Was ist los in Columbus, Vereinigte Staaten – übers Jahr

Hochbetrieb – Zoo Wildlights, Winter / Christmas break in Vereinigte Staaten

Im Januar beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Zoo Wildlights (20. Nov. – 5. Jan. (meist))

Viel los – Arnold Sports Festival

• Festival

  Arnold Sports Festival

  26. Feb. – 10. März · meistSporteventVollFrüh buchen

  Arnold Schwarzenegger's multi-sport festival takes over the convention centre for four days in early March, with bodybuilding, strongman and dozens of other sports. Downtown hotels sell out and prices jump. Quelle ↗

Hochbetrieb – Arnold Sports Festival, Spring break in Vereinigte Staaten

Im März beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Arnold Sports Festival (26. Feb. – 10. März (meist))

Viel los – Capital City Half Marathon

• Festival

  Capital City Half Marathon

  25. Apr.SporteventVoll

  Columbus's big spring race, a half and quarter marathon through downtown and German Village on a late-April Saturday morning. Expect road closures across the centre until midday. Quelle ↗

Viel los – The Memorial Tournament

• Festival

  The Memorial Tournament

  27. Mai – 8. Juni · meistSporteventVoll

  Jack Nicklaus's PGA Tour event at Muirfield Village in suburban Dublin, usually in the first week of June. Hotels on the north side fill with golf fans for the week. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Capital City Half Marathon (25. Apr.)

Hochbetrieb – The Memorial Tournament, Columbus Arts Festival

• Festival

  Columbus Arts Festival

  5.–16. Juni · meistVoll

  A free weekend on the downtown riverfront in mid-June with a couple of hundred artists' booths, three music stages and food stands on both banks of the Scioto. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: The Memorial Tournament (27. Mai – 8. Juni (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Red, White and Boom, Independence Day

• Festival

  Red, White and Boom

  3. JuliLichter & FeuerVollSchließungen

  The largest fireworks display in the Midwest, fired over the Scioto on the evening of the 3rd with a street festival along the Mile all day. Downtown parking is gone by mid-afternoon and the bridges close. Quelle ↗

• Feiertag

  Independence Day

  3.–5. JuliNationalfeiertagVollSchließungen

  The Fourth of July is a federal holiday: banks and government offices close, fireworks draw large crowds to parks and waterfronts after dark, and roads and flights are busy over the long weekend. Claim a viewing spot early. Quelle ↗

• Festival

  Ohio State Fair

  29. Juli – 9. Aug.Großes FestivalVoll

  Twelve days at the Expo Center at the turn of the month, one of the biggest state fairs in the country and the reason the north side is solid traffic for a fortnight. The butter cow is not optional. Quelle ↗

Hochbetrieb – Ohio State Fair, Ohio State football Saturdays

• Saison

  Ohio State football Saturdays

  28. Aug. – 30. Nov. · meistVollFrüh buchen

  On seven or eight autumn Saturdays a hundred thousand people fill the Horseshoe and the whole city wears scarlet. Hotel rates for those weekends are set a year out; the Michigan game at the end of November is the extreme. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Ohio State Fair (29. Juli – 9. Aug.)

Hochbetrieb – Ohio State football Saturdays, All American Quarter Horse Congress

• Festival

  All American Quarter Horse Congress

  26. Sep. – 24. Okt.SporteventVollFrüh buchen

  A month-long horse show at the Expo Center that quietly fills every hotel room within thirty miles from late September. Free to walk in, and the trade show is bigger than most county fairs. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Ohio State football Saturdays (28. Aug. – 30. Nov. (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Ohio State football Saturdays, All American Quarter Horse Congress

• Natur

  Fall colour

  10. Okt. – 5. Nov. · meistHerbstfärbung

  Central Ohio turns in the third and fourth weeks of October, and the Hocking Hills gorges an hour southeast are where people drive for it. Weekday mornings are the only time those trailheads have parking.

Läuft noch: Ohio State football Saturdays (28. Aug. – 30. Nov. (meist)), All American Quarter Horse Congress (26. Sep. – 24. Okt.)

Hochbetrieb – Ohio State football Saturdays, Zoo Wildlights

• Feiertag

  Zoo Wildlights

  20. Nov. – 5. Jan. · meistWeihnachten & NeujahrVollFrüh buchen

  The zoo strings several million lights and stays open into the evening from late November to the new year. Weekend slots need booking, and the animals mostly ignore the whole thing. Quelle ↗

• Feiertag

  Thanksgiving

  25.–29. Nov.NationalfeiertagVollSchließungen

  Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November, is the country's biggest travel holiday: airports and highways are at their busiest on the Wednesday before and the Sunday after, and on the day itself offices, banks and many shops close. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Ohio State football Saturdays (28. Aug. – 30. Nov. (meist)), Fall colour (10. Okt. – 5. Nov. (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Zoo Wildlights, Winter / Christmas break in Vereinigte Staaten

Im Dezember beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Zoo Wildlights (20. Nov. – 5. Jan. (meist)), Thanksgiving (25.–29. Nov.)