Front Street Art Hop
2025-11-08 11:00 - 16:00, 2025-09-06 11:00 - 16:00, 2025-04-05 11:00 - 16:00, 2025-12-06 11:00 - 16:00, 2025-05-03 11:00 - 16:00, 2025-03-08 11:00 - 16:00, 2025-07-05 11:00 - 16:00, 2025-08-02 11:00 - 16:00 (America/Detroit) and 2 more dates | Front Street Galleries, 1001 E. Second St., Dayton, OH, 45402
Art, Music, Food, Community: First Friday Art Hop at Front Street. We are so excited to announce that we have a NEW ART HOP SCHEDULE!! Join us every First Friday & the Saturday after for our monthly art hops. FRIDAY, 5PM – 9PM Explore art studios, shops, and galleries across campus! Live demonstrations, gallery openings, and new work on display by more than 150 artists! Meet our artists, learn about their work, or sign up to take a class! Don’t just see art, live it! Kool Beanz Cafe is open! Order at the tent and step inside to warm up while your made-to-order treat is prepared! SATURDAY, 11AM – 4PM Saturday after is your chance to visit what you couldn’t fit in on Friday! Of course, Kool Beanz Cafe will have things fired up and ready to make your lunch fresh.

7th Annual Derby Day in the District
2025-05-03 12:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Oregon District, Fifth Street, Dayton, OH, 45402
Join us for our 7th annual Derby Day and Running of the Weiners! Sponsored by Love Tito’s! Proceeds benefit The Humane Society and Miami Valley Pit Crew. 12-1:45 Weiner Race Registration (Tito’s tent next to Toxic Brew) $25 registration fee. 2pm Weiner Dog Races on our specially made tracks right down 5th street! 3pm Costume contest for our four legged friends! 4pm Derby Fashion Show by Clash Dayton, Greta Grenadine and various other local designers. 5pm Hot Dog eating contest by Blind Dogs. Vendors will be setup throughout the district from 12-6pm, check them out as you hit our brick and mortars! Our district’s establishments will have specialty drinks featuring Tito’s Handmade Vodka! For every specialty drink purchase from participating bars, $1 per drink will be donated to this year’s featured charities! Make sure to ask for a DORA cup so you walk around the district and sip on a special beverage! This event is well behaved dog and family friendly, free to the public and perfect for your first block party of the year!

Drink Specials!!!
Oregon Express- Strawberry Barkarita -Ned peppers/Hole in the Wall -Paw-dras -Next door- Hot Dog Water -Tito’s aperol grapefruit juice -Lily’s Tito’s tiki julep- Tito’s passion fruit liqueurs, tiki bitters, mint fresh lime and soda water -Luckys-Tito’s soda lime-Blind Bobs- Brindle with blackberry syrup -Toxic -Cranberry Mut-Trolly-Daily Walk -Dublin pub-Cranberry Mut

Actívate With 123 Andrés
2025-05-03 13:00 (America/New_York) | Victoria Theatre, 138 N. Main St., Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Andrés and Christina are the Grammy and Latin-Grammy award winning music duo 123 Andrés. Their catchy songs and lively performances get the whole audience dancing, singing, and learning! Their high-energy, joyful music celebrates the Latinx experience and incorporates Spanish and English. Andrés and Christina — a husband-wife team — perform for tens of thousands of children and families each year. Come dance along to hit songs from 123 Andrés’ award-winning albums, including the 2024 Grammy winning We Grow Together: Preschool Songs. 123 Andrés has been featured by The New York Times, NPR, The Washington Post, and others. Their YouTube channel has over 50 million views and 100k+ subscribers.

Derby Days at Century Bar
2025-05-02 15:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | The Century Bar, 10 S. Jefferson St., Dayton, OH, 45402
This year, we’re extending our Kentucky Derby celebration to two days. Join us on Friday and Saturday for the 151st Kentucky Derby!
MAY 2nd . FIRST FRIDAY LILIES FOR THE FILLIES3pm – 7pm The Kentucky Oaks, playfully called ‘Lilies for the Fillies,’ is a celebrated springtime race at Churchill Downs, where the fastest three-year-old fillies compete amid a sea of pink. Beyond the pageantry, it’s also a heartfelt fundraiser, supporting breast cancer awareness and honoring survivors with every stride toward the finish line.
– Watch the traditional Friday races with us.– Enjoy an exclusive Oaks Lily cocktail (Friday only). – Show your passion, and put on some pink! – $1 of every drink purchased will be donated to Pink Ribbon Good.. . . . . . . .
MAY 3rd . 151st KENTUCKY DERBY3pm – 8:30pmDon your Derby finery and join us for the 151st running of the Kentucky Derby! We’ll provide the big screen tvs, so you can catch all the action.
– Per tradition, the mint juleps will be flowing.– Enter our Derby Dazzle Hat Showdown. Bring your boldest brims, and you could win a prize!– Other games, prizes, and festivities will be going on for the duration

Gem City Roller Derby
2025-05-03 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

Beyond the Veil
2025-05-03 19:00 (America/New_York) | Yellow Cab Tavern, 700 E 4th St, Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
This month’s theme is Beyond the Veil and costumes are encouraged. Join us beyond the veil for an enchanted evening of fantastical magic, seductive sounds and vibrations and a peek into portals of creativity and magic. Interactive activities and performances inside and outdoors! Psychedelic performance band Electrocult Circus and veil dancer Shayla Hill will kick off the evening with an otherworldly performance to raise the vibes. This event will feature the magic of DJ’s Andrew Davis, DJ Brooke T and DJ NJ. who will be sparking up the blacklight dance floor. There will be multiple intuitive readers and local vendors to enhance the evening and many experience stations and immersive art activities that will tickle your third eye. This event will once again feature the sensory area where there will be free energy work, healing touch ASMR, aromatherapy and more. You will be gifted a beautiful sound bath and hypnosis by Mystic Sigil to close the evening. You will leave renewed, inspired and shapeshifted.

Ann Hampton Callaway
2025-05-03 19:30 (America/New_York) | The Benjamin & Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center, 1 West Second Street, Dayton, OH, 45402
Tony-nominated pop/jazz singer-songwriter ANN HAMPTON CALLAWAY joins Neal Gittleman and the Philharmonic on the DPO stage for a night of classics made famous by some of the biggest names in the business – Barbra Streisand, Carole King, Doris Day, Judy Garland, Linda Ronstadt, and Shirley Bassey, to name a few! Spoil yourself with a spellbinding show of rousing showstoppers, exquisite ballads, and lovely symphonic harmonies.

Exhibit: Jamie Wyeth: Unsettled
2025-03-15 | The Dayton Art Institute, 456 Belmonte Park N, Dayton, OH, 45405, United States
March 15–June 8, 2025
A distinguished figure in contemporary art, Jamie Wyeth is recognized for his fiercely independent, realistic approach to art. This exhibition follows Wyeth’s entire career and looks at a specifically darker thread within his oeuvre of troubling and unnerving imagery. Unsettled is divided into three distinct sections: “Strangers and Specters;” “Natural and Supernatural Worlds;” and “Haunted Places and Disturbing Spaces.” Drawn from museums and private collections from across the country, the DAI is the exclusive Ohio venue and the final stop for this major traveling exhibition. Organized by the Brandywine Museum of Art.

Exhibit: SWAY
2025-04-03 | Edward A. Dixon Gallery, 222 N. St. Clair St., Dayton, OH, 45402
Inspired by mid-century artists such as Robert Motherwell, Joan Mitchell, and Franz Kline, Susanne Scherette King’s strong colors, movement and motion, and wide range of style make up the title of her show: Sway – Opening Reception on Thursday, April 3rd from 6pm-9pm – Artist Talk on Saturday, April 12th from 2pm-4pm For Susanne, sway is motion, range, and scope. Over the 25 years of painting, her style continues to change and evolve. She has created a diverse range of work for this show. Susanne has a B.S. degree in education from Valparaiso University and a master’s degree in differentiated instruction from Graceland University. She is a self-taught artist. Professionally she taught jr. high language arts and also independently designed. perennial gardens for many years After two life changing medical events, her teaching career ended, but by making some modifications in technique she continued to paint. She has had gallery shows in Dayton, Columbus, Indianapolis, and Philadelphia. Lite refreshments served. Free on-street parking.

Out on 5th
2025-05-02 | 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
