Fri May 1, 2026
Columbus Jazz Orchestra: Paul Loren - The Loren Lounge
Venue: Southern Theatre
Time: 7:00 PM
Featuring: Columbus Jazz Orchestra | The Loren Lounge | Paul Loren
Columbus Symphony: Orff - Triumph of Aphrodite
Venue: Ohio Theatre - Columbus
Time: 7:30 PM
Featuring: Columbus Symphony Orchestra | Orff - Triumph of Aphrodite
The Rock Orchestra By Candlelight
Venue: Palace Theatre Columbus
Time: 8:00 PM
Featuring: The Rock Orchestra: An Evening of The Who | The Rock Orchestra By Candlelight
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: Columbus Jazz Orchestra | The Loren Lounge | Paul Loren
Sun May 3, 2026
Columbus Jazz Orchestra: Paul Loren - The Loren Lounge
Venue: Southern Theatre
Time: 3:00 PM
Featuring: Columbus Jazz Orchestra | The Loren Lounge | Paul Loren
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
All Your Friends: The Indie Party
Venue: Skully's Music Diner
Time: 9:30 PM
Featuring: Various Artists
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
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: Black Veil Brides | Anberlin | Buckcherry | We Came As Romans | Pierce The Veil | crown the empire | Whitechapel | Black Label Society | P.O.D. | Rise Against | August Burns Red | Butcher Babies | Thrice | My Chemical Romance | The Offspring | Coheed and Cambria | Hinder | Blessthefall | The Used | The Plot in You | Atreyu | Breaking Benjamin | In Flames | New Found Glory | Amon Amarth | The Story So Far | All Time Low | Sevendust | Motionless In White | Story of the Year | Motion City Soundtrack | Bring Me The Horizon | Alter Bridge | Chelsea Grin | Dragonforce | Stone Temple Pilots | Megadeth | Halestorm | Good Charlotte | Mayday Parade | Yellowcard | Daughtry | The Word Alive | Flyleaf | Static X | Godsmack | Tool | All That Remains | Fozzy | Knuckle Puck | Staind | Lamb Of God | Apocalyptica | Everclear | Dance Gavin Dance | The Amity Affliction | Zakk Sabbath | Chiodos | The Wonder Years | State Champs | Devildriver | Simple Plan | Hawthorne Heights | Coal Chamber | Carnifex | Palaye Royale | The Ghost Inside | Behemoth | Shinedown | Marilyn Manson | Bush | Attila - The Band | Sepultura | Powerman 5000 | The Architects | Cradle Of Filth | Avatar | Catch Your Breath | Dope | Suffocation | Saliva | Biohazard | Public Enemy | Tom Morello | Thy Art Is Murder | Lacey Sturm | Senses Fail | L.S. Dunes | Napalm Death | From First to Last | Wind Walkers | Drop Dead Gorgeous | cattle decapitation | Thornhill | Eskimo Callboy | Carcass | Kreator | Signs of the Swarm | Alestorm | Alpha Wolf | Nekrogoblikon | The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus | Dethklok | Woe Is Me | Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival | A Skylit Drive | Lit | Bloodywood | Thrown | Polaris - Band | Magnolia Park | Make Them Suffer | Mushroomhead | Jiluka | Slaughter To Prevail | Body Count | Brand of Sacrifice | Citizen | Snot | Sublime - Band | Bodysnatcher | Holding Absence | Dayseeker - Band | Suicidal Tendencies | Egypt Central | Amira Elfeky | Lorna Shore | Wind Rose | Demon Hunter | Kublai Khan TX | Soil | Fleshgod Apocalypse | Paleface Swiss | CKY | Dying Fetus
Emo Night Karaoke - Afterparty!
Venue: Rumba Cafe
Time: 11:00 PM
Featuring: Emo Night Karaoke - Afterparty!
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
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: Godsmack | Megadeth | Tool | Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival
Candlelight: Tribute to The Beatles
Venue: Columbus Museum of Art
Time: 6:30 PM
Featuring: Candlelight: Tribute to The Beatles
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 | DJ Pee .Wee (AKA Anderson .Paak) | Leon Thomas
Thu May 21, 2026
Two Dykes and a Mic
Venue: Funny Bone Comedy Club - Columbus
Time: 7:00 PM
Featuring: Two Dykes and a Mic
Fri May 22, 2026
Sat May 23, 2026
Ryan Bingham & The Texas Gentlemen
Venue: KEMBA Live!
Time: 8:00 PM
Featuring: Ryan Bingham | The Texas Gentlemen
Wed May 27, 2026
Emerson Woolf and The Wishbones
Venue: Rumba Cafe
Time: 7:30 PM
Featuring: Emerson Woolf and the Wishbones
Thu May 28, 2026
Fri May 29, 2026
Breakaway Music Festival Ohio - 2 Day Pass
Venue: Historic Crew Stadium
Time: To Be Announced
Featuring: Breakaway Music Festival
Breakaway Music Festival Ohio - Friday
Venue: Historic Crew Stadium
Time: 4:00 PM
Featuring: Breakaway Music Festival
Megan Moroney
Venue: Value City Arena at The Schottenstein Center
Time: 7:00 PM
Featuring: Megan Moroney
