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The OTE Jazz Festival joins over 1000+ cities in 70 different countries to celebrate Play on the Porch Music Day! Get ready for ultimate summer jazz experience right here in Olde Towne East. 

Bring a chair or a blanket and stroll around the streets of grand Victorian homes in what was once the city’s affluent Silk Stocking District, and enjoy all kinds of music being performed on multiple neighborhood porches, patios, and lawns. A map of with the location of stops, names of acts, and schedule will be available in advance online as well as hard copies the day of the event.

The OSU Center for the Study of Religion invites you to an evening of religious sound and music. This community-building event will feature instrumental and vocal performances from individuals, community groups, religious organizations and additional friends, all sharing an example of musical or sonic practice from their tradition. 

Plot Twist! Columbus's Premiere Sober Burlesque Revue is back on August 1st, with a captivating cast of performers, including...

Honey B. Thicke!

Janeé Divine!

Manifest!

Nasty!

and, making her Columbus debut, Valencia Mischief!

With special guest appearances from Crop Failure and Ramona Rocket, and music by DJ Blastiiid!

Featured vendor, Vivienne's Cottagecore Cookies, will be on-hand selling her delicious all gluten-free, all nut-free cookies.

Leading up to Independence Day, The Pinkerton Raid’s songwriter Jesse James DeConto will release “The Fight for Freedom was in VOGUE,” about Lee Miller, Solange D’Ayen and the Parisian artists who stood up to the Nazi occupation in the ways they knew how. “VOGUE” is among a series of narrative-driven resistance singles from his upcoming full-length album, IF YOU LOVE SOMEBODY, TELL THEM, singing his story as a dad trying to hold onto hope and imagine a future for his kids in the face of American fascism and climate catastrophe. 

On June 14, join us for Rise Up, Sing Out: A Concert for the First Amendment — an uplifting evening of music, community, and action. Hosted by the Committee for the First Amendment (CFA), this special livestream event will feature an all-star lineup including Jane Fonda, Patti Smith, Bette Midler, Rufus Wainwright, Joy Reid, Wilson Cruz, Broadway Inspirational Voices, and more.

The Columbus Gay Men’s Chorus (“CGMC”), central Ohio’s premiere TTBB vocal organization, is proud to announce its annual Pride Month concert, “Ancient Gods,” happening on June 13th and 14th, 2026 at the Riffe Center Davidson Theatre.

Members of CGMC are truly embracing the theme by donning period costumes. “The gays love to dress up, and our singers are getting to wear togas, gladiator outfits and Grecian-inspired dresses. It's a fun time for us to put music to this fun time in human history,” Bollenbacher said.