Editing Columbus, Ohio (section)

===Fairs and festivals===
[[File:Ohio State Fair Picture 1.JPG|thumb|The [[Ohio State Fair]] is held in late July to early August.]]
Annual festivities in Columbus include the [[Ohio State Fair]] – one of the largest state fairs in the country – as well as the Columbus Arts Festival and the Jazz & Rib Fest, both of which occur on the downtown riverfront.

In mid-May from 2007 to 2018, Columbus was home to Rock on the Range, which was held at [[Historic Crew Stadium]] and marketed as America's biggest rock festival. The festival, which took place on a Friday, Saturday and Sunday, has hosted Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Slipknot and other notable bands. In May 2019, it was officially replaced by the [[Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=info |url=https://www.thelantern.com/2018/11/first-ever-sonic-temple-art-music-festival-to-replace-rock-on-the-range/#:~:text=Sonic%20Temple%20Art%20%2B%20Music%20Festival%2C%20Columbus'%20newest%20concert%20and,at%20MAPFRE%20Stadium%20in%20May. |access-date=July 26, 2020 |website=thelantern.com |date=November 27, 2018 |archive-date=July 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704013659/https://www.thelantern.com/2018/11/first-ever-sonic-temple-art-music-festival-to-replace-rock-on-the-range/#:~:text=Sonic%20Temple%20Art%20%2B%20Music%20Festival%2C%20Columbus'%20newest%20concert%20and,at%20MAPFRE%20Stadium%20in%20May. |url-status=live }}</ref>

During the first weekend in June, the bars of Columbus's North Market District host the Park Street Festival, which attracts thousands of visitors to a massive party in bars and on the street. June's second-to-last weekend sees one of the Midwest's largest [[Pride parade|gay pride parades]], [[Columbus Pride]], reflecting the city's sizable gay population. During the last weekend of June, [[Goodale Park]] hosts [[ComFest]] (short for "Community Festival"), an immense three-day music festival marketed as the largest non-commercial festival in the U.S., with art vendors, live music on multiple stages, hundreds of local social and political organizations, [[body painting]] and beer.

The city's largest dining event, Restaurant Week Columbus, is held twice a year in mid-January and mid-July. In 2010, more than 40,000 diners went to 40 participating restaurants, and $5,000 (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US|value=5000|start_year=2010}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US}}) was donated the Mid-Ohio Foodbank on behalf of sponsors and participating restaurants.<ref>{{Cite web|date=June 9, 2022|title=Restaurant Week January 2023|url=https://614now.com/restaurant-week-jan-2023|access-date=December 26, 2022|website=614NOW|language=en-US|archive-date=December 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221226181135/https://614now.com/restaurant-week-jan-2023|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Around the [[Independence Day (United States)|Fourth of July]], Columbus hosts Red, White & Boom! on the Scioto riverfront downtown, attracting crowds of over 500,000 people and featuring the largest fireworks display in Ohio.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Budzak |first=Gary |title=Revelry is plentiful not too far away |newspaper=Columbus Dispatch |date=May 29, 2005 |url=http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/contentbe/dispatch/2005/05/29/20050529-H5-00.html |access-date=May 2, 2009}}{{dead link|date=June 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

[[The Short North]] is host to the monthly Gallery Hop, which attracts hundreds to the neighborhood's art galleries (which all open their doors to the public until late at night) and [[Street performance|street musicians]]. The Hilltop Bean Dinner is an annual event held on Columbus's West Side that celebrates the city's Civil War heritage near the historic Camp Chase Cemetery. At the end of September, [[German Village]] throws an annual [[Oktoberfest celebrations|Oktoberfest]] celebration that features German food, beer, music and crafts.

Columbus also hosts many conventions in the [[Greater Columbus Convention Center]], a large convention center on the north edge of downtown. Completed in 1993, the {{convert|1.8|e6sqft|m2|adj=on}} convention center was designed by architect [[Peter Eisenman]], who also designed the Wexner Center.<ref>{{cite web|last=Robison |first=Elwin |title=Eisenman's chip-board fantasy: The Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio |year=1994 |url=http://architronic.saed.kent.edu/v3n1/v3n1.05.html |access-date=September 25, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926210823/http://architronic.saed.kent.edu/v3n1/v3n1.05.html |archive-date=September 26, 2007  }}</ref>