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 Akron/Canton, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Dayton and Toledo.
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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2023 Columbus Festival Schedule
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JUNE
6/2-6/3 – Fore!Fest – Dublin
6/2-6/4 – Newark Strawberry Festival – Newark
6/2-6/4 – Spring Badfish – Garrettsville
6/3 – Six One Pour: The Ohio Craft Beer Fest – Columbus
6/3 – Columbus Chicken and Beer Festival – Columbus
6/8 – North Market Night Market at Bridge Park II – Dublin – My Review
6/8-6/10 – St. Catherine FunFest – Columbus
6/8-6/10 – Midnight Jam Music and Arts Festival – Newark
6/9 – June Sommerfest – Columbus
6/9-6/11 – Columbus Arts Festival – Columbus – My Review
6/10 – Columbus Summer Wine Festival – Columbus
6/14-6/17 – Commercial Point Homecoming – Commercial Point
6/15-6/17 – Mt. Sterling Summer Jam Festival – Mt. Sterling
6/16-6/17 – St. John Neumann Community Festival – Sunbury
6/16-6/17 – Stonewall Columbus Pride Festival – Columbus – My Review
6/16-6/17 – Wine and Arts Festival – Grove City – My Review
6/16-6/18 – Creekside Blues and Jazz Festival – Gahanna
6/17 – Juneteenth on the Ave. – Columbus
6/17 – Columbus-Dublin Children’s Festival – Dublin – My Review
6/17-6/18 – Juneteenth Ohio Festival – Columbus – My Review
6/17-6/18 – Worthington Arts Festival – Worthington – My Review
6/22-6/24 – London Strawberry Festival – London – My Review
6/23 – A Taste of Worthington – Summer Food Festival – Worthington
6/23-6/24 – Powell Festival – Powell – My Review
6/23-6/24 – PTFD Fish Fry and Cruise-In – Prairie Township
6/23-6/25 – ComFest (Community Festival) – Columbus – My Review
6/24 – Grandview Hop I – Columbus
6/24 – Historic Hilltop Bean Dinner – Columbus
6/30-7/4 – Ashville 4th of July Celebration – Ashville
JULY
7/1– Red White and Boom! – Columbus
7/1 – Hilliard Freedom Fest – Hilliard
7/1-7/4 – Granville Kiwanis July 4th Celebration – Granville
7/3 – July Sommerfest: Red, White and Brats – Columbus
7/3– Red White and Boom! – Columbus
7/4 – Grove Port 4th of July Celebration – Grove Port
7/4 – Pickerington July 4th Celebration – Pickerington
7/4 – The Doo Dah Parade – Columbus – My Review
7/4 – Lancaster 4th of July Celebration – Lancaster
7/7 – Shamrock Club of Columbus Brew Fest – Columbus
7/8 – Shamrock Club of Columbus Irish Music Festival – Columbus
7/8 – Summer Jam West – Columbus
7/8-7/9 – Westerville Music and Arts Festival – Westerville
7/13 – North Market Night Market at Bridge Park III – Dublin – My Review
7/13-7/15 – Picktown Palooza – Pickerington
7/13-7/15 – Alexandria Fun Days – Alexandria
7/13-7/15 – St. Matthew the Apostle Parish Festival – Gahanna
7/14-7/15 – Our Lady of Peace Parish Festival – Columbus
7/14-7/15 – St. Timothy Festival on the Green – Columbus
7/15 – Columbus GospelFest – Columbus
7/15 – Delaware Beer and Wine Festival – Delaware
7/20-7/23 – Lancaster Festival I – Lancaster
7/21-7/23 – Columbus Jazz and Rib Fest – Columbus
7/24-7/29 – Lancaster Festival II – Lancaster
7/28-7/29 – Canal Winchester Blues and Ribfest – Canal Winchester – My Review
7/28-7/29 – Immaculate Conception Parish Festival – Columbus
7/29 – The Ohio Eggfest – Obetz
7/29 – Grandview Hop II – Columbus
7/29 – Whitehall Food Truck and Fun Festival – Whitehall
7/29-7/30 – Columbus Food and Wine Festival – Columbus
AUGUST
8/3-8/5 – Baltimore Festival – Baltimore
8/4-8/6 – Dublin Irish Festival – Dublin – My Review
8/4-8/6 – Brats and Crafts Festival – Columbus – My Review
8/5 – Ghana Festival Ohio – Columbus
8/10 – North Market Night Market at Bridge Park IV – Dublin – My Review
8/10-8/12 – All Ohio Balloon Fest – Marysville
8/10-8/12 – Reynoldsburg Tomato Festival – Reynoldsburg – My Review
8/10-8/12 – Holy Spirit Festival and Homecoming – Whitehall
8/11 – August Sommerfest – Columbus
8/11-8/12 – St. Brendan Parish Festival – Hilliard
8/12 – Craft Distillers Festival – Grove City
8/12 – Madden Road Micro Music Fest – Cable
8/12-8/13 – Festival Latino – Columbus
8/18-8/19 – St. Andrew Parish Festival – Columbus
8/18-8/19 – North Market Wine Fest at Bridge Park – Dublin
8/18-8/19 – Carroll Community Festival (formerly Old Timer’s) – Carroll – My Review
8/18-8/20 – Columbus Food Truck Festival – Hilliard – My Review
8/19 – Lancaster BrewFest – Lancaster
8/19 – Harlem Township Days – Harlem Township
8/19 – Sunbury Sizzle and Sounds – Sunbury – My Review
8/23-8/26 – Utica Homecoming Fall Festival – Utica
8/25-8/26 – Breakaway Music Festival – Columbus
8/25-8/27 – WonderBus Music and Arts Festival – Columbus
8/26 – Grandview Hop III – Columbus
8/26-8/27 – Columbus Fiery Foods Festival – Columbus
8/27 – Merion Village Festival – Columbus
8/30-9/2 – Sweet Corn Festival – Millersport – My Review
SEPTEMBER
9/1-9/3 – St. Michael Festival – Worthington
9/1-9/4 – Obetz Zucchinifest – Obetz – My Review
9/1-9/4 – Columbus Greek Festival – Columbus – My Review
9/2-9/4 – Canal Winchester Labor Day Festival – Canal Winchester – My Review
9/4 – Upper Arlington Labor Day Arts Festival – Upper Arlington
9/8-9/9 – Lithopolis Honeyfest – Lithopolis – My Review
9/9-9/10 – Mystics and Marvels: A Faire of Unusual Things – Hilliard
9/8-9/10 – Columbus Oktoberfest – Columbus – My Review
9/14 – North Market Night Market at Bridge Park V – Dublin – My Review
9/15-9/16 – Columbus Serbian Festival – Columbus
9/15-9/17 – Germania Oktoberfest – Columbus
9/15-9/17 – Arts in the Alley – Grove City – My Review
9/22-9/23 – Fall at the Round Barn – Lancaster
9/22-9/23 – Ohio Mushroom Festival – Garrettsville
9/22-9/23 – Sims Fall Festival – Amanda
9/22-9/23 – Pickerington Oktoberfest – Pickerington
9/23-9/24 – Columbus CoffeeFest – Columbus
9/23-9/24 – Frontier Spirit 1799 – Lancaster
9/30 – Fall Festival and Bark in the Park – Lancaster
9/30 – Grandview Hop IV – Columbus
9/30 – Festival for Good – Columbus
9/30 – Old Worthington Market Day – Worthington – My Review
OCTOBER
10/1 – Knox Foodies Food Truck Rally – Mount Vernon
10/1 – Old-Time Harvest Day – Grove City
10/6 – Columbus Mac and Cheese Festival – Columbus
10/6-10/7 – Newark Station Arts and Music Festival – Newark
10/6-10/8 – Columbus Italian Festival – Columbus – My Review
10/7 – Newark Ohio Pride Festival – Newark
10/7 – Chocolate Festival – Dayton – My Review
10/12 – North Market Night Market at Bridge Park VI – Dublin – My Review
10/13-10/14 – Our Lady of Peace Fall Festival – Columbus
10/18-10/21 – Circleville Pumpkin Show – Circleville – My Review
NOVEMBER
11/17-11/19 – Wildlights at Columbus Zoo I – Powell
11/17-11/19 – Butch Bando’s Fantasy of Lights I – Delaware
11/20-11/26 (Closed 11/23) – Wildlights at Columbus Zoo II – Powell
11/20-11/26 – Butch Bando’s Fantasy of Lights II – Delaware
11/27-12/3 – Wildlights at Columbus Zoo III – Powell
11/27-12/3 – Butch Bando’s Fantasy of Lights III – Delaware
DECEMBER
12/1-12/2 – Christmas in the Village – Canal Winchester
12/4-12/10 – Wildlights at Columbus Zoo IV – Powell
12/4-12/10 – Butch Bando’s Fantasy of Lights IV – Delaware
12/11-12/17 – Wildlights at Columbus Zoo V – Powell
12/11-12/17 – Butch Bando’s Fantasy of Lights V – Delaware
12/18-12/24 (Closed 12/24) – Wildlights at Columbus Zoo VI – Powell
12/18-12/24 – Butch Bando’s Fantasy of Lights VI – Delaware
12/25-12/31 – Wildlights at Columbus Zoo VII – Powell
12/25-12/31 – Butch Bando’s Fantasy of Lights VII – Delaware
JANUARY (2024)
1/1-1/7 – Wildlights at Columbus Zoo VIII – Powell
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