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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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Part of RiverScape Summer Music Series series Motown Concert with The Motown Sounds of Touch 7:00pm - 9:00pm AGE: All ages | FREE Join ...
Get ready to blast off! Dayton's Silent Disco is going to outer space on July 31st! Bust out those board ...
The weekend just got louder — step into the spotlight at Two Social's Friday Night Karaoke, Dayton's best late-night sing-along ...
June 12-September 12, 2026 Threads of History: Quilts by Carolyn Mazloomi is a landmark solo exhibition by award-winning artist, historian, ...
June 27–September 13, 2026, Gallery 120 William H. Johnson (1901–1970) painted the Fighters for Freedom series in the mid-1940s as tribute to ...
April 13, 2024–January 3, 2027, Gallery 106 Today, Japanese ceramic artists are building on centuries of tradition and taking the art ...
February 7, 2026–January 31, 2027, Gallery 118 Feminism feels like a loaded term that, when presented to people, often triggers ...
May 16–August 9, 2026, Gallery 117 Across cultures, the performing arts—drama, dance, music—have entertained and educated, bringing people together in ...
The Contemporary Dayton is proud to present Niki Johnson: Pillars of Democracy, a series of four large-scale collaged portraits envisioning Liberty, ...
The Sinclair Community College Art Department is pleased to present “Marks & Stitches” by Liz Quay & Jayne Struble in ...
On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The war continues until now, ruining the lives of ...
Future Is Now X Museum presents its inaugural Group Exhibition, an eight-day multimedia event uniting 154 visual artists, live musicians, ...
In the Project Space, visitors will experience Welker’s Tangled Up In Blue: Messages & Images to Our Future Selves. Moving beyond ...
We're excited to welcome the photography of Jake Schneider to our walls for the month of August. Get to know ...
Downtown Dayton's independent movie theater has a great lineup of films showing every day. Visit neonmovies.com for a schedule of ...
In this special juried exhibit, you can vote for your favorite piece of artwork submitted by local artists! These pieces ...
Light Lane is an interactive public art installation created by LeMonde Studio. It combines stationary bicycles, projection mapping, lighting, and sound ...
Join us for a focused and immersive experience in academic figure drawing. This instructed nude figure drawing session offers artists ...
Part of Fitness in the Park series Sculpt with Speakeasy 10:00am - 11:00am AGE: All ages | FREE Sculpt is a low-impact, high-intensity full ...
Enjoy live entertainment at the 2nd Street Market. Let local musicians, featuring a variety of genres, add to your shopping ...
