Columbus Arts Festival

Columbus Arts Festival The Columbus Arts Festival brings art, music, food, fashion, all-ages activities to Columbus' downtown riverfront. See you next June 11-13, 2027!

The Festival is produced by the Greater Columbus Arts Council and presented by the AEP Ohio Foundation.

There's a lot going on at Columbus Arts Festival, so if you need to take a break or take care of important needs, you'll...
06/11/2026

There's a lot going on at Columbus Arts Festival, so if you need to take a break or take care of important needs, you'll find plenty of options:

✅ Momentum Refresh is providing a mobile universal changing station for adults with complex medical needs, sponsored by Nationwide Children's Hospital. It also includes a sensory friendly room. Find it near Town and Belle streets.

✅ In addition to the sensory friendly room on the west side of the river, the ASCO Autism Society Central Ohio is providing an additional sensory friendly tent at Main and Second on the east side of the river.

✅ Columbus Division of Fire is bringing their Home One unit as an air-conditioned spot for nursing and changing diapers for the little ones. It will be located near Town and Belle streets.

✅ Event Source is providing large shaded tents in the center of each bridge

✅ First aid tents are located on both sides of the river, at Town and Starling on the west side, and Main and Second on the east side. (Thanks to OhioHealth for supporting these!)

We appreciate Huntington National Bank for its support of the Festival's accessibility services!

Just a few dispatches from our first day of load-in for this year's festival! Today is infrastructure day: water and pow...
06/10/2026

Just a few dispatches from our first day of load-in for this year's festival! Today is infrastructure day: water and power are run to the site, tents and tables arrive, golf carts and walkie-talkies are delivered, stages are assemble, and already amazing volunteers are giving of their time. Tomorrow morning, artists start arriving!

Find the Rich Street Stage (formerly called the Big Local Arts Stage) under the railway overpass on West Rich Street, at...
06/10/2026

Find the Rich Street Stage (formerly called the Big Local Arts Stage) under the railway overpass on West Rich Street, at the Franklinton entrance to the Festival! It's adjacent to the Big Local Arts Village, the Rhinegeist Beer Garden, and artist booths, and features music all weekend long. Friday and Saturday evenings you can catch a light installation from Mural ReMix Digital Art Collective, Bell Tree Productions, and Franklinton Arts District.

On Friday, June 12, the stage is closed out by Van Dale and Snarls, while Saturday, June 13 finishes with KJ The Cool Nerd and Serene Dion. Sunday, June 13 the stage features Poison Door, SERVER, and Trachete.

See the full schedule of performances here: https://www.columbusartsfestival.org/visit/performance-schedule

Here are a few tips for getting to the Arts Festival this weekend!🚌 COTA is your link to the arts this weekend! Local fa...
06/10/2026

Here are a few tips for getting to the Arts Festival this weekend!

🚌 COTA is your link to the arts this weekend! Local fare is $2 or a day pass is $4.50. Download COTA’s Transit app to plan, track, and pay for your trip: http://cota.com/transitapp.

🚲 Use the FREE, unmonitored parking corral at S. Civic Center and W. Rich. And there are Veo bike share racks on both sides of the river.

🚗 Recommended RIDESHARE drop off/pickup points are COSI (333 W. Broad St.) or The Junto (77 E. Belle St.) west of the river.

🅿️ Reserve PARKING through the ParkColumbus app! Multiple garages sit within 2-3 blocks of the festival on both sides of the river. If you’re willing to walk a little, you may find cheaper garages or street parking further away. (Swipe to the fourth slide for a map highlighting area garages.)

🛴 A reminder that SCOOTERS will bring you to the borders of the Festival, but they are geofenced around the Festival grounds, so they won't operate or park there. Bikes and scooters must be walked through the Festival.

The Cultural Arts Center stage (formerly known as the Word Is Art & Acoustic Lounge) is a quiet spot in the courtyard of...
06/10/2026

The Cultural Arts Center stage (formerly known as the Word Is Art & Acoustic Lounge) is a quiet spot in the courtyard of the Priscilla R. Tyson Cultural Arts Center. Saturday and Sunday during the Festival it will feature poets, storytellers, and other spoken word artists!

See the full schedule here: https://www.columbusartsfestival.org/visit/performance-schedule

When you visit one of the beverage booths during the Columbus Arts Festival this weekend, you’re supporting local commun...
06/09/2026

When you visit one of the beverage booths during the Columbus Arts Festival this weekend, you’re supporting local community groups! Many of these organizations have been volunteering at the Festival for years. All the tips and 10% of sales earned during their shifts go right to the organizations. So when you order a Pepsi, a Rhinegeist beer, or a Graham + Fisk's wine in a can, you’re supporting the community!

ANNUAL REMINDER: The Columbus Arts Festival is a great place for people but not for pets. Heat and crowded conditions ma...
06/09/2026

ANNUAL REMINDER: The Columbus Arts Festival is a great place for people but not for pets. Heat and crowded conditions make the Arts Festival a stressful and potentially unhealthy place for dogs and other animal companions. We love pets too and that's why we ask that you leave yours at home!

Tonight we held the final full committee meeting before the festival this weekend! This amazing group of committee chair...
06/09/2026

Tonight we held the final full committee meeting before the festival this weekend! This amazing group of committee chairs and volunteers discussed final plans and details. Many of them have been involved with the festival for years or even decades, and their dedication is what really, as Festival Director Alexis Perrone says, "makes magic for our city."

Get to know Columbus arts organizations at the Arts Fest this weekend! Be sure to stroll along Granville T. Woods Boulev...
06/08/2026

Get to know Columbus arts organizations at the Arts Fest this weekend! Be sure to stroll along Granville T. Woods Boulevard to visit the Columbus Arts Marketing Association (CAMA) booths. Representatives from 12 area arts organizations are on hand with games, giveaways, interactive fun, and much more!

We get asked a lot of questions about the Columbus Arts Festival, so we assembled a helpful FAQ. Still have questions? P...
06/08/2026

We get asked a lot of questions about the Columbus Arts Festival, so we assembled a helpful FAQ. Still have questions? Pop them in the comments below and we'll answer them!

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Columbus, OH
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Friday 11am - 10:30pm
Saturday 10am - 10:30pm
Sunday 10am - 5pm

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