Downtown Dayton Partnership

420 at Yellow Cab
2024-04-20 20:00 (America/Detroit) | Yellow Cab Tavern, 700 E 4th St, Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Join us at The Yellow Cab Tavern on April 20th as we welcome Jah Soul and Seefari for a full evening of jammin’ and groovin’!
Cover starts at 8:00pm on April 20th with performance starting around 9:00pm!
Tickets are $9 in advance and $12 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 19th
Yellow Cab’s resident truck, The Pizza Bandit, will be set up and serving through 11pm!

ARTeBRATION 2024
2024-04-21 11:00 - 16:00 | Front Street Galleries, 1001 E. Second St., Dayton, OH, 45402
Front Street is kicking off the outdoor season on April 21st! Join us for our biggest party of the year, ARTeBRATION: a celebration of all things creative! In addition to hopping around studios, galleries and boutiques, returning to Front Street are beer gardens, the outdoor market, live music, food trucks, and the Street Art Jam! The most up to date information about artists, activities, vendors, musicians, and food trucks can all be found on our website www.frontstreet.art. ARTeBRATION is a one day, rain or shine, free and family fun event! ARTeBRATION is free to attend, offers free parking and is a family and pet friendly community. Leashed and well behaved pets only, please. Mark your calendar, invite your friends, and set a reminder to come visit us on the 21st!

Dinosaur World Live!
2024-04-21 13:00 | Victoria Theatre, 138 N. Main St., Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Dare to experience the dangers and delights of DINOSAUR WORLD LIVE! in this roarsome interactive show for all the family.
Grab your compass and join our intrepid explorer across uncharted territories to discover a pre-historic world of astonishing (and remarkably life-like) dinosaurs. Meet a host of impressive creatures, including every child’s favourite flesh-eating giant, the Tyrannosaurus Rex, a Triceratops, Giraffatitan, Microraptor and Segnosaurus!
A special meet and greet after the show offers all our brave explorers the chance to make a new dinosaur friend.
Now an international smash hit, DINOSAUR WORLD LIVE! is back by popular demand following its hugely successful 2022 US tour.
Don’t miss this entertaining and mind-expanding jurassic adventure, live on stage.

World Book Day
2024-04-23 12:00 - 19:00 | Rabbit Hole Books, 27 W. First St., Dayton, OH, 45402
World Book Day was established by UNESCO in 1970. To celebrate this year, all guests to Rabbit Hole Books on World Book Day 2024 will receive one book of their choice for free!

Dragons High School Baseball Showcase
2024-04-24 18:00 | Day Air Ballpark, 220 North Patterson Blvd., Dayton, OH, 45402
The Dragons High School Baseball Showcase, presented by Bob Ross Auto Group, is back at Day Air Ballpark! Twenty-four teams from the greater Miami Valley area will play in twelve games at Day Air Ballpark in the heart of the Water Street District.
The showcase provides a fundraising opportunity for high school programs, allowing them to sell Dragons tickets and raise money for their athletic departments. The High School Baseball Showcase is open to the public and games are scheduled for various dates between April 24 and May 11.

Wednesday, April 24 6:00 PM Kings vs Lebanon

Friday, April 26 5:00 PM Lima Perry vs Allen East

Friday, April 26 8:00 PM Tippecanoe vs Bethel

Saturday, April 27 3:00 PM Upper Scioto Valley vs Pandora Gilboa

Saturday, April 27 6:00 PM National Trail vs Brookville

Tuesday, May 7 6:00 PM Beavercreek vs Springfield-Shawnee

Wednesday, May 8 5:30 PM Lehman Catholic vs Union County (IN)

Wednesday, May 8 8:00 PM Lima Shawnee vs Northmont

Friday, May 10 5:00 PM Sidney vs Chaminade-Julienne

Friday, May 10 8:00 PM Franklin-Monroe vs Arcanum

Saturday, May 11 3:00 PM Fairlawn vs Houston

Saturday, May 11 6:00 PM Xenia vs Greenon

Now & Zen Terrarium Building
2024-04-24 18:00 - 20:00 | Little Fish Brewing Company, 116 Webster St., Dayton, OH, 45402
Join us for an evening of cold brews, food, and terrarium building here at Little Fish Brewing Company – Dayton station on April 24th, hosted by Now and Zen DIY Studios! Ticket’s can be purchased via QR code or through the link attached! Prices vary based on the size terrarium you would like to build. Sip and build, enjoy this DIY event with friends, family, or meet a new pal!
https://www.shopnowandzen.com/open-workshop?fbclid=IwAR2EFt9-p3ogNZYz79TK7Rjy5XDo176p9hYgQERbYlPpCe6sGo5F_GQKKt8

Casting Crowns 20th Anniversary Tour: A Live Symphony Experience
2024-04-24 19:00 | The Benjamin & Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center, 1 West Second Street, Dayton, OH, 45402
Multi-platinum selling Grammy winners Casting Crowns will take their powerful live performances on the road this fall with the CASTING CROWNS 20TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR: A LIVE SYMPHONY EXPERIENCE. Featuring hit songs from the band’s current chart-topping Healer album (“Scars In Heaven,” “Crazy People”), concertgoers will also experience a night of worship like no other, celebrating an incredible 20-year repertoire of songs like “Only Jesus,” “Nobody,” “Praise You In This Storm,” “East To West” and many more. For the first time ever, Casting Crowns has been joined by a live symphony on this special anniversary tour. With more than 12 million albums sold and multiple Grammy, Dove and American Music Awards to their name, Casting Crowns might be best known for their fan-favorite live concert events – and the CASTING CROWNS 20TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR: A LIVE SYMPHONY EXPERIENCE promises to be no different.

John Crist: The Emotional Support Tour
2024-04-25 19:00 | The Benjamin & Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center, 1 West Second Street, Dayton, OH, 45402
John Crist is one of today’s fast-rising stand-up comedians, with more than one billion video views, over five million fans on social media and sold-out shows from coast to coast making Pollstar’s Top 100 Global Tours list in 2019 with over 197,000 tickets sold. Widely known for viral videos like “Honest Football Coach,” “Every Parent at Disney,” “Brands That Need to be CANCELLED” plus hundreds more. John Crist has performed all over the world and in 2021 began his multi-city national theater tour called Fresh Cuts selling out theaters all over the United States. John has been seen on ESPN, Sports Illustrated, CBS Sports, Barstool Sports, and Buzzfeed just to name a few.
In 2022, John released his second special – What Are We Doing – on YouTube and released his bestselling book Delete That in the fall. John also has a weekly podcast called “Net Positive.” When asked where he finds the inspiration to write jokes, Crist says, “I grew up in the deep south, my dad is a pastor, and I was the third of eight homeschooled children. My first job was at Chick-fil-A. Coming from a background like that, how do you NOT write jokes?!”
And he’s on tour now!

Peerless
2024-04-25 20:00 | The Human Race Theatre Company, 126 N. Main St., Dayton, OH, 45402
APRIL 25 – MAY 12, 2024
Peerless

BY JIEHAE PARK
DIRECTOR MARYA SPRING CORDES ^
Twins M and L have given up everything to get into The College. So when D gets “their” spot instead, they figure they’ve got only one option: kill him. A darkly comedic take on Shakespeare’s Macbeth about the ultra-ambitious and the cut-throat world of high school during college admissions.
Recommended if you liked Macbeth, Lizzie.

Art Auction: Pearl Pre-Party
2024-04-26 17:30 - 19:00 | The Contemporary Dayton, 25 W. Fourth St., Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
The Art Auction is The Co’s signature fundraiser–a lively, semi-casual event of 400 patrons and artists mingling, eating, drinking, browsing, and bidding on 100+ original works of art. The event will take place on April 26, 2024, from 6-10P in The Dayton Arcade’s magnificent Rotunda; with an exclusive Pre-party from 5:30-7P in The Co’s adjacent galleries.

THEME
S P E C T R A: The 30th Annual Art Auction
Spectra [spek-truh] (plural noun) a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed as by passage through a prism

The Contemporary Dayton invites all to explore the color spectrum and together become a living work of art. Art, light, color, taste, and sound will merge in The Arcade’s magnificent Rotunda to spark a celebration of over 100 works of art and the talented artists of the Dayton-area community and beyond who create them—all to benefit The Co’s exhibition and education programs. The Co invites patrons to come dressed in shades of white—reflecting the traditional 30th anniversary gemstone, the pearl—and prepare to immerse themselves in a kaleidoscope of friends, merriment, and music and discover the profound beauty that arises when colors dance together.

TICKETS
Tickets now available at codayton.org/auction.
Ticket packages range from $250 to $5,000 and include benefits such as:

Guest Tickets to The Art Auction & The Pearl Pre-Party
Name and Logo on Event Website and ENewsletter
Ad in Event Program
Reserved Live Auction Seating

Individual tickets start at $125 for General Admission to The Auction; and $100 for Co Members. The Pearl Pre-Party tickets start at $250 and include Auction entry.

Patrons may purchase tickets at codayton.org/auction; by calling The Co at 937/224.3822; or mail check made out to The Contemporary Dayton to 25 W 4 St., Dayton, OH 45402

PRESENTING SPONSORS:
Buckeye Vodka
Culture Works
Houser Asphalt & Concrete
Mitosis

THANKS TO OUR ANNUAL OPERATING SUPPORT DONORS
The AES Foundation, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Culture Works, The Dayton Foundation, The Montgomery County Arts & Cultural District, The National Endowment for the Arts, The Ohio Arts Council, The Virginia W. Kettering Foundation, and Members.

S P E C T R A: The 30th Annual Art Auction
2024-04-26 18:00 - 22:00 | Dayton Arcade, 35 W. Fourth St., Dayton, OH, 45402

Ghosts: Do You Believe?
2024-04-26 19:30 | Victoria Theatre, 138 N. Main St., Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Prepare for an extraordinary live show hosted by paranormal expert Dustin Pari of “Ghost Hunters,” where the boundaries of reality and the supernatural blur. We’ll dive deep into the world’s most riveting paranormal evidence and share perplexing ghost stories that defy explanation. Brace yourself for an interactive journey through haunted encounters, mind boggling phenomena, and first-hand accounts that will leave you questioning everything you thought you knew. This spine-tingling adventure is not to be missed. Join us as we unlock the mysteries that haunt us all.
With 30 years of experience researching the unknown, Dustin Pari brings exciting and positive lectures about the paranormal all across the country. As a part of television’s “Ghost Hunters,” “Ghost Hunters International,” and appearances on “Destination Truth” and “Ghost Nation,” Dustin has traveled the world over looking for answers and expanding his understanding of the unseen realm. Dustin is known for his strange and slightly offbeat sense of humor, which helps to balance the light and dark material that can make up the paranormal world. He focuses his research on the connections between the spiritual world and our mortal realm.

Dayton’s Silent Disco Three Year Anniversary
2024-04-26 20:00 | 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.
