Community Festival

Community Festival Community Festival 2026
Fri. June 26th
Sat. June 27th
Sun. June 28th
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comfest.com Ohio - virtually in 2020 & 2021.

The Community Festival (aka ComFest) is a large, free, non-corporate, music and arts annual festival held at Goodale Park in the Short North area of Columbus. The festival relies on community members to work together in the planning and operation of the festival serving on committees and work teams including clean-up and recycling, safety and first aid, entertainment, street fair, kids art, archi

ves, and more. The festival was first held in 1972 as a showcase for a collection of community organizations including the Columbus Free Press, Free Health Clinic, Food Co-op, Tenants Union, Crisis Hotline, and Recycling Center. The festival continues to provide a forum for alternative lifestyles and collective activity. Beer from The Columbus Brewing Company is sold in large, colorful mugs to fund the cost of the festival itself and to raise money for community projects and grants. All tips from the beer booths go to homeless shelters. To learn more about the festival and our grants program, please visit comfest.com

06/23/2026

It’s the vibe! The Neal Havener Band joins us Saturday at 2 p.m. Gazebo stage!

2026 drink options!
06/21/2026

2026 drink options!

Non-alcoholic drink options will be available at all 3 bars!
06/21/2026

Non-alcoholic drink options will be available at all 3 bars!

06/16/2026

Chocolate OVRlode! Friday, June 26. 10 p.m. Silent Disco!

06/15/2026

Happy ComFest!
Welcome to Community Festival 2026! For 54 years, ComFest has been the progressive heartbeat of Columbus and central Ohio.

ComFest is a free event, powered by Community and sustained without corporate sponsors. Featuring the very best local music, progressive political activism and community organizing, local artisans and craftspeople and your favorite summer foods, ComFest brings the community together.

ComFest has nurtured the Columbus arts and entertainment scene, nourished small businesses, energized generations of community activists, and positioned progressive ideals front and center in our growing city.

The costs to put on this extraordinary event increase every year. Whether its permits, safety and security, trash and recycling supplies, stages and sound equipment, libations or any number of expenses, the costs of putting on this free and all volunteer weekend continue to outrun the revenues.

We’d like to take a moment to ask you to consider supporting ComFest financially. Now more than ever, this unique and vital event must be here for the next generation of ComFesters and your support can ensure the legacy begun 54 years ago lives on.

Thank you for being here: For volunteering, for supporting local music, for purchasing ComFest beverages, for shopping at Street Fair, and for signing up to protect the principles and values we all stand and fight for.

Please consider donating to keep the “Party with a Purpose” going strong.
Have a great ComFest.

https://www.comfest.com/donate/

06/12/2026

These kids are alright! Don’t miss the Columbus Cultural Orchestra. 12:45 pm Sunday, June 28. Live Arts Stage!

06/11/2026

Red Healer! Coming to a gazebo near you. Friday, June 26. 9 pm.

06/08/2026

30-plus years of vending at ComFest for these two! And this year, Linda & Chris have something special in store. Can’t wait to see you at “the best frickin’ festival in the world,” 60 Watt Bulb Productions! 💡 📸 💍

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120 W Goodale Street
Columbus, OH
43215

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