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
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 | All That Remains | Bush | Good Charlotte | Yellowcard | The Ghost Inside | Dragonforce | Attila - The Band | Coal Chamber | Motion City Soundtrack | Rise Against | Godsmack | My Chemical Romance | Buckcherry | The Amity Affliction | Atreyu | The Word Alive | Megadeth | Bring Me The Horizon | Devildriver | The Wonder Years | Mayday Parade | Fozzy | Knuckle Puck | Motionless In White | Breaking Benjamin | Apocalyptica | Marilyn Manson | Chiodos | Simple Plan | Blessthefall | Whitechapel | Flyleaf | Anberlin | Pierce The Veil | Chelsea Grin | Black Veil Brides | In Flames | We Came As Romans | Story of the Year | Amon Amarth | The Used | Everclear | Black Label Society | Tool | Shinedown | Stone Temple Pilots | Daughtry | Palaye Royale | The Story So Far | Hinder | Sevendust | Static X | Dance Gavin Dance | Alter Bridge | P.O.D. | Carnifex | Behemoth | Hawthorne Heights | State Champs | crown the empire | Lamb Of God | New Found Glory | The Plot in You | Halestorm | Staind | All Time Low | Butcher Babies | Zakk Sabbath | The Offspring | August Burns Red | Thrice | The Architects | Powerman 5000 | Sepultura | Avatar | Cradle Of Filth | Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival | Saliva | L.S. Dunes | Napalm Death | Thornhill | Soil | Alestorm | Kublai Khan TX | Woe Is Me | Dope | A Skylit Drive | Public Enemy | CKY | Snot | From First to Last | Kreator | Wind Walkers | Mushroomhead | Suicidal Tendencies | Citizen | Slaughter To Prevail | Wind Rose | Suffocation | Dethklok | Polaris - Band | Jiluka | Brand of Sacrifice | Sublime - Band | Demon Hunter | Make Them Suffer | Bodysnatcher | Fleshgod Apocalypse | Signs of the Swarm | Dayseeker - Band | Magnolia Park | Paleface Swiss | cattle decapitation | Body Count | Holding Absence | Amira Elfeky | Catch Your Breath | Lorna Shore | Bloodywood | Eskimo Callboy | Biohazard | Tom Morello | Lit | The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus | Egypt Central | Thy Art Is Murder | Alpha Wolf | Carcass | Dying Fetus | Thrown | Senses Fail | Lacey Sturm | Nekrogoblikon | Drop Dead Gorgeous
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: Staind | Shinedown | The Offspring | 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: Megadeth | Godsmack | 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: The Texas Gentlemen | Ryan Bingham
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
Sat May 30, 2026
Breakaway Music Festival Ohio - Saturday
Venue: Historic Crew Stadium
Time: 4:00 PM
Featuring: Breakaway Music Festival
