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Community Festival

June 26-28, 2026

Getting to ComFest

Bike & Use the Bike Corral

Go Green - ride your bicycle to ComFest! Forget about the hassle of parking and the price of gas. Pedal your way to better health and a healthier planet.

VALET BIKE PARKING ONLY $1

Hours:

Friday: 10 AM - Midnight

Saturday: 9:30 AM - Midnight

Sunday: 9:30 AM - 10 PM

You can find the bike corral at Dennison and Buttles Avenues, on the northwest corner of Goodale Park.

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Take the COTA BUS

In addition to COTA’s regular service, the following additional service will be provided during the weekend of ComFest:

Friday, 6 p.m. - 12 a.m.:
Additional buses will operate between High/Rich Streets downtown & High/Hudson.

Saturday, 6 p.m. - 12 a.m.:
Additional buses will operate between High/Rich Streets downtown & High/Hudson.

Sunday, 4 p.m. - 10 p.m.:
Additional buses will operate between High/Rich Streets downtown & High/Hudson.

Local one way fare is $2.00. Drivers do not carry change.
FOR MORE information, call COTA (228-1776), visit the Transit Info Center (60 E Broad), or log on to www.cota.com & try the route planner.

Need to Drive?

We generally do not suggest that anyone drive to the festival. ComFest has no official parking space for volunteers or attendees. If you must drive, please note where you can and cannot park.

DON'T Park Here (You'll be towed!):

  • Don't park up the neighborhood
  • Don't park in the Liquor Store at Thurber Village (noted as B on the map to the left)
  • Don't park at the North Market before 5 PM
COTAmap

COTA Routes:

#2 - N High - E Main
#3 - NW Blvd - W Mound, Fri - Sat only
#4 - Indianola - Parsons
#5 - W 5th Ave
#7 - Neil Ave - Whittier
#8 - Hamilton Ave - Frebis
#18 - Kenny Rd
#19 - Arlington/Grandview, Fri only

Parking Lots

C. Surface Lot: Enter on Kilbourne, pay (cash only) into numbered box slot
D. Surface Lot: Enter from Vine St - $3/day rate
E. North Market - DO NOT park before 5 PM
F. Surface Lot: Convention Center
G. Enter from South side of E Goodale St
H. Surface Lot: Convention Center - Enter from E Nationwide Blvd
I. Garage - Convention Center - Enter from E Nationwide Blvd
J. Surface Lot - Enter on Nationwide
K. Nationwide Arena Garage
L. Enter on Front St, North of Nationwide
M. Nationwide Garage
N. Arena Grand / Marconi Garage
O. Nationwide / Chestnut Garage
P. Convention Center Garage
Q. Neil Ave Garage
R. Neil & Broadbelt Surface Lot
S. Jeffrey Place - Corner of N 4th St & 1st Ave.

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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.

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