Columbus Arts Festival

The Columbus Arts Festival remains the welcome-to-summer event in Columbus, pairing the finest artists and craftspeople with a medley of continuous entertainment including art activities, musical performances, and food from Columbus’ finest restaurants. The 2007 Columbus Arts Festival, considered by some to be one of the nation's premier arts festivals, will be held June 6-9, 2008, in the downtown Columbus Discovery district. The festival will be held Thursday-Saturday, 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday, 11:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Visit www.gcac.org for a list of performers and food vendors, a map of the festival, and more about this "welcome to summer" event. COTA will provide regular service until 10 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and 7 p.m. Sunday.

If you're planning to attend and stay in the arts festival area, here are hotels and motels located in and near downtown Columbus:

• Best Western Clarmont Inn
• Columbus Renaissance Hotel
• Courtyard by Marriott Downtown
• Crowne Plaza Hotel
• Doubletree Suites Hotel
• Days Inn Downtown West
• Drury Inn Convention Center
• Economy Inn Downtown
• 50 Lincoln Inn
• Hampton Inn Downtown
• Holiday Inn City Center
• Hyatt on Capitol Square
• The Lofts
• Red Roof Inn Downtown
• Village Inn Motel
• Westin Great Southern Hotel