Happy Weekend! It looks a bit crazy with rain and thunderstorms for the weekend, but Comfest is here! Read up on our band previews. Make sure to get entered to win tickets to CATCO’s Forbidden Broadway’s Greatest Hits: Vol. 1 (July 5th show), a VIP ticket package to the Crew vs. Timbers game on July 7th, and a pair of tickets to the Fitz and the Tantrums July 9th show. Good luck! (All events below may be subject to cancellation with bad weather, please check before you go!)

Thursday

The Actor’s Theatre opens Twelfth Night in Schiller Park. CATCO’s Forbidden Broadway’s continues. Upper Arlington’s Music in the Park continues with Rubber Soles. Fryer Flicks on the Hill shows Hotel Transylvania. Maker’s Mart is at the Tree Bar. Pints and Pies continues with Buckles & Boots. Laugh with What’s Up Columbus at Wild Goose Creative. EVO Theatre’s Pride Plays continue with How I Stepped out as a Transvestite from Blunderland. The Gateway Film Center is showing Trainsforming America. Edible Thursdays Farmers Market continues at the Charity Newsies building. New Players Theatre shows Henry IV, Part 1. Downtown Live is at Columbus Commons with Naked Karate Girls and Erika Hughes and The Well Mannered. Lydia Loveless is back from her tour and will be at Ace of Cups. Viva Vagina continues at Shadowbox Live.

Friday

Tickets for CD102.5’s Summerfest go on sale at 10am. Watch the Tour de Grandview. There’s also a Goldsprints Biking Race going on. Peter Yarrow will play at Bicentennial Park as part of Rhythm on the River. COSI’s Family Friday returns. Crimson Cup Coffee’s coffee drive for the troops is going on through Sunday. There are fencing tournaments happening at the Convention Center. Go on an urban tree walk. The Powell Festival is happening Friday and Saturday. CAPA’s Summer Movie Series kicks off with To Catch a Thief. Summer Fridays at the Statehouse continue with CGMC’s Choral Group. ZestFest is going on through Sunday. The Salty Caramels play the Northwest Library. There’s a kiss-in happening in the Short North at The Pint House and Union – kiss whomever you choose! Gregg Frame Studio is hosting an open house. Stop in Art Access Gallery for Creative Women of Color’s exhibit “Combinations.” GROOVE returns to Exile. Best of Shadowbox Live continues.

Saturday

Fritz is at Studio 35 with House on Haunted Hill. Hills Downtown continues $5 pancakes. The German Village pretour for the Haus und Garten Tour is Saturday. The Ohio Machine battles the Boston Cannons. Back to the Future plays outdoors in Gahanna. Picnic with the Pops gets Patriotic. It’s the last day for the Ohio Brew Week Festival in Athens. Mary B’s opens in German Village. NIX Comics has their Two Fisted Release Party at Spoonful Records. The Princess Bride plays at the Gateway Film Center. Go on a bike benefit ride at Morgan Farm. Learn to digitize your family history. Saturday morning Brewtoons continue at Seventh Son. Dance at Vagabond Lounge. LeBoom’s Comfest afterparty with Roevy. Visit Grandview for the Grandview Hop. HOOT is at Gateway Film Center.

Sunday

It’s the last day for the BIA Parade of Homes. There’s an open house at North Bank Condos. North Market Artisan Sunday returns. German Village has their Haus und Garten Tour. Entries for the CIF+VF are due Monday. Blazing Saddles continues the Double Barrel Summer Western Film Series and a beer tasting is happening at Gateway Film Center. Rocky Horror Picture Show is at Shadowbox Live. Weight of the Whales, The End of America & Joshua James & The Paper Planes will be at Kafe Kerouac.

Enjoy your weekend!

Please note: While every effort is made to include every wonderful weekend event, this list is not all-inclusive of what is happening in Columbus this weekend. If you have something great you’d like to share, please do so in the comments. Thanks!

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