Downtown Dayton Partnership

Trivia Tuesday
2025-09-02 19:00 (America/Detroit) | OH
Trivia Tuesdays are fun for everyone at The Dayton Beer Company! Get $3.50 DBC Pints every Tuesday with trivia starting at 7:00 p.m. Cheers!

Tai Chi & Qigong at the River
2025-09-02 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | RiverScape MetroPark, 237 E Monument Ave, Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Part of RiverScape Community Fitness series
Tai Chi & Qigong at the River
6:00pm – 7:00pm
AGE: All ages | FREE

Offered by Immortal Tree Qigong. Each hour-long Tai Chi & Qigong session will start with breathing exercises, warm up, and gentle stretching. You will then be guided through flowing movements mixed with short standing meditations. We will end with a slightly longer guided standing (or sitting) meditation. This should leave a few minutes to answer questions or discuss any insights. Qigong doesn’t require any special skills (other than breathing) or equipment (other than your body). Find “Immortal Tree Qigong” on Facebook or Instagram for more information! Weather Dependent.

Kayak Rentals at RiverScape with Taiter’s Kayak Solutions
2025-09-02 14:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | RiverScape MetroPark, 237 E Monument Ave, Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Part of RiverScape Kayak Rentals series
Kayak Rentals at RiverScape with Taiter’s Kayak Solutions
2:00pm – 6:00pm
AGE: 10 and up | $15.00

Paddle under the fountains with Taiter’s Kayak Solutions all summer long at RiverScape MetroPark! Kayakers launch from under the Riverside Bridge along the Great Miami Recreational Trail, and the cost to participate is $15 per person per hour. Taiter’s Kayak Solutions staff will provide participants with brief instructions prior to entering the water – including a safety tutorial – and will help participants get into their vessels. All participants will be required to wear a properly fitted life jacket. Swimming is prohibited in the Great Miami River, but participants should come prepared to get wet. Participants will also not be permitted to go through the RiverScape River Run whitewater feature. No lifeguards are on duty, and paddling is at all participants’ own risk. All participants will be required to sign a waiver before entering their vessel, and all minors must have a parent/guardian present. Regular walk-up rental hours take place Tuesdays from 2-6PM and Thursdays from 4-8PM, June-October. Visit Facebook.com/TaitersKayak or TaitersKayak.com for more information. Weather Dependent.
Paddle under the Fountain of Lights with Taiterâ’s Kayak Solutions all Summer Long at RiverScape MetroPark.

CURIO: Lunch Box
2025-09-02 12:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Courthouse Square, Third & Main Streets, Dayton, OH, 45422, USA
Throughout the summer months, fun, out-of-the-box entertainment can be found on Courthouse Square, with CURIO serving as the hub of community, connection, and collaboration!
Big ideas can come in small packages, and CURIO is the first step in a larger, longer-term plan to revitalize Courthouse Square. This shipping container transformed into an event hub has been combined with new outdoor seating and other touches to create downtown’s newest summer hotspot! CURIO is part of Summer in the City, presented by AES Ohio.
We can hardly contain our excitement for a summer schedule featuring:
CURIO: Lunch Box
Free lunchtime entertainment Tuesdays-Thursdays, 12-2 p.m.
Trivia Tuesdays – bring your team to win prizes
ZENsdays – Unwind. Decompress. Read. Play a game. Relax and zen out on your lunch break.
Unplugged Thursdays – live acoustic music or DJs
Bring your friends and coworkers for a midday break outside!
CURIO: Lunch Box features free lunchtime entertainment from noon to 2 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays each week during the summer months.
Food vendors also set up on Courthouse Square each weekday, allowing downtown workers and others to grab lunch from a vendor or a downtown restaurant and take in the entertainment while enjoying the outdoors downtown.
Be sure to “Like” CURIO at Courthouse Square on Facebook to get the latest updates on upcoming entertainment and more. You can also request to receive regular emails about what’s planned for CURIO.

2025 Fine Art Faculty Exhibition Featuring Bridgette Bogle
2025-09-02 08:00 - 18:00, 2025-09-01 08:00 - 18:00, 2025-08-30 09:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Galleries at Sinclair College, 444 W. Third St., Bldg. 13, Dayton, OH, 45402
Event Title: 2025 Fine Art Faculty Exhibition Featuring Bridgette Bogle Event Description: Sinclair Community College’s annual Fine Art Faculty Exhibition will usher in the beginning of the 2025-2026 academic year. Each fall, the Burnell R. Roberts Triangle Gallery, the Works on Paper Gallery, as well as other spaces around Building 13 display work from the faculty and adjunct faculty of Sinclair’s Art Department. The Burnell R. Roberts Triangle Gallery traditionally features one faculty member, and this year will exhibit works by Professor Bridgette Bogle. Bogle’s exhibition is a reflection on her weekly walks through Woodland Cemetery. Colored pencil drawings along with installation work consisting of discarded polyester petals from the cemetery examine the contrast of the natural landscape and human-made artifacts of grief. This body of work explores the complexity of loss, the impulse to both mimic and disrupt nature, impermanence, and the passage of time. There will be a virtual artist talk with Professor Bogle over Zoom on September 12, 2025 at 12pm. A reception will be held September 4 from 4:30pm-6pm in Building 13’s 4th Floor Atrium. Visit sinclair.edu/artgalleries for further details. The Fine Art Faculty Exhibition will be on display from August 18 through September 19, 2025. Gallery spaces are located on the third and fourth floor of building 13 (located at W. Fifth and S. Perry Streets). The galleries are free and open to the public from 8am–6pm Monday–Friday and 9–12 Saturdays.

A Raisin in the Sun
2025-08-31 15:00, 2025-08-30 17:00 (America/New_York) | Dayton Theatre Guild, 430 Wayne Avenue, Dayton, OH, 45410, USA
The Younger family dreams of more. But in 1950s Chicago, racism, redlining, and hard luck sear even the smallest hopes before they can take root. Lorraine Hansberry’s timeless classic crackles with anger, tenderness, and the stubborn fight for a better life. Will their dreams dry up? Or will they explode?
A Raisin in the Sun is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com

Crafty Meetup
2025-08-31 13:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | The Barrel House, 417 E. Third St., Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
It’s my favorite day of the month! Bring yourself, bring your project, bring a friend, or make some new ones. Come hang out for an afternoon of introverting public hosted by me, Savage Stitcher (Angie) and The Barrel House. Cheers!!!

Harmonies Music Boxes
2025-08-31, 2025-08-30 | Downtown Dayton
The Downtown Dayton Partnership and Le Monde Studios are excited to present Harmonies, a multi-location public art installation on view for the entire month of August 2025. These larger-than-life, interactive art installations will celebrate Dayton’s creative spirit and stop people in their tracks. Four musical instruments, powered by green technology, come alive with local music and lights at the turn of a hand crank. See a banjo on Courthouse Square, a guitar at Levitt Pavilion, a harp at the Convention Center, and a treble clef in the Oregon District at the Seed of Life Plaza. This is more than a photo-op; it’s a moment of magic in the middle of an ordinary day. Presenting sponsor: PNC. Supporting sponsors: Bob Ross Auto Group and Grunder Landscaping Co.

We’re Doing It ALL Wrong® – 5th Annual Art Exhibition
2025-08-31 | Edward A. Dixon Gallery, 222 N. St. Clair St., Dayton, OH, 45402
This year’s exhibition features over 40 artworks from around the United States. See more at weredoingitallwrong.com. The exhibition was juried by Artist/Activist Devan Horton (Kentucky) and Gallery Owner Ed Dixon.

Exhibit: Curtis Barnes, Sr., Dayton Icon
2025-08-31 | The Dayton Art Institute, 456 Belmonte Park N, Dayton, OH, 45405, United States
Curtis Barnes, Sr., Dayton Icon
July 12–September 14, 2025
A painter and educator, Curtis Barnes, Sr. was a longtime fixture of Dayton’s art scene. His bold, colorful, experimental paintings are a distinctive blend of naturalism and abstraction. They frequently include self-portraits and portraiture depicting the people in his life. His influence is still felt today among his students and in the African American Visual Arts Guild, which he co-founded with artist “Bing” Davis in 1992. He was recognized for his artistic contribution and presented with the “Paul Laurence Dunbar Humanitarian Award” in 1994 and the “Lifetime Achievement Award” from the Ohio Arts Council in 2008.
This exhibition comes on the 90th anniversary of his birth and is a celebration of Barnes’ life and art. A DAI exclusive, this collection of works was drawn from his family and friends.

Vinyl Vinyl Sundays
2025-08-31 | The Barrel House, 417 E. Third St., Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Sunday – Vinyl Vinyl Sunday – bring your records, we’ll play ’em

Out on 5th
2025-08-31 | Oregon District, Fifth Street, Dayton, OH, 45402
What is Out on 5th?
Out on 5th is the street closure of Fifth Street in the Oregon District of downtown Dayton on weekends.
Closing down Fifth Street from Patterson Boulevard to Wayne Avenue every Friday night through Sunday evening allows
our business district to open up the street for guests to shop – dine – and relax in the open air.

Out on 5th gives restaurants and bars in the district room to expand patio seating into the streets.

Fifth Street is filled with public seating to allow guests room to spread out and enjoy the outdoors.

Retail shops can use extra sidewalk space in front of their business for sales. Looking to hold a retail pop-up? Apply here.

Local entertainment will be in the district every weekend to enhance the atmosphere. Looking to be an entertainer? Apply here.

When
Fridays 5 -10 p.m./ Saturdays noon – 10 p.m. / Sundays noon – 10 p.m.
Why
Shop, dine, and relax outdoors in the district
Where
In the Oregon District – Fifth Street from Patterson Boulevard to Wayne Avenue
Additional Information
Parking
Thousands of parking spaces on surface lots, parking garages, or metered side streets (free on weekends) surround the Oregon District.
During Out on 5th, please use the detour map at the bottom of this page to navigate around the street closures and into the parking lots.
Our Oregon District businesses kindly ask you to park in these lots, garages or public street spaces, and not in the residential neighborhood.

More info: https://www.theoregondistrict.org/outon5th

Summer Band Series
2025-08-30 19:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | OH
We’re happy to announce our 2025 Summer Band Series! Starting May 17th & going until September 20th, join us every Saturday night 7-10pm (excluding holiday weekends) for live music in the Biergarten. We’ve got something for everyone – Blues, Rock, Pop, and more! Looking forward to a great summer with you all!

Gem City Roller Derby
2025-08-30 19:00, 2025-08-30 17:00 (America/New_York) | Dayton Convention Center, 22 East 5th Street, Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Gem City Roller Derby is a women’s flat track roller derby team based in Dayton, Ohio. GCRD is a skater-owned and operated non-profit that was founded in Dayton in 2006. As a registered 501c3 non-profit organization, all funds raised go directly toward supporting the league and the local community. Dayton’s number of league members fluctuates, but averages out around 60 skaters and 80 total members, including coaches, officials, and volunteers. Gem City plays nearly year-round, fielding its competitive travel teams (Purple Reign and Violet Femmes). As well as our recreational team, Purple Haze. Check out our family friendly upcoming events to attend a bout and see us play in person! Roller derby is an athletic pursuit of skating fast and hitting hard. Using quick thinking strategy to gain the most points to win the bout, all while avoiding time in the penalty box. The Dayton Convention Center hosts GCRD in a space that allows for a great view of the action in the heart of downtown Dayton.

Saturday May 3rd Femmes & Haze doubleheader at 5pm and 7pm
Saturday June 28th, Reign & Haze doubleheader at 5pm and 7pm
Saturday August 30th, Reign & Femmes doubleheader at 5pm and 7pm

Reggae Fest ft. Etana
2025-08-30 17:30 (America/New_York) | Levitt Pavilion Dayton, 134 S. Main St., Dayton, OH, 45402
Reggae Fest ft. Etana

August 30 @ 5:30 PM

Free Admission

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Series:

Amplified Series sponsored by City of Dayton

Genre:

Reggae

Join us this year as we celebrate the Reggae Fest, part of the Amplified Series sponsored by the City of Dayton.
Reggae Amplified Lineup:

Luv Locz Experiment
Roots Society
Etana

Luv Locz Experiment: Luv Locz Experiment is a Caribbean Funk band from Dayton, Ohio, founded in 2016. More than just a band, they are a movement rooted in the ethos “Love Locks Us Together.” The collective unites members from Dayton and Cincinnati to create an eclectic and soulful sound, blending reggae, funk, hip-hop, and jazz. Their genre-defying style honors the spiritual essence of reggae while embracing the groovy rhythms of funk, captivating audiences worldwide.

Roots Society: Roots Society is a vibrant reggae band based in Columbus, Ohio, known for their energetic performances and commitment to spreading messages of unity and positivity through music. With a belief that reggae bridges all gaps, they have become a staple in the local music scene, performing at various community festivals such as COMFEST and the Hot Times Festival. Their music not only entertains but also inspires, making them a beloved group in the Columbus area.
Etana: Etana is a renowned Jamaican reggae singer celebrated for her soulful voice and empowering lyrics. She emerged on the music scene with her debut album, The Strong One, in 2008, which showcased her unique blend of reggae, dancehall, and acoustic folk. Etana’s music often reflects her Rastafarian beliefs and commitment to social justice, earning her multiple Grammy nominations. Her powerful performances and heartfelt songs have made her a beloved figure in the reggae community worldwide.

Dayton Street Snacks at The Barrel House
2025-08-30 17:00 - 23:00 (America/New_York) | The Barrel House, 417 E. Third St., Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Dayton Street Snacks is back at The Barrel house for five days straight of fun times and tasty food starting Aug 26th and running through Aug 30th from 5 to 11pm daily!
We will have all three Ds for you…
Will there be Daily specials? Yes.Will there be Desserts? Yes, thanks to the wonderful Bae’s BakeryWill there be Drinks? Yes.
Also, this event is unofficially associated with Heedfest the 13th. So, don’t ask Matt.

Rong Bros Brunch Bash
2025-08-30 11:00 (America/New_York) | PNC Arts Annex, 46 N. Ludlow St., Dayton, OH, 45402
Join The Rong Brothers starting at 11 a.m. for a community-focused event, kicking off with an interactive photo booth experience courtesy of Fea Fotos, set design by Calista Dillon, and light show experiences by SOS Lightshow, Holland Scarth, and Jared Chambers. Also featuring brunch stylings from Calzada’s Kitchen. The morning’s entertainment will transition into the theatre for a showcase of local musical talent, featuring Nightbeast, Kellen Williams, and The Rong Brothers. Enjoy a sampling of some of Dayton’s finest artists featuring live visuals and music.
This event warmly welcomes Dayton natives, newcomers, and anyone eager to delve into and collaborate with Dayton’s vibrant creative community.
Light refreshments will be provided, and additional food options will be available for purchase.
Event Schedule
11 a.m.-1 p.m. Brunch, Fea Fotos Foto Booth, live audio-visual art installations, cash bar
1 p.m. Theatre performances begin
3 p.m.-4 p.m. Networking and mingling

Fitness in the Park: Yoga with Speakeasy
2025-08-30 10:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | RiverScape MetroPark, 237 E Monument Ave, Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Harness your strength, enhance your mobility, and create a deeper connection with yourself. Join Tori for a dynamic physical yoga practice that will guide you through a breath focused flow that is both empowering and meditative. New to yoga? Not to worry. This class has something for all levels, and a variety of variations are offered throughout so you can find the most benefit for your time on the mat, and in turn feel your best off of it, too! Classes are free, no registration required. Please bring a mat and water.
