Rock-music Events in Columbus

Check out happening rock-music events all around Columbus, OH

AC/DC

 Tue, 14 Jul at 07:00 pm Ohio Stadium

Tame Impala with Dominic Fike

 Tue, 25 Aug at 11:00 pm Nationwide Arena

Zac Brown Band: Love & Fear Tour presented by Margaritaville at Sea

Fri, 14 Aug at 07:00 pm Nationwide Arena

Tame Impala

 Mon, 24 Aug Nationwide Arena

Weezer with The Shins and Silversun Pickups

 Tue, 06 Oct Nationwide Arena

Weezer at Nationwide Arena

 Tue, 06 Oct at 07:00 pm Nationwide Arena

Tame Impala at Nationwide Arena

 Tue, 25 Aug at 07:00 pm Nationwide Arena

Sex Pistols (Steve Jones, Paul Cook, Glen Matlock) featuring Frank Carter

 Sun, 04 Oct at 11:30 pm Newport Music Hall

The Smashing Pumpkins

 Thu, 01 Oct at 12:00 am Value City Arena at Schottenstein Center

Sex Pistols in Columbus

 Sun, 04 Oct at 08:30 pm Newport Music Hall

Weird Al Yankovic at Celeste Center at Ohio Expo Center

 Wed, 05 Aug at 07:00 pm Celeste Center at Ohio Expo Center

Two Door Cinema Club

 Thu, 24 Sep at 07:00 pm KEMBA Live!

Young the Giant with Cold War Kids and Almost Monday

 Fri, 26 Jun at 10:00 pm KEMBA Live!

Band of Horses & Dinosaur Jr.

 Sat, 25 Jul KEMBA Live!

Five Finger Death Punch with Cody Jinks and Eva Under Fire

 Wed, 21 Oct at 10:45 pm Nationwide Arena

Five Finger Death Punch at Nationwide Arena

 Wed, 21 Oct at 06:45 pm Nationwide Arena

Band of Horses and Dinosaur Jr at KEMBA LIVE!

 Sun, 26 Jul at 08:00 pm KEMBA LIVE!

Bret Michaels at Hollywood Casino Columbus

 Fri, 12 Jun at 08:00 pm Hollywood Casino Columbus

Five Finger Death Punch Columbus Tickets

 Wed, 21 Oct at 06:45 pm Nationwide Arena EUR 23

Styx with Don Felder at Ohio Expo Center and State Fair

 Wed, 29 Jul at 07:00 pm Ohio Expo Center and State Fair

Twenty One Pilots - Ohio Stadium

 Sat, 17 Oct at 06:00 pm Ohio Stadium

Ray LaMontagne at Wexner Center for the Arts - Mershon Auditorium

 Fri, 18 Sep at 07:00 pm Wexner Center for the Arts - Mershon Auditorium

Sex Pistols at Newport Music Hall

 Sun, 04 Oct at 08:30 pm Newport Music Hall

Interpol at KEMBA LIVE!

 Sat, 10 Oct at 08:00 pm KEMBA LIVE!

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

 Thu, 10 Sep at 10:30 pm KEMBA Live!

Two Door Cinema Club with STRFKR

 Fri, 25 Sep at 11:30 pm KEMBA Live!

Blues Traveler Gin Blossoms & Spin Doctors

 Fri, 07 Aug at 07:00 pm Celeste Center at Ohio Expo Center & State Fair

Slightly Stoopid at KEMBA LIVE!

 Sat, 25 Jul at 07:30 pm KEMBA LIVE!

Blues Traveler Gin Blossoms & Spin Doctors

 Fri, 07 Aug at 07:00 pm Ohio Expo Center Coliseum

String Cheese Incident at KEMBA LIVE!

 Wed, 12 Aug at 07:15 pm KEMBA LIVE!

Ohio State Fair - Blues Traveler with Gin Blossoms and Spin Doctors

 Sat, 08 Aug at 11:00 pm Ohio Expo Center & State Fair - Celeste Center

Juanes at Wexner Center for the Arts - Mershon Auditorium

 Sun, 13 Sep at 08:00 pm Wexner Center for the Arts - Mershon Auditorium

Band of Horses and Dinosaur Jr.

 Mon, 27 Jul at 12:00 am KEMBA Live!

Candlelight: Coldplay vs. Imagine Dragons

 Sun, 21 Jun at 08:45 pm Columbus Museum of Art USD 34 to 89

Yungblud

 Sun, 02 Aug KEMBA Live!

Spoon w/ The Beths

 Sun, 28 Jun at 07:00 pm KEMBA Live!

Bret Michaels

 Thu, 11 Jun at 07:00 pm The Event Center At Hollywood Casino - Columbus

The Damned at Newport Music Hall

 Fri, 30 Oct at 07:00 pm Newport Music Hall

Interpol

 Sat, 10 Oct at 06:30 pm KEMBA Live

Styx with special guest Don Felder

 Wed, 29 Jul at 07:00 pm Ohio Expo Center & State Fair

Two Door Cinema Club, STRFKR in Columbus

 Fri, 25 Sep at 07:30 pm KEMBA Live!

Band of Horses in Columbus

 Sun, 26 Jul at 05:30 pm KEMBA Live!

Bret Michaels

 Sat, 13 Jun The Event Center at Hollywood Casino - Columbus

Interpol with DIIV

 Sun, 11 Oct KEMBA Live!

Slightly Stoopid

 Fri, 24 Jul at 07:00 pm KEMBA Live!

American Football at Newport Music Hall

 Mon, 10 Aug at 07:00 pm Newport Music Hall

AFI with Choir Boy

 Thu, 15 Oct Newport Music Hall

Minus the Bear at Newport Music Hall

 Fri, 04 Sep at 08:00 pm Newport Music Hall

Styx with Don Felder

 Wed, 29 Jul at 11:00 pm Ohio Expo Center & State Fair - Celeste Center

The Alan Parsons Live Project – Nationwide Picnic with the Pops

 Sat, 25 Jul at 08:00 pm 160 S High St, Columbus, OH 43215-4502, United States

Minus The Bear

 Thu, 03 Sep at 07:00 pm Newport Music Hall

Kurt Vile and The Violators at Newport Music Hall

 Thu, 05 Nov at 07:00 pm Newport Music Hall

Young the Giant w/ Cold War Kids

 Fri, 26 Jun at 06:30 pm KEMBA Live!

The Aquabats

 Fri, 19 Jun at 11:00 pm Newport Music Hall

Bilmuri with Knuckle Puck

 Fri, 18 Sep KEMBA Live!

The Damned

 Fri, 30 Oct at 11:00 pm Newport Music Hall

Blues Traveler with Gin Blossoms at Ohio Expo Center

 Sat, 08 Aug at 07:00 pm Ohio Expo Center

The Damned w/ Flamin Groovies

 Fri, 30 Oct at 07:00 pm Newport Music Hall

Tommy Stinson(The Replacements)& Friends at Used Kids Records in Columbus

 Wed, 17 Jun at 07:00 pm Used Kids Records USD 29 to 109

The Damned

 Fri, 30 Oct at 06:00 pm Newport Music Hall

Bret Michaels

 Fri, 12 Jun at 08:00 pm The Event Center at Hollywood Casino Columbus

The Bouncing Souls, The Suicide Machines, The Flatliners, The Jack Knives in Columbus

 Thu, 03 Dec at 07:00 pm Skully's Music Diner

Todd Rundgren

 Sun, 05 Jul at 07:00 pm KEMBA Live!

Candlelight: Queen vs. ABBA

 Fri, 12 Jun at 08:45 pm Short North Church USD 34 to 74

The Toadies

 Mon, 17 Aug at 12:00 am Newport Music Hall

The Menzingers, Hot Water Music, Weakened Friends in Columbus

 Fri, 06 Nov at 07:00 pm Newport Music Hall

Windborne’s The Music of Tom Petty – Nationwide Picnic with the Pops

 Sat, 27 Jun at 08:00 pm 160 S High St, Columbus, OH 43215-4502, United States

Minus The Bear with KEEP

 Sat, 05 Sep at 12:00 am Newport Music Hall

Grand Funk Railroad

 Sat, 19 Sep The Event Center at Hollywood Casino - Columbus

Slightly Stoopid w/ The Elovaters

 Sat, 25 Jul at 07:30 pm KEMBA Live!

Todd Rundgren at KEMBA LIVE!

 Sun, 05 Jul at 07:00 pm KEMBA LIVE!

RX Bandits

 Mon, 20 Jul Newport Music Hall

The Aquabats at Newport Music Hall

 Fri, 19 Jun Newport Music Hall

Blackberry Smoke

 Sat, 18 Jul at 11:30 pm Newport Music Hall

Columbus Oktoberfest presents: RockHouse!

 Sat, 12 Sep at 09:00 pm Columbus Oktoberfest

Aquabats

 Fri, 19 Jun at 07:00 pm Newport Music Hall

Sex Pistols (Steve Jones, Paul Cook, Glen Matlock) featuring Frank Carter

 Sun, 04 Oct at 08:30 pm Newport Music Hall

Candlelight: Tribute to The Beatles

 Sat, 11 Jul at 07:00 pm Columbus Museum of Art

A Dose of Dylan & the Dead - Columbus, OH featuring Shelter From the Storm & the Dead Revival Band

 Fri, 18 Sep at 08:00 pm Woodlands Tavern

Joyce Manor at Ace of Cups

 Sun, 16 Aug at 07:00 pm 2619 N. High St. Columbus OH 43202

Texas Hippie Coalition, Boondox, Citizen Kane, Hotbox, Insane in Columbus

 Fri, 02 Oct at 06:30 pm The KING of CLUBS

2026 Rock and Roll Over Brain Cancer at Land-Grant

 Sun, 30 Aug at 01:00 pm The Land-Grant Brewing Company USD 0 to 82

The Toadies w/ Local H

 Sun, 16 Aug at 08:00 pm Newport Music Hall

Folquinox at the 2026 Goodale Park Music Series

 Sun, 12 Jul at 12:30 pm 120 W Goodale St Free

Upon A Burning Body, Swollen Teeth in Columbus

 Thu, 18 Jun at 07:00 pm The KING of CLUBS

The Fab Four - The Ultimate Tribute

 Thu, 20 Aug at 07:00 pm The Event Center At Hollywood Casino - Columbus

The Ultimate Doors - A Tribute to The Doors

 Fri, 04 Sep at 07:00 pm The Bluestone

Dead Letter Office - A tribute to R.E.M. at Woodlands Tavern

 Thu, 11 Jun at 07:00 pm Woodlands Tavern USD 26

Friends Of The Dead: Grateful Dead Tribute (ComFest Afterparty)

 Sat, 27 Jun at 09:00 pm The Summit Music Hall USD 12

The Sonder Bombs, Gay Meat @ Spacebar, Columbus OH (6/13)

 Sat, 13 Jun at 08:00 pm The Spacebar USD 15

Dead Serious at Woodlands Tavern - (free on the Tavern Stage)

 Fri, 26 Jun at 09:00 pm Woodlands Tavern USD 2

MONOLORD with Khemmis at Ace of Cups

 Tue, 08 Sep at 07:00 pm Ace of Cups USD 39

Spafford at Woodlands Tavern

 Sun, 21 Jun at 06:00 pm Woodlands Productions

Streetlight Manifesto w/ Hot Rod Circuit

 Sun, 22 Nov at 08:00 pm KEMBA Live!

The Get Up Kids

 Tue, 06 Oct Newport Music Hall

King Serpent at the 2026 Goodale Park Music Series

 Sun, 26 Jul at 12:30 pm 120 W Goodale St Free

Watershed

 Fri, 31 Jul at 08:00 pm 945 King Ave, Columbus, OH, United States, Ohio 43212

STEVIE NICKS IN 50 SONGS Author Annie Zaleski Hosted by Gramercy Books!

 Thu, 27 Aug at 07:00 pm Gramercy Books USD 11 to 35

*VENUE CHANGE* Armor For Sleep at Ace of Cups

 Tue, 16 Jun at 06:30 pm Ace of Cups

David Cook

 Wed, 22 Jul at 07:30 pm Natalie's - Grandview