‘Tis the season at the Ohio Statehouse, as our annual Holiday Festival and Tree Lighting is here to kick off the holidays. Historical characters and modern dignitaries will be present to spread the holiday cheer, including Santa Claus.
Enjoy complimentary cookies, music, activity tables, dance performances and demonstrations. You can even get your photo taken in front of the Ohio Statehouse holiday tree with the jolly man himself.
5:30-5:45 p.m. Tree Lighting in the Atrium
5:45-7:30 p.m. Holiday Festival at the Ohio Statehouse
This program is sponsored by the Capitol Square Foundation and Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board.
Thank You to all the perticipants in 2023:
Adam Rini
All-Ohio State Fair Youth Choir
Angela Glick
Battery A, 1st Ohio Light Artillery
Burton Ballet Company’s Hip Hop Dance Crew
Butters D. Cow
Capitol Square Foundation
Capitol Square Review & Advisory Board
Charles Moses
Chick-fil-A Cow
Columbus Children's Choir
Columbus Clippers Louseal and Krash
Columbus Crew Cat and S.C.
Creative Cuisine Catering
Drake Dance Academy
Emelio's Catering
Emmett Collins
Feed your Soul Catering
Fireball
Fort Hayes High School Dance Ensemble
Freedom a la Carte Catering
GEICO Gecko
Generations Performing Arts Center
Governor and First Lady DeWine
John Glenn High School
Karen Sheffer
Krutaanjali
L.A. Catering
Mascot Organization
MCL Catering
Metro Cuisine Catering
Mike and Nancy Smith
Milo’s Catering
Milo's Catering
National Veterans Memorial and Museum
Ohio Auditor of State Keith Faber
Ohio Channel
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Ohio House of Representatives
Ohio Paper Folders
Ohio Queens
Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose
Ohio Senate
Ohio State Highway Patrol
Ohio Statehouse Museum Education Center
Ohio Treasurer Robert Sprague
OhioDance
Pete Finck
Pickerington North String Band
Princess of America
Pruzinsky Family
Rankin Holland Irish Dance Academy
Rhonda Shappert
Ryan K. Johnson
Smokey Bear
Statehouse Museum Shop
Statehouse Volunteer Corps.
Steven's Catering
The ML Dance Academy
Together & Company Catering
TourismOhio
Wegman Family
Xclaim