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Grassfire at Nelson Ledges – Festival Preview: Something Old, New, Borrowed and Blue
Grassfire at Nelson Ledges – Festival Preview: Something Old, New, Borrowed and Blue by Bill Kurzenberger On the semiquincentennial anniversary weekend marking the United States’ 250 years of independence from a tyrannical government (the past year or so notwithstanding) there are over a hundred festivals around the Buckeye state celebrating the 4th of July…
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The Community Festival’s Concealed Connections to Wexner’s Power and Influence
The Community Festival’s Concealed Connections To Wexner’s Power And Influence Comfest, Central Ohio’s All-Volunteer-Run Fest Since 1972, Persists Through Untenable Ties To Billionaire Les Wexner by Bill Kurzenberger On June 26-27-28th, the Columbus Community Festival – also known as Comfest – returns to its longtime home at Goodale Park in the Short North. Long…
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Stargazer Cannabis Festival Leans Into Its Homegrown Nature – Festival Preview
Stargazer Cannabis Festival Leans Into Its Homegrown Nature – Festival Preview Event Celebrates Recreational Marijuana In Ohio With Workshops and Uplifting Jams by Bill Kurzenberger This weekend June 12-13-14th, the Stargazer Cannabis Festival will liven the banks of the Scioto River to celebrate adult recreational and medicinal usage of marijuana in Ohio. Billed as…
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Bob Dylan at the Palace Theatre in Columbus – Live Concert Review
Bob Dylan at the Palace Theatre in Columbus Live Concert Review – April 9th, 2026 by Bill Kurzenberger Thirty years after first witnessing Bob Dylan performing live at the Palace Theatre in Columbus, Ohio, the ebullient bard returned to the same venue this spring on his extended Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour to perform…
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OhioJams’ YouTube channel is live
OhioJams’ YouTube channel is live OhioJams Network & Music Magazine’s YouTube channel is alive! Visit and subscribe to watch live performances by some of Ohio’s foremost jam-bands. Newly uploaded on OhioJams’ channel are recently recorded videos from Midwest Psych Fest at Troubadour Farm, and super-jams of Grateful Dead & Phish songs from the Summit…
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Gathering Stars’ A Day In The Life – Album Review
GATHERING STARS’ A DAY IN THE LIFE – ALBUM REVIEW by Julie Rearick Kurzenberger A Day in the Life is the effervescent new release by Columbus’ own Gathering Stars. The 7-piece indie-soul band’s album dropped digitally on May 1st, 2026; followed by a CD release party this coming Thursday May 7th at Natalie’s Music…
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Midwest Psych Fest Returns To Central Ohio – Preview
MIDWEST PSYCH FEST RETURNS TO TROUBADOUR FARMS in Galena, Ohio on May 8th & 9th, 2026 Read about central Ohio’s Aquarian do-it-yourself festival in this October 2025 preview of last fall’s Midwest Psych Fest, celebrating its return to Troubadour the second weekend of May. Visit midwestpsychfest.com for more information about the May 2026 festival rendition.…