Wondering what to do, where to go or what to eat in downtown Columbus? Here is the Columbus Arena District Digest for the week of June 24, 2019:

Events

COMFEST

All Weekend | Goodale Park | Various Times

Join thousands of other Columbus natives in partaking in the 48th annual COMFEST this weekend! This party with a purpose hopes to use their local action to have a global impact. The music and arts festival will take place in Goodale Park and will feature non-corporate items for sale. Check out the unique community festival and help make a change!

Music

The National

Monday, June 24 | EXPRESS LIVE! | 6:30 PM

Cincinnati, Ohio rock band, The National, is making a stop in downtown Columbus right after their show at Bonnaroo! They will be rocking the night away at EXPRESS LIVE! tonight—joined by their friend, Australian rocker Courtney Barnett. Click here to get your tickets.

blink-182 & Lil Wayne

UPDATE: Due to unforeseen production delays, the blink-182 show originally scheduled for June 27^th at Nationwide Arena has been rescheduled to September 22^nd. Please hold onto your tickets as all originally purchased tickets will be honored for the new show date.  Tickets for the new show date are available now online or at the arena box office.

Thursday, June 27 | Nationwide Arena | 7:30 PM

Your childhood is coming to downtown Columbus on Thursday. That’s when Blink-182 and Lil Wayne will be kicking off their nationwide tour at Nationwide Arena! These multi-platinum, award-winning artists are sure to bring the house down. Don’t miss this golden lineup! Purchase your tickets here.

CD102.5 Summer Festival

Friday, June 28 | EXPRESS LIVE! | 5:30 PM

CD102.5, Columbus’s alternative station, is hosting their Summer Festival this Friday at EXPRESS LIVE! Featured alt rock artists include big names like Young the Giant, Fitz and the Tantrums and special guests, Coin. Tickets are available here.

Twenty One Pilots: The Bandito Tour

Saturday, June 29 & Sunday, June 30 | Nationwide Arena | 7:00 PM

This weekend, pop sensations, Twenty One Pilots, are having not one, but two shows at Nationwide Arena this weekend! Responsible for some of the biggest songs in the last few years, Twenty One Pilots concerts are a highly anticipated summer event. Be sure to check them out! The band Bear Hands will open. Grab your tickets today while they are still available!

Sports

Columbus Clippers vs. Toledo Mud Hens

Monday, June 24 & Tuesday, June 25 | Huntington Park | 7:05 PM

Tonight, and tomorrow, the Columbus Clippers have a homestand against the fierce Toledo Mud Hens! Today is Dime-A-Dog night and AAA member night, and tomorrow night is Military & First Responders night! To cheer on your home team, get tickets here.

Food

Half Pint Columbus

All Weekend! | Half Pint Columbus | 11 AM – 10 PM

This weekend join Half Pint Columbus was they celebrate COMFEST with specials all weekend long. Stop by on June 28, 29 and 30 to see what Columbus Brewing Company is brewing up. Can’t make it this weekend? Join them for happy hour another time—specials run Monday-Friday from 3 to 6 PM, and all day on Tuesdays!

What We’re Looking Forward To

Red, White and Boom

Wednesday, July 3 | Downtown Columbus | 11 AM – 11 PM

Celebrate Independence Day with Columbus’ 29th annual Red, White and Boom! With the largest fireworks display in Ohio, you will not want to miss the festivities! The event starts at 11 AM and will go until 11 PM. Can’t make it? Tune in to 97.9 or NBC4 for live coverage all day.

• BOOM! Street Festival
  • From 11 AM to 11 PM
  • More than 109 local and national vendors
  • Remembering the Columbus Jets

• Ford Oval of Honor Red, White & BOOM! Parade
  • Starts at 5:30 PM at the Main Street Bridge

• BOOM! Fireworks
  • Start at 10 PM on the east bank of Genoa Park

Ballpark Boom Xi

Wednesday, July 3 | Huntington Park | 5:30 PM

Have you ever been to a concert at Huntington Park? Here is your chance! Come see Phil Dirt and the Dozers and McGuffey Lane next Wednesday! The concert will finish just in time for you to watch fireworks at Genoa Park! Get your tickets here.

QFM96 Birthday Bash

Saturday, July 6 | EXPRESS LIVE | 5:30 PM

Next weekend, QFM96 is hosting their Birthday Bash at EXPRESS LIVE! Featured artists at this event will be the Royal Affair Tour with Yes, Asia, John Lodge and Carl Palmer’s ELP Legacy with guest vocals from Arthur Brown.  Grab your tickets here.

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