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Your Guide To The Best Central Ohio Summer Festivals

Summer is in full swing around here.

This is the best time of year to get out and enjoy many of the wonderful festivals that we have here in Central Ohio. From now until the fall, this city and the surrounding communities are packed to the brim with fun and exciting fests.

From food-based festivals to Labor Day celebrations to a multitude of wine and beer fests, you could spend each weekend from now until the end of summer at a different event.

June

Stonewall Columbus Pride Festival
June 14-15 | Goodale Park | Free

ComFest 2024
June 28-30 | Goodale Park | Free

Heart of Grove City Food Truck Festival & Shop Hop
June 21 | Grove City Town Center | Free

July

Red, White, and Boom via Facebook

Red, White, & Boom!
July 3 | Downtown Columbus | Free

41st Annual Doo Dah Parade + Party!
July 4 | Goodale Park | Free

Picktown Palooza
July 11-13 | Pickerington, OH | $10 day pass (kids 10 and under are free with an adult)

Columbus Food Truck Festival
July 12-13 | Scioto Peninsula (near COSI) | Free

Columbus Book Festival
July 13-14 | Main Library/Topiary Park | Free

Jazz and Rib Fest
July 19-21 | Scioto Mile | Free

Whitehall Food Truck and Fun Festival
July 27 | Whitehall, OH | Free

Lancaster Festival
July 18-27 | Lancaster, OH | Ticket prices vary Click here for pricing.

August

dublin irish festival celtic rock stage
via Facebook

Dublin Irish Festival
August 2-4 | Coffman Park | $20

Reynoldsburg Tomato Festival
August 8-10 | Reynoldsburg, OH | Free

All Ohio Balloon Fest
August 8-10 | Marysville, OH | Ticket prices vary

via Facebook

Festival Latino
August 10-11 | Genoa Park | Free

Columbus Food Truck Festival 
August 17 | Franklin County Fairgrounds | $5 Presale, $10 Door

Lancaster BrewFest
August 17 | Lancaster, OH | Tickets start at $20

WAG! Fest
August 24 | Prairie Oaks Metro Park | Free

September

via Facebook

Sweet Corn Festival
August 28-31 | Millersport, OH | Free

Greek Festival
August 30- September 2 | Goodale & High | $5

Obetz Zucchinifest
August 30- September 2 | Fortress Obetz | Free

Upper Arlington Labor Day Arts Festival
September 2 | Northam Park | Free

Canal Winchester Labor Day Festival
August 31-September 2 | Downtown Canal Winchester | Free