Scioto Fest at Scioto Audubon Metro Park
Scioto Fest brings together outdoor recreation, music, food, and drinks and you! Come out to Scioto Audubon Metro Park on September 13 and 14, 2024.
About
Scioto Fest will be bigger and better than ever this year. All the fun begins at Scioto Audubon Metro Park at 5pm on Friday, September 13, 2024 with Yappy Hour, Try It! climbing wall programs, river floats, food trucks, Nocterra and Land Grand beer, plus a DJ and live bands. Check out the full schedule of events for the entire weekend lower down the page.
Schedule
Friday, September 13, 2024
Event Hours: 5pm-11pm
All evening – food trucks
5pm-8pm
Yappy Hour – tie dye dog bandanas with Friends of Metro Parks and stop by dog,nature, and recreation vendor booths. Grab a s’more and check out the food trucks!
5pm-7:30pm
Try It! Kayaking with Metro Parks Outdoor Adventure
5pm-8pm
Try it! Climbing with Metro Parks Outdoor Adventure
5pm-10:30pm
Camping Check-in and set up (check in at info tent upon arrival)
5pm-11pm
Food trucks and Nocterra and Land Grant beer
7pm-10:30pm
BANDS! Enjoy music from:
A Band Called Dreamland
Ramblewood
7:30pm-8:30pm
Gourmet s’mores with Metro Parks Outdoor Adventure
Overnight
Camping
Saturday, September 14, 2024
Event Hours: 9am-3pm
All day – food trucks
9am-3pm
Metro Parks activities, food trucks, Nocterra and Land Grant beer, vendors, slacklining, volleyball, hammocking, and bubbles!
9am-10am
Yoga with Michael’s Yoga Adventure
9am-12pm
Climbing Competition
9:30am-2:30pm
Try it! Kayaking with Outdoor Adventure
10am-10:30am
Stage: Metro Parks Spotlight
10:45am-11:45am
Drumming with Iggy Garcia
12pm-3pm
Try it! Climbing programs with Metro Parks Outdoor Adventure team
12pm-12:45pm
Yoga with Michael’s Yoga Adventure
12:45pm
Climbing Competition Awards & Prizes
1pm-1:30pm
Stage: Metro Parks Spotlight
2pm-3pm
Drumming with Mamady Mansare
Bands
Later Gator
A Band Called Dreamland
Ramblewood
Climbing Competition
Outdoor Adventure’s Climbing Competition
Come and test your rock climbing skills at Outdoor Adventure’s Climbing Competition! The competition will be held during Scioto Fest and all ages and abilities are welcome. The competition is free to the public. Winners will be announced at the end of the competition, and prizes will be awarded. Climbers can come at any time between 9am-12pm as long as they finish all routes by 12pm. Top rope only. Climbers are expected to bring their own equipment, rope, and belayer. SIGN UP HERE.
For questions about the climbing competition, please feel free to contact Outdoor Adventure Programmer, Caroline Wagner at cjwagner@metroparks.net
Camping
Scioto Fest 2024 Camping Info
- Camping during Scioto Fest is FREE!
- Check in at the information tent once you arrive.
- Metro Parks staff will be onsite at all times, even overnight.
- Bring your own gear – tents, sleeping bags, sleeping pads, chairs, food, water, etc.
- Individual fires aren’t permitted, but you may bring individual camp stoves and food to prepare.
- Dogs are welcome and need to be on a leash at all times in the camping area.
- Porta-johns will be available.
- Overall rule of thumb: be a decent human. Pick up after yourself, honor quiet hours, follow park rules, etc and we’ll all have a pretty groovy time.
Vendors
Scioto Fest 2024 Vendors
A wide range of outdoor recreation, animal outreach and nature based vendors will be on site for all your shopping and learning needs!
Interested in becoming a vendor? Contact Us!
2024 Vendors:
- REI
- Wingtime
- Coco Cat Confections
- Tortilla Street Food
- Family Rice Bowl
- Columbus Humane
- The Cake Hound
- Mutts & Co.
- Pet Wants
- Cause for Canines
- Izzy and Co. Treats
- Pedal and Thread
- Columbus Paddling Club
- Bloc Garten
- Columbus Blue Jackets
- Black Women in Nature
- Greater Columbus Rowing Association
- Frontline Freedom
- Wild Ohio Therapy Farm
- Catalpa Counseling
- Scioto Made
- Local Yokels Trading Co.
- Authentically Elyse
- Columbus Audubon
- KaleidoscopeMe02
- Sawdust & Cedar
- Peppers Clay Creations
- Odds & Friends
- Let Them Be Wild
- Ampersand Oils and Candles
- Water Safe Ohio
2024 Vendors Continued:
- Ari’s Coneys
- Rolling Bistro Street Kitchen
- Henna by Heera
- Grateful Acres Pet Sanctuary
- APARC
- Tortilla Street Food
- Mean Mug
- Cinn Wagon
- Oowhee Smoothie
- Adventure Bite Cuisine
- Ohio Nature Education
- Ohio Women on the Fly
- Clintonville Roller Club
- Gracehaven/Over the Edge
- Four Seasons City Farm
- Green Columbus
- Hocking Holds
- Project Healing Waters
- The Healers Toolmaker
- D. Kramer Photography
- Joyful Bubbles
Sponsors
Scioto Fest 2024 Sponsors
Our sponsors are an integral part of what makes Scioto Fest so great! These local businesses provide entertainment, fun and more. Thank you!
Interested in becoming a sponsor? Contact Us!
