Wonderbus Music & Arts Competition to happen Aug. 25-27 in Columbus


Massive names and native rising stars will take the stage in August, when the Wonderbus Music & Arts Competition rolls into Columbus for its fourth 12 months.
Held on the garden of CAS, 2540 Olentangy River Highway, the weekend of music, artwork, actions for all ages, schooling, meals and extra will run Aug. 25-27, that includes performances on a number of levels, with a unique headliner every day. Tickets for the pageant go on sale at midday Monday at wonderbusfest.com.
Opening the pageant on Aug. 25, Pitbull will convey his danceable mixture of Latin hip-pop to the stage with assist from artists together with Sean Kingston. The next day, Demi Lovato will headline, with performances by greater than 10 further acts.
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The third and closing day of Wonderbus will function a number of homegrown musical acts, most notably Caamp, a folks band that features childhood buddies and Higher Arlington graduates Evan Westfall and Taylor Meier.
After working their means by means of the native music circuit together with two sold-out reveals at Kemba Reside in 2021, Caamp has change into a headlining act in quite a few cities together with Columbus, the place they carried out final 12 months at Nationwide Area.
Two different musicians from Columbus are also on the Aug. 27 roster at Wonderbus: Joey Aich, an unbiased hip-hop artist whose newest launch is “Open Treehouse,” and Parker Louis, a well-liked R&B/soul singer and guitarist whose credit embody opening for Caamp at Nationwide Area.
As well as, Portugal. The Man, identified for its hit, “Really feel It Nonetheless,” will carry out on Aug. 27, together with a number of different artists.
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Your entire weekend additionally will promote consciousness of innovation in psychological well being schooling, remedy and analysis. 5 {dollars} from each grownup basic admission, basic admission-plus and VIP ticket will profit The Ohio State College Wexner Medical Heart’s Division of Psychiatry and Behavioral Well being and On Our Sleeves, a nationwide motion to interrupt stigmas round youngsters’s psychological well being powered by Nationwide Kids’s Hospital.
Quite a lot of grownup and pupil passes and tickets shall be supplied, in addition to specifically priced tickets for kids 3-10 years previous. Kids 2 and youthful shall be admitted without cost. For details about passes and costs, go to the Wonderbus web site.