In the same fashion as its Asian counterpart, Festival Latino condenses a continent’s culture into one jam-packed weekend. There are international and local dance academies, Central Ohio pipe and drum bands, local acts like the Drowsy Lads and well-known touring bands like Gaelic Storm and the Red Hot Chilli Pipers.

urban-scrawl.htmlīring your stompin’ boots to the Dublin Irish Festival, which hosts more than 535 performers during three days in Coffman Park. Now the festival is a centerpiece of one of the city’s most vibrant artistic communities, and each year dozens of artists create murals on-site at 400 West Rich to further that beautification. When Urban Scrawl was created in 2007, the concept of the Franklinton Arts District as a vehicle for attracting interest in the downtrodden neighborhood was still on the horizon. This year, the fest at the Wexner Center and the Hyatt Regency will include workshops, speeches, screenings of 40 films and The Next 15 Minutes: Inky Futures 2019 series, which presents live dramatic readings of the first 15 minutes of original screenplays from four contest winners in the Afrofuturism genre. The goal of the Black International Film Festival is to elevate the work of black filmmakers and push for increased diversity in the Columbus arts scene. This month’s offerings include 1996’s cult favorite “The Craft” on Aug. Drive-ins have largely gone extinct, save for one on the South Side, but the Wex Drive-In keeps a pedestrian-friendly version alive on Ohio State’s campus.

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