The General Planning Committee (GPC) is the hub of the entire festival. This is where all the subcommittees convene and work together to do the hard work of the Community Festival year-around. All GPC meetings are open to the public.
If you want to get involved with ComFest, but aren’t really sure how you want to help, this is a great place to get started! Come to a meeting, and tell us your interests. We know there is a place in our community for you.
All meetings are held in the Goodale Park residence house, on the north end of the shelter house building. You can find our meeting schedule on the right-hand sidebar on this website, towards the bottom.
We hope to see you at the next meeting!
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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.
Pleaseclick hereto keep the “Party with a Purpose” going strong. Have a great ComFest.
