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OSU Marching Band at Nationwide Picnic with the Pops

July 31 at 8pm - June 13

At John F. Wolfe Columbus Commons

Uptown District, Columbus

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🎆Stay for the fireworks display at the end
🎶Expect movie music in the first half

The Ohio State University Marching Band joins the Columbus Symphony for a high-energy evening of precision marching, fight songs, and patriotic tunes, all capped off with a brilliant fireworks display.

OSU Marching Band

Ohio State University collegiate marching band, patriotic and pop repertoire

Headliner

The Ohio State University Marching Band, billed as “The Best Damn Band in the Land,” performs with the Columbus Symphony at the Nationwide Picnic with the Pops, featuring precision marching, dynamic arrangements, fight songs, and a fireworks finale.

Columbus Symphony

Columbus Symphony

Columbus Symphony, professional American orchestra performing pops repertoire

The Columbus Symphony partners with the OSU Marching Band for the Picnic with the Pops concert series, presenting patriotic tunes and movie music under principal pops conductor Stuart Chafetz.

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outdoor concert series
marching band performance
symphonic pops concert
summer evening tradition

John F. Wolfe Columbus Commons

160 S High St, Columbus, OH 43215, USA

tbdbitl.osu.edu

@columbussymphony@columbussymphony
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