Join us in celebrating the return of the Columbus Arts Festival for the 61st year, at the downtown riverfront.

Schedule:

Friday, June 9

Genoa Park Main Stage

11:00am - 11:30am - Oniya Divine - Dance Belly Dance

11:45am - 12:15pm - Cultivate Dance Project - Dance Modern

12:30pm - 1:00pm - LeXircus - Dance - Other

1:15pm - 1:45pm - Grandview Bella Tappers - Dance - Tap Dance

2:00pm - 3:00pm - Gaetano’s Jazz Trio - Music - Jazz

3:30pm - 4:30pm - Vivid Garden - Music - Pop/Rock

5:00pm - 6:00pm - The Roots Society - Music - Reggae

6:30pm - 7:30pm - Lily Bloom - Music - Other

8:00pm - 8:45pm - Fashion as Art Runway Show - Fashion - Fashion

9:00pm - 10:30pm - MojoFlo - Music - Musical Performance

Big Local Arts Stage

11:00am - 12:00pm - Chris Gatton - Music - Acoustic

12:30pm - 1:30pm - Folquinox - Music -Rock

2:00pm - 3:00pm - Doug Hare - Music - Alternative

3:30pm - 4:30pm - Andy Shaw Band - Music - Rock

5:00pm - 6:00pm - Eastwood - Music - Other

6:30pm - 7:30pm - Conversion Delay - Music - Rock

8:00pm - 9:00pm - Fedd Up - Music - Rock

9:30pm - 10:30pm - Laveer - Music - Pop/Rock

Word Is Art & Acoustic Lounge

12:00pm - 1:00pm - Starlit Ways - Music - Acoustic

2:00pm - 4:00pm - Bold Voices: Contemporary and Traditional Storytellers - Word is Art - Storytelling

4:30pm - 5:30pm - Kristin Gramza - Music - Acoustic

5:30pm - 6:30pm - Friday Night Poets - Word is Art - Poetry

6:30pm - 7:30pm - Backwall Poets - Word is Art - Poetry

7:30pm - 9:00pm - The Black Women Rise Poetry Collective - Word is Art - Poetry

Saturday, June 10

Genoa Park Main Stage

11:00am - 11:30am - Maela Belly Dance - Dance - Belly Dance

11:45am - 12:15pm - Oyo Dance Company - Dance - Other

12:30pm - 1:00pm - CCT (Columbus Children’s Theatre) - Theatre - Musical Performance  

1:15pm - 1:45pm - WhirlWind Dance Corp - Dance - Other  

2:00pm - 2:30pm - Mahana Productions - Dance - World
 
3:00pm - 3:45pm - Global Water Dances Columbus - Dance - World

4:00pm - 5:00pm - TRANSIT ARTS Performance Group - Dance - Hip-Hop

5:00pm - 6:00pm - Dynamo Fuzz - Music - Rock

6:30pm - 7:30pm - Morning Theft - Music - Rock
 
8:00pm - 9:00pm - Ghost Shirt- Music

9:30pm - 10:30pm - Dehd - Music - Alternative

Big Local Arts Stage

11:00am - 12:00pm - Snack Time - Music - Other

12:30pm - 1:30pm - The Labra Brothers - Music - World Music/New Age

2:00pm - 3:00pm - Whitley Jean & The Attic Cats - Music - Alternative

4:00pm - 5:00pm - The Fifth House - Music - Alternative

5:30pm - 6:30pm - Red Healer - Music - Rock

7:00pm - 8:30pm - The Deeptones - Music - Funk
 
9:00pm - 10:30pm - Funk City Show Band - Music - Funk

Word Is Art & Acoustic Lounge

11:00am - 12:00pm - Flip the Page - Word is Art - Fiction

12:00pm - 1:00pm - Chaz & Nicki - Music - Acoustic

1:00pm - 2:00pm - Poets’ Corner - Word is Art - Poetry

2:00pm - 3:00pm - Works Of Freedom - Word is Art - Storytelling

3:00pm - 4:00pm - Eat Our Words (EOW) -  Word is Art - Poetry

4:30pm - 5:30pm - OG Players - Music - Hip-Hop

5:30pm - 6:30pm - Poets’ Showcase - Word is Art - Poetry

6:30pm - 7:30pm - Skaters Gonna Skate: Stories of Fun on Wheels - Word is Art - Storytelling

7:30pm - 9:00pm - Writers’ Block Poetry Night - Word is Art - Poetry

Sunday, June 11

Genoa Park Main Stage

11:00am - 11:30am - It’s All Been Done Radio Hour - Theatre - Non-Musical Performance

11:45am - 12:15pm - Columbus Modern (CoMo) Dance Company - Dance - Modern

12:30pm - 1:00pm - New Vision Dance Company - Dance - Jazz

1:00pm - 1:30pm - New Albany Middle School - Theatre - Musical Performance

1:45pm - 2:15pm - TruKingdom Mega Crew - Dance - Hip-Hop

2:30pm - 3:00pm - OSU Hillel Folk Dancers - Dance - Folk

3:30pm - 5:00pm - Copacetic - Music - Jazz

Big Local Arts Stage

11:00am - 12:00pm - Perennial Rye - Music - Americana

12:30pm - 1:30pm - Molly Winters - Music - Americana

2:00pm - 3:00pm - Honey & Blue - Music - Other

3:30pm - 4:30pm - All Powerful Sungoddess - Music - Folk

Word Is Art & Acoustic Lounge

11:00am - 12:00pm - Flip the Page - Word is Art - Fiction

12:00pm - 1:00pm - (Everything is) Cells and Bodies: Ohio Migration Anthology, Vol. 2 -  Word is Art - Storytelling

1:00pm - 2:00pm - Tony Hagood - Music - Jazz

2:00pm - 3:30pm - Perfect Prose: Fiction & Nonfiction - Word is Art -  Fiction

Date: June 9-11, 2023

Location: downtown riverfront

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