Anime Night - Columbus

Name: Anime Night - Columbus
Start: 2026-02-14T19:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-02-14T23:59:00-05:00
Location: Rumba Cafe

Schedule

Sat Feb 14 2026 at 07:00 pm to 11:59 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Rumba Cafe | Columbus, OH

Brought to you by Celebrity Etc presents
DOORS - 7pm
SHOW - 8pm
EARLY BIRD - $15
ADVANCED - $20
DOOR - $25
Tix available at Used Kids Records, Magnolia Thunderpussy, Rumba Cafe or just click the link here:
https://www.ticketweb.com/event/anime-night-rumba-cafe-tickets/13992584?REFERRAL_ID=twfb
Ages 18+ / those under 21 do pay an additional $2 cash gratuity at the door.
Additional Info:
"What's an Anime Night?"
Listen, we get it. This whole anime music in clubs thing? Doesn't exactly come with a guidebook. Anime Night is what we like to define as the median between concert and convention. Think all the fun stuff you love at conventions like cosplaying, vendors, etc... but at a rock show. Seriously. Our event consists of three main parts, keep scrolling to learn more.
Pre-Show
Every show starts with doors opening an hour before we kick off the party. At this time, the show floor is open and all vendors are ready to sell. This is the opportune time to try some of our drink specials, do some shopping, and register for our cosplay masquerade. We set the mood with our curated anime lo-fi playlist, to help ease you into a night of music.
Part 1: The Anime Party
On a typical event, we open up the night with a set of your favorite anime music to get you hyped. We're talking your favorite openings, endings, and OST's, handpicked and built out with our own production, complete with our custom built AMV's. The stage is typically ran by our Cosplay Hosts and the vocalists of The Anime Band, but occasionally, we do bring in a guest DJ to spin some of their best anime remixes.
Part 2: Cosplay Contests & Masquerade
This is one of our favorite parts of the night. At each Anime Night, we hold a pre-registration for local cosplays to sign up for our cosplay contest, and as they choose their characters, we work with them to pick music and video for them to give them a brief presentation that becomes part of the show. Think like, professional wrestling style walk-out music, but with an anime cosplayer heading to the stage. After we announce the winner, for anyone who missed the registry, or didn't want to participate but still wants to show off their cosplay, we briefly give them a chance to come on stage and show off their work, without all the bells and whistles.
Part 3: The Anime Band
Our live anime tribute band. Every show we close out with a ninety minute set of live music from our house anime tribute band, The Anime Band. This means all the production of the The Anime Party set, but with a full seven piece live band. With three rotating lead vocalists, we cover a wide array of material from all eras, styles and sounds, that we've carefully crafted from all the unique attributes and characters that make up the musicians in The Anime Band. We respect this music a lot, it's important to us that if we're gonna do it, that we do it right.
For more info please visit: https://theanimeparty.com/