Mark your calender for these festivals, where there is sure to be good eating!! For more information on Columbus events, food-related and otherwise, please visit the Experience Columbus website. Other Columbus bloggers may feel free to copy my list, the links will copy along. And now for a public service announcement: if you know anyone who might be in our country, er, without proper paperwork, or who doesn't speak English very well, ethnic festivals can be a good opportunity to take care of vital business such as meeting doctors and dentists, learning about public services, and finding banks and financial institutions that don't charge usury fees to send money back home.
May 20th - May Herb Festival
Gahanna Historical Society Complex
101 S. High St., Gahanna
May 27-28 Asian Festival
Franklin Park Conservatory *Don't forget it's Bloom & Butterflies now through September!!
1777 E. Broad St., Columbus
June 16-17 Festival Latino - where El Arepazo got its start
Bicentennial Park and Riverfront Amphitheater
Columbus
June 23-25 Comfest - one of the best festivals for lots of vegetarian food
Goodale Park
Corner of Goodale Boulevard and Park Street, Columbus
July 8-9 North Market Food and Ohio Wine Festival
North Market
59 Spruce St., Columbus
July 21-23 Columbus Jazz & Rib Fest
Downtown riverfront
Bicentennial Park and Genoa Park, Columbus
August 2-13 Ohio State Fair - in praise of all things fried. Even Twinkies.
Ohio Expo Center
717 E. 17th Ave., Columbus
August 4-6 Dublin Irish Festival
Coffman Park
5200 Emerald Pkwy., Dublin
September 1-4 Greek Festival
Greek Orthodox Cathedral
555 N. High St., Columbus
September 6-10 Reynoldsburg Tomato Festival
Civic Park
6800 Daugherty Dr., Reynoldsburg
September 29-October 1 Columbus Italian Festival
St. John the Baptist Italian Catholic Church
168 E. Lincoln St., Columbus
September 29-October 1 German Village Oktoberfest
German Village
Corner of South Grant and East Livingston Avenue, Columbus
October 15 India Festival
Veterans Memorial
300 W. Broad St., Columbus
October 18-October 21 Circleville Pumpkin Show
Downtown Circleville
Franklin Street, Circleville
November 4-5 Columbus International Festival
Veterans Memorial
300 W. Broad St., Columbus
