August Festivities!

August 10th- Columbus Fiery Food Truck Festival

• This event will showcase the fiery side of life with restaurants, hot sauce and salsa vendors, and exhibitors from around the country. Admission to the event includes two 12oz beers (or nonalcoholic beverages), a commemorative engraved fork, 6 spicy food samples from food trucks, and samples from their hot sauce and salsa vendors. There will be over 20 confirmed vendors along with eating-related contests as well! This festival also benefits CD102.5's Children's Charity. So while your sampling all things fiery at the festival, you're also helping contribute to a good cause!
  • Time: 2:00-10pm
  • Ticket Price: $25
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Fiery Food Truck Festival

August 13th- Taste the Future: Columbus State's Premier Culinary Event

• A tasty fundraiser that supports past, present, and future Columbus State students and the Columbus State Foundation. Expect to see over 50 central Ohio restaurants, caterers, and clubs serving unique samples of art (I mean food) while also enjoying drinks, music, education, and fun! The coolest part...almost all of the participating establishments have chefs that are either current or alumni students from Columbus State!
  • Time: 6:00-9:00pm
  • Ticket Price: $100
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Taste the Future

August 16th & 17th- Columbus Food Truck Festival

• This fun-filled food festival will be held in Bicentennial Park & Scioto Mile. It will have two stages of live music, and will have over 50 food trucks participating this year! The best part about this festival is that its FREE! 
  • Time: 11am-11pm both days!
  • Ticket Price: FREE!
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Columbus Food Truck Festival

August 17th & 18th- Wonderbus Music & Arts Festival

• The Ohio State University and Wonderbus have partnered up in creating a two day music festival with a ton of awesome performers, like Walk The Moon, The Revivalists, Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals, X Ambassadors, and MANY MANY more amazing artists! The best part about this festival is that it will benefit The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center's Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health! This festival was created to open up new dialogue, using music and community to breakdown the stigma of misunderstood mental illnesses. 
  • Time: 12pm-11pm Saturday | 12pm-10pm Sunday
  • Ticket Price: Single Day GA $89 | Full-Weekend $110
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Wonderbus

​​August 24th- Columbus Summer Wine Festival

• Enjoy over 20 confirmed wine vendors to sip and sample in the Columbus Commons, while enjoying entertainment such as artisan exhibits, food trucks, specialty food items, and live music! Each ticket includes 10 samples of wine AND a wine glass! #winning
  • Time: 2pm-10pm
  • Ticket Price: $25
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Summer Wine Festival

August 24th- Flavored Nation

• Food lovers unite! (But come hungry) because Flavored Nation brings together America's most iconic state dishes along with award-winning chefs from across the country to showcase for this ultimate foodie event! Everything at this quality event will not only be prepared onsite, but guests will also be given opportunities to watch top-chefs create their iconic dishes right in front of them! Each ticket includes a one-day access pay to the event, 10 food samples, and 6 drink tickets.Fellow foodies, we need to thank Gatehouse Live Events & Promotions, Dispatch Media Group, and Cameron Mitchell Restaurants for coming together to create such a wonderful showcase! The Dispatch Media Group has created some pretty awesome events in the past such as the Home & Garden show and Wedding show, and wanted to be a part of a food event that was unique and unlike any other!  On top of that, Cameron Mitchell Premier Events will be at the event to support all 50 chefs while ensuring that they are equipped with the proper tools and ingredients to serve all guests attending the event! CMPE will also be providing insight on demonstrations in the culinary arts, which is an opportunity you won't want to miss! A portion of the proceeds from Flavored Nation will benefit the soon to be open, Mitchell Hall at Columbus State Community College. Mitchell Hall, named after Cameron Mitchell, is a new Hospitality Management and Culinary Arts building that is going to double the enrollment capacity of both of those programs at CSCC!
  • Time: 11am-4pm both days!
  • Ticket Price: Advanced tickets are $45 per day for adults or you can purchase at the door for $55!
    • Kids tickets are $15 per day. 
    • For a discounted rate, use my promo code: "TROLL" at checkout!
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Flavored Nation!

September 6th- A&F Challenge

• I know this isn't an August event, but this is a fest you'll want to put down in your calendar ASAP!Music Fest meets fundraiser. Abercrombie & Fitch throws a seriously fun party that benefits SeriousFun Children's Network! Their line up this year will feature Galantis, Misterwives, Arizona, and Greyson Chance! There will be unlimited festival-friendly eats, kid-approved snacks, and delicious adult beverages! Between headlining bands, local food and drinks, and activities for every age... you are bound to enjoy the party while contributing to to a great cause! Last year, The A&F Challenge raised more than $19 million to date to benefit SeriousFun, which is an organization that is made up by a global community of camps and programs serving kids with serious illnesses and their families, at no cost to them! Besides the fact that this festival is benefiting an awesome cause, The A&F Challenge is a glamp (glamour meets camp) theme festival filled with activities, unlimited food and drinks, live music, and variety of food trucks and vendors to explore! And you get a cool t-shirt with your admission!
  • Time: 5pm-11pm
  • Ticket Price: $75 for adults & $25 for kids
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A&F Challenge