Annual festivities in Columbus include the Ohio State Fair—one of the largest state fairs in the country; the Columbus Arts Festival and the Jazz and Ribs Festival, both of which occur on the downtown waterfront. ComFest (short for "community festival") is an immense three-day gathering in Goodale Park (just north of downtown Columbus) with art vendors and live music on multiple stages, hundreds of local social and political organizations, body painting, and enough beer to quench anyone's thirst. Coinciding with the weekend of ComFest is the large Gay Pride Parade, reflective of the sizeable gay population in Columbus. Around the Fourth of July, Columbus hosts Red, White, and Boom, the largest fireworks display in the Midwest on the riverfront downtown to crowds of over 500,000 people, as well as the popular "Doo Dah Parade", a nonsensical satire of ordinary parades.
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There's a tasty piece of
Deutschland to discover in this lively Midwest town. The state capital of Ohio
is not a dirty rat-race city, but rather a clean, spacious town with a
prosperous air and a youthful vitality, thanks to the Ohio State University and
the stylish Short North area. Add to that the fantastic German Village and
you'll be up to your schnitzels in good times.
Columbus, Ohio is a popular gay destination and it features a prominent gay infrastructure often gay-owned and/or managed. It is Home to the Chrome Party, which is the new version of the Red Party, which was the first Circuit Party ever held and started the Circuit Party scene. Columbus has several gay neighbourhoods and a huge gay nightlife. The city has over 30 gay bars which is proportionately high.A list of other popular gay and lesbian destinations world round has been included here