It’s the final summer weekend of 2016. Lots of fun things for you to do! Make sure you see the Harvest Moon on Friday. Dine Originals Restaurant Week continues through Sunday. Join The Metropreneur tonight at Aspire and hear from social enterprises, enjoy snacks, and get a Freshbox chocolate covered Oreo cookie. Contests are going on for Haunted Fest and it’s your last day to enter to win tickets to Country Night Lights, plus Promowest contests: Metro Station, Good Charlotte, James Vincent McMorrow, and Chase Rice. Don’t forget to pick up tickets to Best Bites Burgers. Get tickets to the sneak peek of the new Julep in the Short North!
Thursday
Sew to Speak has a ribbon cutting for their new store in Worthington. Those who love Fiestaware may want to check out the tent sale. It’s the final weekend for the BIA Parade of Homes. Historic homes and places continue their open house through the weekend. Angela Meleca Gallery continues Utopia Banished. Discover Hawaiian Hulu Dancing. The CRUX Culinary Tour comes to The Table. Find out who is Social Entepreneur of the year at Aspire. Learn about dinosaurs at the Old Worthington Library. Peggy Kriha Dye speaks about Opera Columbus’ new season. Broken Whispers, Shadowbox Live’s take on Gatsby, continues. Jazz Arts Group invites you to join Wycliffe Gordon & the Bobby Floyd Trio at Copious. Goodnight Moon opens at the Park Street Columbus Children’s Theatre. Nemr makes you laugh at the Funny Bone. August Wilson’s Fences continues at Short North Stage through the weekend. An Act of God continues shows at CATCO. The Women’s National Team takes on Thailand at Mapfre Stadium. Check out Looped at the Columbus Performing Arts Center. Brad Paisley gives a free concert at Ohio State.
Friday
Head to Goodale Park to see Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (with Gene Wilder) at Screen on the Green and enjoy special treats by the Hubbard Popup BakeShop. See the Harvest Moon. Go back to the 90s at 90s Fest at Columbus Commons. The Country Living Fair is in town through Sunday. Bruce Bruce is at the Funny Bone. Shattered Sun plays Alrosa Villa. Shop the Pearl Market. The American Birding Expo is at the Grange Insurance Audubon Center through Sunday. Germania hosts an Oktoberfest. The Kitchen hosts a bourbon tasting dinner party. Friday is the grand opening of Pins Mechanical Company. Green Olive Company hosts a Wine Class. The Used play the Newport. The Shadow Zone continues at Shadowbox Live. Warehouse Theatre presents Into the Woods. Go into the woods for real down at Glen Helen in Yellow Springs for apple picking and a full moon hike. Bourgeous comes to Dahlia. The Ohio Lesbian Festival begins. The Almighty Get Down comes to Woodlands Tavern. Dance at Damn Girl at Skully’s. Night Owl Theatre’s season premiere opens at Studio 35 with Scream. Enjoy the Indianola Stroll. The Ohio Pawpaw Festival begins.
Saturday
The Black Mountain Collage exhibit opens at the Wexner Center. Enjoy the Ohiolina Music Festival Saturday and Sunday. Independents’ Day Festival begins and goes through Sunday. Take in some football, bourbon, and brew with The Fan! Check out the Iron Pixel Finals while you are at Independents’ Day. Stop in 400 West Rich during their open house. Go eat a giant turkey leg, the Ohio Renaissance Festival continues. The YMCA invites you to the Great Family Campout. It’s another Latin Night at The Bottle Shop with special guest chef Isidora Díaz. Fall Fest starts at the Zoo. Wolf’s Ridge celebrates 3 years and has a party and a barrel-aged release. Get some fashion advice with Monica Warren. Meet other parents in the Short North neighborhoods during a meet up. Lobster Days continue at Hills Market Downtown. Go on a cocktail tour in the Short North. Swank has a big anniversary party at Big Room Bar. Notes brings jazz funk legends Shayna Steel and David Cook to the stage. OSU plays Oklahoma and the Drexel has it on the big screen. Crankdat comes to a very special LeBoom. Dance at Heatwave at Ace of Cups. The Gateway Film Center has another Sci-Fi Sleepover. The Delaware County Fair begins.
Sunday
Shop the Sunlight Market on Gay Street. Go inside beautiful homes and gardens during the Short North Tour of Homes & Gardens. Last day for the BIA Parade of Homes. Dine Originals Restaurant Week comes to a close. See the Origami in the Garden. Grove City hosts Arts in the Alley. Lineage Brewing hosts a Fall Yoga Series. It’s National Drive Electric week. Do the Hollywood Hustle 5K. Go on the Clintonville Homes Tour. The Peddler’s Picnic returns to North Market. Sneaker Freaks comes to the fairgrounds. Scioto Downs hosts a Craft Beer Fest. Watch the Central Ohio Paddle Fest. It’s the season finale of Olde Towne East’s Music in the Garden, featuring Luxury Brown. The Kitchen hosts a dinner and dance with Salty Lark Dance. Randy Mather and Jeanette Williams play the Harrison West Jazz Stage. Ringling Bros and Barnum and Bailey Circus host an Out of this World Skating Party at The Chiller Ice Rinks. Enjoy Black Dynamite and beers at Studio 35. There’s an artist talk in the Milo-Grogan Butterfly Garden. Shadowbox Live shows Schoolhouse Rock Live. Enjoy a concert in Frank Fetch Park.
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