Upcoming Ohio music festivals

Browse upcoming Ohio music festivals with Columbus rock weekends, Mansfield camping, Nelsonville roots and practical ticket, camping and travel guides.

Ohio music festivals now span stadium-scale rock, historic-site camping and community campouts

Columbus, Mansfield, Mineral City and Nelsonville create very different trip shapes. Compare admission, parking, camping credentials and driving distance before treating them as interchangeable weekends.

Qualifying festivals in this collection

  • Sonic Temple Art + Music Festival 2027 — 2027-05-13 · Historic Crew Stadium · Columbus, OH · camping · planning guide

    Four-day rock and metal festival at Historic Crew Stadium in Columbus with more than 140 bands across five stages, camping, large-scale art and multiple pass…

  • Nelsonville Music Festival 2027 — 2027-06-17 · Snow Fork Event Center · Nelsonville, OH · camping · planning guide

    Three-day nonprofit music festival at Snow Fork Event Center with camping, kids activities, artisan vendors and local food.

  • Alive Music Festival 2027 — 2027-07-15 · Atwood Lake Park · Mineral City, OH · camping · planning guide

    Three-day outdoor music and camping festival at Atwood Lake Park with multiple stages, 40+ artists, RV and tent camping, family programming and volunteer/ven…

  • Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival 2027 — 2027-07-16 · Ohio State Reformatory · Mansfield, OH · camping · planning guide

    Three-day rock, metal and tattoo festival at the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, with camping, prison tours, Tattoo X and large-scale festival programming.

Planning intelligence for this festival collection

4 events currently list camping; 0 explicitly list no onsite camping. 1 publish train, bus, ferry, transit, or shuttle language in current transport notes. 3 track at least one participation path such as vendor, volunteer, staff, media, artist, or sponsor.

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