Downtown Dayton Partnership

Dayton’s Silent Disco Three Year Anniversary
2024-04-26 20:00 (America/Detroit) | Yellow Cab Tavern, 700 E 4th St, Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Dayton Silent Disco is celebrating its three year anniversary at the Yellow Cab Tavern on Friday, April 26th at 8pm. Hosting large crowds on the last Friday of every month, organizers say the event series has continued to grow month over month.

“It feels like we just started hosting Dayton Silent Disco but you turn around and it’s been three years. It honestly has been so much fun and such an honor to see this thing grow into such a beloved event,” Brian Johnson, Silent Disco Producer said. “We’re so grateful to all of our regulars and new friends alike who come out month after month and keep bringing even more people with them to our dance party.”

Dayton Silent Disco hosts three live DJs; John Chapel, Kim L, and Sexbox, each playing three separate genres broadcast on three different stations through a set of wireless headphones that attendees can switch between as they like.

“The term Silent Disco isn’t 100% accurate because it’s anything but quiet with everyone singing along to the three different stations,” Johnson Said. “It is nice though because there’s no loud, projected music and you can have a conversation with your friends and family. Dayton Silent Disco really is for everyone!”

Tickets to Dayton Silent Disco’s third anniversary party are $15 in advance and $20 at the door. There is a special discount for groups of 10 that saves 20% off of the cover charge. All presale tickets are available at www.daytonsilentdisco.com.

Dayton’s Silent Disco celebrates its three year anniversary on Friday, April 28th, at the Yellow Cab Tavern at 8:00pm.

Tickets are available at the door or by purchasing them online at www.daytonsilentdisco.com.

The Pizza Bandit, Yellow Cab’s resident food truck, will sell pizza throughout the evening.

Further information about this event can be found at https://www.facebook.com/events/2444925395690893

Photoshoot
2024-04-27 12:00 - 15:00 | Wild Whiskers, 33 S. St. Clair St., Ste. 2, Dayton, OH, 45410, United States
Cinco de Mayo themed photos with Our Farm Sanctuary.

The Perondi’s Stunt Dog Experience
2024-04-27 13:00 | Victoria Theatre, 138 N. Main St., Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
The Perondis and their cast of human performers and dogs will delight audiences of all ages. They guarantee high-energy excitement from beginning to end. During THE PERONDI’S STUNT DOG EXPERIENCE, you’ll witness some of the most incredible stunts and behaviors ever performed by dogs: amazing tricks, big air stunts, comedy antics, dancing dogs, and athletic feats. All the dogs have been rescued from pounds and shelters from across the country.
Chris Perondi (aka the Stunt Dog Guy) and wife Suhey Perondi, along with their famous stunt dogs are out of this world! The Perondis are master dog trainers and have been entertaining audiences of all sizes since 1999. They have produced over 10,000 live shows since using positive training methods. Over the years the Perondis have been featured on TV numerous times. You may have seen them on the “Good Morning America,” “CBS Early Show,” “Animal Planet’s Pet Stars,” NatGeo Wild, DisneyPlus, and much more. They have also starred in commercials and have been featured in magazines such as Sports Illustrated, National Geographic for Kids, Dog Fancy, BARK Magazine, and hundreds of regional publications.

Leaving Off, Ace Slite, DayGloom, NO Balance, and Feral Vices
2024-04-27 19:00 | Yellow Cab Tavern, 700 E 4th St, Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
We’re hosting a full evening of rock n’ roll at the Yellow Cab Tavern on April 27th with Leaving Off, Ace Slite, DayGloom, NO balance., and Feral Vices!
Cover starts at 7:00pm on April 27th with performance starting around 8:00pm!
Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the doors.
Tickets are available at https://ten-high-productions.square.site/
*All ages welcome with a guardian.**Discounted presale tickets end at Midnight on April 26th
Yellow Cab’s resident truck, The Pizza Bandit, will be set up and serving through 11pm.

Time Warp Prom
2024-04-27 19:30 | Dayton Convention Center, 22 East 5th Street, Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Mix 107.7 is bringing back the Time Warp Prom on April 27th! Come on down to the Dayton Convention Center and enjoy a DJ & the band Stranger performing all of your favorite hits from the 80s. Grab your crew and dance the night away from 7:30 pm to midnight. Time Warp Prom is a night of high-energy dancing to the great retro dance music of the ’80s, contests, pictures, and those crazy dances! This is an evening you CAN’T miss!
$30
https://www.daytonconventioncenter.com/events/2024/time-warp-prom

Arrival From Sweden: The Music Of ABBA
2024-04-27 19:30 | The Benjamin & Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center, 1 West Second Street, Dayton, OH, 45402
You know the songs. You’ve got the moves. It’s the best ABBA tribute band on Earth performing the band’s greatest hits! Unleash your inner dancing queen – or king – and join us for “Mamma Mia,” “S.O.S,” “Gimme, Gimme, Gimme,” and more!

Global Artisan Market
2024-04-28 11:00 - 15:00 | 2nd Street Market, 600 E. Second St., Dayton, OH, 45402, USA
The Market has partnered with Welcome Dayton and other partner agencies in inviting special guest artisans who recently arrived in this country to share their cultures with the Market community. Join us for music, culture sharing and artisan wares to kick off the Spring shopping season.

Chamber Music: Montgomery, Meyer, Smetana
2024-04-28 14:00 | The Dayton Art Institute, 456 Belmonte Park N, Dayton, OH, 45405, United States
DPAA’s second chamber concert explores musical and philosophical depth. The afternoon launches with Jessie Montgomery’s “Strum,” a piece that weaves fleeting nostalgia into ecstatic celebration, from a young composer heralded by the BBC for her distinctive voice. The journey deepens with Jessica Meyer’s “Of Being,” inspired by Milan Kundera’s The Unbearable Lightness of Being, which echoes Beethoven’s final String Quartet. The concert reaches its heartfelt finale with Bedřich Smetana’s String Quartet No. 2. This work, birthed in the silence of the composer’s deafness, features numerous rousing folk tunes, as well as a poignant high E in the first violin—Smetana’s own tinnitus made manifest in the finale of his last quartet—blending joy with sorrow to evoke the deepest facets of existence. Together, these pieces promise not just a concert but an immersive experience, inviting the audience into a shared exploration of the communal spirit of music and the weighty questions of being.

MOMIX: Alice
2024-04-28 19:00 | Victoria Theatre, 138 N. Main St., Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Known internationally for presenting works of exceptional inventiveness and physical beauty, MOMIX is a company of dancer-illusionists under the direction of Moses Pendleton that has been dazzling audiences since 1993. Travel down the rabbit hole MOMIX-style with Pendleton’s newest creation, ALICE, inspired by Lewis Carroll’s classic Alice in Wonderland. As Alice’s body grows and shrinks and grows again, Pendleton’s dancers extend themselves by means of props, ropes and other dancers. “I don’t intend to retell the whole Alice story,” Pendleton says, “but to use it as a taking off point for invention.” Full of imagery and absurd logic, MOMIX: ALICE lets the imagination run and play with the fusion of dancing, lighting, music, costumes and projected imagery; audiences will be taken on a journey that is magical, mysterious, fun, eccentric and much more. A feast of visual splendor and creative movement, ALICE reveals that nothing in MOMIX’s world is as it seems.

Teen DIY: Bind Your Own Sketchbook!
2024-04-29 16:00 - 17:00 | Dayton Metro Library – Main Library, 215 E. Third Street, Dayton, OH, 45402
Learn how different books are made and bind a sketchbook to take home by using ribbon-binding techniques. Registration is required.

Dayton Dragons vs. West Michigan Whitecaps
2024-04-30 19:05 | Day Air Ballpark, 220 North Patterson Blvd., Dayton, OH, 45402
Catch one of the hottest tickets in sports – see the Dayton Dragons play baseball at Day Air Ballpark! For tickets and more information, visit www.daytondragons.com or call 228-2287.

The Big Thanks
2024-05-01 08:00 - 10:00 | Sinclair Ponitz Center, Building 12 444 W. 3rd St., Dayton, OH, 45402, USA
We are excited to have the opportunity to recognize YOU, our United Way of the Greater Dayton Area supporters, at The Big Thanks!
Save the Date for a morning with amazing people from our community, recognizing those who work hard to make the Miami Valley a better place for us all!
United Way of the Greater Dayton Area invites all community members to join in the celebration. Whether you are a long-time supporter or new to the United Way family, your presence will undoubtedly contribute to the day’s success and the ongoing journey towards a brighter Miami Valley.
https://daytonunitedway.rallyup.com/thebigthanks

Eight Ways to Wellness
2024-05-01 15:00 - 17:00 | Dayton Metro Library – Main Library, 215 E. Third Street, Dayton, OH, 45402
UD students, professors, and practicing counselors will be on hand to shed light on the emotional, intellectual, spiritual, environmental, occupational, physical, financial, and social pillars of wellness. Patrons can visit each area to participate in activities and receive resources, as well as be entered in a raffle. This program is for all ages.

Disney’s The Lion King
2024-05-01 19:30 | The Benjamin & Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center, 1 West Second Street, Dayton, OH, 45402
Giraffes strut. Birds swoop. Gazelles leap. The entire Serengeti comes to life as never before. And as the music soars, Pride Rock slowly emerges from the mist. This is Disney’s THE LION KING, making its triumphant return to Dayton!
More than 100 million people around the world have experienced the awe-inspiring visual artistry, the unforgettable music, and the uniquely theatrical storytelling of this Broadway spectacular – one of the most breathtaking and beloved productions ever to grace the stage.
Winner of six Tony Awards®, including Best Musical, THE LION KING brings together one of the most imaginative creative teams on Broadway. Tony Award®-winning director Julie Taymor brings to life a story filled with hope and adventure set against an amazing backdrop of stunning visuals. THE LION KING also features the extraordinary work of Tony Award®-winning choreographer Garth Fagan and some of Broadway’s most recognizable music, crafted by Tony Award®-winning artists Elton John and Tim Rice.
There is simply nothing else like THE LION KING.

Discovery: Mister C Live Vol. 3 – When Science Goes Viral
2024-05-02 09:30 | Victoria Theatre, 138 N. Main St., Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Join Mister C in the lab for another amazing day of learning as he attempts the world’s coolest and most popular experiments with YOU, his science crew!! Combining Mister C’s love of science and making epic videos create an amazingly fun learning adventure for students that encourages exploration, curiosity and even failure! From chemical reactions, kitchen concoctions, and DIY rockets, Mister C uses humor, media, and the engineering design process to make the ordinary extraordinary.

2024 Eichelberger Concert Season Announcment
2024-05-02 17:30 - 21:00 | Levitt Pavilion Dayton, 134 S. Main St., Dayton, OH, 45402
Get ready for another great summer full of music at Levitt Pavilion Dayton! To announce the 2024 Eichelberger Concert Season we’ll be doing what we do best, a free concert! And The Luv Locz Experiment will be helping us by playing this event!!
Event starts at 5:30 p.m. with the event announcement planned for 6:00 p.m.. Luv Locz Experiment takes the stage at 7:00 p.m.

Tattoo Bash Convention
2024-05-03 | Dayton Convention Center, 22 East 5th Street, Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Come check out Dayton’s largest tattoo party!
Featuring hundreds of professional artists, including -insert the two featured artists here-, and tens of thousands of tattoo options, you’re sure to find some new art at this event.
This is a three day event. It starts Friday May 3rd at 12:00pm. Doors will close at the end of the event on Sunday May 5th at 7:00pm.
For a One day pass it is $10. For a pass for all 3 days it is $20.

Montgomery County Law Enforcement Memorial
2024-05-03 11:00 - 13:00 | RiverScape MetroPark, 237 E Monument Ave, Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
11:00am – 1:00pm
AGE: All ages | FREE
The Montgomery County Law Enforcement Memorial returns to RiverScape on Friday, May 3rd from 11 AM to 1 PM. Join us as we honor the fallen officers of our community and their families. The Law Enforcement Memorial begins with a procession and will feature guest speakers and more. This event is open to the public, but we recommend bringing a lawn chair. Weather Dependent.

Wegerzyn’s MayFair Plant Sale
2024-05-03 11:00 - 15:00 | 2nd Street Market, 600 E. Second St., Dayton, OH, 45402, USA
Wegerzyn Gardens Foundation’s MayFair Plant Sale will return to the 2nd Street Market with expanded hours. Plants offered will include annuals, perennials, hanging baskets, herbs and vegetables. A members-only preview sale will be held on Friday, May 3 from 8 a,m. -11 a.m. The sale will then open to the public during normal 2nd Street Market hours the first Friday, Saturday and Sunday in May. Proceeds from the sale support special projects and programs at Wegerzyn Local native plant grower Tadmor Greene, Local Lush, Deeply Rooted Landscape, The Milkweed Patch, Down Nature’s Path, and Regenerate Garden Co. will be attending the Outdoor Market sharing their passion and knowledge of Ohio native plants, shrubs, and trees along with their best offerings of Spring & Summer natives for planting your home landscape.

Irish First Fridays
2024-05-03 15:00 | The Dublin Pub, 300 Wayne Ave., Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Live music at the Dublin Pub! Stop by for a pint and listen to live music for Irish First Fridays. Free Juke Box Friday from 6-7 p.m., Happy Hour from 3-6pm; music by Dulahan starting at 8:30 pm.

First Friday at Front Street
2024-05-03 17:00 - 21:00 | Front Street Galleries, 1001 E. Second St., Dayton, OH, 45402
Explore studios, galleries, shops and boutiques! This month the Front Street Gallery proudly welcomes artist, writer and educator, Timothy Wells and his solo show “Squiggle Conversates.” Grab a bite and enjoy live music in the courtyard. Arthops are family- and pet-friend and always free to attend! Visit frontstreet.art for more information.

Party at the Plaza
2024-05-03 17:30 - 19:30 | Day Air Ballpark, 220 North Patterson Blvd., Dayton, OH, 45402
Break out your baseball hats and jerseys—the tailgate of the summer season is back! In partnership with Dayton Dragons, Water Street District invites you to Party at the Plaza on May 3rd from 5:30-7:30 PM.
Party at the Plaza will be themed “Wild in Water Street District” and feature free fun with live performances from Madison Mohawks Steel Drum Bands, cornhole, yard pong, inflatables, the Dragons Green Team, Repitgirls and more.
Vendors include:-ReptiGirls Reptiles-Honey Hill Farm-Square One Salon-Base Camp Outdoors Co.-Dayton Beer Company-Downtown Dayton Partnership-Winans Chocolates + Coffees-Water Street District’s Pint Path Passport

Maggie Paxson’s Bomb Shelter Cafe
2024-05-03 17:30 - 20:00 | The International Peace Museum, 10 N. Ludlow St., Dayton, OH, 45402
This sing-along event is inspired by the collective music of embattles communities of the Holocaust and the Second World War, where audiences join together to find meaning, transcendence, and even laughter in troubled times. Bomb Shelter Cafes evoke an atmosphere of hope and survival, weaving scenes and stories from earlier decades when the creation of beauty was itself an act of resistance, all in the spirit of tikkun olam, the repair of the world.
Enjoy live music and storytelling by singer & award winning author of “The Plateau,” Maggie Paxson.

Peter Mulvey
2024-05-03 18:00 | Yellow Cab Tavern, 700 E 4th St, Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Who’s ready for a night of incredible Americana music!? Peter Mulvey returns to Yellow Cab Tavern with friends Tod Weidner and Rich Reuter!
Peter Mulvey, a veteran singer and songwriter from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Mulvey is an iconoclastwithin the singer/songwriter world. Restless and inventive, he has made 20 records, spanning rockand roll, folk, Jazz, spoken word, and Americana. Mulvey continues to tour, playing over a hundredshows a year as he has for the past 25 years. This is the core of what he does: music, in a room,performed for a live audience. Check him out at petermulvey.com
Cover starts at 6pm with Music at 7pm. Buy tickets early for $15 or $18 the day of the show.

Marilynn Page Artist Reception
2024-05-03 18:00 - 20:30 | Edward A. Dixon Gallery, 222 N. St. Clair St., Dayton, OH, 45402
Artist Reception

WYSO Presents: Snarls, Jess Lamb & Siri Imani, Dos.Grandiose
2024-05-03 20:00 - 23:00 | The Brightside, 905 E. Third St., Dayton, OH, 45402
oin us for a very special fundraiser for our local NPR station, WYSO 91.3 FM. It will feature Snarls, Jess Lamb & The Factory, special guest Siri Imani, and Dos.Grandiose! We are so excited about this one! It’s an evening packed with exciting, Ohio original music.
HOW TO GO?
Friday, May 3rd at The Brightside (905 E 3rd St, Dayton)
Doors 7pm / Show 8pm
All ages welcome!
$20 advance: https://www.venuepilot.co/events/99957/orders/new#/
$25 day of show
Limited VIP tickets available with reserved seating (includes 4 tickets)

Outdoor Market Season Opening
2024-05-04 09:00 - 15:00 | 2nd Street Market, 600 E. Second St., Dayton, OH, 45402, USA
The outdoor 2nd Street Market is now open for the season. Local growers, along with many new artisans, will join the year-round vendors for one of Dayton’s most unique shopping experiences. You’ll find all your favorite seasonal produce, delicious prepared-food, and handcrafted specialty items all season long. The Market is open on Saturday from 9am until 3pm and on Sunday from 11:00am until 3pm.

Free Comic Book Day
2024-05-04 10:00 - 16:00 | Dayton Metro Library – Main Library, 215 E. Third Street, Dayton, OH, 45402
Saturday, May 4 is Free Comic Book Day and Dayton Metro Library has an abundance of programs happening at select branches. The Main Library has programs taking place from 10 am to 4 pm, including escape rooms (requiring registration), crafts, and creating space heroes. One key program to attend is Community Comic Creating in the Eichelberger Forum, which takes place all day. Adults, teens, and families may stop in any time to create their own story using the Library’s comic templates. Don’t forget the free comics! While supplies last, these branches will have free comics to give away to patrons.

R.I.S.E Healing Communities, Saving Lives
2024-05-04 11:00 - 14:00 | Levitt Pavilion Dayton, 134 S. Main St., Dayton, OH, 45402
United Against Violence is an organization that started over 12 years ago. As a part of Samaritan Behavioral Health, the mission of UAV is to provide youth and the community with information, resources and events that promote nonviolence. Within UAV is the Young Adult Focus Council (YAFC). This is a youth-led council that provides a platform in which members, ages 11-18, can foster a lifestyle of violence prevention strategies by forming relationships within the community.
At the rally, the YAFC members as well as other community leaders will provide resources and support for suicide prevention, promote gun safety and send a strong message of hope to decrease gun violence in our community. We will have individuals on hand who can give applicable knowledge and useful information on these topics. The event is open to the community.
