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Central Ohio Folk Festival | May 4 – 6, 2018
Highbanks Metro Park | Lewis Center, OH
Highbanks Metro Park | Lewis Center, OH
Get folked up at Central Ohio Folk Festival every spring. There’s free concerts, jam sessions, workshops for all kinds of instruments and arts, drum circles, dance tents and even an instrument petting zoo for kids. It’s basically 2 days of feel-good festival vibes and a ton of fantastic music, from folk and beyond.
Craft Beer Week | May 11 – 19, 2018
Multiple Locations In Columbus | Coumbus, OH
Multiple Locations In Columbus | Coumbus, OH
Columbus Craft Beer Week showcases the talented breweries, beer bars and restaurants of Columbus through nine days of beer-centric events at venues all across the city. The week’s events include everything from food and beer pairings, beer dinners, limited edition or specialty beer releases, tap takeovers, meet the brewer opportunities, and educational sessions on topics from beer styles to home-brewing.
The Oddity & Curiosities Expo | May 12, 2018
Lausche Building at Ohio Expo Center |
717 E 17th Ave
Lausche Building at Ohio Expo Center |
717 E 17th Ave
For lovers of the strange and unusual…. The Oddities & Curiosities Expo showcases vendors with all things weird. Items such as: Taxidermy, specimens, bones, unusual original artwork, curiosities, odd antiques, and so much more. *All items have been acquired ethically! Price: $10 entry (kids 12 and under are free)
The Ohio Eggfest | May 12, 2018
Tremont Center | Upper Arlington, OH
Tremont Center | Upper Arlington, OH
A Central Ohio based fundraising event and celebration of family, food and everything Big Green Egg! It is a grilling, smoking, barbecue and cooking competition that features the Big Green Egg. It’s bragging rights for the cook team that takes home the Popular Vote Award; it’s legendary status for the cook team that takes home the Very Prestigious Award, Award; it’s a day full of family, friends, and food that would make celebrity chefs reconsider their collective lives’ work!
Smokehouse Brewing Company Mini Real Ale Festival | May 2018 Dates Unconfirmed
Smokehouse Brewing Company | 1130 Dublin Road
This event features the best local craft ales naturally conditioned in firkins. Some of the most interesting brews of the year are featured at this great event.
Dark Star Jubilee |May 25-27, 2018
Legend Valley|7585 Kindle Rd Thornville, OH
Legend Valley|7585 Kindle Rd Thornville, OH
Dark Star Jubilee is an annual summer music festival in Thornville, Ohio, dedicated to The Grateful Dead featuring their most iconic cover band, Dark Star Orchestra. The event also showcases a lineup of great bands as well as food and crafts from local vendors. Camping is available both inside and outside of the festival grounds.
DNA Final Fridays |May 25, 2018
Multiple Locations in Downtown Newark| Newark, OH
Multiple Locations in Downtown Newark| Newark, OH
To make sure you go out with a bang at the end of every month, take your fun-seeking hide to Downtown Newark, Ohio. Each Final Friday brings something new, but past months have had a blast with local art exhibits, seasonal feasts, kid-friendly activities such as human foosball, petting zoos and plenty of other creative ideas. Even when life is getting on your last nerve, Final Friday will somehow manage to erase an entire month’s worth of pain during the course of one exciting day.
Logan Hills Festival |May 26-28, 2018
Hall-Fawcett Park|4595 Co Rd 153 Zanesfield, OH
Hall-Fawcett Park|4595 Co Rd 153 Zanesfield, OH
Take a stroll through history and learn about the region’s Native Americans and Pioneers in Zanesfield, Logan Ohio County. Experience what living in the 17 and 1800’s felt like with a fur trade era encampment and Taloga outdoor drama performance. Dance at the Native Woodland Gathering Pow Wow before competing in various activities over the weekend, including an archery competition, Seneca run, hawk and knife throw, corn hole contest, wiffle ball competition and more. With Pony rides, duck races, Old Country auction and a Memorial Day parade, the Logan’s HIlls Festival will keep you busy all weekend long.
Columbus Asian Festival |May 26-27, 2018
Franklin Park|1755 E Broad St Columbus, OH
Franklin Park|1755 E Broad St Columbus, OH
Committed to celebrating cultural diversity, the Columbus Asian Festival is held annually, typically over the course of a weekend in late spring. The event showcases a huge list of activities and attractions including music and theater performances, martial arts demonstrations and the famous dragon boat races. The event, which is dedicated to promoting integrity and a sense of community, draws over 100,000 visitors every year.