Neighborfest kicks off Thursday in downtown Columbus

The JCB Neighborfest concert series in downtown Columbus will kick off its season with the Woomblies Rock Orchestra from Indianapolis Thursday .

The show will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday evening on Washington Street outside The Commons.

Erin Hawkins with the Columbus Area Visitors Center explains a new partnership that will help make Neighborfest even more fun:

Fun on Fourth is a company formed by the operators of The Garage and Fourth Street Bar to better promote downtown Columbus.

Fun on Fourth will be providing drinks for the concert, while Savory Swine will be offering food for sale.

The concert series is also moving its start time to later in the evening, than in previous years. The Neighborfest concerts were originally scheduled assuming that people would come straight from work.

The free Neighborfest community concerts are held on the first Thursday of the month, June through September. For more information on the Neighborfest concerts, or any Arts Council event, you can go to artsincolumbus.org.