City of Columbia, Columbia SC

​Handlebar Happy Hour Ride in May
2026-05-21 18:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Palmetto Conservation Foundation, 722 King St., Columbia, SC, 29205, United States
Join Outspokin’ Bicycles and the Palmetto Trail for a ride along the Capital City Passage, followed by beer and pizza at the Palmetto Trail office afterwards. For event details and registration Click Here!

Cola Roll to Cola Rail (Presentation)
2026-05-21 18:00 - 19:30 | Cola Town Bike Collective, 711 Elmwood Avenue
Bikes & Trains. Did you know you can bring your bicycle on Amtrak trains here in Columbia? Join CTBC for a presentation on Amtrak bicycle travel options, including trip ideas and basic logistics for traveling with a bike, all with no car required!

The Healing Circle
2026-05-23 00:00 | Gable Oaks Community Resource Center, 901 Colleton St, Columbia, SC, 29203, United States
The Healing Circle is designed to bring community members together to discuss the impacts of violence on our Neighborhoods and to discuss how we can all work together to heal our communities. This is a monthly ONSE initiative that seeks to open the hearts and minds of residents.

Coffee & Cola Connectivity Ride
2026-05-24 09:30 - 10:30 | Cola Town Bike Collective, 711 Elmwood Avenue
Join Cola Town Bike Collective for an 8-mile social ride with a coffee stop. We’ll stop along the way to look at key corridors, share a few recent wins, and talk through what’s coming next for safer streets and greenway connections across Columbia.

SBA Lender Matchmaker
2026-05-26 10:00 - 15:00 | Busby Community Center, 1735 Busby St, Columbia, 29203, United States

Happy Hour: Renovation Roundtable
2026-05-28 18:00 - 20:00 | All Good Books, 734 Harden St, Columbia, SC, 29212, United States
Enjoy happy hour with past Mabel Payne award winners as they discuss architecture and preservation in Columbia

Join City preservation staff, local preservationists, and historic home owners for a chat about preservation and architecture in Columbia. Past Mabel Payne Award winners will offer tips and tools for tackling local renovation and preservation projects. Join in the conversation with your own stories or come ready with questions about your project.
Given annually by the the City of Columbia Planning Division, the Mabel Payne Award is named for one of the City’s first planners whose dedication and advocacy for historic structures laid the groundwork for preservation in Columbia and made her a trail blazer in preservation. The award recognizes individuals, organizations, and neighborhoods for their outstanding efforts in education, leadership, conservation, or stewardship which supports our built environment and, ultimately, the entire City. Mabel Payne Award winners may work behind the scenes or they may be front and center, but their work has had a significant impact on Columbia and its historic built environment through their outstanding efforts in education, leadership, conservation, or stewardship of the City’s historic resources.
About Mabel Payne
Mabel Payne was a City of Columbia employee whose work in the 1950s documenting and preserving historic structures laid the foundation for preservation in the City. Her records of historic properties are often the only surviving information available on demolished buildings that were once a part of the City’s historic downtown.

Registration recommended: Preservation Happy Hour: Renovation Roundtable Tickets, Thursday, May 28 • 6 PM – 8 PM | Eventbrite

Inaugural Songbird Festival at Finlay Park
2026-05-30 11:00 - 2026-05-31 21:00 | Finlay Park, 930 Laurel Street, Columbia, SC, 29201, United States
A new music festival is taking flight in the heart of downtown Columbia. The inaugural Songbird Festival 26 will debut Saturday, May 30 and Sunday, May 31, at Finlay Park, bringing a two-day lineup of nationally touring artists, regional favorites, and local acts across two stages. Songbird 26 is presented in part by the City of Columbia.
Headlined by Old Crow Medicine Show and Sam Bush, Songbird leans into a weekend rooted in songwriting, string bands, and the kind of live music that thrives outdoors. The lineup blends songs of the biggest names in bluegrass and Americana with acts including The Creekers, The Infamous Stringdusters, Shadowgrass, Futurebirds, Susto String Band, The Blue Dogs, Sam Burchfield, and more.
Programming begins each day at 11 a.m. across the park’s main stage and a Greenway stage, with continuous music throughout the day leading into nightly headlining performances. In total, 18 artists will perform across the two-day event.
The festival weekend will kick off Friday evening with a free concert as part of the Finlay Fridays series with The Water Kickers, offering an early start to the weekend and an open invitation for the community to experience the park ahead of the full festival.
Saturday’s lineup features performances from Ashley Wright & the Vance Gap Ramblers, The Runout, The Donovan Twins, Susto Stringband, Sam Burchfield, The Creekers, and more, leading into sets from The Infamous Stringdusters and headliners Old Crow Medicine Show.
Sunday continues with Podunk Ramblers, Tounds, Ben Chapman, Blue Dogs, the B. Wrights – featuring Mark Bryan & Jim “Soni” Sonefeld from Hootie and the Blowfish, Shadowgrass, and Futurebirds, before closing the weekend with a headlining performance from Sam Bush.
Tickets are on sale now, with one-day and two-day general admission and VIP options available.
Special ticket sales events will be held at Finlay Park for discounted tickets for Military, First Responders, college and university students, and kids aged 5-12. Sales event dates will be announced in the coming weeks.
VIP tickets include:

Access to an exclusive viewing area at each stage
Entry to the VIP Lounge at The Nest with shaded seating and space to relax
Food catered by Home Team BBQ
Exclusive drink options available for purchase
Exclusive festival memento

Songbird: Website / Facebook / Instagram
Finlay Park has become a regular destination for live music in Columbia, and Songbird 26 builds on that momentum, expanding the experience into a full weekend celebration in the heart of downtown.
For more information about Finlay Park, please visit finlaypark.columbiasc.gov/.
Additional details regarding parking and other Songbird 26 information will be announced in the coming weeks.

BAPS Charities Walk | Run - The Spirit of Service
2026-05-31 10:00 - 12:00 | Saluda Shoals Park, 5605 Bush River Rd, Columbia
BAPS Charities has has selected City of Columbia Homeless Services as the beneficiary of the “Walk | Run – Spirit of Service” fundraiser. The event is free the group just ask community to join then as they walk through the park for a purpose.
Register Online: https://walk2026.na.bapscharities.org/campaign/746123/donate

Book Club
2026-06-01 18:00 - 19:30 | Woodland Park, 6500 Olde Knight Parkway, Columbia, SC, 29209, United States

Woodland Gamers
2026-06-05 18:00 - 19:30 | Woodland Park, 6500 Olde Knight Parkway, Columbia, SC, 29209, United States

Window Repair Workshop
2026-06-06 10:00 - 12:00 | Cottontown Historic District
Learn how to get your old wood windows sliding smoothly again with some helpful tips and tricks.

Get hands on experience in historic wood window repair from an expert. This workshop will focus on unsticking historic wood windows and will allow participants to practice using different tools and techniques for safe and practical window maintenance. The workshop will be held at a private home in Historic Cottontown and all tools will be provided on site.
This workshop is part of a workshop series organized by the Coalition of Columbia’s Historic Districts in partnership with City of Columbia Preservation staff. To learn more about the CCHD and upcoming events, visithttps://planninganddevelopment.columbiasc.gov/cchd/

Registration is Required: Unsticking Historic Windows Tickets, Saturday, June 6 • 10 AM – 12 PM | Eventbrite

City Day
2026-06-06 11:00 - 14:00 | MLK Park, 2300 Greene St, Columbia, SC, United States

Jumpin into June
2026-06-06 12:30 - 14:00 | Lorick Park, 1735 Lorick Ave, Columbia, SC, 29203, United States

BeeMonde Project Youth Entrepreneurship Summer Camp
2026-06-08 09:00 - 2026-06-11 17:00 | The Loft at Ambrosia Tavern, 1734 Main St, Columbia, SC, 29201, United States
The BeeMonde Project Youth Entrepreneurship Summer Camp is a 4-day immersive program held in Downtown Columbia, SC. It provides high school to college-aged students with real-world business exposure, public speaking skills, and mentorship panels on entrepreneurship, law, and AI.
The City of Columbia Office of Business Opportunities will be a speaker at this event.
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Days: June 8 – June 11

Unveiling of "Greetings From Columbia" Mural at Finlay Park
2026-06-10 10:00 - 11:00 | Finlay Park, 930 Laurel Street, Columbia, SC, 29201, United States
The City of Columbia, in partnership with Keep the Midlands Beautiful (KMB), will celebrate the unveiling of the new “Greetings From Columbia” mural with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. at the Laurel Street entrance to Finlay Park.

Installed near the park’s signature spiral fountain, the mural is the third in Keep the Midlands Beautiful’s “Connecting and Protecting Communities” mural series across Lexington and Richland counties. The artwork was designed and painted by Austin Garrett Reagan with input and guidance from the City of Columbia and was funded by Keep the Midlands Beautiful.

The mural highlights Columbia’s unique character while promoting anti-litter and recycling messages that encourage residents and visitors to help keep the community clean and beautiful.

“The ‘Greetings From Columbia’ image and the anti-litter and recycling theme will be a vibrant greeting for visitors to our newly reopened Finlay Park and inspire civic and community pride,” said Skot Garrick, Strategic Initiatives Administrator for the City of Columbia.

The Columbia mural follows the installation of similar murals in Swansea and Lexington as part of Keep the Midlands Beautiful’s ongoing effort to foster community pride and environmental stewardship throughout the Midlands.

“These murals are designed to help instill pride among residents and visitors in our city and state,” said Traude Sander, Executive Director of Keep the Midlands Beautiful. “We each play a role in keeping our community an attractive, healthy, happy, and safe place for all of us to live, work and play. Something as simple as putting litter where it belongs, every time, can make a tremendous difference.”

Community members and media representatives are invited to attend the ribbon cutting and view the mural as one of the newest additions to Finlay Park.

Senior Bingo
2026-06-10 10:00 - 12:00 | Busby Community Center, 1735 Busby St, Columbia, 29203, United States

AARP – Café Voyage: Taste of Carolina
2026-06-11 11:00 - 14:00 | Busby Community Center, 1735 Busby St, Columbia, 29203, United States

Pups & Pints Adoption Event & Donation Drive @ Savage Craft Ale Works
2026-06-13 12:00 - 15:00 | Savage Craft Ale Works, 430 Center St, West Columbia, SC, 29169, United States
Adoption fees waived! If considering adoption, please come prepared with a collar and leash.

Men Who Matter: Father’s Day Edition
2026-06-13 12:00 - 16:00 | Greenview Park, 6700 David Street, Columbia, SC, 29203, United States

Senior Internet Class
2026-06-16 14:00 - 15:30 | Busby Community Center, 1735 Busby St, Columbia, 29203, United States

Mayor’s Business Advisory Council
2026-06-17 14:00 - 15:00 | Mayor’s Conference Room at City Hall, 1737 Main St., Columbia, SC, 29201, United States

Adaptive Sports Day
2026-06-20 10:00 - 14:00 | Greenview Park, 6700 David Street, Columbia, SC, 29203, United States

Helping Hands Ladies Tea Party
2026-06-20 13:00 - 15:00 | Hampton Park, 1117 Brandon Avenue, Columbia, SC, 29209

Beat the Heat Educational Event
2026-06-27 10:00 - 12:00 | Eau Claire Print Building, 3907 Ensor Avenue, Columbia, 29203
Here’s a cool opportunity: A FREE Event & FREE Trees!
Join us for light refreshments and an informative session about the benefits of urban trees. Learn how to plant a tree and care for it to ensure that it thrives for years to come. Find out how you can sign up to receive up to three free shade trees for your property.
This event is free and open to everyone.
Even if you rent your property we encourage you to attend and take back information for your property owner. Let us help you reforest your neighborhood! Sign up to attend and bring a friend!
RSVP: https://columbiagreen.org/beattheheat

Junior Salsa
2026-06-27 10:00 - 14:00 | Heathwood Park, 800 Abelia Road, Columbia, SC, 29205, United States

Sigma Wellness Event
2026-06-27 11:00 - 14:00 | Hyatt Park, 950 Jackson Avenue, Columbia, SC, 29203, United States

Free microchipping event @ CAS
2026-06-28 09:00 - 12:00 | 127 Humane Lane, Columbia SC, 127 Humane Ln, Columbia, SC, United States
Richland County/COC residents only. Must show government ID with current address. If the address on your license is not up to date, please bring proof of address such as a lease, mortgage documents, etc. Utilities bills do not qualify.

Yoga In The Park
2026-07-08 09:00 - 13:00 | Mays Park, 1521 Deans Lane, Columbia, SC, 29205, United States

National Kitten Day - Adoption Fees Waived for All Cats and Kittens
2026-07-10 | Columbia Animal Services, 127 Humane Lane, Columbia, SC, 29209, United States
adoption fees waived for all cats and kittens. One day only. All pets are spayed/neutered, microchipped, and up to date on basic vaccines at the time of adoption.

Grand Opening Fire King Pizza
2026-07-10 12:00 - 13:00 | Fire King Pizza, 1840 Hampton St., Columbia, SC, 29201, United States
