of Lights V – Delaware
12/15-12/21 – WonderLight’s Christmas in Ohio VI – Hartford
12/15-12/21 – Holiday Lights at the Park IV – Plain City
12/15-12/21 – Lucy Depp Park Light Show IV – Powell
12/15-12/21 – Wildlights at Columbus Zoo V – Powell

12/22-12/28 (Closed 12/24, 12/25) – Conservatory Aglow VI – Columbus
12/22-12/28 – Wanderlights VI – Columbus
12/22-12/28 – Butch Bando’s Fantasy of Lights VI – Delaware
12/22-12/28 – WonderLight’s Christmas in Ohio VII – Hartford
12/22-12/28 – Holiday Lights at the Park V – Plain City
12/22-12/28 – Lucy Depp Park Light Show V – Powell
12/22-12/28 (Closed 12/24) – Wildlights at Columbus Zoo VI – Powell

12/29-12/31 – Conservatory Aglow VII – Columbus
12/29-1/4 – Wanderlights VII – Columbus
12/29-1/4 – Butch Bando’s Fantasy of Lights VII – Delaware
12/29-1/4 – WonderLight’s Christmas in Ohio VIII – Hartford
12/29-1/4 – Holiday Lights at the Park VI – Plain City
12/29-1/4 – Lucy Depp Park Light Show VI – Powell
12/29-1/4 – Wildlights at Columbus Zoo VII – Powell

JANUARY (2026)

1/5-1/11 – Wanderlights VIII – Columbus

1/12-1/18 – Wanderlights IX – Columbus

1/19-1/25 – Wanderlights X – Columbus
1/24 – Winter Jam: Columbus – Columbus

1/26-2/1 – Wanderlights XI – Columbus
1/31 – Buckeye Lake Winterfest – Buckeye Lake

FEBRUARY

2/2-2/8 – Wanderlights XII – Columbus

2/9-2/15 – Wanderlights XIII – Columbus

2/21 – Uncorked: Columbus Wine Fest – Columbus

MARCH

3/7 – Columbus Brew Festival – Columbus

APRIL

4/18 – Ohioana Book Festival – Columbus

MAY

5/1 – Bexley Asian and Pacific Islander Asian Heritage Festival – Columbus

5/14-5/17 – The Sonic Temple Art and Music Festival – Columbus
5/15-5/17 – Buckeye Lake Pirate Fest – Buckeye Lake
5/16 – Art on the Canal Art Stroll – Canal Winchester
5/16-5/17 – Delaware Arts Festival – Delaware

5/23-5/24 – Riverfront Culture Fest (Ohio Black Expo) – Columbus

5/29-5/30 – Breakaway Music Festival – Columbus

JUNE

6/6 – Columbus Chicken and Beer Festival – Columbus
6/6-6/7 – Central Ohio Folk Festival – Lewis Center

6/12-6/14 – Columbus Arts Festival – Columbus – My Review
6/13 – Buckeye Country Superfest – Columbus
6/13-6/14 – Marysville Strawberry Fest (formerly at Marion County Fairgrounds) – Marysville

6/19-6/20 – Juneteenth Ohio Festival – Columbus – My Review
6/19-6/20 – Stonewall Columbus Pride Festival – Columbus – My Review
6/19-6/21 – Creekside Blues and Jazz Festival – Gahanna
6/20 – Reynoldsburg Juneteenth – Reynoldsburg
6/20-6/21 – Worthington Arts Festival – Worthington – My Review

6/25-6/27 – London Strawberry Festival – London – My Review
6/26-6/28 – ComFest (Community Festival) – Columbus – My Review

JULY

7/24 – Arts on Arlington – Upper Arlington

AUGUST

SEPTEMBER

9/7 – Upper Arlington Labor Day Arts Festival – Upper Arlington

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