High Spirits Art & Music Fest – Columbus, OH

Capital Crossroads Special Improvement District in partnership with The City of Columbus, Downtown Columbus Inc., Half Baked Art Fund, and the Greater Columbus Arts Council is thrilled to announce HIGH SPIRITS, a 614 Open Streets Art & Music Festival in downtown Columbus to kick off the Halloween Season celebrating the absurd, the macabre and the unknown.

On Saturday, October 12, 2024, from 11:00 AM to 10:00 PM, downtown Columbus will TRANSFORM as High Street (Long to Broad Streets) and Gay Street (Third to Wall Streets) close to vehicular traffic creating our pedestrian only hallowed grounds. Three stages will be erected, featuring local and regional talent, including headliner DeathbyRomy from Los Angeles, under Janet Echelman’s “Current” art installation.

Described as ‘Lady Gaga meets Marilyn Manson,’ singer/songwriter DeathbyRomy combines catchy pop melodies with heavier alternative sounds & hypnotic vocals. In 2019, she released the EP ‘Love U to Death’, which included standout track “Problems,” garnering over 66 million streams on Spotify.

In 2022, DeathbyRomy released her first independent EP ‘Entropy’, which truly cemented her sound and reputation as a respected artist in the alternative-pop world. After touring with legends such as Pierce the Veil and The Used in 2023, DeathbyRomy released singles with DJ’s such as NGHTMRE and Zed’s Dead. 2024 saw DeathbyRomy taking the US by storm with a 33-show tour alongside Set It Off and Crown the Empire followed by a streak of performances at legendary summer festivals including Download, Copenhell, Graspop, Rock for the People (and many more) – as well as opening for BABYMETAL at several of their European shows.

In addition to DeathbyRomy, over 30 artists, bands and entertainers will take to the stage, including The Lonely Ones, Zoo Trippin, Summore, Electro Cult Circus, The Paisley Bandits and Frankie Soleil. Additional street performer musicians and entertainment will also be present roaming the festival.

Alongside musical performances and entertainment, High Spirits features an assortment of vendors at the “Macabre Marketplace”, food trucks at the “Court of Consumption”, live art, a skating rink and parklet and other surprises throughout the day.

For more information, please visit highspiritsfestival.org or visit our Instagram @highspiritsfest.

For any media inquiries or additional information, please email events@sidservices.com.

Listen to the official High Spirits Playlist on Spotify!

High Spirits is part of UnderCurrent, an event series by the community, for the community and facilitated by Downtown Columbus, Inc. As part of a broader effort to activate key areas of Downtown Columbus and provide unique and creative programming, Downtown Columbus, Inc. is supporting up to five events in 2024 through grants and event assistance. All events in the UnderCurrent event series will take place on Gay Street directly under Current, the sky-high sculpture by artist Janet Echelman.