FAQ
Answers to Your Questions About CBUS Soul® Fest
Make the most of your CBUS Soul® Fest experience by reading our frequently asked questions about the festival.
Admission to CBUS Soul® Fest is FREE!
Admission to CBUS Soul® Fest is FREE! You do not need tickets to see any of the performers at the event.
Directions and information on parking can be found below.
Parking and DirectionsFestival Beverage Booths – For water, soft drinks, beer, wine and cocktails, all major credit cards and mobile pay options are accepted. All festival beverage booths are cashless.
Food Vendors – Forms of payment are determined individually by each vendor.
All festival beverage booths (water, soft drinks, beer, wine and cocktails) are cashless.
For food vendors, forms of payment are determined individually by each vendor.
Attendees are permitted to pack coolers, but carry-in alcohol, glass bottles and containers are prohibited. Since admission to CBUS Soul® Fest is free, we strongly encourage attendees to purchase food and beverages at the event. Food and beverage purchases help to make CBUS Soul® Fest happen year after year! Coolers must be labeled with name and cell phone number. Due to security concerns, coolers may be confiscated by the Columbus Division of Police.
Grilling, cooking or campfires of any type may not be conducted anywhere on festival grounds.
Yes! Attendees are welcome to bring blankets and lawn chairs.
Tents, oversized umbrellas and staking of any kind are prohibited.
While we strongly recommend leaving your pet at home, animals are permitted. They must be leashed at all times, though, and owners must clean up after their pets.
All forms of tobacco are prohibited in city parks and facilities, including the restrooms, spectator and concession areas, spraygrounds, and special event venues.
Megaphones, portable stereos, recording equipment and amplification of any kind are prohibited.
Drones are not permitted to be flown above the festival grounds without written permission from the festival organizer and proof of an FAA Pilot’s License and Aircraft Registration.
Yes, but bikes and scooters MUST be walked through the event and parked on the perimeter of the festival grounds.
Skateboards, hoverboards and unauthorized motorized vehicles are not permitted on the festival grounds.
Unauthorized vending, handbills, petitioning or solicitation is not permitted.
Yes, the following are NOT PERMITTED on festival grounds:
- Carry-in alcohol
- Drones without written permission from the festival organizer and proof of an FAA Pilot’s License and Aircraft Registration
- Glass bottles or containers
- Grilling, cooking or campfires
- Illegal weapons
- Laser pointers
- Oversized umbrellas
- Portable stereos, recording devices, megaphones or amplification of any kind
- Skateboards or hoverboards
- Staking of any kind
- Tents
- Tobacco
- Unauthorized motorized vehicles
- Unauthorized vending, handbills, petitioning or solicitation