Columbus Ohio Festivals
Columbus Ohio Festivals are unique in theme and culture. Because this city is so diversified in culture, there are many festivities throughout the year.
Festivals have been a part of society for years. For many years they were known as feasts and were associated with religion. They were a simple way of meeting social needs in communities and providing entertainment at the same time. They also provided knowledge and stories to future generations of that particular culture.
Today many of the cultural festivities are held to share traditional knowledge and community benefits with others. Festivals also celebrate arts, comedy, film, music, food and history just to name a few. They each have something different to offer.
Come join the fun at the Columbus Ohio Festivals.
Calendar of Festivals in Columbus Ohio
Columbus Ohio Festivals - August, 2008
Dublin Irish Festival
Date: August 1 - 3, 2008
Friday: 4:00 PM - 12:00 AM; Saturday: 11:00 AM - 12:00 AM;
Sunday: 10:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Location: Coffman Park
Greek Festival in Columbus
Date: August 29 through September 1, 2008
Friday and Saturday: 11AM - Midnight; Sunday: Noon to Midnight;
Monday: 11AM to 7PM
Location: The Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral
Train Festival at the Depot
Dates: August 23 - 24, 2008
Location: The Depot Conference Center
919 Old Henderson Road, Columbus, Ohio 43220
Columbus Ohio Festivals - September, 2008
Clinton County Corn Fest
Date: September 5 - 7, 2008, Friday from 11AM to 10pm;
Saturday from 9am to 11PM; Sunday from 9AM to 6PM
Location: Clinton County Fairgrounds, Wilmington, Ohio
Clintonville Arts and Music Festival
Date: Saturday September 6, 2008, 10:00 to 5:00
Location: Whetstone Park, Temporarily at 5400 Foster, Columbus, OH 43214
NEW - Fall Harvest Jamboree
The inaugural fall festival is a transformed rural outdoor celebration of the season taking you back in time. You'll find folk entertainment, artisian products,
hands on craft projects, farm market produce and a lot of family games and entertainment.
Date: Sunday, September 21, 2008 from Noon to 4PM - Admission is free
Location: DCRC (Dublin Community Recreation Center), 5600 Post Road, Dublin, Ohio - West parking lot
German Village Oktoberfest
Date: September 5 - 7, 2008
Location: McFerson Commons in the Arena District - Grant and Livingston Avenue
The Riverfront Art Festival, formerly known as Goodale Park Art Festival
Date: Friday, September 19, 2008 opens at 5PM;
Saturday, September 20, 2008 and Sunday, September 20, 2008 - Time to be announced;
New Location: Genoa Park, Downtown Columbus Riverfront (Across the river from the Columbus Arts Festival 2007 location)
Grange Insurance Family Fun Fest
Date: September 2008
Location: Riverfront Amphitheater and Genoa Park
Hot Times Community Music & Arts Festival
Date: September 5, 6, and 7, 2008
Location: 240 Parsons Avenue, (Main & Parsons, Columbus, Ohio)
NEW - Jack Hanna's Fall Fest - Columbus Zoo & Aquarium
Dates: Saturday and Sunday, September 13 - 14 and September 20 - 21, 2008 from 9AM to 5PM
Join Jungle Jack Hanna and his animal friends for a festival of the harvest season. With special demonstrations including basket weaving and pumpkin
carving, kid friendly entertainment and all your favorite seasonal treats, this event offers something for everyone!
Location: Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, 4850 West Powell Road, Powell, Ohio
Lithopolis HoneyFest
Celebrate National Honey Month at Ohio's only honey festival. Bee beard, honey, honey products, fine quality arts & crafts, live music, homemade and honey-made food, Honey Bake-Off, Busy Beehive Fun Booth. Plenty of free parking and free admission.
Date: September 6, 2008 from 10AM - 6PM
Location: The Wagnalls Memorial, 150 E. Columbus Street, Lithopolis, Ohio
Festivities will take place On the grounds of The Wagnalls Memorial
Marion Popcorn Festival
Date: September 4 - 6, 2008
Thursday 11:00 AM - Midnight
Friday 11:00 AM - Midnight (Beer Gardens Open till 1 AM Friday)
Saturday 11:00 AM - Midnight
Location: Marion, Ohio
Reynoldsburg Tomato Festival
Date: September 2008
Wednesday - 5PM - 10PM; Thursday - 4PM - 10PM; Friday - 5PM - 11PM;
Saturday - 11AM - 11PM; Sunday - 11AM - 7PM
Location: Civic Park
Upper Arlington Labor Day Arts Festival
Date: Monday, September 1, 2008, 10AM to 5PM
Location: Northam Park, Upper Arlington
Via Colori in Columbus
September 13 and 14, 2008
Columbus Ohio Festivals - October, 2008
Chillicothe Fall Harvest Festival
Three days of entertainment, crafts, flea market and more!
Date: October 3 - 5, 2008
Location: Yoctangee Park, Water Street, Chillicothe, Ohio - Phone: (740) 775-1669
Circleville Pumpkin Show
Dates: October 15 through October 18, 2008
Columbus Italian Festival
Date: October 10, 11, and 12, 2008
Friday - 5PM - 11PM; Saturday - Noon - 11PM; Sunday - Noon - 6PM
Location: Saint John the Baptist Italian Catholic Church, in Italian Village
Fall Festival Presented by Liberty Baptist Church of the Deaf
Date: October 28, 2008 from 1PM to 9PM
Location: Liberty Baptist Church of the Deaf, 1552 Elmore Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43224
Fall Festival
Date: October 11, 2008 from 9AM to 4PM
Location: Historic Downtown Olde Worthingon,
Intersections of Rts. 23 and 161
North Market Harvest Festival
Date: October 4, 2008
Location: North Market, 59 Spruce Street, Columbus
Providence Farm Festival
Hayrides to Pumpkin Patch, Arts & Crafts Vendors, Build Your Own Stuffed Animals for the kids, Petting and education on many farm animals (even fainting goats!), food, live music and dancing!
Date: October 2008
Location: 6494 Martinsburg Road, Mt. Vernon, Ohio 43050
Located 5 miles south of Mt. Vernon on St. Rt. 586 (Martinsburg Road)
Columbus Ohio Festivals - February and March, 2008
Arnold Sports Festival
Date: February 29 - March 2, 2008
Location: Ohio Expo Center, 717 East 17th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio
Contact: Phone: (614) 644-4000
Fiery Foods Festival
Hot food, hot music, and hot fun at the North Market.
Date: Saturday, February 16, 2008 from 8AM - 5PM
Location: North Market, 59 Spruce Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215
Columbus Ohio Festivals - May, 2008
Asian Festival
Date: Saturday, May 24, 2008 from 10AM - 9PM
Sunday, May 25, 2008 from 11AM - 7PM
Location: Franklin Park, 1777 East Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio
Central Ohio Folk Festival
Date: May 2 - 4, 2008
Location: Batelle-Darby Creek Metro Park, 1755 Darby Creek Drive, Galloway, Ohio
6th Annual Worthington Plant Fest
Date: May 10, 2008 from 9AM to 4PM
Location: Downtown Worthington, South Green, Rts. 161 and 23, Worthington, Ohio
Columbus Culture Fest
This event has been cancelled
Thanks to Mike for writing in and giving me the heads up!
Fairbanks Festival in Unionville Center
Date: Saturday, May 17, 2008 from 10AM - 6PM
Location: The Green, Main and Cross Streets, Unionville Center, Ohio
RiverFest in Columbus
Date: May 31, 2008 from Noon to 5PM
Location: Genoa Park located near COSI, 303 West Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215
Columbus Ohio Festivals - June, 2008
Banana Split Festival
Celebrating the 50's and 60's.
Date: Friday, June 13, 2008 from 5PM to 9:30PM; Saturday, June 14, 2008 from 1PM to 9:30PM
Location: JW Denver Williams Memorial Park, Wilmington, Ohio 45177
Columbus Arts Festival
Date: June 6 - June 8, 2008
Friday through Saturday 11:30AM - 10PM, Sunday 11:30AM - 6PM
Location: New Location Discovery District, just east of the river
Columbus Rose Festival - Celebrating 22 Years!
Date: June 14th and 15th, 2008 from 10AM to 8PM
Location:Park of Roses in Whetstone Park, 3923 N. High Street, Columbus, Ohio
ComFest Community Festival
Date: June 27, 28, and 29, 2008
Location: Goodale Park
Creekside Blues and Jazz Festival
Date: June 20 - June 22, 2008
Friday from 5AM - 11PM; Saturday from 11AM - 11PM;
Sunday from 11AM to 6PM
Location: Olde Gahanna, in and around Mill and Granville Streets and Creekside Park
Festival Latino in Columbus
Date: June 20 and 21st, 2008
Location: Bicentennial Park and Genoa Park, Downtown Columbus
African American Independence
Date: June 13, 14, and 15th, 2008
Location: Franklin Park, Columbus, Ohio
London Strawberry Festival
Date: June 18 - 21, 2008
Location: Downtown London, Ohio - State Routes 56 and 42
Powell Festival
Date: Friday, June 27, 2008 from 5PM to 11PM
Saturday, June 28, 2008 from Noon to 11PM
Location: Village Green Park, 47 Hall Street, Powell, Ohio 43065
St. Catharine Summer FunFest
Date: June 2008
Location: 500 S. Gould Road, Columbus, Ohio 43209
Worthington Arts Festival
Date: Saturday, June 21, 2008 from 10AM to 6PM;
Sunday, June 22, 2008 from 11AM to 5PM
Location: Village Green, Routes 161 and 23, Worthington, Ohio 43085
Columbus Ohio Festivals - July, 2008
4th of July Celebration in Columbus, Ohio
Jazz and Rib Fest in Columbus
Date: July 25 - 27, 2008
Location: Columbus Riverfront
Lancaster Festival
Date: July 17 - 26, 2008
Location: Various Locations
Lazy Daze of Summer Festival
Date: July 28, 2008
Location: Lawn and streets surrounding the Grandview Heights Public Library, 1685 West First Avenue, Grandview Heights, Ohio 43212
North Market Food and Ohio Wine Festival
Date: July 11, 12, and 13, 2008
Location: North Market, 59 Spruce Street, Columbus
11th Annual Pickerington Violet Festival
Date: July 23 - 26, 2008 - Various Hours
Location: Victory Park, Lockville Road, Pickerington, Ohio
Westerville Music and Arts Festival
Date: July 12 and 13, 2008
Saturday 11AM to 7PM; Sunday 11AM to 5pm
Location: Heritage Park
Don't miss the excitement of the Columbus Ohio Festivals. With the wonderful diversity of the communities in this charming city, the Columbus Ohio Festivals are the best!
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