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Holiday Happenings for November 30-December 7, 2023 (and events).

CONCERTS:
Columbus Jazz Orchestra - "Home for the Holidays" featuring Mamie Parris (November 29-December 3 at Southern Theatre, Downtown)
Columbus Symphony - "Holiday Pops" (December 1-3 at Ohio Theatre, Downtown)
Westerville Symphony (December 1 at Cowan Hall, Otterbein University, Westerville)
Pentatonix (December 2 at Nationwide Arena, Arena District)
Clintonville Community Choir (December 3 at Whetstone High School, Clintonville)

TREE LIGHTINGS:
(by day)
THURSDAY 11/30
DUBLIN - Coffman Park

FRIDAY 12/01
CANAL WINCHESTER - Downtown Canal Winchester
DELAWARE - Downtown Delaware
GERMAN VILLAGE - Frank Fetch Park
GROVE CITY - Grove City Town Center
PICKERINGTON - Olde Pickerington Village
REYNOLDSBURG - Senior Center/Huber Park
UPPER ARLINGTON - Mallway Park (CANCELLED due to Weather; Santa moved to the Municipal Service Building)
WESTERVILLE - City Hall (plus Otterbein University Tree Lighting at Towers Plaza Roush Hall)
WHITEHALL - Kelley Green Park (Bus - # 10 or 24)

SATURDAY 12/02
GRANVILLE
LANCASTER
PLAIN CITY - Pastime Park
POWELL - Village Green Park
SUNBURY - Village Square

SUNDAY 12/03
BEXLEY - Drexel Circle (Bus - # 10)
GROVEPORT - Heritage Park
HILLIARD - Hilliard's Station Park

MONDAY 12/04
The Ohio Statehouse

TUESDAY 12/05
GRANDVIEW HEIGHTS

SUNDAY 12/10
CLINTONVILLE - Whetstone Community Center & outside Whetstone Library

HOLIDAY FESTIVALS
11/30
DUBLIN - December Eve/The Twelve Days of Bridge Park (Bridge Park, Dublin) (Bus - # 33)

12/01
CANAL WINCHESTER - Christmas in the Village (also Saturday)
DELAWARE - Home for the Holidays/First Friday (also Saturday & Sunday)
DOWNTOWN - Friday at the Commons (Bus - # 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 11, CMAX, or 102)
GROVE CITY - Mistletoe Market (also Saturday) (Bus - # 3)
PICKERINGTON -

Holiday Happenings:
WORTHINGTON - Old Worthington Open House & Tree Lighting (Sunday 11/26; http://www.experienceworthington.com) (BUS - Line 102)
MARYSVILLE - Uptown Marysville (Monday 11/27)
DOWNTOWN - Huntington Train Open House (Wednesday 11/29; Columbus Metropolitan Library: 96 S. Grant Ave., Discovery District; http://www.columbuslibrary.org) (BUS - Lines 2, 10, or 11)
DUBLIN - 12 Days of Bridge Park (Bridge Park; BUS - Line # 33 to Dublin Metro) & Tree Lighting (Coffman Park), both on Thursday 11/30

The Season of Celebration (starts Black Friday) at COSI (http://www.cosi.org) (BUS - Line 10)
Bill Cohen Sings Songs of Gratitude (Friday 11/24 at Maple Grove UMC; 7 W. Henderson Rd., Clintonville) (BUS - Lines 2, 33, or 102)

A Christmas Carol (11/24-26) & Kinky Boots (11/24-12/31?) (http://www.shortnorthstage.org)

Small Business Saturday - Saturday 11/25
Cyber Monday - Monday 11/27
Giving Tuesday - Tuesday 11/28

Among the Weekend Events...
Worthington Market Day
The (Bexley) Main Event
Grandview Hop/Festival for Good
Otterbein/Capital Football Rivalry

Carmen at the Southern Theatre
POTUS at The Contemporary (Vern Riffe Center)
Ragtime at Columbus Children's Theatre (Lincoln Theatre)
Hitchcocktoberfest at the Gateway Film Center

And more...