COMMUNITY EVENTS
COLUMBUS FARMER’S MARKET – 15th Anniversary
All Ages | Saturdays | May 6 – September 16 | 9am–12:30pm | City Hall Parking Lot
Join us down at the Columbus Farmer’s Market and shop all your favorite produce vendors and check our our ready to vendors as
well! Customers may be eligible to use Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) or Senior FarmMarket Nutrition Program (FMNP) vouchers. For more information visit our website: www.columbusfarmersmarket.org
Visit the Columbus Farmer’s Market website for more information about future meetings and becoming a vendor.
MOVIES IN THE PARK | FREE
All Ages | Dusk | Mill Race Park
Families, blankets and snacks are all welcome to enjoy movies under the stars once a month at Mill Race Park this summer! Don’t forget the bug spray! Movies start at darkfall so sit back and enjoy the feature! See our Facebook page for more accurate start times.
- May 6: School of Rock
- June 10: Space Jam
- June 24: Addams Family
- July 29: Jumanji Welcome to the Jungle
- August 26: Super Mario Bro Movies
- September 15 (Adults Only): The Thing
SUMMER SHOWCASE | FREE
All Ages | June 22 | 12pm | The Commons
Adzooks Puppet Presents: The Mysterious Long One
SUMMER SHOWCASE | FREE
All Ages | July- Date & Time TBD | The Commons
Comedy Magician Daniel Lusk
COME OUT & PLAY | FREE
Ages 6–14 |June 12–July 28 | Monday–Friday | 1 – 4:45pm Closed on June 23, July 3 – 7, July 13, & July 21
Join us for our FREE summer long playground recreation program. Columbus Parks and Recreation is happy to offer this free summer-long summer camp experience! Join us for this free summer camp experience, complete with a daily, free lunch! Children from all over the community are invited for a summer of fieldtrips, recreational games, sports, crafts, etc. at Donner Park! Camp is ran and monitored by our staff of summer camp counselors out of Donner Shelter! Come Out and Play campers will have a weekly visit from the Bartholomew County Public Library and the Book Express on Mondays, swim at the Donner Aquatic Center on Tuesdays and visit different field trip locations every Thursday. Children can be signed in and dropped off at the Donner Shelter, or busses will pick and drop off children at our neighborhood park pick up points.
All Ages | July 15 – 16 | 3pm | Mill Race Park | $25/person
You’re invited to attend our annual family campout event in Mill Race Park! Join us for an overnight camping experience intended to provide your family with a chance to participate in a number of different activities, enjoy nature, unplug and create lifelong memories. Fee includes a t-shirt, dinner, breakfast, a morning coffee class and much more. Children 2 and under are free! Inclement weather makeup date is July 22-23.
Register by June 19 to save $5/person
Check-In: Saturday, July 15, 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Check-out: Sunday, July 16, 10:00 a.m.
Registration: April 3 – July 3, 5:00 p.m.
14TH ANNUAL MILL RACE RUMMAGE SALES
Ages 18+ | August 19 | 9am–2pm | Mill Race Park | $21/space
Fee includes a 12x12ft booth space. You can bring your own tables or rent one of ours for only $5 a table. Set up the day of the sale starts at 7am and you must be ready by 8:45am. Admission to the sale is FREE to the public.
Registration: April 3–August 8 at 5 pm | 445060–1A
HOSPICE BENEFIT CONCERT
All Ages | September 1 | 7pm |Mill Race Park
Join Our Hospice of Southern Indiana as the put on a FREE Community Concert at the Mill Race Festival Field!
COLUMBUS BLUEGRASS JAMBOREE | FREE
All Ages | September 9 | Donner Center
Open Jam Session begins at 4pm
Group performances begin at 5pm
Donations will be accepted.
SEASONAL EVENTS
HALLOWEEN FALL FEST
October 21 | 4–7pm | Donner Park
Are you ready for an evening of fun fall festivities in the park? Join Columbus Parks and Recreation at Donner Park on October 21 for family fun and take a trip down the Donner Trick-Or-Treat Trail. Think your costume is the best? Stick around for our annual costume contest for a chance to win fabulous prizes! Register at the Parks and Recreation booth!
Ages 0–5: Judging begins at 5pm
6–12: Judging begins at 5:30pm
12+: (adults welcome) Judging begins at 6pm
PARK OF THE LIVING DEAD
All Ages | October 28 | 7pm, 7:10pm, 7:20pm, 7:30pm, 7:45pm | Mill Race Park | $15/person
Do you have what it takes to survive an evening in the Park of the Living Dead? On October 29, Mill Race Park will be overrun with
zombies. As survivors, it is your job to secure shelter, find food, train with a weapon, gain access to medical supplies and ultimately create
the cure. Starting at 7pm, every 10 minutes, a group of humans will embark on their evening run to different stations to accomplish these
essentials of survival and to find the cure. You will receive a map, and you may visit the stations in any order you choose, but the last
station you visit must be “the cure”. Sign up for your time slot and prepare yourself for Park of the Living Dead! Children 14 and under must
be accompanied by a paying adult.
Interested in acting as a volunteer zombie? Contact event organizer jhendricks@columbus.in.gov for more details!
Registration: September 18–October 25, 5pm | 446300