FAQ

Download the Jazz & Rib Fest mobile app! Or check out our website and signage at the festival.

Admission to Jazz & Rib Fest is FREE!

Directions and information on parking and public transportation can be found here.

Attendees are permitted to pack a cooler, but carry-in alcohol, glass bottles and containers are prohibited. Since admission to Jazz & Rib Fest is free, we strongly encourage attendees to purchase food and beverages at the event. Food and beverage purchases help to make Jazz & Rib Fest happen year after year! Coolers must be labeled with name and cell phone number. Due to security concerns, coolers may be confiscated by the Columbus Division of Police.

Grilling, cooking, or campfires of any type may not be conducted anywhere on festival grounds.

Tents, oversized umbrellas and staking of any kind are prohibited.

While we strongly recommend leaving your pet at home in cool, quiet comfort, animals are permitted, but must be leashed at all times and owners must clean-up after their pets.

All forms of tobacco are prohibited in city parks and facilities including the restrooms, spectator and concession areas, spraygrounds/splash pads and special event venues.

Mega phones, portable stereos, recording equipment or amplification of any kind are prohibited.

Yes, but bikes and scooters MUST be walked through the event and parked on the perimeter of festival grounds.

Skateboards, hoverboards and unauthorized motorized vehicles are not permitted on the festival grounds.

Unauthorized vending, handbills, petitioning or solicitation is not permitted. Information on how to apply to be an authorized vendor can found here.

Yes, the following are NOT PERMITTED on festival grounds:
carry-in alcohol
glass bottles or containers
grilling, cooking or campfires
illegal weapons
laser pointers
unauthorized motorized vehicles
portable stereos, recording devices, megaphones or amplification of any kind
skateboards or hoverboards
tobacco
unauthorized vending, handbills, petitioning or solicitation