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    Mega Weekend – Top Things to Do This Weekend in Columbus

    A beautiful fall weekend ahead of us! Thank you, Columbus! CoffeeFest is sold out. Brewed, the Saturday night event has tickets left. Take a look at some top picks for the weekend and find links to daily lists below.

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    FESTIVALS

    Cartoon Crossroads Columbus
    Columbus Open Studio and Stage
    -Head to theCreative Control Fest
    -Enjoy Chalk the Block
    -Go to the Water Lantern Festival
    -Do The Dublin Pet Fair
    -Check out GDEX
    Ohio Renaissance Festival continues
    -Columbus Commons has their Harvest Fair
    Columbus International Festival is going on
    Harvest Blooms at Franklin Park Conservatory

    BUY SOME CITY BONDS

    FILM AND DANCE

    Manhatton Short is at the Gateway
    -Nightlight614 shows Napoleon Dynamite
    -The Wexner Center hosts André Zachery’s Untamed Space
    -The Drexel has a Harlem Renaissance event
    -See Ferris Bueller’s Day Off at Screen on the Green
    -Studio 35 & Grandview play HALLOWEEN (1978), nice and late

    Stauf’s Celebrates 30 years on Friday night

    ARTS AND CULTURE

    -Animator Sally Cruikshank will be at the Wex
    -Learn the History of Animation at CCAD
    Hypotheses Exhibition opens at Cultural Arts Center
    [PORTO] shows through Saturday
    Mary Poppins Jr continues
    -See Big Fish
    -Go to Under the Magnolia at Helen Winnemore’s

    Bloody Mary Bacon Brunch is Back

    MUSIC

    dancing short northGreen Velvet is at LeBOOM at Skully’s
    -Go to Sailin’ – a yacht rock party
    Restart is at Brothers Drake
    -Get down at O-GEE
    -Vinyl party Funkdefy
    Sam Amidon plays The Holland Theatre
    Dead Sara is at The Basement
    -Harrison West has New Basics Brass Band

    LEGOLAND Discovery Center Opens at Easton

    MORE THINGS TO DO

    land grant brewing beer events near meCocktail Competition
    -See Desire at Shadowbox Live
    -Local Matters has their Harvest Ball
    Wolf’s Ridge has a 5 Year Anniversary Dinner
    -Check out the PMS Show
    Land Grant Celebrates 4 years
    -The Jailhouse Rock Beerfestis in Newark
    -Shop the Retired Plant Sale
    -Do the Grandview Hop or Clintonville Quest
    -Go to the Art & Craft Market at Stewart Elementary
    -Watch The Blue Jackets

    There’s always more in the Events Calendar! Here’s a list of events for Thursday, for Friday, for Saturday, and for Sunday. If you have something you want to highlight, post it in the comments!

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    Anne Evans
    Anne Evanshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/anne-evans/
    Anne Evans is the Co-Founder and Director of Operations for The Metropreneur and Columbus Underground. She regularly contributes feature stories on both sites, as well as Mega Weekend each week. She has started and grown businesses, created experiences, forged community partnerships, and worked to create opportunities for others. She loves meeting new neighbors and those making an impact in our community. Want to connect?
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