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What to do in Columbus in December 2026

53 events from Tuesday, December 1 to Thursday, December 31, 2026. Free: 3. Busiest venues: Palace Theatre, Columbus Museum of Art, Lincoln Theatre.

Tuesday, December 1, 2026

Visual arts
until Jan 3

Tavares Strachan: The Day Tomorrow Began (CMA at The Pizzuti)

Columbus Museum of Art · Downtown
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jun 27

Word/Play: Abstracting Language

Columbus Museum of Art · Downtown
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Dec 13

Group f.64 and Its Influence: Experiments in Modernist Photography

Columbus Museum of Art · Downtown
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Feb 7

Clare Rojas: Returning

Columbus Museum of Art · Downtown
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Feb 14

Sammy Baloji: When Extraction Becomes Form It Speaks in Borrowed Tongues

Wexner Center for the Arts · University District
- Visual arts
Free Tickets
Visual arts
until Jan 24

sweat variant (Okwui Okpokwasili and Peter Born): where you go full, volume 5

Wexner Center for the Arts · University District
- Visual arts
Free Tickets
Visual arts
until Feb 14

Temitayo Ogunbiyi: You will have revelations along felled branches and longer roots/routes

Wexner Center for the Arts · University District
- Visual arts
Free Tickets
Visual arts
until Mar 21

Queer Constellations: Photographs from the Aronowitz Family Collection

Columbus Museum of Art · Downtown
- Visual arts
Music
until Dec 27

Hairspray

Garden Theater · Short North
- Music
- Theatre
Tickets
Music
until Dec 26

Holiday Hoopla

Shadowbox Live · Brewery District
- Music
- Comedy
Tickets
Music
until Dec 27

Not So Silent Night

Shadowbox Live · Brewery District
- Music
- Theatre
Tickets

Wednesday, December 2, 2026

Thursday, December 3, 2026

Theatre
6 PM

bluemouth inc.: Game of Life

Wexner Center for the Arts · University District
- Theatre
Tickets
Music
7 PM

THE BOUNCING SOULS 'Born To Be Tour' with The Suicide Machines

Skully's Music Diner · Short North
- Music
- Punk
- Ska punk
$49.95 Tickets
Other
8 PM

An Evening with Lord Huron

Palace Theatre · Downtown
Tickets
Music
until Dec 6

Home for the Holidays

Southern Theatre · Downtown
- Music
Tickets
Music
Time not announced

The Flatliners

Skully's Music Diner · Short North
- Music
- Punk
- Ska punk
Music
Time not announced

The Warped Band - The Official Tribute of Warped Tour

The Warped Band

A&R Music Bar · Downtown
- Music
Tickets

Friday, December 4, 2026

Music
until Dec 18

Holiday Hoopla Lunchbox

Shadowbox Live · Brewery District
- Music
- Comedy
Tickets
Music
until Dec 6

Holiday Pops

Ohio Theatre · Downtown
- Music
Tickets
Music
Time not announced

Tyler Nance: Midwest Memoir Tour

Tyler Nance · Ian Harrison

A&R Music Bar · Downtown
- Music
Tickets
Dance
Time not announced

Wonderment

Lincoln Theatre · King-Lincoln Bronzeville
- Dance
Tickets

Saturday, December 5, 2026

Music
6 PM

Distant

Ace of Cups · Old North
- Music
Tickets
Music
7 PM

Mojo Brookzz: Outta Pocket Tour

Palace Theatre · Downtown
- Music
- Comedy
Tickets
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Music
7 PM

WHITNEY CUMMINGS: BIG BABY TOUR

Riffe Center Theatre Complex · Downtown
- Music
- Comedy
Tickets
Literature
Time not announced

Holiday Open House (FREE)

Thurber House · Discovery District
- Literature
Dance
Time not announced

Wonderment

Lincoln Theatre · King-Lincoln Bronzeville
- Dance
Tickets

Tuesday, December 8, 2026

Music
until Dec 13

Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical

Palace Theatre · Downtown
- Music
- Theatre
Tickets

Thursday, December 10, 2026

Music
Time not announced

Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol

Ace of Cups · Old North
- Music
- Punk
- Ska punk
Dance
until Dec 27

The Nutcracker

Ohio Theatre · Downtown
- Dance
Tickets

Friday, December 11, 2026

Music
Time not announced

Bird and Byron

Adam Paddock

A&R Music Bar · Downtown
- Music
Tickets

Saturday, December 12, 2026

Music
7 PM

Black Stone Cherry

The KING of CLUBS
- Music
Tickets
Music
Time not announced

Jady

The Basement · Arena District
- Music
Tickets
Music
Time not announced

PLAY! & Schubert’s Third

Southern Theatre · Downtown
- Music
- Theatre
Tickets
Music
Time not announced

Sassy Brassy Season

Riffe Center Theatre Complex · Downtown
- Music
Tickets

Sunday, December 13, 2026

Music
Time not announced

PLAY! & Schubert’s Third

Southern Theatre · Downtown
- Music
- Theatre
Tickets
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Music
Time not announced

Sassy Brassy Season

Riffe Center Theatre Complex · Downtown
- Music
Tickets

Monday, December 14, 2026

Music
7 PM

Dave Koz & Friends Christmas Tour 2026

Palace Theatre · Downtown
- Music
Tickets

Wednesday, December 16, 2026

Other
7:30 PM

Christmas with C.S. Lewis

Lincoln Theatre · King-Lincoln Bronzeville
Tickets
Music
8 PM

Brett Eldredge: Glow 10 Year Anniversary Tour

Palace Theatre · Downtown
- Music
Tickets

Thursday, December 17, 2026

Comedy
7:30 PM

O Christmas Tea: A British Comedy

Riffe Center Theatre Complex · Downtown
- Comedy
Tickets
Music
7:30 PM

Oliver Hazard

Skully's Music Diner · Short North
- Music
$32 Tickets
Music
Time not announced

Shakey Graves - Fondness, Etc. Tour

Shakey Graves · Jobi Riccio

Newport Music Hall · University District
- Music
Tickets

Friday, December 18, 2026

Music
7:30 PM

Jim Brickman: A Christmas Celebration

Riffe Center Theatre Complex · Downtown
- Music
Tickets
Music
7:30 PM

The Hip Hop Nutcracker

Palace Theatre · Downtown
- Music
- Dance
- Hip-hop
Tickets
Music
Time not announced

Bike Routes

Good Sleepy

A&R Music Bar · Downtown
- Music
- Punk
Tickets
Music
until Dec 20

Handel’s Messiah

Southern Theatre · Downtown
- Music
Tickets
Music
Time not announced

The Casualties

Ace of Cups · Old North
- Music
- Punk

Saturday, December 19, 2026

Dance
8 PM

Duke Ellington’s Nutcracker Suite

Lincoln Theatre · King-Lincoln Bronzeville
- Dance
Tickets

Tuesday, December 22, 2026

Dance
Time not announced

My First Nutcracker

Ohio Theatre · Downtown
- Dance
Tickets

Wednesday, December 23, 2026

Dance
Time not announced

My First Nutcracker

Ohio Theatre · Downtown
- Dance
Tickets

Saturday, December 26, 2026

Circus
Time not announced

Cirque Dreams Holidaze

Palace Theatre · Downtown
- Circus
Tickets

Sunday, December 27, 2026

Circus
Time not announced

Cirque Dreams Holidaze

Palace Theatre · Downtown
- Circus
Tickets

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