The Weekend Warrior - September 4, 2024

Weekend Festivals include:
The Hot Times Festival (September 6 to 8; Hamilton Park between Broad and Long Streets, King-Lincoln Bronzeville; http://www.hottimesfestival.com) (Bus - # 7, 9, 10, or 11)
Scrawl (September 7 & 8; Franklinton Arts District) (Bus - # 3, 6 or 9)
Hops on High - 40 Years of Gallery Hop (September 7; High Street, Short North) (Bus - Buses on High Street will be detoured in Short North; go to http://www.cota.com)
First Friday (September 6, Downtown Delaware)
All-Horse Parade (September 8, Starts at Delaware County Fairgrounds, through Downtown Delaware)
For the Love of Hilliard (September 7, Downtown Hilliard)
Macedonian Festival (September 6 to 8, St. Mary Macedonian Orthodox Church, 400 S. Waggoner Rd., Reynoldsburg)
Delaware Music Festival (September 7, Boardman Arts Park, Delaware)
Honey Festival (September 6 to 8, Lithopolis)
Popcorn Festival (September 6 to 8, Marion)
Creekside Hops and Vines Festival (September 7, Creekside Park: 123 Mill Street, Gahanna)
Overflow Market (September 7 at The Fort: 2000 South High Street, South Columbus) (Bus - # 8 Karl/South High Street)

Sports:
Columbus Crew vs. Seattle Sounders (September 7 at lower.com Field)
The Ohio B*ckeyes vs. Western Michigan Broncos Bishop Sycamore High School (September 7 at Ohio Stadium)
Otterbein Cardinals at Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops (September 7 at Selby Field, Delaware)
Columbus Clippers vs. Durham Bulls (September 2, 3, 5-8 at Huntington Park)

Theatre Round Up:
MJ the Musical (September 10 to 15 at Ohio Theatre)
Silver Foxes (September 5 to 14 at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin)
Ain't Misbehavin' (September 5 to 22 at Short North Stage)
Anne of Green Gables (September 6 & 7 at Aethereal Jest at Columbus Performing Arts Center)
The Diary of a Black Man (September 10 at Mershon Auditorium)

Concert Round Up:

Jack Magnet Science - Dreams of Delphi - Future Forecast
The Manhattan Transfer - Free Samba - The Chick Corea Songbook
Huntertones - Cincy Kid - Motionation
Avery Sharpe - My Friend Don't Be Afraid to Ask for Help - I Am My Neighbors Keeper
Brian Landrus - Chelsea Bridge - Plays Ellington & Strayhorn
Tim Lin - Donna Lee - Birdwatching
Paul Winter / Oscar Castro-Neves - Ana Luiza - Brazilian Days
Dianne Reeves - Tango (feat. Raul Midón) - Beautiful Life
Waves de Aché - Stay on It! - Forward Motion
The Crusaders - Lilies of the Nile - Southern Comfort

David Murray Quartet - Am Gone Get Some - Francesca
Ben Sidran - Broad Daylight - On The Live Side
John Fedchock - Ten 85 [Live] - Justifiably J.J.: A Centennial Tribute (Live at The Jazz Kitchen, Indianapolis, 2024)
The Jazz Crusaders - Big Hunk of Funk - Lookin’ Ahead
Milt Jackson with the Ray Brown Big Band - Memphis Junction - Memphis Jackson
Don Sebesky - Django - Full Cycle
Paul Winter - Rio - Rio
Alexis Cole and the Taipei Jazz Orchestra - Common Ground - Jazz Republic: Taiwan, the United States and the Freedom of Swing
Mark Flugge with Gene Bertoncini and Michael Moore - A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square - Familiarity
Orrin Evans - All the Things You Are - The Red Door

PLAYLIST

1. No Exes - West Taylor
2. Good & Gone - Gilded Sun
3. Hard Luck - Sean Marshall
4. Next Time - Lindsay Jordan
5. When Spring Comes Again - Moe Reen
6. New Normal - Gilded Sun
7. When I Die - Roberto Escamilla
8. Where Did You Go - The Hen and the Crow
9. It’s Been a Lifetime - Daniel Myers
10. Losing My Way - West Taylor

It is Labor Day Weekend!

The traditional Labor Day happenings are:
- The Greek Festival at the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral in the Short North
- Labor Day Festival in Canal Winchester
- Zucchini Festival at The Fortress in Obetz
- Bexley Labor Day Block Party & Bexley Brewfest on Main Street in Bexley
- The Upper Arlington Labor Day Arts Festival at Northam Park in Upper Arlington

Other Events:
- Local Author Festival at Bexley Public Library on August 31.
- Classic Car Show in Downtown Dublin on September 1.
- A Concert for a Meaningful Labor Day on September 1 at Columbus Mennonite Church in Clintonville.

It is the final weekend of Titanic: The Exhibition at COSI, plus Actor's Theatre in Schiller Park.
It is also the first week of Ohio State Football, as they play the Akron Zips.

High School Football, Week 2 (Under Construction):
Week 2
All Games on August 30, unless noted.

(Columbus) City League:
Columbus East at Independence (August 29)
Linden McKinley at Walnut Ridge (August 29)
Centennial at Columbus South (August 29)
Dayton Thurgood Marshall at Beechcroft (August 29)
Eastmoor Academy at KIPP Columbus
Bexley at Mifflin
Grandview Heights at Columbus West
Whetstone at Briggs
Minster at Africentric
Whitehall Yearling at Northland

Central Catholic League:
Bishop Watterson at Dublin Scioto
St. Francis DeSales at Hamilton Badin
Youngstown Ursuline at Bishop Hartley
Hamilton Township at St. Charles

Ohio Capital Conference:
Olentangy Berlin at Upper Arlington (CW Columbus Friday Night Rivals)
"WoTown Showdown" - Thomas Worthington at Worthington Kilbourne
Pickerington Central at Huber Heights Wayne
Grandville (Michigan) at Pickerington North
Wayne Valley (New Jersey) at Lancaster
Canal Winchester at Hilliard Davidson
Logan at Nelsonville-York
Central Crossing at Franklin Heights
Westerville Central at Westerville South
Medina at Olentangy
Dublin Coffman at Miamisburg

Sonny Stitt with Booker Ervin & Don Patterson - Soul People - Soul People
Dianne Reeves - You're Driving Me Crazy - Good Night, and Good Luck
Aaron Diehl & The Knights - Aquarius - Zodiac Suite
Joey DeFrancesco - The Good Life - Incredible!
Jim Rotondi - BC - Dark Blue
Bill Watrous - A Time for Love - A Time for Love - Bill Watrous Plays the Music of Johnny Mandel
Slide Hampton - Stella by Starlight - Drum Suite
Art Van Damme & The Singers Unlimited - Invitation - Invitation
Bobby Floyd - Get on Board - Notes To and From My Friends
Mike LeDonne's Groover Quartet & Big Band - It's All Your Fault - It's All Your Fault