COLUMBUS, Ind. – The Columbus Area Visitors Center has announced this week that Columbus is a winner in the 2024 Newsweek Readers’ Choice Awards contest for best U.S. small-town arts scene.
Three local Indiana communities made this national list. Columbus was joined by Bloomington and Nashvile.
Nominations were made by an expert panel of travel writers, and the public voted for this honor.
Columbus Area Visitors Center marketing director Erin Hawkins said, “Those of us who consider Columbus as our home know how fortunate we are to have many opportunities to enjoy the arts in this community. Visitors are blown away by our abundant collection of public art and the caliber of our performing arts offerings. Congratulations to all our outstanding arts organizations on this honor; it’s their great work that earned us these bragging rights.”
You can read more about this honor here.
The Top 10 Small Town Arts Scene winners for 2024 are:
1. Berea, KY
2. Bay St. Louis, MS
3. Taos, NM
4. Cody, WY
5. St. Augustine, FL
6. Columbus, IN
7. Salado, TX
8. Bloomington, IN
9. Logan (Hocking Hills), OH
10. Nashville, IN