The fairgrounds fest runs Sept. 11-13 with free admission, a new cocktail lounge and a 508-pound stone lift.

Vincent Mason and Emily Ann Roberts open for the country star at Ohio State's arena on Friday night.

Lantern-lit tours through Columbus's capitol return this fall, with tickets priced at $16 and a free trick-or-treat walkthrough for kids.

Over 300 vintage athletes from Indiana, Michigan and Missouri descend on Westerville Sports Complex, playing by 1860 rules with no gloves, no balls and strikes.

Columbus police host a downtown auto show Sunday featuring a custom police-themed Ferrari 488 Spider.

Willie Nelson Mandela and Clubber Lang headline Friday as the free four-day festival returns to Fortress Obetz for its 39th year.

Freshwater Farms marks its 24th annual harvest bash across three September Saturdays, with a six-foot sturgeon touch tank stealing the show.

The century-old former Allen Tool Co. building near downtown Springfield will house vintage arcade games, golf simulators and sushi under one roof.

Five central Ohio acts get the arena spotlight before Caamp's hometown show, with cornhole, food trucks, and a Music Columbus 10th-anniversary bash.

A free two-day pop-up at Polaris Fashion Place features a life-sized poop-sweep game and exclusive merch as the virtual pet turns 30.

Nerdcore Summer Camp lands at Old North Columbus's Spacebar this weekend, with scavenger hunts, campfire ghost stories and Mayor Wertz on the bill.

A Hilliard software engineer built the free NFL roster game in a single night, and it now spans nine sports.

A dynamite rhino-themed truck and a flame-spewing robot dinosaur headline three Columbus shows this weekend, with tickets starting under $21.