Did you celebrate the 200th day of the Columbus Bicentennial yesterday? Summer is rolling right along, and we have a great list of things for you to fill your weekend with!
Thursday
Enjoy Downtown Live with a concert by Midwest Rising Stars with The Right Now & Floorwalkers. Tonight’s the preview party for the Mighty Hand Vintage Sale at Curio & Harvest Pizza. The Gateway Film Center has a the Dark Knight Trilogy beginning at 6pm. The Arena Grand has several midnight showings. Studio 35′s got it too and have a preshowing of Adam West’s Batman. The All Good Festival begins tonight. Go see How to Train Your Dragon at The Shoe tonight. Sabrina is at the Wex Drive In tonight – POSTPONED TO FRIDAY. The Heritage Concert Series continues. Enjoy the Harmony Project’s 200 Years, 200 Voices tonight. The Actors’ Theatre in Schiller Park continues performances of The Merchant of Venice.
Friday
The Jazz & Ribs Festival starts on Friday and goes through Sunday. CAPA’s Summer Movie Series continues with Sixteen Candles. Go see Best of Shadowbox. AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days start Friday and go through Sunday. Go to Comedy Tonight at the Garden Theater. Go to a Dive In Movie at Zoombezi Bay. The Short North Summer Sidewalk Sale starts on Friday. Take in some music of Ray Charles at the zoo at Jazzoo. Germania Columbus brings back Sommerfest on Friday. The final Popcorn Pops of the season is Friday. See the award winning documentary Broke, a film about music at Wild Goose Creative. The Lancaster Music Festival is going on. The Drexel’s Summer Kids Series has a sing-a-long Wizard of Oz Friday and Saturday. Watch Meet the Phantods Rock-umentary at Grandview Theater before they take the stage for the last time. Get in to Comedy Tonight: The Improv Kitchen for only $5!
Saturday
Bike and Breakfast at Dinin’ Hall Saturday morning. Head to MadLab for the Volatility Music Festival. There’s Cartoon Capers playing at the Ohio Theatre. Enjoy Picnic with the Pops at Columbus Commons. The New Players Theater Festival continues in Hilliard. The Ohio Machine has a match Saturday night. Are you doing the Color Run? Watch the Crew take on DC United. The Ohio Historical Society honors military folks on Saturday with free and discounted admission. Go to the Columbus Hungarian Festival. German Village has their Art Crawl on Saturday. Watch the Crew battle D.C. United. Find some Treasures on the Green in Olde Worthington. The Phantods last show is at Skuly’s. See Army of Darkness at the Grandview Theater with the Midnight Shift. Evil Dead the Musical continues out in the woods! It’s the Second Annual Big Day In Festival at Woodlands Tavern. The Franklin County Fair ends Saturday.
Sunday
Back to the Garden opens on Sunday at Shadowbox. It’s another Artisan Sunday at the North Market. Learn about raising chickens at City Folk’s Farm Shop. Go check out Homage’s Easton location.
Enjoy your weekend!





NOTE on WEX DRIVE IN: Wexner Center for the Arts
Due to the forecasted likelihood of rain and thunderstorms, this evening’s Wex Drive-In screening of SABRINA has been postponed until tomorrow evening (Friday, July 20). Same time, same location. For your classic Hollywood fix, tonight inside our Film/Video theater, we’re screening RIVER OF NO RETURN, starring Marilyn Monroe and Robert Mitchum at 7PM (regular film prices apply).