Annual Events and Festivities

Dress up in your Easter finery and join us for our annual Victorian Easter Celebration! Parade on Main Street at 1:00pm and Egg Hunts throughout the day for three age groups. Find the golden egg and receive a special prize! Be on the lookout for Thaddeus E. Hare (aka the Easter Bunny) walking around town and handing out goodies to the kids! There will be a raffle for Easter Baskets filled with goodies from Columbia's merchants at 3:00pm in front of the Johnson's Livery stable.

Come and enjoy a good old-fashioned Fourth of July celebration in Columbia with a parade, games, contests, music, demonstrations, activities, shopping, BBQ, and much more. Great fun for the whole family! Events kick off at 11:00am and continue throughout the day.

This fine art show features approximately 40 local painters, potters, sculptors and photographers who will display their art on the shady streets of Columbia State Historic Park.

Join us for the annual Fiddle & Bango contest at the historic Gazebo on Main Street. Our local restaurants will be hosting a Chilli Cookoff and you can be the judge of the best Chilli in town! Winners keep the coveted Wooden Ladle until the someone else makes a better chilli!

Join us for the annual Fiddle & Bango contest at the historic Gazebo on Main Street. Our local restaurants will be hosting a Chilli Cookoff and you can be the judge of the best Chilli in town! Winners keep the coveted Wooden Ladle until the someone else makes a better chilli!

Join us for the Bay Area Roadsters Gold Rush Tour!  The roadsters will be parked along Main Street while the drivers stop for lunch. Take your picture with your favorite roadster and learn all about your favorite cars. 

Enjoy a beautiful Fall day strolling the streets of historic Columbia browsing and shopping for unique handcrafted arts and crafts! Lots of activities including live music, face painting, gold panning, stagecoach rides, candle making, and more!

Join us for a fun and lively street dance party with live music right in the heart of Columbia. This family-friendly event features fun activities, a beer and wine garden, and delicious street food. Starts at 6:00pm immediately after the Boo Boulevard trick-or-treating, parade, and costume contest (2pm-6pm). We recommend bringing lawn chairs, a good pair of dancing shoes, and wearing your best Halloween costume!

Join us for a fun and lively street dance party with live music right in the heart of Columbia. This family-friendly event features fun activities, a beer and wine garden, and delicious street food. Starts at 6:00pm immediately after the Boo Boulevard trick-or-treating, parade, and costume contest (2pm-6pm). We recommend bringing lawn chairs, a good pair of dancing shoes, and wearing your best Halloween costume!

 Las Posadas is a Spanish tradition that re-enacts the biblical story of Mary and Joseph’s search for shelter in Bethlehem on Christmas Eve. Since 1983, the people of Columbia have put on their own version of Las Posadas each December- with a distinctive 1850s flavor. Characters in this re-enactment include Mary and Joseph and their donkey, the three Wise Men, tax collector and innkeeper, and miners and musicians and other costumed townspeople. Columbia’s Main Street is decorated for the Christmas season and luminaries light the way for the procession, while on-lookers hold candles and join in singing Christmas carols. This is event is free to observe. 

After the procession, visitors can participate in the traditional Las Posadas activities by seeking shelter in our concessions. Visitors will receive refreshments at the participating businesses. Participation in this part of the event is $10 per person to cover the costs of the refreshments.