**Twenty One Pilots play Ohio Stadium Saturday night, the Columbus Marathon takes over the streets Sunday morning, and the Halloween calendar is full, from Boo at the Zoo to Pumpkins Aglow and the Westerville Pumpkin Glow.** Saturday, Twenty One Pilots play Ohio Stadium, a show the Schottenstein Center calls a hometown stadium show and the biggest U.S. headline performance of the band’s career. The Blue Jackets host the Rangers at Nationwide Arena an hour later, so expect campus and the Arena District to both be busy. Sunday morning the Columbus Marathon starts at 7:30 at North Bank Park. The Day of the Dead Festival is back at Green Lawn Cemetery Saturday, the Jonas Brothers are at Nationwide Arena Friday, and much of the rest is Halloween related: Boo at the Zoo, Pumpkins Aglow, the Westerville Pumpkin Glow and All Hallows’ Eve at Ohio Village. Here’s your weekend. ## This Weekend At A Glance Event| When| Where| Cost ---|---|---|--- Jonas Brothers| Fri 7:30pm| Nationwide Arena| Dublin Halloween Spooktacular| Fri 1–5pm| Coffman Park, Dublin| Free; Pumpkin Creations $5 HallowEATS Food Truck Friday| Fri 5–8pm| JFK Park, Reynoldsburg| Ohio Statehouse Haunted Tours| Fri & Sat 7, 7:30, 8 & 8:30pm| Ohio Statehouse| $16; ages 12 and up; early slots sold out Pumpkin Walk Around the Pond| Fri 5:30–7pm| Three Creeks Metro Park, Groveport| Friends of the Library Big Book Sale| Fri & Sat 10am–5pm, Sun 1–4pm| Main Library, 96 S. Grant Ave.| Free to browse; books from $1 BalletMet: Marilyn (opening weekend)| Fri & Sat 7:30pm, Sun 2pm| Davidson Theatre, Riffe Center| Nightmares Film Festival| Fri from 4pm, Sat from noon, Sun from noon (last films 3pm)| Gateway Film Center| $21.50 a film Sweeney Todd (closing weekend)| Fri 7pm, Sat 2 & 7pm, Sun 2pm| Garden Theater, Short North| Battle of the Books (closing weekend)| Fri 7pm, Sat 2 & 7pm, Sun 2pm| Studio Two, Riffe Center| The Great Westerville Pumpkin Glow| Fri–Sun 6:30–10pm| Heritage Park, Westerville| $15 ages 14–64, $12 ages 3–13 and 65 and up; advance online only Pumpkins Aglow| Fri & Sat 5–10pm, Sun 5–9pm| Franklin Park Conservatory| $28.35 adults, $24.15 ages 60 and up, $17.33 kids 3–12 Columbus Zoo Lantern Festival| Fri–Sun 7:30–10:30pm| Columbus Zoo and Aquarium| Separate ticket; free parking Twenty One Pilots with Death Cab for Cutie| Sat, gates 4pm, show 6pm| Ohio Stadium| Blue Jackets vs. Rangers (80s night)| Sat 7pm| Nationwide Arena| Day of the Dead Festival| Sat 10am–6pm| Green Lawn Cemetery| Boo at the Zoo| Sat & Sun 10am–6pm| Columbus Zoo and Aquarium| Included with admission MINISO Land grand opening| Sat 10am| Easton Town Center| All Hallows’ Eve at Ohio Village| Sat 5:30–9:30pm| Ohio Village, 800 E. 17th Ave.| $18 adults, $14 ages 4–12, 3 and under free RidgeFest| Sat noon–4pm| Glacier Ridge Metro Park, Plain City| Plain City Fall Festival| Sat 2–6pm| Pastime Park, Plain City| Halloweekend in the BURG: Spooky Pet Parade and Haunted Vendor Valley| Sat 1–3pm (parade), 4–8pm (vendor valley)| Huber Park and JFK Park, Reynoldsburg| Mystics and Marvels| Sat & Sun 10am–5pm| Franklin County Fairgrounds, Hilliard| $6; free parking A Taste of Ireland| Sat 7:30pm| Palace Theatre| ProMusica: Mozart’s Great Mass| Sat & Sun 7pm| Southern Theatre| $27–$73; students $15 Abuela (CCT SandBox Series, ages 0–5)| Sat & Sun 9, 10 & 11am, 1 & 2pm| Columbus Children’s Theatre| Hitchcocktober: Rear Window| Sat 2pm, Sun 7pm| Gateway Film Center| $11.25 Saturday matinee Columbus Marathon and Half Marathon| Sun 7:30am start| North Bank Park and the course| Free to watch; full marathon sold out Whitehall Founder’s Day and Car Show| Sun noon–4pm| Whitehall Community Park| Free Coffman Homestead Open House| Sun 1–3pm| Coffman Homestead, Dublin| ## Friday, October 16th ### 🎤 Jonas Brothers At Nationwide Arena The Burning Up Tour All Over Again stops at Nationwide Arena Friday night with Magnus Ferrell and Deleasa opening. Tickets are through Ticketmaster, mobile only. **Location:** Nationwide Arena, 200 W. Nationwide Blvd. **When:** Friday, 7:30pm **More info:** Nationwide Arena ### 🎃 Dublin Halloween Spooktacular Dublin’s Spooktacular has a Friday afternoon session at the south end of Coffman Park, all of it outdoors, and the first half hour, from 1 to 1:30pm, is sensory-friendly with the lights and sounds turned down. Almost everything is free: a Trunk-or-Treat Trail with more than 20 local businesses and community organizations, live dance performances, professional pumpkin carvers, a petting zoo, a comedy juggler, a haunted playground, a hay maze, games and crafts. The trail needs a free timed ticket, one per child, recommended ages 2 to 12, five per household, reserved through the city’s ticket portal. Pumpkin Creations is $5 a child. Food vendors sell dinner, and One Dublin is collecting donations of new underwear, shampoo, body wash, baby wipes and lotion. Park at the Rec Center, the Coffman Park lots or the grass at Coffman South Field. **Location:** Coffman Park, 5200 Emerald Pkwy., Dublin **When:** Friday, 1–5pm **Cost:** Free; Pumpkin Creations $5 **More info:** City of Dublin ### 🌮 HallowEATS Food Truck Friday In Reynoldsburg Halloweekend in the BURG opens with food trucks at JFK Park: Gourmet Mac Shak, Little Italy Ristorante, OHCHURROS, OX-B’s, Pretzel Shop Etc., Red Head Chef, Roadster, Schmidt’s Sausage Trucks and Tortilla Street Food, with Big Bad Stache playing the whole three hours and a paint and sip with drinks from Eastside Brewing. The costume exchange at City Hall runs all weekend, and Scarecrow City voting in Old Reynoldsburg and JFK Park opens Friday and runs through October 30th. **Location:** JFK Park, 7232 E. Main St., Reynoldsburg **When:** Friday, 5–8pm **More info:** City of Reynoldsburg ### 👻 Ohio Statehouse Haunted Tours The Ohio Statehouse rotunda. Photo: Minh Nguyen via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 The Statehouse opens its dark halls after hours for lantern-lit tours, led by conductors who, the Statehouse says, bring figures of the past to life with tales of forgotten figures and unusual events that have a spooky twist. Tickets are sold through the Statehouse Museum Shop, and the early slots on both nights had sold out by Sunday, October 11th, so check the shop’s site for what’s left. Park in the Statehouse Underground Garage, and leave any costume piece that looks like a weapon at home, since they get confiscated at the door. **Location:** Ohio Statehouse, 1 Capitol Square **When:** Friday and Saturday, 7, 7:30, 8 and 8:30pm **Cost:** $16; ages 12 and up; early slots sold out **More info:** Ohio Statehouse ### 🎃 Pumpkin Walk Around The Pond Three Creeks Metro Park. Metro Parks sets pumpkins along an easy half-mile walk around Turtle Pond in the Confluence Area at Three Creeks, with treats at stops on the way. Costumes are welcome. **Location:** Three Creeks Metro Park, Confluence Area, 3860 Bixby Rd., Groveport **When:** Friday, 5:30–7pm **More info:** Metro Parks ### 📚 Friends Of The Library Big Book Sale The Main Library on Grant Avenue. Photo: Ɱ via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 The Friends of the Library’s fall sale is in the Main Library auditorium and Meeting Room 1A, all of it books and media withdrawn from the collection. Kids’ books, comics and vinyl start at $1, adult fiction and nonfiction at $2, and DVDs, CDs and audiobooks at $3, with 10% off for Friends members. Sunday is the bag sale: bring a sturdy bag and fill it for $5, or buy a Friends canvas tote and fill that for $12. Purchases are capped at $400 per household. The money goes to library programs and future levy campaigns. **Location:** Main Library, 96 S. Grant Ave. **When:** Friday and Saturday, 10am–5pm; Sunday, 1–4pm (bag sale) **Cost:** Free to browse; books from $1 **More info:** Columbus Metropolitan Library ### 🩰 BalletMet: Marilyn, Opening Weekend BalletMet opens Marilyn at the Davidson Theatre Friday night, a full-length ballet about Marilyn Monroe that BalletMet says sets the glitz of her stardom against the woman behind the icon. Dani Rowe, artistic director of Oregon Ballet Theatre and for ten years a principal with the Australian Ballet, choreographed it, and Shannon Rugani, who was in the original Broadway cast of An American in Paris, wrote the score. The score premiered at Oregon Ballet Theatre in Portland in April 2025, and the production is a collaboration between BalletMet, Oregon Ballet Theatre and Tulsa Ballet. Park in the Riffe Center garage, entered from Front Street. It runs about two hours with one intermission, all sales are final, and the run continues October 22-24. **Location:** Davidson Theatre, Riffe Center, 77 S. High St. **When:** Friday and Saturday, 7:30pm; Sunday, 2pm **More info:** BalletMet ### 🎬 Nightmares Film Festival Gateway’s horror festival is in its 11th year and runs through Sunday, with screenings in two rooms. Co-founders Chris Hamel and Jason Tostevin host the awards presentation Saturday at 5:15pm. World premieres include Liv’s Last Ride Friday at 10:30pm, When You See It with Bailey Banshee Saturday at 8pm and the Looky Loo Double Feature Sunday at noon, and Saturday has U.S. premieres of Dead Drop with Meadow at 6pm and Astrolatry at 10pm. iHorror called it the Cannes of horror, and last year’s festival showed 18 features and 130 shorts. Single-film tickets are $21.50 with the booking fee; passes are sold through the festival’s own ticketing site. **Location:** Gateway Film Center, 1550 N. High St. **When:** Friday from 4pm; Saturday from noon, last films at 10pm; Sunday from noon, last films at 3pm **Cost:** $21.50 a film **More info:** Gateway Film Center ### 🎭 Sweeney Todd, Closing Weekend Short North Stage’s Sweeney Todd closes Sunday at the Garden Theater. Edward Carignan directs and choreographs, Torrey Linder is Sweeney and Nyla Watson is Mrs. Lovett, and the company calls it a Sondheim show it’s been dying to do for years. It runs 2 hours and 45 minutes, rated PG-13. Limited student rush and pay-what-you-want tickets go on sale at the door two hours before each show. **Location:** Garden Theater, 1187 N. High St., Short North **When:** Friday, 7pm; Saturday, 2 and 7pm; Sunday, 2pm (final performance) **More info:** Short North Stage ### 📖 Battle Of The Books, Closing Weekend Columbus Children’s Theatre’s regional premiere closes Sunday in Studio Two at the Riffe Center. Harper and Amelia are rivals in the Mount Vernon Battle of the Books, and then a secret society bans their list of books and cancels the competition. The play won the 2026 Excellence in Playwriting Award through the New Hampshire Theatre Awards, and it mixes comedy, drama, magical realism and movement to get at grief and book banning. It’s rated PG, recommended for ages 12 and up, and runs an hour and 45 minutes with one intermission. **Location:** Studio Two, Riffe Center, 77 S. High St. **When:** Friday, 7pm; Saturday, 2 and 7pm; Sunday, 2pm (final performance) **More info:** Columbus Children’s Theatre ### 🎃 The Great Westerville Pumpkin Glow Westerville’s four-night pumpkin trail at Heritage Park ends Sunday. The city says there are more artist-carved monster pumpkins than ever, on last year’s path with new displays, and admission covers the bounce houses, a super-sized inflatable corn maze, pumpkin bowling, a mechanical pumpkin ride and LED putt-putt, with bumper cars and pumpkin riding back this year. Food trucks have pumpkin-themed specials. Tickets are sold online and in advance only, $15 for ages 14 to 64 and $12 for ages 3 to 13 and 65 and up, no cash at the gate, and last entry is 9:30pm. Park at the Westerville Sports Complex, the Community Center, The Point at Otterbein or the lot at 310 W. Main St. Some displays use flashing lights and fog. Pets stay home, and so do coolers and backpacks other than diaper bags. **Location:** Heritage Park, 60 N. Cleveland Ave., Westerville **When:** Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 6:30–10pm; last entry 9:30pm **Cost:** $15 ages 14–64, $12 ages 3–13 and 65 and up; advance online only **More info:** City of Westerville ### 🌙 Pumpkins Aglow Pumpkins Aglow is in its second week at Franklin Park Conservatory. The Conservatory closes at 4pm and reopens at 5 on a separate special engagement ticket: $28.35 for ages 13 to 59, $24.15 for 60 and up, $17.33 for kids 3 to 12, and $4 through Museums for All. This week’s entertainment is the Wheel of Death aerial acrobats and fire duo from Cincinnati Circus, from 6 to 8pm at the Pergola, and the food trucks are Liberty Kettle Corn, Ono Turo Turo and Dirty Franks. There’s the pumpkin house, the singing pumpkin patch, the light-up dance floor and the new straw bale maze, the Chihuly glass is lit after dark, and the glass pumpkin patch sells pumpkins by local artists. The Conservatory says many dates sell out, so reserve first. **Location:** Franklin Park Conservatory, 1777 E. Broad St. **When:** Friday and Saturday, 5–10pm; Sunday, 5–9pm **Cost:** $28.35 ages 13–59, $24.15 ages 60 and up, $17.33 ages 3–12 **More info:** Franklin Park Conservatory ### 🏮 Columbus Zoo Lantern Festival The Columbus Zoo Lantern Festival has two weekends left before it closes October 25th. More than 70 sets of lanterns, hand-painted by artisans in China, are up around the Zoo, and this year’s new set is dinosaurs. The Dragon Dance is at 7:45pm in Conservation Courtyard and the guzheng, Korean drum and dance show at 8pm on the Conservation Lake Stage. It’s a separate ticket from day admission, sold through the Zoo’s ticket shop, and it includes unlimited rides, both shows and free parking. Tickets aren’t refundable, but an unused one works on any festival night. Pets stay home; service animals are welcome. **Location:** Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, 4850 W. Powell Rd., Powell **When:** Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 7:30–10:30pm **Cost:** Separate ticket from Zoo admission; free parking **More info:** Columbus Zoo and Aquarium ## Saturday, October 17th ### 🎶 Twenty One Pilots At Ohio Stadium The Ohio Stadium rotunda. Photo: Wallyg via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 Death Cab for Cutie and Emi Grace open, the lots open at 8am, and the gates open at 4pm for the 6pm show. Day-of parking is $30 a car, card or phone only, and a free shuttle runs from the Carmack lots to the Campus Transit Hub from six hours before the show until an hour after. Ohio Stadium‘s no-bag rule applies, so bags and purses of any size stay home; a wallet, wristlet or clutch up to 5 by 8 by 1 inches is fine, and one bag for medical, dietary or childcare needs can come in through the Steinbrenner Band Center or Press Entrance. There’s no re-entry once you leave. Floor spots go by a random-number lottery, with wristbands handed out Friday evening at the Schott and Saturday morning at the stadium’s North Rotunda. **Location:** Ohio Stadium, 411 Woody Hayes Dr. **When:** Saturday, gates 4pm, show 6pm **More info:** Schottenstein Center ### 🏒 Blue Jackets vs. Rangers, 80s Night The Rangers are at Nationwide Arena for the Blue Jackets’ only home game of the weekend, and it’s I Want My CBJ night, so expect neon, leg warmers and 80s hits, with live music and photo ops. The team plays at Minnesota Sunday at 5. Ohio State is at Indiana Saturday at noon on FOX, and the Crew are at FC Cincinnati Sunday at 5pm. **Location:** Nationwide Arena, 200 W. Nationwide Blvd. **When:** Saturday, 7pm **More info:** Nationwide Arena ### 💀 Day Of The Dead Festival At Green Lawn Cemetery Huntington Chapel at Green Lawn Cemetery. Photo: Ɱ via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Latino Arts for Humanity’s Day of the Dead festival started in 1999 as a small presentation by Leticia Vazquez-Smith and has been at Green Lawn Cemetery since 2017. Expect ofrendas and decorated graves, a parade with Aztec dancers, live music from Mexican folklore to local acts, and Mexican food, from full meals to snacks and desserts. The ofrenda and Catrina contests are open to anyone, three grand prizes each; enter the Catrina contest at the Latino Arts for Humanity tent. Face painting for kids is free. **Location:** Green Lawn Cemetery, 1000 Greenlawn Ave. **When:** Saturday, 10am–6pm **More info:** Day of the Dead Columbus ### 👻 Boo At The Zoo The Zoo’s daytime Halloween in Adventure Cove is down to its last two weekends, Saturdays and Sundays only, and it’s included with admission. New this year are the Rave at the Grave DJ dance party and a Trick or Treat Trail with 11 candy stops and two teal pumpkin stations with candy alternatives. The rest of the lineup has giant pumpkin carving, Henry’s Character Craze Hay Maze, Jesse’s Jack-O-Lantern Journey and the Halloween Hoedown with the Oak Ridge Bears. Adults can dress up but have to keep their faces visible, and no toy or prop weapons. Online day passes start at $34.95 for ages 10 to 59, $27.95 for ages 3 to 9 and $32.95 for 60 and up, with under 3 free; Franklin County residents start at $24.95, $18.95 and $23.95. Parking is $12 and the Zoo is cashless. **Location:** Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, 4850 W. Powell Rd., Powell **When:** Saturday and Sunday, 10am–6pm **Cost:** Included with Zoo admission **More info:** Columbus Zoo and Aquarium ### 🧸 MINISO Land Grand Opening At Easton MINISO says it’s the first MINISO Land in the U.S. The first 100 customers through the door get a free blind box goodie bag that MINISO values at $60. Spend more than $50 and the MINISO Land tote bag is free while supplies last. There’s 10% off all weekend. The store has mascot meet-and-greets and product demos planned as well. **Location:** MINISO Land, 175 Easton Town Center, Level 1 of the Station Building near Bath & Body Works **When:** Saturday, 10am **More info:** MINISO USA on Instagram ### 🕯️ All Hallows’ Eve At Ohio Village The American House Hotel at Ohio Village. Photo: Ɱ via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 All Hallows’ Eve is back at the newly renovated Ohio Village. A storyteller retells The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by the bonfire, with a ghostly Headless Horseman to watch for, the widow Claire explains how her most recent husband died, the funeral parlor is open with a lesson on 19th-century funeral practices, and there’s fortune telling, crafts, games, traditional dancing and pumpkin painting at $5 a pumpkin. Tickets are $18, $14 for ages 4 to 12, free for 3 and under, and $13 and $9 for members, with a 5% city arts fee built in. The Ohio History Connection recommends buying ahead; walk-ups are taken, but they may wait longer to get in. The second and last night is October 24th. **Location:** Ohio Village, Ohio History Center, 800 E. 17th Ave. **When:** Saturday, 5:30–9:30pm **Cost:** $18 adults, $14 ages 4–12, 3 and under free **More info:** Ohio History Connection ### 🍂 RidgeFest At Glacier Ridge Glacier Ridge Metro Park holds its fall festival with local partner organizations. The afternoon has games, hay rides, archery and food from Grilled Cheese Gangsters, Zaki Grill and Graeter’s Ice Cream. **Location:** Glacier Ridge Metro Park, 9801 Hyland Croy Rd., Plain City **When:** Saturday, noon–4pm **More info:** Metro Parks ### 🎃 Plain City Fall Festival Pastime Park’s fall festival has hayrides, Trick-or-Treat Alley, costume contests, a live giant pumpkin carver, COSI Curbside, bounce houses, archery, axe throwing, a petting zoo, face painting, craft vendors and food trucks. Costumes are encouraged. **Location:** Pastime Park, 370 N. Chillicothe St., Plain City **When:** Saturday, 2–6pm **More info:** Village of Plain City ### 🐾 Halloweekend In The BURG: Spooky Pet Parade And Haunted Vendor Valley Reynoldsburg’s Saturday starts with the Spooky Pet Parade at Huber Park, with prizes for best group, funniest and most creative costume and a Bluey and Bingo meet and greet. Haunted Vendor Valley takes over JFK Park in the late afternoon with superhero meet and greets, Captain Marvel and Spider-Man for the first two hours and Captain America, Batman and Wonder Woman after that, and the Reynoldsburg Community Association’s community Halloween party overlaps it. **Location:** Huber Park, 1520 Davidson Dr., Reynoldsburg (pet parade); JFK Park, 7232 E. Main St. (vendor valley) **When:** Saturday, pet parade 1–3pm; vendor valley 4–8pm; community party 5–8pm **More info:** City of Reynoldsburg ### 🔮 Mystics And Marvels Mystics and Marvels sets up in the Burke Building at the Franklin County Fairgrounds, from the promoters of the Angels & Aliens and Gift of Light expos, with fortune tellers, dancers, live music through the day and demonstrations the organizers describe as from days of old. Admission is $6 at the door for anyone, strollers are free, and so is parking. **Location:** Burke Building, Franklin County Fairgrounds, 4100 Columbia St., Hilliard **When:** Saturday and Sunday, 10am–5pm **Cost:** $6; free parking **More info:** Mystics and Marvels ### ☘️ A Taste Of Ireland At The Palace A Taste of Ireland plays the Palace for one night. CAPA’s listing describes it as direct from Off-Broadway and London’s West End, performed by former World Irish dance champions with dancers from Lord of the Dance and Riverdance, with a cappella tap battles and reworked versions of Danny Boy, Tell Me Ma and Wild Rover. It runs about two hours, and the CAPA ticket center is 614-469-0939. **Location:** Palace Theatre, 34 W. Broad St. **When:** Saturday, 7:30pm **More info:** CAPA ### 🎻 ProMusica: Mozart’s Great Mass The Great Southern building, home of the Southern Theatre. Photo: Ɱ via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 ProMusica opens its 48th season at the Southern Theatre with David Danzmayr conducting Mozart’s Divertimento in D Major, Max Richter’s On the Nature of Daylight, written in protest of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and Mozart’s Mass in C Minor. Sopranos Yulia Van Doren and Abigail Nims, tenor Steven Soph and baritone Kevin Deas sing with the Columbus Choral Artists and the Capital University Chapel Choir under Lynda Hasseler. Doors open at 6, the concert runs about an hour and a half with intermission, and the Coda conversation with the artists follows. Park in the Columbus Commons garage across Main Street. Tickets are $27 to $73, students $15 with ID. **Location:** Southern Theatre, 21 E. Main St. **When:** Saturday and Sunday, 7pm; doors 6pm **Cost:** $27–$73; students $15 **More info:** ProMusica Chamber Orchestra ### 👶 Abuela, CCT’s SandBox Series Columbus Children’s Theatre’s series for ages 0 to 5 does Abuela, a 30-minute interactive show for the youngest audiences, with bilingual storytelling, music and movement, where kids imagine soaring above the city. Before each show, kids make paper birds, kites and cityscape art at the craft stations. There are five shows a day Saturday and Sunday, and five more October 25th. Every child 1 and older needs a ticket, each child ticket needs an adult ticket with it, and tickets can be moved to another Abuela time if there’s room. **Location:** Columbus Children’s Theatre **When:** Saturday and Sunday, 9, 10 and 11am, 1 and 2pm **More info:** Columbus Children’s Theatre ### 🎥 Hitchcocktober: Rear Window Gateway’s seventeenth Hitchcocktober gets to Rear Window this weekend, in a 4K restoration with James Stewart, Grace Kelly and Raymond Burr. It runs 112 minutes and is rated PG. The Saturday matinee is $11.25 with the booking fee, and there’s a second screening Sunday night. Dial M for Murder in 3D follows on October 24th and Psycho closes the series on October 31st. **Location:** Gateway Film Center, 1550 N. High St. **When:** Saturday, 2pm; Sunday, 7pm **Cost:** $11.25 Saturday matinee **More info:** Gateway Film Center Saturday is also day two of the Big Book Sale, Nightmares and the Westerville Pumpkin Glow, the second nights of Marilyn, Pumpkins Aglow and the Lantern Festival, the second Statehouse haunted tour night, and the Saturday shows of Sweeney Todd and Battle of the Books. ## Sunday, October 18th ### 🏃 Columbus Marathon And Half Marathon The Nationwide Children’s Hospital Columbus Marathon starts and finishes at North Bank Park, and the full 26.2 is sold out; the half was still taking registrations. The race says about 100,000 people line the course on race day, with nearly 100 bands and entertainers. It recommends watching at Drexel and Main in Bexley, at Schiller Park, or at the park at Livingston and Parsons by Nationwide Children’s, where there are bands, butterflies on stilts and hundreds of Children’s Champions signs. Twenty-four of the miles each represent a Nationwide Children’s patient, one is for children taken too soon, and one is an alumni mile for past Marathon Mile Champions. At the start and finish, Long Street closes between High and Hocking, Spring Street from West to Hocking, and Neil Avenue from Nationwide Boulevard to the line, and the course runs through Bexley, Upper Arlington, Grandview Heights and Ohio State, so expect closed streets along the way too. **Location:** Start and finish at North Bank Park, 311 W. Long St. **When:** Sunday, 7:30am start; corrals open 6am **Cost:** Free to watch; full marathon sold out **More info:** Columbus Marathon ### 🚗 Whitehall Founder’s Day And Car Show Whitehall holds its first Founder’s Day at Whitehall Community Park, put on by the Whitehall Historical Society with the city, and the park gets a classic car show, food trucks, a bouncy house and kids’ activities, live music and a beer garden. The Society’s museum, inside its all-steel Lustron house, is open for a look. **Location:** Whitehall Community Park, Whitehall **When:** Sunday, noon–4pm **Cost:** Free **More info:** City of Whitehall ### 🏡 Coffman Homestead Open House The Coffman Homestead in Dublin. Photo: Hhwd via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 The Dublin Historical Society opens the Coffman Homestead for guided tours one last time this year, and no registration is needed. **Location:** Coffman Homestead, Dublin **When:** Sunday, 1–3pm **More info:** Dublin Historical Society If you still need a pumpkin, Circle S Farms is open Thursday through Sunday from 9am to 7pm until October 25th. Leeds Farm is open weekends until October 25th and adds a Friday this week, October 16th from 10am to 5pm. Pigeon Roost Farm, in its 46th year, is open Wednesday through Sunday until October 31st, with the market and pumpkin area free and the Great Pumpkin Fun Center $12 for ages 2 and up. Lynd’s corn maze is open Friday through Sunday until November 1st, from 10am to 10pm on Friday and Saturday and from 10am to 7pm on Sunday. The rest are in the pumpkin patch guide and the corn maze guide. Sunday is also the last day of the Big Book Sale, Nightmares, the Westerville Pumpkin Glow and both closing shows, Sweeney Todd and Battle of the Books, plus the Sunday matinee of Marilyn, day two of Boo at the Zoo and Mystics and Marvels, the second ProMusica concert, the 7pm Rear Window, and the last night of this week’s Pumpkins Aglow and the Lantern Festival. Everything after this weekend is in the October guide. Have fun, Columbus!

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