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DJBC Tumblr Fall/Summer 22 - Upper Arlington Labor Day Arts Festival 2022

DJBC Tumblr Summer and Fall 22 - Bexley Labor Day Block Party & BrewFest

The second annual merged Labor Day Block Party and Brewfest returned to Main Street in Downtown Bexley, as there were family-friendly activities and live music for all ages, an egg drop, an electric car show, and then Brewfest, which raised funds for Alzheimer's research as several local breweries had samples for adults (21+) to enjoy.

DJBC Tumblr Fall & Summer 2022 - 934 Fest

Also on the weekend after Labor Day was the annual 934 Fest, held at 934 Gallery (934 Cleveland Avenue) in Milo-Grogan. A lot of people do not know where this area is on the map, but pass through it along I-71 (which literally cut the neighborhood in half in the early 1960s). But Milo-Grogan is north of the Discovery District, east of Italian Village, northwest of Bronzeville, and south of Linden and the Ohio State Fairgrounds, for those who did not know the answer.

934 Fest gets its name from 934 Gallery, which is at 934 Cleveland Avenue. Inside the Gallery, there were a couple of pop-up vendors, and the current exhibition up in the Gallery (plus restrooms, for those who didn't want to use the Port-a-Potties). Outside the Gallery, there were murals (also along the adjacent buildings, as well), live music (or in the case of our Sunday afternoon stroll, live DJ's).

And yes, that Bloody Mary looked classy enough to qualify as a meal, given the statuesque garnish to add some flare to this tiny little festival.

DJBC Tumblr Summer 22 - Columbus Greek Festival 2022

The Annual Greek Festival returned to the Annunciation Cathedral in the Short North over Labor Day weekend. The four-day festival celebrates Greek culture - from food, to music and art, and even Greek history.

Opa! Opa!

The Greek Festival is held every Labor Day Weekend at the Annunciation Greek Cathedral - 555 North High Street in the Short North, at the corner of High and Goodale.

Opa!

DJBC Tumblr Fall/Summer 22 - The Hot Times Festival 2022

The Hot Times Festival returned to its familiar home of the grounds of the Columbus Health Department, the weekend after Labor Day. After a virtual event in 2020, and a scaled back event held at a former elementary school in 2021, it was exciting to see the return of the Near East Side staple festival, returning to its long-time home.

The Main Stage Headliners were Willie Phoenix (Friday), The Deal Breakers (Saturday), and The Ark Band (Sunday). Saturday evening featured the return of the Nancy Wilson Tribute Show, which also took place last year, when the festival was held a few blocks north over at the site of the former Douglass Elementary School (and future site of the Columbus Recreation and Parks Creative Campus). The Columbus Free Press Second Saturday Salon was held in person on the steps of the Health Department,

Friday evening saw the return of the Comfest Volunteer Appreciation Night, as Comfest was held in-person in June for the first time since 2019.

Here are highlights over the course of the three-day weekend.

There are once again hot times again in the Olde Towne Tonight.

DJBC Tumblr Summer 22 - Avenue for All 2022

Avenue 4 All was held near the beginning of the summer in early June along a two-block stretch of Parsons Avenue on the City's South Side, to promote all things Parsons Avenue. Parsons Avenue has been seen for decades as the dividing line of the South Side.

DJBC Tumblr Summer & Fall 22 - The Columbus Podcast Awards

The Columbus Podcast Awards, in its third year, is an awards show celebrating all things (local) podcasts.

The DJBC Happy Hour did submit for the first time, and while the show did not place among the top four finalists, were inspired by the awards to produce a cold open for their show for September.

The ceremony was emceed by Joseph Moorer from "The Podcast About Everything" (yes, it's a real podcast), with music by Weezee and The Romantic Hours. The awards were held at the Historic Lincoln Theatre in the Ballroom (worth checking out).

But, special thanks go out to our loyal fanbase of the last 12 seasons, (now-Tennessee Titans running back) Hassan Haskins for slicing holes through Ohio State's Swiss Cheese defense (the why behind Show # 402, which was also the why we wanted to submit this year), and WCRS for hoisting us up for all these years. Shout-out to our fellow Otterbein alumni podcast, CBJectively Speaking for winning Entertainment Podcast, and fellow Otterbein alum podcasts, The Dadass Podcast and Speak Easily with Krista Stauffer for making the top four, and fellow WCRS Monday Night Show, First You Hustle for returning to the top four.

Afterwards, we skipped across Broad Street, and walked down to the Hot Times Festival, and our "Local Band of the Summer", The Deal Breakers were the Saturday night headliners there.

DJBC Tumblr Summer 22 Bonus - Olde Towne East Trash 2 Treasures

We have a lot of catching up to do. Summer 2022 was spent catching up for lost time, a lot of it. And so, we are trying to catch up on all of the posts that we have not had time to do since mid-July.

However, there is a limit to the number of photos that we can upload on a daily basis. Since Tumblr increased their photo per post limit to 30, this is taking some adjusting to do. A few of these were laid out before the fact.

The Olde Towne East Trash to Treasures Yard Sale takes place on the Second Saturday of every June in the Olde Towne East neighborhood, as there are deals for items to be re-purposed.