Columbus, OH

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About Columbus

• Simone Biles, the decorated gymnast, was born in Columbus, Ohio.
• Wendy's fast-food chain was founded in Columbus by Dave Thomas in 1969.
• Its central location and transportation routes made it Ohio's capital in 1812.
• The city has an underground tunnel system connecting buildings downtown.
• The Great Flood of 1913 devastated the city, leading to major infrastructure changes.
• Named for Christopher Columbus, it was established as Ohio's capital in 1812.
• With 905,748 residents, it's the 14th-largest city in the U.S.
• Its 768 feet elevation gives it slightly cooler summers than expected.
• Healthcare, retail, and government are the top industries in the city.
• It feels like a vibrant blend of Midwestern charm and youthful energy.
• The Columbus Blue Jackets won their first playoff series in 2019, sweeping Tampa Bay.
• Ohio State's football rivalry with Michigan, "The Game," is legendary.
• The bedrock is primarily limestone and shale formed during the Devonian period.
• The Clear Creek Metro Park, with its deep ravines, lies about 30 miles southeast.
• The Scioto River flows through the heart of the city.
• White-tailed deer are commonly seen in the wooded areas and parks.
• Ohio buckeye trees, the state tree, are prevalent throughout the region.
• The Hopewell culture built earthworks near present-day Columbus centuries before European arrival.
• Ohio became the 17th state in 1803 and Columbus became its capital in 1816.
• The Ohio Statehouse, designed by several architects, was completed in 1861.
• The Ohio Theatre is rumored to be haunted by a former stagehand.
• U.S. Route 40, also known as the National Road, passes near Columbus.

Artists From Columbus

10 Ahead 2 Die 4 A Band Called Dreamland A Go Go A Song Remains A.C. Forehand Aaron Diehl Abbey Church Abyssal Rift Advanced Placement AJ Hirsch Al Gamble Al Son del Iya Alex Grey All Star Jammerz Allard & The Lost Souls Allen McKenzie Alwood Sisters Andicus Andrew Tibbs Andrew Wood Anointed Antonia Franceschi Art Ryerson Artie Kane Asadi Avery Bradshaw Barrelhouse Chuck Basic Black Bassholes Beartooth Bebo Norman Beetkeepers Behemoth, Ohio Betty Machete and the Angry Cougars Beverly D'Angelo Big Back Forty Bigfoot BlacksmithTCB Bob the Drag Queen Bobby Byrne Bobby Hendricks Bobby Pierce Boombox Riot Bootleg Whiskey Band Bourbon Legend Bourbon Train Boys From Nowhere Brad Hatfield Braden Detelich Brasileira Brent Harding Brian Lane Green Brittle Foundries Burn Barrel C.U.R.E. C/O Hotboyz Cadaver Dogs Camu Tao Cane Toads Capital Sound Capital Tragedy Carpe Diem String Quartet Chaley Rose Chaos Theory Charii Charles Fredericks Charles “Chop” Cooper ChickenHawk BirdGetters Chief Johnny Lonesome Chris Douridas Christian Howes Christon Gray ChubbySlim City Lights Clemens & Co Cliffs Colin Gawel and the League Bowlers Confined by Silence Conrad Reeder Conscious Pilot Corey Davis Cowboy Hillbilly Hippy Folk Coxey's Army Cozen CRASH RARRI Cream Camino Crosstown Traffic Crowtalker CT-4 CuteWhenDead Dallas Austin Dan Rieser Dance Like the Dead Danny Whitten Dark Arts Dave Workman Blues Band David Kolin David Reed David Shaffer Day Creeper Dean Francis Dean Stevens Deborah Brevoort Decrepit Keep Delorean TapeDeck DeMarco Brothers Derek Han Desperately Seeking Fusion Dexter Wesley & Red Hot Lava Dexter Wesley's Electric House Di Di Mao Dingo Dango Dirk Westphal Discarded Mischief Disquieting Distorted Silence Doc Robinson Dogrocket Dogwood Road Don Patterson Downtowns on Fire DSTRSSR Eagle Nebula Early Empire Early Man Earwig Easy Tiger Ebb Tides Ekthros El Jesus De Magico Elsie Janis Envenomist Ephemerus Estee Louder Evan Oberla Evil X Fat Dog FBK Feral Housecats Fever Nest Flashback Humor Flesh Field Forest & the Evergreens Fox 'n' Hounds Frame by Frame Fred Wesley G. Finesse and the NS Gary LeFebvre Gary LeVox Gathering Stars Gene Cotton Gene Walker Ghengis Green Gibson Bros. Glare Glen Duncan Go Robot, Go! God and Texas Good Reverend Good Time Music Gooseboys Gower Grafton Gravity 44 Gravy Grayhawk Great Plains Greenhorn Hank Marr Happy Chichester Harry “Sweets” Edison Harvest Kings Heatwave : The Music of Linda Ronstadt Hoo Doo Soul Band Hosea's State of Mind House of Heroes Human Sufferage Idle Tribe Ilija Necovski Illogic Intermittent Animals Into the Briar Patch Invultation Irie J. Rawls Jack Burgess Jack Smith Jacobs Dream James Thurber Jarrod Pinkerton Jasmine Murray Jay DeMarcus Jay Joseph Jermaine Stewart Jimmy Bennington Joe Joe Carter Joe Oestreich JoeLius DuBois Porter Joey & Jessica John Reuben John Sheridan Johnny Franck Josh Dun Jovial Flow Justin Giesey Kashkeni Kevin Turner Kim O'Connor Kim Pensyl Kosher Spears Kyle, Barton and Friends Log Larry Darnell Late Arrival Level Up! Like Moths to Flames Lilybandits Lisa Combs Carrington Local Color Lois McMaster Bujold Lost Boyz Lovely Day Lovin' Mouthful Loyal Divide Luasa Raelon Lucas Cruikshank Lungu Vybz Reggae Ma Rainey Macho Man Randy Savage Magically Delicious Magnolia Manda and the Marbles Marion Black Marion Mann Marionna Mark Andrew Baker Mary Adam 12 Max Mathews McGuffey Lane McSwagger Mellow Jeremy Men of Leisure Meta Chroma Michael Feinstein Michael Fitzpatrick Midwest Crunch Mike "Rep" Hummel Mike Rep And The Quotas Miller Kelton Mojo Theory MojoFlo Monster Truck Five Monster Zero Moonfire Mortimur Mount Carmel Moviola Moxie Mr. Yuk My Ticket Home Naked Skinnies Necrotic Disgorgement Necuratul Neil Jay New Basics Brass Band New Bomb Turks New City Gypsy New Modern Night of Pleasure Nine Shrines Nomuzic North to Nashville October Ember Orion and The Constellations OsamaSon Our Cat Philip Our Flesh Party Outworld Cats Paper Airplane Parallel Structures Pat Parris Paul Nini Paul O’Dette Perennial Rye Peter Nelson Pettibone PhAMILY BANd Phantods Phoenix Rising PocketDog Poets of Heresy Printz Board Psychedelic Horseshit Quan Howell R. L. Stine Race of Devils Radio City Radio Tramps Rahsaan Roland Kirk Rascal Flats Rascal Flatts Rat Bastard Syndicate Ray Curenton Ray Whitley Razor Penguins Rebecca Kite Red Barber Red Mountain String Band Reflex Machine Reggie Jackson Reverend Love and the Profit$ Rick Gruly RK Maroon Robot Lords of Tokyo Roger Cichy Ronald Borror Rootabaga Roots Society Ross Edwin Barbour Ross Smith Roswell Beach Royal Crescent Mob Rudolph Johnson Rudolph O. Erlebach Russ Lossing Ryan Hamner Rymocerous S.A. Smash Sam Messenheimer Sanguisugabogg Sanitarium Saving Jane Scarlet and Grateful House Band Scott Lee & the Wanderers Scrawl Screaming Urge Sean Prather Band Second State Butchers Selldretti Sgt. Peppercorn's Beatles Marathon Sherry Harris Shrub Sixwonfour Sloynt Smokin' Section Sneaky Pete and the Players Sonic Visions Quartet Soul Position Spontaneous Corruption Stacy Garrop Stadium 11 stare STARSET Starving Goliath Steve Potts Stillcastle Stolen Goods Stomp Gordon Straw & the Scarecrow Strongbow Sundown Susan Johnson Swagg Sweetheart Symphony in Peril T.C. and the Cats T.J. Fowler T.J. Massaro Taelor Gray Tammer Laine tana Tash Tater Teeth of the Hydra Tennessee Williams Terribly Empty Pockets Terry Glaze Th' Flyin' Saucers The 7th Floor The Ark Band The BaXters The Beatdowns The Big Creak The Bittertones The Black Swans The Brian Clash Band The Brother's Rap The Bygones The Cinema Eye The Circus of Cool Combo The Clark Twins Band The Damn You's The DAMNits The Dead Revival Band The Deadlys The Deal Breakers The Deeptones The Deltones The Dogz The Dukes The Edicates The Epics The Everlasting Happiness The Evolution Control Committee The Fabulous Johnson Brothers The Fifth Order The Flex Crew The Four O'Clock Balloon The Goldsberrys The Great State of Ohio The Kyle Sowashes The Load The Lost Revival The Main Street Gospel The March Ahead The Media The Mighty Troubadours The Molars The Muffetts The Muswell Villebillies The Orphan The Poet The Pink Flamingos The Possums The Pretty Filth The Quasi Kings The Rebounds The Receiver The Repo Pilots The Rider Band The Spikedrivers The Stepford Five The Street Players The Sun The Vague The Wake The Wet Bandits The Whiteouts The Worryin' Kind The Yips Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments Throat Tiddy Tim Wilson Timeless Legend Times New Viking Titonton Duvanté Toast Tollcross Lane Tom Poston Tomb Sentinel Trachete Triggahappy TrigNO True Color Truman Carter Tuml Turnpike Earth Twenty One Pilots Two Cow Garage Two Hour Trip Tyler Joseph Urban Tropic V-3 Van Dale Velveteens Vicious Abuse Vulning Waves Colectivo Waves de Aché Waxy Monx Way Yes Wayne Brady Wednesday Wine Wee Whirlybirds Whisker Whitley Jean and the Attic Cats William Cochran Wing & Tusk Wolfman and the Airship Captain Woosley Band X-Rated Cowboys Yaves the Street Pastor yawner. 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10 Ahead 2 Die 4 A Band Called Dreamland A Go Go A Song Remains A.C. Forehand AJ Hirsch Aaron Diehl Abbey Church Abyssal Rift Advanced Placement Al Gamble Al Son del Iya Alex Grey All Star Jammerz Allard & The Lost Souls Allen McKenzie Alwood Sisters Andicus Andrew Tibbs Andrew Wood Anointed Antonia Franceschi Art Ryerson Artie Kane Asadi Attack Attack! Avery Bradshaw Barrelhouse Chuck Basic Black Bassholes Beartooth Bebo Norman Beetkeepers Behemoth, Ohio Betty Machete and the Angry Cougars Beverly D'Angelo Big Back Forty Bigfoot BlacksmithTCB Bob the Drag Queen Bobby Byrne Bobby Hendricks Bobby Pierce Boombox Riot Bootleg Whiskey Band Bourbon Legend Bourbon Train Boys From Nowhere Brad Hatfield Braden Detelich Brasileira Brent Harding Brian Lane Green Brittle Foundries Burn Barrel C.U.R.E. C/O Hotboyz CRASH RARRI CT-4 Cadaver Dogs Camu Tao Cane Toads Capital Sound Capital Tragedy Carpe Diem String Quartet Chaley Rose Chaos Theory Charii Charles Fredericks Charles “Chop” Cooper ChickenHawk BirdGetters Chief Johnny Lonesome Chris Douridas Christian Howes Christon Gray ChubbySlim City Lights Clemens & Co Cliffs Colin Gawel and the League Bowlers Confined by Silence Conrad Reeder Conscious Pilot Corey Davis Cowboy Hillbilly Hippy Folk Coxey's Army Cozen Cream Camino Crosstown Traffic Crowtalker CuteWhenDead DSTRSSR Dallas Austin Dan Rieser Dance Like the Dead Danny Whitten Dark Arts Dave Workman Blues Band David Kolin David Reed David Shaffer Day Creeper DeMarco Brothers Dean Francis Dean Stevens Deborah Brevoort Decrepit Keep Delorean TapeDeck Derek Han Desperately Seeking Fusion Dexter Wesley & Red Hot Lava Dexter Wesley's Electric House Di Di Mao Dingo Dango Dirk Westphal Discarded Mischief Disquieting Distorted Silence Doc Robinson Dogrocket Dogwood Road Don Patterson Downtowns on Fire Eagle Nebula Early Empire Early Man Earwig Easy Tiger Ebb Tides Ekthros El Jesus De Magico Elsie Janis Envenomist Ephemerus Estee Louder Evan Oberla Evil X FBK Fat Dog Feral Housecats Fever Nest Flashback Humor Flesh Field Forest & the Evergreens Fox 'n' Hounds Frame by Frame Fred Wesley G. Finesse and the NS Gary LeFebvre Gary LeVox Gathering Stars Gaunt Gene Cotton Gene Walker Ghengis Green Gibson Bros. Glare Glen Duncan Go Robot, Go! God and Texas Good Reverend Good Time Music Gooseboys Gower Grafton Gravity 44 Gravy Grayhawk Great Plains Greenhorn Hank Marr Happy Chichester Harry “Sweets” Edison Harvest Kings Heatwave : The Music of Linda Ronstadt Hoo Doo Soul Band Hosea's State of Mind House of Heroes Human Sufferage Idle Tribe Ilija Necovski Illogic Intermittent Animals Into the Briar Patch Invultation Irie J. Rawls Jack Burgess Jack Smith Jacobs Dream James Thurber Jarrod Pinkerton Jasmine Murray Jay DeMarcus Jay Joseph Jermaine Stewart Jimmy Bennington Joe Joe Carter Joe Oestreich JoeLius DuBois Porter Joey & Jessica John Reuben John Sheridan Johnny Franck Josh Dun Jovial Flow Justin Giesey Kashkeni Kevin Turner Kim O'Connor Kim Pensyl Kosher Spears Kyle, Barton and Friends Larry Darnell Late Arrival Level Up! Like Moths to Flames Lilybandits Lisa Combs Carrington Local Color Log Lois McMaster Bujold Lost Boyz Lovely Day Lovin' Mouthful Loyal Divide Luasa Raelon Lucas Cruikshank Lungu Vybz Reggae Ma Rainey Macho Man Randy Savage Magically Delicious Magnolia Manda and the Marbles Marion Black Marion Mann Marionna Mark Andrew Baker Mary Adam 12 Max Mathews McGuffey Lane McSwagger Mellow Jeremy Men of Leisure Meta Chroma Michael Feinstein Michael Fitzpatrick Midwest Crunch Mike "Rep" Hummel Mike Rep And The Quotas Miller Kelton Mojo Theory MojoFlo Monster Truck Five Monster Zero Moonfire Mortimur Mount Carmel Moviola Moxie Mr. Yuk My Ticket Home Naked Skinnies Necrotic Disgorgement Necuratul Neil Jay New Basics Brass Band New Bomb Turks New City Gypsy New Modern Night of Pleasure Nine Shrines Nomuzic North to Nashville October Ember Orion and The Constellations OsamaSon Our Cat Philip Our Flesh Party Outworld Cats Paper Airplane Parallel Structures Pat Parris Paul Nini Paul O’Dette Perennial Rye Peter Nelson Pettibone PhAMILY BANd Phantods Phoenix Rising PocketDog Poets of Heresy Printz Board Psychedelic Horseshit Quan Howell R. L. Stine RK Maroon Race of Devils Radio City Radio Tramps Rahsaan Roland Kirk Rascal Flats Rascal Flatts Rat Bastard Syndicate Ray Curenton Ray Whitley Razor Penguins Rebecca Kite Red Barber Red Mountain String Band Reflex Machine Reggie Jackson Reverend Love and the Profit$ Rick Gruly Robot Lords of Tokyo Roger Cichy Ronald Borror Rootabaga Roots Society Ross Edwin Barbour Ross Smith Roswell Beach Royal Crescent Mob Rudolph Johnson Rudolph O. Erlebach Russ Lossing Ryan Hamner Rymocerous S.A. Smash STARSET Sam Messenheimer Sanguisugabogg Sanitarium Saving Jane Scarlet and Grateful House Band Scott Lee & the Wanderers Scrawl Screaming Urge Sean Prather Band Second State Butchers Selldretti Sgt. Peppercorn's Beatles Marathon Sherry Harris Shrub Sixwonfour Sloynt Smokin' Section Sneaky Pete and the Players Sonic Visions Quartet Soul Position Spontaneous Corruption Stacy Garrop Stadium 11 Starving Goliath Steve Potts Stillcastle Stolen Goods Stomp Gordon Straw & the Scarecrow Strongbow Sundown Susan Johnson Swagg Sweetheart Symphony in Peril T.C. and the Cats T.J. Fowler T.J. Massaro Taelor Gray Tammer Laine Tash Tater Teeth of the Hydra Tennessee Williams Terribly Empty Pockets Terry Glaze Th' Flyin' Saucers The 7th Floor The Ark Band The BaXters The Beatdowns The Big Creak The Bittertones The Black Swans The Brian Clash Band The Brother's Rap The Bygones The Cinema Eye The Circus of Cool Combo The Clark Twins Band The DAMNits The Damn You's The Dead Revival Band The Deadlys The Deal Breakers The Deeptones The Deltones The Dogz The Dukes The Edicates The Epics The Everlasting Happiness The Evolution Control Committee The Fabulous Johnson Brothers The Fifth Order The Flex Crew The Four O'Clock Balloon The Goldsberrys The Great State of Ohio The Kyle Sowashes The Load The Lost Revival The Main Street Gospel The March Ahead The Media The Mighty Troubadours The Molars The Muffetts The Muswell Villebillies The Orphan The Poet The Pink Flamingos The Possums The Pretty Filth The Quasi Kings The Rebounds The Receiver The Repo Pilots The Rider Band The Spikedrivers The Stepford Five The Street Players The Sun The Vague The Wake The Wet Bandits The Whiteouts The Worryin' Kind The Yips Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments Throat Tiddy Tim Wilson Timeless Legend Times New Viking Titonton Duvanté Toast Tollcross Lane Tom Poston Tomb Sentinel Trachete TrigNO Triggahappy True Color Truman Carter Tuml Turnpike Earth Twenty One Pilots Two Cow Garage Two Hour Trip Tyler Joseph Urban Tropic V-3 Van Dale Velveteens Vicious Abuse Vulning Waves Colectivo Waves de Aché Waxy Monx Way Yes Wayne Brady Wednesday Wine Wee Whirlybirds Whisker Whitley Jean and the Attic Cats William Cochran Wing & Tusk Wolfman and the Airship Captain Woosley Band X-Rated Cowboys Yaves the Street Pastor Yowler stare tana yawner. 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