DOWNTOWN EVENTS CALENDAR
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Because you’re tired of the same routine...
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Find something fun to do with our calendar of downtown events.
BECAUSE YOU’RE TIRED OF THE SAME ROUTINE…
BE DOWNTOWN
Find something fun to do with our calendar of downtown events.
There’s always something fun going on downtown! Below you’ll find a list of events scheduled for today. Use the filters at the top to find events by date, keyword, and more. You can also view the calendar by month or as a list of 20 events at a time.
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Downtown Events Calendar
Art in the City 2026 Kickoff Festival
August 1 @ 1:00 pm - 7:00 pm
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On the first day of August, we’ll kick off the celebration with art of all kinds featured in several hot spots throughout downtown. Offerings will include a variety of Dayton’s best artistic talent – from painting and drawing to spoken word poetry and dance. The event’s art hot spots and their highlights will include:
The Dayton Arcade
– Artist Trading Card Exchange hands-on experience (Grant winner)
– Dayton Sewing Collaborative hands-on experience (Grant winner)
– Dayton Performing Arts Alliance Instrument Petting Zoo hands-on experience (Grant winner)
– Patch Lab hands-on experience (Grant winner)
– TDS (Tornadic Debris Signature) interactive felt installation (Grant winner)
– The Contemporary Dayton gallery and activities
– Music from DPAA String Quartet and Dayton Opera
– Art in the City Juried Art Show & Art Show Vendors
– North Arcade shops
Levitt Pavilion Dayton
– Art demonstrations and hands-on activities
– Aerial arts
– Henna and face painting
– Crazy Craig juggling, Slam the Clown, Dan the Magician, Troupe Roja Middle Eastern Dance, The Bubble Woman, hula hooping
– Other roving performers
– Rock Fest (5:30-9:30 p.m.)
RiverScape MetroPark
– Live music on stage
– Interactive mural hands-on experience by Deja Fletch (Grant winner)
– Fabric of Dayton hands-on experience by Joy Johnson (Grant winner)
– Face painting
– Otherworld Productions Aerial Arts
– Art demonstrations
The Oregon District
– Car show and fashion photo shoot
– Art demonstrations and hands-on activities
– Artisan vendors
– Roving performers
– Live music and DJ sets on outdoor stages and inside bars (1-11 p.m.)
– Clash Dayton’s Summerween Anniversary Party (Yellow Cab Tavern, 6 p.m.)
K12 Gallery & TEJAS
– Fiber mural project in both indoor and outdoor spaces
– Art classes
Chalk the Block – Chalk Artist Zones
See sidewalk chalk murals come to life!
– Outside of the Dayton Convention Center (22 E. Fifth St.)
– Outside of the Greater Dayton LGBT Center (136 N. St. Clair St.)
Watch this space for more details!
