Indie & Alt Concerts in Columbus in 2026

Wilco

Palace Theatre, Columbus, OH, US

Band of Horses and Dinosaur Jr.

KEMBA Live!, Columbus, OH, US

Hippo Campus

Rumba Cafe, Columbus, OH, US

Styx, Don Felder, and Ohio State Fair

Ohio Expo Center & State Fair, Columbus, OH, US

YUNGBLUD

KEMBA Live!, Columbus, OH, US

Framing Hanley To Kill a Monster, FiveByFive, and The Illusions

King of Clubs, Columbus, OH, US

for KING + COUNTRY and Ohio State Fair

Ohio Expo Center & State Fair, Columbus, OH, US

Eric Schenkman and Spin Doctors Blues Traveler and Gin Blossoms

Celeste Center, Ohio Expo Center & State Fair, Columbus, OH, US

American Football Afternoon Bike Ride

Newport Music Hall, Columbus, OH, US

St. Lucia

Newport Music Hall, Columbus, OH, US

Bruce Hornsby and Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers

Columbus Bicentennial Pavilion Stage at John F. Wolfe Columbus Commons, Columbus, OH, US

Toadies, Local H, and Olive Vox

Newport Music Hall, Columbus, OH, US

Tame Impala Dominic Fike

Nationwide Arena, Columbus, OH, US

Futurebirds

Ace of Cups, Columbus, OH, US

Minus the Bear and Keep

Newport Music Hall, Columbus, OH, US

O.A.R., Gavin DeGraw, and KT Tunstall

KEMBA Live!, Columbus, OH, US

Rainbow Kitten Surprise

KEMBA Live!, Columbus, OH, US

Indigo Girls

Bicentennial Pavilion at Columbus Commons, Columbus, OH, US

Ray LaMontagne and The Weather Station

Wexner Center Mershon Auditorium, Columbus, OH, US

Adelitas Way Dead Things and Dizasterpiece

King of Clubs, Columbus, OH, US

Grand Funk Railroad

Event Center, Hollywood Casino, Columbus, OH, US

Icon for Hire and Lauren Babic

Skully's Music Diner, Columbus, OH, US

Big Head Todd & The Monsters, The Monsters, and Big Head Todd

Midland Theatre, Newark, OH, US

Slothrust

A&R Music Bar, Columbus, OH, US

Phoebe Bridgers Alex G

Nationwide Arena, Columbus, OH, US

Phantogram

KEMBA Live!, Columbus, OH, US

Psychedelic Porn Crumpets

Newport Music Hall, Columbus, OH, US

Two Door Cinema Club STRFKR

KEMBA Live!, Columbus, OH, US

Horse Feathers

Natalie's Grandview, Columbus, OH, US

Joe Pug and Willie Watson

Natalie's Grandview, Columbus, OH, US

Chelsea Wolfe Jonathan Hulten

The Bluestone, Columbus, OH, US

The Smashing Pumpkins

Schottenstein Center, Columbus, OH, US

Buzzcocks Mind's Eye

The Bluestone, Columbus, OH, US

Sex Pistols and Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes Bad Nerves

Newport Music Hall, Columbus, OH, US

Weezer The Shins and Silversun Pickups

Nationwide Arena, Columbus, OH, US

The Get Up Kids and The Format

Newport Music Hall, Columbus, OH, US

Graham Nash

Knox County Memorial Theatre, Mt. Vernon, OH, US

Interpol DIIV

Kemba Live! Outdoor Stage, Columbus, OH, US

Whitney

Skully's Music Diner, Columbus, OH, US

AFI Choir Boy

Newport Music Hall, Columbus, OH, US

Laura Veirs and Karl Blau

Natalie's Grandview, Columbus, OH, US

Twenty One Pilots Death Cab for Cutie

Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OH, US

Candlebox The Verve Pipe

The Bluestone, Columbus, OH, US

Rend Collective and Crowder

The Naz Church, Grove City, OH, US

The Wrecks and Worry Club Kid Sistr

Newport Music Hall, Columbus, OH, US

The Damned

Newport Music Hall, Columbus, OH, US

Kurt Vile

Newport Music Hall, Columbus, OH, US

The Menzingers Hot Water Music and Weakened Friends

Newport Music Hall, Columbus, OH, US

A Place To Bury Strangers Adult.

Ace of Cups, Columbus, OH, US

Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith, and Cece Winans

Schottenstein Center, Columbus, OH, US