page_title: Columbus, Wisconsin
section_title: Events
hierarchical_section_title: Columbus, Wisconsin / Events
caption_attribution_description: English: The Columbus Redbud Columbus Strain
context_page_description: Columbus is a city in Columbia and Dodge Counties in the south-central part of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 4,991 at the 2010 census. All of this population resided in the Columbia County portion of the city. Columbus is located about 28 miles northeast of Madison on the Crawfish River. The Columbia County portion of the city lies within the Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area while the Dodge County portion is a part of the Milwaukee-Waukesha-Racine CSA. Nearly all of the city is located within the town of Columbus in Columbia County, though a small portion lies within the town of Elba in Dodge County.
context_section_description: The Redbud Festival occurs in May around Mother's Day. Each year the community crowns a prince and princess during the budding of the "Columbus Wisconsin Strain" of the redbud tree (cercis canadensis).‹See TfM› The festival includes brats, music, and trees in full bloom.
caption: Columbus redbud tree
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