📆 The Best Things To Do in Columbus This Month

Plus: 🇵🇷 One Of Columbus’ Most Requested Flight Destinations Is Finally Getting A Nonstop Route

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Chelsea Wiley
June 05, 2026

Sponsored by the Dublin Irish Festival 🇮🇪
The Dublin Irish Festival schedule is now live, so you can start mapping out your weekend before you get there. You can check set times, stage lineups, and activities online or through the festival app, which also lets you build a custom schedule and view maps. If you’re going, it’s probably worth downloading before you head out so you’re not figuring it out on the fly. For more info, head over to dublinirishfestival.org.

Hello, Friday! Chelsea, here.

June has officially arrived, and Columbus is wasting absolutely no time. From Pride celebrations and the Columbus Arts Festival to outdoor concerts, major sporting events, comedy shows, and one very glamorous Bridgerton-inspired masquerade ball, this month is packed with reasons to get out of the house. We've rounded up the best things happening around the city in June so you can start filling up your calendar.

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🐞 Giant Bug Sculptures Are Taking Over Franklin Park Conservatory This Summer
Bugs are about to get a lot bigger at Franklin Park Conservatory. A new outdoor exhibition features massive insect sculptures crafted from reclaimed wood, turning the gardens into a larger-than-life nature adventure.

🏝️ One Of Columbus’ Most Requested Flight Destinations Is Finally Getting A Nonstop Route
Dreaming of warm weather next winter? Southwest just announced nonstop flights from Columbus to San Juan, making it easier than ever to swap snow for the beaches of Puerto Rico.

Headlines 📰 

🧑‍🌾 Ohio's agriculture industry employs one in eight people, and a new exhibit is putting the spotlight on the farmers who make it all possible. Through powerful portraits and personal stories, Culture Crops explores the diverse communities growing food across the state, from family farms to immigrant and Indigenous growers. (WOSU)

🌳 A unique audio-guided art experience is helping visitors see Ohio's state parks in a completely different way. HOMING combines sound, movement, and nature to encourage people to slow down, pay attention, and connect more deeply with the world around them. (Arts Midwest)

💻 Representatives from Google, Meta, Amazon, and Microsoft appeared before Ohio lawmakers as questions mount around data center development in the state. At the hearing, legislators pushed the companies on transparency, community concerns, and whether local residents are being fully informed about major projects in their communities. (NBC4)

☀️ Weather: 87 and mostly sunny

Sponsored by Columbus Recreation and Parks 🎵
The Blind Boys of Alabama present a FREE tribute to Stevie Wonder’s Songs in the Key of Life, reimagined through gospel on June 5 at Bicentennial Park at Scioto Mile Concert Series, presented by Columbus Recreation and Parks and CAPA. For more info, head over to sciotomile.com.

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🦉Meet Cashew and Latke, two tawny frogmouth brothers now settling into the Columbus Zoo’s Australia & the Islands region. Known for their owl-like look and surprising personalities, one is vocal, the other is endlessly curious, and both are very into crickets.

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