The many annual events that take place in and around Columbus along with the year-round attractions make the quality of life here far above average.

For more information you may contact the following agencies:

Columbus Convention and Visitors Bureau
Peter Bowden, Executive Director
900 Front Avenue, 322-1613
Historic Columbus Foundation
Susan Lawhorne, Executive Director
700 Broadway, 322-9756
Uptown Columbus, Inc.
22 West 10th Street, 596-0111
Greater Columbus Sports & Events Council
Janice Davis, Executive Director
420 Tenth Street, 660-1996
Columbus Department of Parks and Recreation
Tony Adams, Director
613 Talbotton Road, 571-4785
Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce
F. Michael Gaymon, President & CEO
901 Front Avenue, 327-1566

Here is a partial list of the many things to see and do in the Columbus area:

Annual Columbus-Fort Benning Shrine Circus
Annual Spring Fling Country Festival
Annual Summerfest Applause Festival
Annual Tuskegee-Morehouse Football Game (Oct.)
Boat Shows
Baseball - Columbus Catfish
Bowling Events
Callaway Gardens Resort
Camping (Facilities Accessible to Columbus)
Championship Stock Car Racing
Chattahoochee Riverwalk
Chehaw Wild Animal Park
Chill Out Columbus Style Jazz Festival
Christmas Parade
Churches and Synagogues  (275)
Civic Center
Civic Clubs
Coca-Cola Space Science Center
Columbus Museum
Columbus Symphony Orchestra
Civil War Naval Museum
Dancing - Big Band, Swing, Country & Western, Rock, Heavy Metal, Jazz, Orchestral
Dining - International, Gourmet, Japanese, Korean, Southern, Mexican, Western
Flatrock Park
Greater Columbus Fair
Historic District
Hockey - Columbus Cottonmouths Semi-Pro
Ice Skating
International Festival (August)
Indian Cultural Festival
Little League Baseball
Miss Columbus Pageant (July)
Miss Georgia Pageant held annually in Columbus (June)
Movie Theaters
National Infantry Museum
Patterson Planetarium
Renaissance Week (May)
Riverfest Salisbury Fair
Roller Skating
Shopping - 1 mall and 53 shopping centers
Skeet, Trap, Hunting & Fishing
Softball
Southern Classic Gun & Knife Show
Special Olympics
State Farmers Market
Springer Opera House
Steeplechase at Callaway Gardens
Swimming
Taste of Columbus
Tennis
Uptown Business Association's Easter Egg Hunt
Weracoba Park
Westville 1850s Village

There are over 2,000 quality hotel/motel rooms in Columbus.

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