Dublin Irish Festival

Intercity coaches (Greyhound and FlixBus) serve downtown Columbus from Cincinnati, Cleveland, Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, Chicago and beyond. From the downtown Columbus stop, continue to Dublin by rideshare (~20-25 min) or COTA Line 33 toward Dublin MetroCenter. Note Columbus has no Amtrak passenger rail service at all, so intercity coach is the only ground option from out of state.

COTA AirConnect runs between John Glenn Columbus International (CMH) and downtown Columbus roughly every 30 minutes, about 6am-9:30pm daily, with luggage racks and USB charging. From downtown, COTA Line 33 (Henderson) reaches Dublin's MetroCenter/Metro Place area, which is exactly where the festival's free continuous shuttle departs (555 Metro Place North). Line 73 (Dublin rush hour) also links downtown and Metro Place but runs weekday peak only, so it mainly helps Friday arrivals. Total journey is slow (roughly 1.5-2 hours with transfer) but by far the cheapest option, and it connects directly into the festival's own shuttle.

CMH to Dublin, OH is about 17 miles / 25-30 minutes via I-670 W and I-270 N. Uber's route page averages ~$50 for the trip (UberX cheapest); taxi fare calculators estimate ~$43. Both Uber and Lyft operate freely in Columbus with airport pickup zones at the terminal. During the festival, the designated rideshare pickup/drop-off point is Dublin City Hall, 5555 Perimeter Drive (not the festival gates), and the 2026 edition published Lyft code DUBLINIRISH26 for up to $10 off, expect an equivalent code for 2027.

3950 Tuller Road, Dublin, OH 43017

Typically $70-130 a night off-peak guide, higher on festival dates

Official DIF ticket-package partner (book with corp/promo code LPR per the package page); short drive or rideshare hop to the grounds or Metro Place shuttle stop.

Typically $120-220 a night off-peak guide, higher on festival dates

Official DIF ticket-package partner in the Metro Place area, close to the free festival shuttle stop.

Typically $120-220 a night off-peak guide, higher on festival dates

Official DIF ticket-package partner; extended-stay suites, short drive to Coffman Park or the Metro Place shuttle.

Typically $120-220 a night off-peak guide, higher on festival dates

Official DIF ticket-package partner; short drive to the grounds. (Holiday Inn Express Columbus-Dublin is a seventh package partner if these fill.).

Typically $120-220 a night off-peak guide, higher on festival dates

435 Metro Place South, Dublin, OH 43017

Typically $120-220 a night off-peak guide, higher on festival dates

Metro Place office-park hotel, effectively next to the free festival shuttle stop at 555 Metro Place North. Official DIF ticket-package partner (2 free festival tickets per night booked).

Typically $170-300 a night off-peak guide, higher on festival dates

5100 Upper Metro Place, Dublin, OH 43017

Typically $170-300 a night off-peak guide, higher on festival dates

4265 Sawyer Road, Columbus, OH 43219

Typically $100-190 a night off-peak guide, higher on festival dates

5100 Upper Metro Place, Dublin, OH 43017

Shuttle Hotel operates its own courtesy shuttle daily 7am-11pm within a 5-mile radius of the property. Coffman Park (~1.5 miles) is well inside that radius. Also an official Dublin Irish Festival ticket-package partner hotel, and the Metro Place festival shuttle stop is adjacent.

Typically $120-220 a night off-peak guide, higher on festival dates

Dublin is an affluent Columbus suburb with modest in-town Airbnb inventory; most listings cluster in northwest Columbus/Dublin/Hilliard within a 15-minute drive of Coffman Park. The festival draws one of the city's biggest event weekends (first weekend of August), so booking early for festival dates is the sensible pattern

No on-site camping is offered, but Hipcamp lists 900+ options around Columbus, private-farm tent sites, RV spots, cabins and glamping, many within 30-45 minutes of Dublin, a genuine budget alternative to festival-weekend hotel rates.