Fri May 1, 2026
Columbus Jazz Orchestra: Paul Loren - The Loren Lounge
Venue: Southern Theatre
Time: 7:00 PM
Featuring: The Loren Lounge | Paul Loren | Columbus Jazz Orchestra
Columbus Symphony: Orff - Triumph of Aphrodite
Venue: Ohio Theatre - Columbus
Time: 7:30 PM
Featuring: Orff - Triumph of Aphrodite | Columbus Symphony Orchestra
The Rock Orchestra By Candlelight
Venue: Palace Theatre Columbus
Time: 8:00 PM
Featuring: The Rock Orchestra By Candlelight | The Rock Orchestra: An Evening of The Who
Martin Lawrence
Venue: Mershon Auditorium At Wexner Center For The Arts
Time: 8:00 PM
Featuring: Martin Lawrence
Sat May 2, 2026
Columbus Jazz Orchestra: Paul Loren - The Loren Lounge
Venue: Southern Theatre
Time: 7:00 PM
Featuring: The Loren Lounge | Paul Loren | Columbus Jazz Orchestra
Sun May 3, 2026
Columbus Jazz Orchestra: Paul Loren - The Loren Lounge
Venue: Southern Theatre
Time: 3:00 PM
Featuring: The Loren Lounge | Paul Loren | Columbus Jazz Orchestra
Candlelight: Tribute to Queen
Venue: Columbus Museum of Art
Time: 6:30 PM
Featuring: Candlelight: A Tribute to Queen
Candlelight: Tribute to Fleetwood Mac
Venue: Columbus Museum of Art
Time: 8:45 PM
Featuring: Candlelight: Tribute to Fleetwood Mac
Mon May 4, 2026
The Black Keys
Venue: Mershon Auditorium At Wexner Center For The Arts
Time: 7:30 PM
Featuring: The Black Keys
Tue May 5, 2026
The Black Keys
Venue: Mershon Auditorium At Wexner Center For The Arts
Time: 7:30 PM
Featuring: The Black Keys
Wed May 6, 2026
Funniest Person In Columbus Contest
Venue: Funny Bone Comedy Club - Columbus
Time: 7:00 PM
Featuring: Funniest Person In Columbus Contest
Thu May 7, 2026
Fri May 8, 2026
Sat May 9, 2026
Sun May 10, 2026
Mother's Day Comedy Show
Venue: Funny Bone Comedy Club - Columbus
Time: 5:30 PM
Featuring: Mother's Day Comedy Show
Tue May 12, 2026
Patrick Warburton
Venue: Funny Bone Comedy Club - Columbus
Time: 7:00 PM
Featuring: Patrick Warburton
Wed May 13, 2026
Thu May 14, 2026
Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival: My Chemical Romance, Shinedown, Bring Me The Horizon, & Tool - 4 Day Pass
Venue: Historic Crew Stadium
Time: To Be Announced
Featuring: Coheed and Cambria | Behemoth | Flyleaf | The Amity Affliction | Sevendust | Mayday Parade | Bush | Tool | P.O.D. | Knuckle Puck | Coal Chamber | Marilyn Manson | Buckcherry | All Time Low | New Found Glory | August Burns Red | Everclear | Bring Me The Horizon | Simple Plan | In Flames | All That Remains | Daughtry | Breaking Benjamin | Attila - The Band | Dance Gavin Dance | Chiodos | Zakk Sabbath | Story of the Year | Rise Against | Thrice | Atreyu | Hinder | crown the empire | My Chemical Romance | The Used | Chelsea Grin | Yellowcard | Stone Temple Pilots | Hawthorne Heights | The Story So Far | Lamb Of God | The Word Alive | Apocalyptica | Static X | Motionless In White | Halestorm | Blessthefall | Good Charlotte | The Wonder Years | Anberlin | Dragonforce | State Champs | Carnifex | Black Veil Brides | Godsmack | The Plot in You | Amon Amarth | Staind | Pierce The Veil | Whitechapel | Black Label Society | The Offspring | Motion City Soundtrack | Devildriver | Fozzy | The Ghost Inside | Shinedown | Megadeth | Butcher Babies | We Came As Romans | Alter Bridge | Palaye Royale | Avatar | Sepultura | The Architects | Powerman 5000 | Cradle Of Filth | Alpha Wolf | Demon Hunter | Snot | Fleshgod Apocalypse | Suicidal Tendencies | Tom Morello | Dayseeker - Band | Slaughter To Prevail | Jiluka | CKY | Suffocation | Senses Fail | Make Them Suffer | Thy Art Is Murder | Nekrogoblikon | Citizen | Sublime - Band | Saliva | Magnolia Park | Thrown | Eskimo Callboy | Napalm Death | Holding Absence | Alestorm | Lorna Shore | Brand of Sacrifice | Egypt Central | A Skylit Drive | Lit | Bodysnatcher | Thornhill | Dying Fetus | Public Enemy | Mushroomhead | cattle decapitation | Woe Is Me | Body Count | Drop Dead Gorgeous | Catch Your Breath | Wind Walkers | The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus | Bloodywood | Polaris - Band | Lacey Sturm | Wind Rose | Dope | L.S. Dunes | From First to Last | Signs of the Swarm | Carcass | Amira Elfeky | Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival | Paleface Swiss | Kublai Khan TX | Biohazard | Dethklok | Soil | Kreator
Fri May 15, 2026
Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival: Shinedown, The Offspring, & Staind - Friday
Venue: Historic Crew Stadium
Time: 11:00 AM
Featuring: The Offspring | Staind | Shinedown | Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival
Emo Night Karaoke - Afterparty!
Venue: Rumba Cafe
Time: 11:00 PM
Featuring: Emo Night Karaoke - Afterparty!
Sat May 16, 2026
ProMusica Chamber Orchestra: Copland & Shostakovich
Venue: Southern Theatre
Time: 7:00 PM
Featuring: Shostakovich | ProMusica Chamber Orchestra | Copland
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd Tribute
Venue: KEMBA Live!
Time: 8:00 PM
Featuring: Wish You Were Here
Emo Night Karaoke - Afterparty!
Venue: Rumba Cafe
Time: 11:00 PM
Featuring: Emo Night Karaoke - Afterparty!
Sun May 17, 2026
Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival: Tool, Godsmack, & Megadeth - Sunday
Venue: Historic Crew Stadium
Time: 11:00 AM
Featuring: Tool | Megadeth | Godsmack | Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival
ProMusica Chamber Orchestra: Copland & Shostakovich
Venue: Southern Theatre
Time: 7:00 PM
Featuring: ProMusica Chamber Orchestra
Candlelight: Neo-Soul Favorites
Venue: Columbus Museum of Art
Time: 8:45 PM
Featuring: Candlelight: Neo-Soul Favorites
Mon May 18, 2026
Tue May 19, 2026
Wed May 20, 2026
Good Company Wedding Band Showcase
Venue: Woodlands Tavern
Time: 7:00 PM
Featuring: Good Company Wedding Band Showcase
Alexander Nezlobin
Venue: Funny Bone Comedy Club - Columbus
Time: 7:00 PM
Featuring: Alexander Nezlobin
Bruno Mars, Leon Thomas & DJ Pee.Wee
Venue: Ohio Stadium
Time: 7:00 PM
Featuring: Bruno Mars | Anderson .Paak | Leon Thomas | DJ Pee .Wee (AKA Anderson .Paak)
Thu May 21, 2026
Candlelight: The Best of Joe Hisaishi
Venue: Columbus Museum of Art
Time: 6:30 PM
Featuring: Candlelight: The Best of Joe Hisaishi
Two Dykes and a Mic
Venue: Funny Bone Comedy Club - Columbus
Time: 7:00 PM
Featuring: Two Dykes and a Mic
Candlelight: 90s Unplugged
Venue: Short North Church
Time: 8:45 PM
Featuring: Candlelight: 90s Unplugged
