comfest

Local 4th of July Fireworks: https://www.10tv.com/article/entertainment/events/4th-of-july-fireworks-...

Experience Columbus: https://www.experiencecolumbus.com/blog/post/fourth-of-july-celebrations...

Northland Parade: https://northlandparade.org/

Doo Dah Parade: https://www.doodahparade.com/

Clintonville Fourth Preview: https://www.clintonvillespotlight.com/articles/fourth-festivities-bring-...

Fireworks Mix XIV: https://wcrsfm.org/content/djbc-fireworks-mix-xiv-beautifully-djbc500

Show Notes (Cut from Show for Time):
(For Reference - Parade Themes):
Hilliard - “Celebrate the Red, White, and Blue”
Upper Arlington - “Back in Black and Gold”
Worthington Hills - “Totally ‘80s”
Dublin - “Let Freedom Ring”
Gahanna - “A Red, White, and Blue City”
Northland - “Diamonds of Columbus” (celebrating 60 years of the Northland Parade)
Bexley - “Beautifully Bexley”
Westerville - “Red, White and Blue…America, For Me and You” (picked by a second grader from Cherrington Elementary School in Westerville)
Whitehall - “The Future of Whitehall Is Bright”

Freedom Fest - Big & Rich are your Headliners, Hilliard, It’s Happening, Hilliard Chose Them, and Grand Marshal is former Hilliard Chamber President Libby Gierach

Delaware - The Central Ohio Symphony Concert graces Phillips Glen on the OWU Campus with Pomp, Circumstance, and Patriotism. Friday's First Friday is "Chalk It Up for Freedom".

Doo Dah - Celebrating Liberty and Lunacy in the Short North for 40 years (yes, the 2020 Drive By Parade does count). This year’s Less Than Grand Marshals are fresh off their inaugural season, playing at Nationwide Arena, your Columbus Fury and their Head Coach Angel Perez are your 2024 Doo Dah Parade Less Than Grand Marshals.

Comfest is this weekend at Goodale Park. Come say "Hi" to WCRS/WGRN/Radio 614 Volunteers/Personalities.

PARADES:
JUNE 29:
Westland (starts at West Broad Street and Old Village Road, ending at Norton Middle School, 9AM

JULY 3:
Red, White & Boom!, Starts at Bicentennial Park, 5:30PM

FIREWORKS:
JUNE 29:
Pataskala

JULY 3:
Gahanna
Groveport
Obetz
Pickerington
Reynoldsburg
Whitehall
and
Red, White & Boom!

"What Happens Next is Up To You."
VOTE on November 5, 2024

A preview of Comfest, June 23-25, 2023 at Goodale Park from "The DJBC Happy Hour" (June 19, 2023).

The DJBC Happy Hour is getting ready for the Fourth of July.

Columbus On The Cheap:
https://www.columbusonthecheap.com/event/fireworks-celebrations-around-c...

Experience Columbus:
https://www.experiencecolumbus.com/blog/post/fourth-of-july-celebrations...

Tonight on the show, we talk about Comfest (http://www.comfest.com), June 23-25 at Goodale Park in the Short North. Plus, what else is happening to kick off Summer.

**Under Construction**

LINKS:
A Socially Distant St. Patrick’s Day in Dublin, Ohio - https://www.visitdublinohio.com/blog/post/socially-distanced-st-patricks...
Easton Black History/Women’s History Month Art Project - http://eastontowncenter.com/celebrating-black-history-month
The Arts Festival = CANCELLED - https://www.gcac.org/blog/why-the-2021-arts-fest-cant-happen-but-2022-is...
The Time to Support The Arts is Now (Tom Katzenmeyer) - https://www.gcac.org/blog/the-time-to-support-the-arts-and-imagine-the-f...

The latest updates around the Coronavirus/COVID-19 Pandemic, including The Weekend Warrior with updates on cancellations impacted by the Pandemic.

Ohio's Stay At Home Order is NOW through May 1st (at the Very Least).

The Ohio Presidential Primary is NOW April 28 (for those who did NOT Early Vote between February 19 and March 16), and that will be done by MAIL. There will be NO In Person Voting. Ballots must be postmarked by April 27. Ballots must be requested NO LATER than April 25 at Noon. You also have the option of dropping off your ballot at your county's Board of Elections on April 28 BEFORE 7:30PM.
For more information on the Primary:
- Franklin County Board of Elections (1700 Morse Rd.; Columbus, OH 43229; 614-525-3100); http://vote.franklincountyohio.gov
- Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose; http://www.ohiosos.gov

And remember to #HDASH - Hunker Down And Stay Home!

A COMPILATION OF LINKS (Some are in # 331, but I added/replaced some links):
Filing Unemployment in Ohio - http://unemployment.ohio.gov (or call 1-877-644-6562)
The CDC (Centers for Disease Control) - https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/index.html
Updates Information on the Coronavirus Pandemic in Ohio - http://coronavirus.ohio.gov (or call 1-833-427-5634; or 1-833-4ASK-ODH)
COTA - Coronavirus - https://www.cota.com/coronavirus/
COTA Pandemic Service Changes - https://www.cota.com/major-service-change-announcements/
Columbus Chamber of Commerce COVID-19 Business Resources - https://columbus.org/combatting-covid-19
Columbus Underground Find Local Groups In Need of Help - https://www.columbusunderground.com/local-groups-in-need-of-help-bw1
Coping with Anxiety During the Time of COVID-19 - https://coronavirus.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/covid-19/home/coping-with-co...