July 2, 20168 yr For non-country music fans there's this July list of concerts from CU: The List: 10 Concerts You Won’t Want to Miss in July
July 2, 20168 yr I'm not into country music, but this Buckeye Country Superfest is really growing into something big. This is the second year for the Superfest at Ohio Stadium. And well over 100,000 attended this year's two-day country concert event: Good photo thread of the Buckeye Country Superfest at http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/life_and_entertainment/2016/06/20/concert-review-country-superfest.html That nu-country is 100 percent about pandering.
July 18, 20168 yr The inaugural PromoWest Fest finished its three-day run at McFerson Commons in the Arena District. Below are the CU reviews off all three days: DAY 1: http://www.columbusunderground.com/promowest-fest-2016-day-one-me1 DAY 2: http://www.columbusunderground.com/promowest-fest-embraced-by-music-fans-me1 DAY 3: http://www.columbusunderground.com/promowest-fest-wraps-up-three-successful-days-of-live-outdoor-music-me1 As for the reddit reviews:
July 19, 20168 yr Columbus got a benefit from Cleveland hosting the RNC. The Alternative Press Music Awards show got moved from The Q in downtown Cleveland to The Schott on the OSU Campus last night. Central Ohio's own Twenty One Pilots won Album Of The Year at the 2016 APMAs: - http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/blog/2016/01/music-awards-show-coming-to-columbus-because-of.html - http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/life_and_entertainment/2016/07/17/1-preview-of-alternative-press-music-awards-in-columbus-value-city-arena-set-to-host-celebration-of-punk-metal-genres.html - http://www.altpress.com/apmas
August 3, 20168 yr Breakaway Music Festival announces 2016 lineup - Aug. 26-27 at the Ohio Expo Center: http://www.columbusunderground.com/breakaway-music-festival-2016-lineup
August 3, 20168 yr Fashion Meets Music Festival announces 2016 lineup - Sept. 3-4 in the Arena District: http://www.columbusunderground.com/fmmf-2016-lineup-to-feature-passion-pit-matt-and-kim-dj-khaled-more
August 3, 20168 yr PromoWest Fest to return to the Arena District in 2017: http://www.columbusunderground.com/promowest-fest-to-return-in-2017-ca1
August 31, 20168 yr Adult Swim Programming, South Drive-In Screen This Thursday, September 1, South Drive-in Theater (2050 South High Street) will host an Adult Swim Drive-In. The free event will include food trucks, some free concessions, games, pre-show trivia and a photo booth. Columbus is one of ten cities to participate in Adult Swim’s Drive-In tour. “Columbus landed on the list because we were looking into interesting and unique classic drive-in movie theaters,” Ashely Jex-Wagner, the director of events for Adult Swim says. “We found South Drive-in and just instantly loved it, so we reached out to them and they’ve been great partners.” “It’s all content that’s never been seen before,” Jex-Wagner says. “It’s unaired episodes of Adult Swim shows, infomercials, pilots — things like that. Everything that you’ll be seeing is content that you can’t currently see on Adult Swim.” Admission is free with an RSVP but Jex-Wagner encourages people to show up early. “Our events have been selling out quite quickly,” she says. “An RSVP does not guarantee admission.” ... The event is 18+ and begins at dusk. Admission is free with an RSVP at http://www.adultswim.com/presents/. MORE: http://www.columbusunderground.com/adult-swim-programming-south-drive-in-screen
September 28, 20168 yr Green Day was in town Monday. Which is not really news because they've played here many times before in arenas like the Schott and Nationwide. The surprise was that they were kicking off their latest world tour in the intimate confines of the venerable campus-area Newport: http://www.columbusunderground.com/green-day-kicks-off-world-tour-in-columbus-me1 http://www.columbusalive.com/content/blogs/thelatest/2016/09/green-day-concert-review.html
October 12, 20168 yr The second annual Cartoon Crossroads Columbus festival starts tomorrow and runs October 13-16 at various sites around the city. CXC was launched as a two-day gathering last year by local cartoonist Jeff Smith - author of the award-winning graphic novel series 'Bone'. This year 'Doonesbury' creator Garry Trudeau is headlining the festival. The Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist will be speaking at Mershon Auditorium on the Ohio State campus on Thursday night, beginning at 7:30 p.m. The festival's full four-day schedule is at http://www.cartooncrossroadscolumbus.com/schedule.html CXC Festival website: http://www.cartooncrossroadscolumbus.com/
October 18, 20168 yr Photos and video from the 2016 Columbus Marathon: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/10/16/photos-joy-and-relief-on-display-at-the-2016.html http://www.columbusunderground.com/video-2016-columbus-marathon
October 27, 20168 yr PHOTOS AND VIDEO FROM THE OPENING NIGHT OF HIGHBALL HALLOWEEN 2016: -- http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/10/22/photos-highball-2016-opening-night-david-bowie.html -- http://www.columbusunderground.com/photos-highball-halloween-2016-me1
October 27, 20168 yr PHOTOS AND VIDEO FROM THE SECOND NIGHT OF HIGHBALL HALLOWEEN 2016: -- http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/10/23/photos-van-gogh-inca-royalty-forest-nymphs-inspire.html -- http://www.columbusunderground.com/photos-highball-columbus-2016-me1
October 28, 20168 yr Video Game Expo Returns to Columbus This Weekend With a New Name By Walker Evans, Columbus Underground October 27, 2016 - 9:58 am If you’ve attended OGDE in the past, then you need to head to GDEX this year. That’s because the previously titled Ohio Game Developers Expo is now known more simply as GDEX. Event organizer Chris Volpe explained that the name change was to help alleviate confusion and to be more welcoming outside of Ohio. ( . . . ) GDEX takes place on October 29th and 30th at COSI, with a kickoff party on October 28th. For more information, visit www.thegdex.com. MORE: http://www.columbusunderground.com/video-game-expo-returns-to-columbus-this-weekend-with-a-new-name
October 28, 20168 yr Pride Festival Relocating to Riverfront in 2017 By Walker Evans, Columbus Underground October 27, 2016 - 11:21 am After six years of celebration in Goodale Park, the Columbus Pride Festival will be relocating Downtown next year, taking place in Bicentennial and Genoa Parks along the riverfront, with a footprint not unlike the Columbus Arts Festival and Jazz & Ribs Fest. ( . . . ) The popular parade portion of the festival will see its route simply reversed, kicking off from the Short North and traveling south on High Street to the Riverfront. Exact route information and further festival details will be announced in early 2017. ( . . . ) The Columbus Pride Parade celebrated 35 years in 2016, and with over 500,000 people in attendance it is now known as the second largest event of its kind in the Midwest, attracting visitors from around the region and beyond. The 2017 edition of the event will take place on June 16th and 17th. MORE: http://www.columbusunderground.com/pride-festival-relocating-to-riverfront-in-2017
December 27, 20168 yr There's plenty of Christmas lighting displays in Central Ohio that have been posted about in this thread. There are the Wildlights at the Columbus Zoo, the Alum Creek State Park Fantasy of Lights, Christmas Corner at the State Auto Building in Downtown, the Statehouse (bathed in red and green lights this year), indoor model railway displays at the Downtown Library and the Franklin Park Conservatory, a 19th-century luminaria display in German Village and a more recent tradition of The Grand Illumination along a newly remade Scioto River in Downtown. But something different came to Columbus this holiday season: The Ohio Chinese Lantern Festival The Ohio Chinese Lantern Festival runs nightly from 5:00PM - 10:00PM in the Natural Resources Park at the Ohio State Expo Center (aka The State Fairgrounds). This amazing lighting display runs until January 2: http://www.columbusunderground.com/take-in-lights-and-culture-at-the-ohio-chinese-lantern-festival Below are some photos from http://www.columbusunderground.com/photos-ohio-chinese-lantern-festival: More photos at http://www.columbusunderground.com/photos-ohio-chinese-lantern-festival
December 27, 20168 yr Kick @$$! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
February 3, 20178 yr PromoWest Fest to return to the Arena District in 2017: http://www.columbusunderground.com/promowest-fest-to-return-in-2017-ca1 PromoWest Fest Cancelled for 2017 Representatives at PromoWest Productions announced this afternoon that the PromoWest Fest will not return this summer due to a required venue change. The event is expected to return in 2018 if a new site can be selected and secured in time for planning that year’s event. The inaugural event took place from July 15 to July 17 at McFerson Commons in The Arena District with nearly 30,000 people in attendance. Since then, new development has been announced to replace some of the empty surface parking lots near the park with new residences, which means a smaller available footprint and conflicting construction schedules for the festival. MORE: http://www.columbusunderground.com/promowest-fest-cancelled-for-2017
February 3, 20178 yr Winter Park outdoor skating rink returns By Ken Gordon, The Columbus Dispatch Updated: February 2, 2017 - 8:41 AM The outdoor rink opens a 24-day run (through Feb. 26), once again located at McFerson Commons across from Nationwide Arena. The Columbus Blue Jackets will conduct a public practice there at noon on Feb. 10. This year is the third for the rink, which debuted in conjunction with the 2015 NHL All-Star game at the arena. "When we saw the popularity of the rink at the All-Star game, it seemed to go over so well, we decided to do it on a regular basis," said J.D. Kershaw, the Blue Jackets' vice president of marketing. Kershaw said the club has committed to operating the rink through at least 2020. ( . . . ) Admission is $5 and includes skate rental. One addition this year is a children's tubing slide, provided by Mad River Mountain. That, too, is included with the $5 admission charge. Also, a video board will show Blue Jackets games that coincide with public sessions. And at one end of the rink, a heated tent will allow spectators to stay warm. More information and rink schedule at www.bluejackets.com/winterpark MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/entertainmentlife/20170202/winter-park-outdoor-skating-rink-returns
March 3, 20178 yr IT'S ARNOLD TIME!!!!! The annual late winter weekend of fitness related wondrousness returns again to CBUS. The Arnold Sports Festival; aka the Arnold Classic; aka THE ARNOLD: http://www.arnoldsportsfestival.com/usa/
March 3, 20178 yr The estimated 200,000 participants and attendees of the Arnold Sports Festival are either here or on their way into town. The Arnold is a big time event that is still getting bigger. The Arnold HQ remains in the downtown Convention Center - hosting the massive vendor expo and the signature bodybuilding events. But the Arnold's presence at the Ohio Expo Center (aka State Fairgrounds) is the largest its ever been. Ten buildings on the Fairgrounds are now reserved for Arnold Sports Festival events and competitions. Plus tons of parking is now reserved there with special bus shuttles running between the Fairgrounds and Downtown. Those special shuttles and the CBUS shuttle also tie together the ten Arnold sponsored downtown hotels and the nearly hundred restaurants throughout Downtown and the Short North during the Arnold Weekend. Along with Arnold Sports Festival events, there are some other significant events occurring during the Arnold Weekend: - Blue Jackets game at Nationwide Arena last night downtown (nice 1-0 victory over Minnesota for the playoff bound CBJ!). - Crew opening game at Mapfre Stadium on the Fairgrounds tomorrow afternoon. - Country music concert at Nationwide Arena tonight with 10,000+ expected. - Short North holds its very well attended monthly Gallery Hop tomorrow night. http://www.dispatch.com/news/20170303/arnold-festival-other-events-make-columbus-center-of-universe-this-weekend http://www.dispatch.com/sports/20170302/what-you-need-to-know-about-arnold-sports-festival http://www.columbusalive.com/entertainment/20170301/list-attention-grabbing-vendors-visiting-arnold
March 3, 20178 yr Columbus Monthly also produced this graphic highlighting some of the odder events and competitions being held during this weekend's Arnold Sports Festival: http://www.columbusmonthly.com/lifestyle/20170228/wild-world-of-arnold-sports-festival
March 10, 20178 yr Business First interviewed Arnold Schwarzenegger when he was in town last weekend about the success of the Arnold Sports Festival: LINK: Schwarzenegger: Focusing on fitness and fun - not business and money - has helped grow the Arnold Sports Festival (Video)
March 10, 20178 yr And since we're on the subject of sports and visitors to Columbus, the OHSAA State Wrestling Tournament in taking place this weekend at OSU's Value City Arena. This is the first of three big late winter/early spring state high school tournaments held at the Schott (aka Value City Arena). The OHSAA Girls Basketball Tournament and then the OHSAA Boys Basketball Tournament will be coming to town on the following weekends: http://www.ohsaa.org/Sports-Tournaments/Wrestling/2017-OHSAA-Individual-Wrestling-State-Tournament-Coverage Below is a photo of the Schott (aka Value City Arena) configured for this weekend's State High School Wrestling Tournament:
March 10, 20178 yr There's also one more big sporting event taking place this weekend in Central Ohio (also next week, next weekend and next year). This one is little less well-known, but its big for those involved: LINK: COLUMBUS TO HOST AMERICAN COLLEGIATE HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIPS IN 2017 & 2018 According to the above link announcing the tournament, "the ACHA national championships, featuring more than 80 teams and 1,600 players, competing in over 100 games, will be hosted March 9-19, 2017 in Columbus at the OhioHealth Chiller Ice Rinks (Dublin, Easton, North) and the OhioHealth Ice Haus at Nationwide Arena." The Ice Haus at Nationwide Arena is the practice rink facility used by the Columbus Blue Jackets and is part of the Nationwide Arena complex in Downtown Columbus. The American Collegiate Hockey Assocation (ACHA) is the non-profit corporation that governs club or non-varsity college ice hockey in the United States. The ACHA currently has three men's and two women's divisions and includes approximately 450 teams from across the United States. It's similar to, but distinct from the NCAA. The main difference being that ACHA teams don't typically offer athletic scholarships for players on their teams. According to the wikipedia link: "The ACHA offers an opportunity for college hockey programs that struggle with large budgets and Title IX issues, as an alternative to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) financial structure. Sometimes, NCAA and ACHA teams will compete against one another." For more about the ACHA and what it does: http://achahockey.org/view/achahockey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Collegiate_Hockey_Association
March 11, 20178 yr There's one more state high school tournament occurring this weekend in Columbus. The OHSAA Ice Hockey State Tournament is taking place at Nationwide Arena today and tomorrow. Today features two semifinal games at 1PM and 4PM; the championship game is tomorrow at 2PM: http://ohsaa.org/sports/icehockey/2017/2017-icehockey-coverage Semifinal #1: Central Ohio's Olentangy Liberty vs. Toledo St. Francis Semifinal #2: Cleveland St. Ignatius vs. University School from Chagrin Falls
March 30, 20178 yr Grammy-winning Columbus band Twenty One Pilots will perform two concerts in more-intimate venues and two concerts in larger venues in Columbus using a lottery to distribute tickets. Band members Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun will perform at these four Columbus venues in a mini-tour called the Tour De Columbus: - June 20 - The Basement, which has a capacity of 300 - June 21 - Newport Music Hall, which holds 1,600 - June 22 - Express Live, in an outdoor concert which holds 5,500 - June 25 - Value City Arena (aka The Schott) which can seat more than 20,000 http://www.twentyonepilots.com/tourdecolumbus
March 30, 20178 yr What a great gift to Columbus! Glad the guys are not forgetting where they came from.
April 14, 20178 yr Breakaway Music Festival is returning and expanding this fall. The two-day, 4-year-old music event, having hosted artists both emerging and acclaimed, will once again occupy the MAPFRE Stadium on September 1 and 2: http://www.columbusunderground.com/breakaway-music-festival-2017-dates-announced-ls1
April 14, 20178 yr Garage-Punk Festival Cheap Heat Takes Over Summit St April 14-15: http://www.columbusunderground.com/garage-punk-festival-cheap-heat-takes-over-summit-st-april-14-15-rs1
April 17, 20178 yr Or go out to Gahanna for their Creekside Blues & Jazz Festival, come June 16-18 http://www.thisweeknews.com/news/20170411/creekside-blues--jazz-festival-national-acts-coming-as-headliners https://www.creeksidebluesandjazz.com/
April 19, 20178 yr The NCAA previously announced that Columbus would be hosting the 2018 Women’s Final Four at Nationwide Arena on March 30 and April 1, 2018. Yesterday, the NCAA announced tournament sites from 2019 to 2022: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/04/18/here-are-the-ncaa-championship-events-columbus.html http://www.dispatch.com/sports/20170419/columbus-to-host-12-ncaa-events-through-2022 Columbus landed five Division I competitions: March 22 and 24, 2019: Men’s Basketball First and Second Rounds at Nationwide Arena May 10-12, 2021: Women’s Golf Regional at OSU Golf Club - Scarlet Course Dec. 16-18, 2021: Women’s Volleyball Championship at Nationwide Arena May 15-18, 2022: Men’s Golf Regional at the OSU Golf Club May 21-22, 2022: Men’s Lacrosse Quarterfinal at Ohio Stadium Columbus also landed these Division II and III events: March 26-29, 2019: DII Women's Basketball Elite Eight at Ohio Dominican University March 20-21, 2020: DIII Women's Basketball Championship at Capital University March 23-26, 2021: DII Women's Basketball Elite Eight at Ohio Dominican University
April 29, 20178 yr CU's annual comprehensive listing of festivals: http://www.columbusunderground.com/the-2017-columbus-festival-season
May 11, 20178 yr CU's comprehensive listing of movies in the open air for 2017: http://www.columbusunderground.com/this-summers-movies-to-watch-under-the-stars
May 11, 20178 yr The Flyover Fest is a new festival this year that will showcase arts, film, literary and musical talent hailing from the Midwest. It takes place this weekend from May 11 to 13. Venues include the Wexner Center for the Arts on the OSU campus, Spacebar in the nearby Old North Columbus neighborhood and Wild Goose Creative, Used Kids Records and The Rambling House in the nearby SoHud neighborhood: ARTICLE: http://thelantern.com/2017/05/flyover-fest-arrives-in-columbus/ WEBSITE: https://www.theflyoverfest.com/
May 24, 20178 yr Breakaway Lineup Includes Travis Scott, Diplo and more Breakaway Music Festival has announced their lineup for 2017. The two-day festival, which will expand this year to Grand Rapids, MI and Charlotte, NC, featured Chance the Rapper in 2016 and garnered a crowd of 25,000 people. Taking place September 1 and 2 at MAPFRE Stadium, this year’s festival will have headliners Travis Scott and Diplo take the stage. More below: http://www.columbusunderground.com/breakaway-lineup-includes-travis-scott-diplo-and-more-ls1 "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
June 2, 20178 yr The inaugural African-American Cultural Festival, sponsored by the City of Columbus, will take place Saturday on the Long Street Bridge that spans I-71. This bridge features the Long Street Cultural Wall - a 240-foot photographic mural which celebrates African-American culture and history - that was built in by ODOT in 2014: http://www.dispatch.com/entertainmentlife/20170602/inaugural-african-american-cultural-festival-celebrates-rich-history
June 9, 20178 yr https://www.columbusartsfestival.org/ The Columbus Arts Festival is Friday, Saturday and Sunday along the downtown riverfront. The Arts Fest is the traditional kick off for the downtown summer festival season. For its 56th version, the Arts Fest will be held on both sides of the Scioto River, will use the Rich and Main Street bridges for artists booths, and will expand to five stages (with the main stage still being in Bicentennial Park): https://www.columbusartsfestival.org/festival/festival-map/
June 9, 20178 yr https://www.buckeyecountrysuperfest.com/ The Buckeye County Superfest returns to Ohio Stadium for its third straight year on Saturday and Sunday.
June 16, 20177 yr http://radio.wosu.org/post/police-investigate-facebook-threat-against-columbus-pride-festival Police are investigating a facebook threat ahead of this week's Pride Fest. Stay safe this weekend, everyone. Very Stable Genius
June 16, 20177 yr Pride Festival is this weekend in C-BUS. In its 36th year, it has outgrown its former home at Goodale Park and is being held along the downtown riverfront (where most of the large summer festivals are held). The Festival will be at Bicentennial and Genoa Parks on Friday and Saturday. The Saturday Parade will lineup/start in the Short North and travel down High Street to Genoa Park next to COSI (a reversal of previous parade routes). For more info: https://columbuspride.org/
June 16, 20177 yr http://radio.wosu.org/post/police-investigate-facebook-threat-against-columbus-pride-festival Police are investigating a facebook threat ahead of this week's Pride Fest. Stay safe this weekend, everyone. According to this report CPD and Homeland Security are investigating. http://nbc4i.com/2017/06/15/facebook-post-calls-for-the-killing-of-lgbtq-people-ahead-of-pride-parade/
June 19, 20177 yr Two slideshows of Saturday's Pride Parade: http://www.columbusunderground.com/photos-2017-pride-parade http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/06/17/photos-lgbt-friendly-employers-turn-out-big-for.html
June 23, 20177 yr It's ComFest Weekend at Goodale Park: https://www.comfest.com/newsite/ Thanks, Federal Judge: https://www.10tv.com/article/judge-grants-injunction-allowing-women-be-topless-comfest No Thanks, Tropical Storm Cindy: http://nbc4i.com/2017/06/23/comfest-closed-friday-due-to-weather/
June 30, 20177 yr http://www.columbusunderground.com/mega-weekend-fireworks-and-more The Fourth of July weekend includes a patriotic version of Saturday's Picnic with the Pops at Columbus Commons, Red White & Boom around downtown on Monday, the Doo Dah Parade in the Short North on Tuesday the 4th and all the multitude of local community parades and firework shows for the 4th.
July 5, 20177 yr C-BUS has it all! On Monday, some 500,000+ people crowd into downtown to view what's billed as "the largest fireworks display in the midwest": More photos at http://www.dispatch.com/photogallery/OH/20170703/PHOTOGALLERY/703009991/PH/1?start=2 and at http://www.dispatch.com/photogallery/OH/20170703/PHOTOGALLERY/703009993/PH/1?start=2 And then on Tuesday, people line the streets of the Short North for the infamous Doo Dah Parade - which features entries like a pantless Darth Vader carrying an "Alderaan = Fake News" sign! More photos at and at http://www.columbusunderground.com/photos-doo-dah-parade-2017-me1
July 11, 20177 yr TLC Announced as Headlining Act for 90sFEST! 2017 Some of the lineup for 90sFEST! has been released, and it’s pretty dope. Headlining will be the group that brought everyone classic tracks “Waterfalls” and “Creep” as well as a self-titled album released this year — TLC. And they’ll be accompanied by other familiar artists from that bygone decade. The nostalgia-fueled music fest makes its Columbus comeback in August, setting up at Columbus Commons. More below: http://www.columbusunderground.com/tlc-announced-as-headlining-act-for-90sfest-2017-ls1 "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
July 21, 20177 yr The 38th Columbus Jazz & Ribs Fest - one of the bigger summer downtown riverfront festivals - starts today and runs until Sunday: https://www.facebook.com/JazzAndRibFest/ https://issuu.com/thesciotomile/docs/2017_jrf_festivalguide_web The 11-day Lancaster Festival runs thru this weekend into next week and into the following Saturday. This 30th anniversary music and arts festival ends on July 29th: http://www.lancasterfestival.org/
July 25, 20177 yr The 164th Ohio State Fair opens tomorrow and runs through August 6: https://ohiostatefair.com/ http://www.dispatch.com/news/20170724/what-you-need-to-know-about-ohio-state-fair
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