Live entertainment is one of the highlights of the Columbus Arts Festival. During the four days, over seventy-five live acts on the Bicentennial and Broad Street stages fill the air with a variety of continuous music from reggae to rock, jazz & blues to country, and folk to funk. Something to please every musical taste!
| Band Name | Music Type | Stage | Date | Time |
| Toll House Jazz Band | Jazz | Bicentennial Stage | 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. | |
| Generation Gap and The Amazing Mr. E | Magicians | Community Stage | 11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. | |
| Chris McCall | Acoustic/Alt/Solo | Broad Street Stage | 11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m | |
| Thurber House | Storytelling | Community Stage | 12:30-1:00 p.m. | |
| The Blasphemy Saints | Acoustic/Rock | Bicentennial Stage | 12:30-1:30 p.m. | |
| Little Theatre Off Broadway | Theatre Performance | Broad Street Stage | 1:00-1:45 p.m. | |
| Storytellers of Central Ohio | Storytelling | Community Stage | 1:15 - 2:00 p.m. | |
| Lone Raven | Celtic/International | Bicentennial Stage | 1:45-3:00 p.m. | |
| Columbus Gay Men's Chorus | Choral/Pop Tunes | Broad Street Stage | 2:00-2:30 p.m. | |
| Storytellers of Central Ohio | Storytelling | Community Stage | 2:15 - 3:00 p.m. | |
| OSU Hillel Folk Dancers | Folk Dancing | Community Stage | 2:15 - 3:00 p.m. | |
| Opera Columbus | Opera | Broad Street Stage | 2:45-3:15 p.m. | |
| Habeeba's Dance of the Arts | Belly Dance | Community Stage | 3:15 - 4:00 p.m. | |
| The Iry | Indie Rock | Bicentennial Stage | 3:15-4:45 p.m. | |
| Intin-x-ico | Latin Jazz | Broad Street Stage | 3L30-4:15 p.m. | |
| Na Scoil Rince Ni Graham (Graham Irish Dance Studios) | Irish Dance | Community Stage | 4:15 - 5:00 p.m. | |
| Jason Quicksall | Folk/Rock/Americana | Broad Street Stage | 4:30-6:00 p.m. | |
| The Randys | Rock/Oldies | Bicentennial Stage | 5:00-6:30 p.m. | |
| Cathy Wicks & The Catbirds | Folk/Rock | Broad Street Stage | 6:15-7:45 p.m. | |
| Tyrone Cotton Band | Americana | Bicentennial Stage | 6:45-8:15 p.m. | |
| The Gipson and Fitz Trio | Americana/Bluegrass | Broad Street Stage | 8:00-10:00 p.m. | |
| The Floorwalkers | Rock | Bicentennial Stage | 8:30-10:00 p.m. |