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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

Front Street Art Hop

Front Street Galleries 1001 E. Second St., Dayton, OH

Art, Music, Food, Community: First Friday Art Hop at Front Street. We are so excited to announce that we have ...

Front Street Art Hop

Front Street Galleries 1001 E. Second St., Dayton, OH

Art, Music, Food, Community: First Friday Art Hop at Front Street. We are so excited to announce that we have ...

Front Street Art Hop

Front Street Galleries 1001 E. Second St., Dayton, OH

Art, Music, Food, Community: First Friday Art Hop at Front Street. We are so excited to announce that we have ...

Front Street Art Hop

Front Street Galleries 1001 E. Second St., Dayton, OH

Art, Music, Food, Community: First Friday Art Hop at Front Street. We are so excited to announce that we have ...

Front Street Art Hop

Front Street Galleries 1001 E. Second St., Dayton, OH

Art, Music, Food, Community: First Friday Art Hop at Front Street. We are so excited to announce that we have ...

Front Street Art Hop

Front Street Galleries 1001 E. Second St., Dayton, OH

Art, Music, Food, Community: First Friday Art Hop at Front Street. We are so excited to announce that we have ...

Rose Wine Tasting with Dani

The Barrel House 417 E. Third St., Dayton, OH, United States

Join us for an afternoon rosé tasting with your favorite wine slinger, Dani! She'll be here 1-5pm on Saturday, April ...

Survivors Speak

Dayton Metro Library – Main Library 215 E. Third Street, Dayton, OH

Dayton Metro Library will host Survivors Speak, on Saturday, April 5, from 4-5:30 pm, in the Main Library’s Eichelberger Forum. ...

A Community Fast for Peace and Justice

The International Peace Museum 10 N. Ludlow St., Dayton, OH

Fasting for Food and Peace is a 24-hour community event led by Ambassador Tony Hall to raise awareness about hunger, ...

Chancers

Dayton Theatre Guild 430 Wayne Avenue, Dayton, OH, USA

Chancers By Robert Massey Shop owners Aiden and Dee are down and out and on the verge of losing everything. ...

Sinclair Theatre presents The Tempest

Blair Hall Theatre - Sinclair 444 W. Third St., Dayton, OH

Twelve years before the start of The Tempest, Prospera was usurped by her sister, Antonia, and exiled from Milan. Now ...

Camelot

The Human Race Theatre Company 126 N. Main St., Dayton, OH

MARCH 26 - APRIL 6, 2025 Camelot Lerner & Lowe Adapted by David Lee Director: Emily N. Wells Music Director: ...

The Dead Revival Band

Yellow Cab Tavern 700 E 4th St, Dayton, OH, United States

The Columbus, OH Grateful Dead Tribute band- recreating the energy, sound, improv, and fun of the Dead. Catch their debut ...

Exhibit: Jamie Wyeth: Unsettled

The Dayton Art Institute 456 Belmonte Park N, Dayton, OH, United States

March 15–June 8, 2025 A distinguished figure in contemporary art, Jamie Wyeth is recognized for his fiercely independent, realistic approach ...

Exhibit: SWAY

Edward A. Dixon Gallery 222 N. St. Clair St., Dayton, OH

Inspired by mid-century artists such as Robert Motherwell, Joan Mitchell, and Franz Kline, Susanne Scherette King’s strong colors, movement and ...

Pre-Theater Dinner

The Dayton Woman’s Club 225 N Ludlow St, Dayton, OH, United States

Dine with us before your show! Perfect for theater-goers, our menu includes a buffet including soup, salad, entrée, dessert, and ...

Camelot

The Human Race Theatre Company 126 N. Main St., Dayton, OH

MARCH 26 - APRIL 6, 2025 Camelot Lerner & Lowe Adapted by David Lee Director: Emily N. Wells Music Director: ...

Skinner Pipe Organ Concert

The Dayton Art Institute 456 Belmonte Park N, Dayton, OH, United States

Hear the museum’s restored Skinner pipe organ and see the beautifully renovated Mimi and Stuart Rose Auditorium. Matt Dierking from ...

Verdi’s Aida

The Benjamin & Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center 1 West Second Street, Dayton, OH

At its heart, Verdi’s majestic opera AIDA is an intimate story of love – forbidden and unrequited —enmeshed in a struggle for ...