Labor Day Weekend: 3 Things To Do In Columbus

COLUMBUS, OH — Looking for fun ways to spend your Labor Day weekend? There are lots of exciting events happening around Columbus on the Patch Calendar.

Explore Greek culture and food, rock out with Beethoven and a cold beer or purchase a unique piece of art created by a Columbus native.

Once you've carved out some time for celebration over the holiday weekend, learn how to post your own event to the Patch Calendar.

The Columbus Greek Festival

Celebrate the last days of summer with authentic souvlaki from the Columbus Greek Festival! This three-day affair features tons of traditional Greek fare, live music, vendors with unique clothes and home goods for sale and more. Tickets are $5 for adults and free for kids age 12 and younger.

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VIVO Music Festival

Make sure your Labor Day weekend has a killer soundtrack by checking out the Vivo Music Festival. Vivo boasts many classical music-themed events like Beer & Beethoven and Vivo Transfigured, which takes place at the Columbus Museum of Art. The festival is appropriate for all ages.

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Labor Day Arts Festival

Spend the holiday weekend at the 51st annual Labor Day Arts Festival. Each year more than 25,000 individuals from the Columbus and surrounding Ohio areas attend the event to celebrate with live performances, craft activities and unique artwork by 200 participating local artists. Admission to the festival is free.

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Want to post your next neighborhood event on the Patch? We want you to, too! No matter how big or small it may be, if it's local, it has a place on the Patch calendar.

Posting an event is as simple as 1, 2, 3. Here's how to do it:

1. Create a Patch account and sign up to post your own local content on Patch, totally free. It's probably the easiest thing you'll do all day.
2. Make a Calendar Event and fill it with all the awesome info that people need to add it to their list of things to do in their neighborhood. Choose a fun image to upload and most importantly, have fun with it! It's your event, and the possibilities are endless.
3. Post it on Patch! That's it. Get ready for RSVPs.

You can share your event for free to three Patches, or if you really want to get the community's attention, you can pay $20 to feature your event. When an event is featured, it receives priority placement on the local calendar as well as on your Patch's homepage, article pages and in the daily newsletter (if available) the week before the event.

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