The Columbus Festival Season is here! Photo by Walker Evans.

Festival season is once again upon us! Warm weather and fun outdoor festivals, with music, food, home tours, funnel cakes, and more! Below is a list of festivals beginning now and running through December 2017. The 2017 Columbus Underground Festival List is presented by the Upper Arlington Labor Day Arts Festival, happening on Monday, September 4, 2017.

New festivals this year include: the Somali Cultural Festival, Columbus Podcast Festival, the Midwest Burlesque and Rockabilly Weekend, African American Cultural Festival, the Melanincholy Festival in Milo-Grogan to showcase and support artists and musicians of color, the International Sports Film Festival of Ohio at the Gateway Film Center, The Franklinton Bike Festival, The Flyover Fest in North Campus/South Clintonville, the Ohio VegFest at Goodale Park in September, a couple of nationally touring food themed festivals, Making Midwest Fest, Grandview Hop adds a holiday hop, and more CU Best Bites events to be announced!

It’s the Tenth and Final Independents’ Day Festival. Steadfast Festival, Whiskey Bear Comedy Festival, and Ohio Chinese Lantern Festival return for a second year. Unfortunately, PromoWest Fest and Drauma are taking the year off. 4th and 4th Fest and Helter Swelter are no longer happening. The PRIDE Festival and the Columbus Food Truck Festival move to the riverfront. Juneteenth is holding a fundraiser to hopefully revive their festival. The Washboard Music Festival will be celebrating big during Logan’s 200th Birthday. Celebrate the opening of the new IKEA on June 7! If you want, you can start lining up on Monday, June 5.

Get out your calendar and start filling it in! Just want music festivals? Check out our event calendar section. If you know of a festival that should be included, comment and let me know and I’ll add it. This should be a great start to help get your weekends full of fun events all summer long. Enjoy!

SEPTEMBER

OCTOBER

NOVEMBER & DECEMBER

House and Garden Tours

Local Food Festivals

Every effort has been made to ensure dates are correct, however: Please note, dates are subject to change.



The Columbus Underground 2017 Columbus Festival List is presented by The Upper Arlington Labor Day Arts Festival. The Upper Arlington Labor Day Arts Festival hosts 25,000 visitors participating in interactive performances and activities, purchasing art from some 200 artists working in a variety of media and enjoying refreshments from a variety of vendors. And it all happens because of our great volunteers! 2017 marks the 51st Upper Arlington Labor Day Arts Festival; we have produced this event since 1983. Visit uaoh.net/ldaf for more information.