Summer festivals are a Columbus, Ohio staple. Here we celebrate diverse cultures - Hispanic, African American, Serbian, Asian, etc.; music - Jazz, blues, alternative; and foods - ribs, strawberries, tomatoes and anything that can be put on a stick or fried.
May 2011Central Ohio Folk Festival
May 6 - May 8
Battelle-Darby Creek Metro Park
1775 Darby Creek Drive
Galloway, OH
2nd Annual Columbus Beerfest!
May 20-21
Greater Columbus Convention Center
400 North High Street
Ticket Information
The CFC Cruise-In
May 22
4481 East Dublin Granville Road
Westerville, Ohio
614-890-6644
Asian Festival
May 28 - 29
Saturday, 10 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Sunday, 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. Franklin Park
1777 E. Broad Street
June 2011
Columbus Arts Festival
June 3 - 5, 2011
Friday through Saturday 11:30 a.m. – 10 p.m.
Sunday 11:30 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Discovery District, just east of the river, Downtown Columbus
Move to Make it Happen Festival and 5K
June 4
12 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Goodale Park
120 West Goodale Street
5k begins at 10:30 a.m.
Cost to participate in the 5K is $25.
Registration begins at 9:30 a.m.
Park Street Festival
June 9 – 11
Arena District – Park Street
Columbus, Ohio
Granville Art Affair & Wine Festival
June 11 - 12
Saturday 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Sunday 11 a.m – 5 p.m.
Great Lawn of the Bryn Du Mansion
537 Jones Rd.
Granville, OH
Creekside Blues and Jazz Festival
June 17 - 19
Friday from 5 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Saturday 11 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Sunday 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Olde Gahanna, in and around Mill and Granville Streets and Creekside Park
Juneteenth Ohio Festival
June 17 - 19
Friday 11 a.m - 9:30 p.m.
Saturday 11 a.m. - 10 p.m.
Sunday 11 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Franklin Park
1777 East Broad Street
Worthington Arts Festival
June 18 - 19 Village Green
Routes 161 and 23
Worthington, Ohio
London Strawberry Festival
June 23 – 25
Downtown London, Ohio – State Routes 56 and 42
ComFest Community Festival
June 24 - 26
Goodale Park
120 West Goodale Street
Powell Festival
June 24 - 25
Friday 5 p.m. – 11 p.m.
Saturday 12 p.m. – 11 p.m.
Village Green Park
47 Hall Street
Powell, Ohio
July 2011
Westerville Music and Arts Festival
July 9 - 10
Saturday 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Sunday 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Heritage Park
Jazz and Rib Fest in Columbus
July 22 – 24
Friday 11 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Saturday 11 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Sunday 11 a.m. – 8:30 p.m.
The Arena District: North Bank Park, McFerson Commons, and Spring & Long Streets in downtown Columbus, Ohio.
Lancaster Festival
July 21 – 30
Various Locations
Lazy Daze of Summer Festival
July 23
11 a.m - 6 p.m.
Grandview Heights Public Library, 1685 West First Avenue, Grandview Heights
North Market Food & Ohio Wine Festival
July 8 – 10
$5.00
North Market
59 Spruce Street
Serbian Festival
Saturday, July 23rd
12 p.m. - 10 p.m.
1840 N Cassady Ave., Columbus
The Festival is located behind the Church at the Serbian Picnic Grounds just 1/2 mile north of I-670 on Cassady.
$2.00.
Contact Information: Dave Tumbas 614-348-1475 or dtumbas@hy-tek.net
Shamrock Club Music Festival
July 9 – 10
Friday 5 p.m. - Midnight;
Saturday 4 p.m. - Midnight
Members $5; Non-Members $8; Children 14 and under accompanied by an adult free
The Shamrock Club Grounds
60 West Castle, Columbus
Pickerington Violet Festival
July 27 – 30
Victory Park
Lockville Road, Pickerington, Ohio
August 2011
Canal Winchester Blues & Ribfest
August 5 - 6
Stradley Place (adjacent to the Municipal Building at 36 S. High Street)
Canal Winchester, Ohio
Dublin Irish Festival
August 5 - 7
Friday 4 p.m. – 12 a.m.
Saturday 11 a.m. – 12 a.m.
Sunday 10 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Coffman Park
5200 Emerald Parkway
Dublin, Ohio
Festival Latino in Columbus
August 13 - 14
Genoa Park
303 W Broad St
Columbus, OH
All Ohio Ballon Fest
August 19 - 20
6 p.m. - 10 p.m.
Union County Airport
760 Clymer Road (just off Industrial Parkway), Marysville, Ohio.
Reynoldsburg Tomato Festival
August 19 - 20
Huber Park on Davidson Drive, just south of E. Main Street
Reynoldsburg, Ohio Columbus Wine Festival
August 26 - 27
Friday 4 p.m. - 10 p.m.
Saturday 3 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Franklin Park Conservatory
1777 E. Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio
