COLUMBUS, Ohio — It's been called the fastest-growing sport in the world: Pickleball; and there's no sign of it slowing down. 

In Columbus, a former tennis club has transformed into Pickle & Chill. They started with six pickleball courts in Nov. 2022, and today they have 19 and counting. 

This weekend, the club is playing host to the World Pickleball Tour's Columbus Challenger, an amateur competition with the gold medalists invited to the tour's 2024 WPT Amateur Invitational Championships for the chance to win $175k cash. 

Here's a look at more events around the Buckeye State:

Cleveland

Annual Twins Day Festival

  • Twinsburg
  • Friday- Sunday Aug. 4,5 and 6 
  • Find more details here

Borderlight Fringe Festival

  • Playhouse Square
  • Aug. 3-5 
  • Find more details here

Canton

Pro Football HOF Enshrinement Weekend 

  • Pro Football Hall of Fame, Canton
  • Through Monday, Aug. 7 
  • Find more details here

Columbus

Dublin Irish Festival

  • Coffman Park 
  • Aug. 4-6
  • Find more details here

Pelotonia

  • 450 W. Broad Street, Columbus, OH
  • Aug. 5-6
  • Find more details here

Cincinnati

Ohio River Paddlefest

  • Cincinnati OH
  • Saturday, Aug. 5
  • Find more details here