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Axios
08-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Axios
Doo Dah Parade, fireworks, food trucks and other Columbus weekend events
🎆 Ooh and aah at suburban fireworks away from downtown — and the Red, White & Boom traffic jams. 🦋 Say goodbye — it's the last weekend for Blooms & Butterflies at the Franklin Park Conservatory. 10am-5pm Friday-Saturday ($17-25) and Sunday (free). Kids under 3 are always free! Pro tip: Check out the giant Lego installations recently added to the gardens. 🧨 Celebrate "liberty and lunacy" and watch the Doo Dah Parade, stepping off near Goodale Park. 1pm Friday. Free! To march: "No registration required. Just show up!" Plus: There's a block party 10am-8pm at the park, 120 W. Goodale St. 😋 Taste test the best of over 40 food trucks during the Foodees Food and Culture Festival at the Tanger Outlets. 1-9pm Friday, 11am-9pm Saturday and 11am-7pm Sunday, 400 S. Wilson Road, Sunbury. Free! 🎭 Support local artists participating in the Columbus Black Theatre Festival at the Columbus Performing Arts Center. 2pm Friday, 7pm Saturday and 2pm Sunday, 549 Franklin Ave. $15. ⚾ Enjoy America's pastime — the Clippers are at home this weekend. 4:05pm Friday, 7:05pm Saturday (with fireworks!) and 1:05pm Sunday. $10-29. 🎵 Light up your night with "One Headlight" as the The Wallflowers play The Bluestone. 7pm Saturday, 583 E. Broad St. $61. 8pm Saturday, 170 E. Dublin Granville Road, New Albany. $47 lawn general admission.


Axios
21-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Axios
Blooms & Butterflies, Howie Mandel and other weekend events
🕺 Party like it's 2005 during the 2000s Rave at Skully's. 9pm Friday, 1151 N. High St. $16-20. 🦋 Think spring thoughts when Blooms & Butterflies returns to the Franklin Park Conservatory this weekend. 10am-5pm Saturday-Sunday, through July 6. $16-24. Kids under 3 free! 🎨 Make a masterpiece at a mural workshop honoring local art legend Aminah Robinson at the Ohio Craft Museum. 1-4pm Saturday, 1665 W. Fifth Ave. $45, includes all supplies. ⚜️ Celebrate Mardi Gras a little early as Park Street becomes Bourbon Street for a bar crawl. Check in between 6-8pm Saturday at Howl at the Moon, 504 Park St. $18 general admission, includes beads and color-changing glass. 🏒 Welcome the Blue Jackets back from their midseason break as they take on Chicago at Nationwide Arena. 7pm Saturday. Resale tickets started at $65 as of yesterday on Ticketmaster. 👨🦲 Hang with comedy icon Howie Mandel at the McCoy Center for the Arts. 8pm Saturday, 100 E. Dublin-Granville Road, New Albany. $68-110. 🎤 Laugh along with the Vicious Vixens, a "no-holds-barred, all-female comedy show" at the Attic Comedy Club. 8pm Saturday, 892 Oak St. $20. ⚽ Plus: The Crew's season kicks off Saturday with Goosebumps Night.