Downtown Dayton Partnership

Karaoke
2025-02-06 18:30 - 21:30, 2025-04-24 18:30 - 21:30, 2025-05-29 18:30 - 21:30, 2025-03-06 18:30 - 21:30, 2025-03-13 18:30 - 21:30, 2025-04-17 18:30 - 21:30, 2025-06-05 18:30 - 21:30, 2025-04-10 18:30 - 21:30 (America/Detroit)
Join us for Karaoke Thursdays at The Dayton Beer Company, hosted by Limelight Entertainment from 6:30 p.m.-9:30p.m. Cheers!

Paint-A-Park
2025-07-24 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | RiverScape MetroPark, 237 E Monument Ave, Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Part of Paint-A-Park series
Paint-A-Park
7:00pm – 9:00pm
AGE: All ages | FREE

Riverscape is a wonderful setting to explore and when you add live music to the mix, it becomes magical. Come join us to make art and listen to music this evening! Supplies will be loaned on site for you to create with and at the end of the program all participants will be given the opportunity to share their art work on our digital gallery. Weather Dependent.
Create a work of art inspired by nature. Art supplies available to borrow or bring your own.

Dayton Dragons vs. South Bend Cubs
2025-07-22 19:05 (America/New_York) | 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.

Open Mic Night
2025-05-29 19:30 - 22:30 (America/New_York) | The Barrel House, 417 E. Third St., Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Open Mic Night – sign up online, then show up and show out.

Music Bingo Thursdays
2025-03-20 20:00 (America/New_York) | The Trolley Stop, 530 E. Fifth St., Dayton, OH, 45402, USA
We have music bingo every Thursday! It’s free to play, lots of fun, hosted by KG, and there are prizes galore. Come check it out!

Exhibit: Enduring the Seige of Sarajevo – Snapshots of Survival
2025-05-01 | The International Peace Museum, 10 N. Ludlow St., Dayton, OH, 45402

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

Heidi Brueckner and Jennifer Scheuer Exhibits
2025-07-01 | Galleries at Sinclair College, 444 W. Third St., Bldg. 13, Dayton, OH, 45402
The Sinclair Community College Art Department is pleased to present work by Heidi Brueckner and Jennifer Scheuer in the Burnell R. Roberts Triangle Gallery and Works on Paper Gallery. Inspired by observing others as a way to understand ourselves, Brueckner creates intricate portraits filled with color, pattern, texture, and a variety of recycled materials. These works produce narratives which explore personage through self-presentation, facial expressions, and gesture. They inspect the under-revered and appreciate the subject’s presence and dignity, not only honoring the individual, but the earth and humanity as a whole. Scheuer addresses ideas of healing, the body, plants, and the history of medicine through printmaking. Much of her work responds to the historical idea of the Doctrine of Signatures, which suggests visual or sensory properties of plants correlate to healing properties. Additionally, she explores sequential imagery, narrative complexity, and play through artist books with their interactive, sculptural, and time-based qualities. There will be a virtual artist talk via Zoom on Thursday, August 7, 2025, at 12pm. Visit www.sinclair.edu/artgalleries for details. The exhibitions will be on display from July 1–August 9, 2025. Galleries are located on the fourth floor of building 13 (located at West Fifth and Perry Streets). The galleries are free and open to the public from 8am–6pm Monday–Friday and 9am–12pm Saturdays.

Exhibit: Curtis Barnes, Sr., Dayton Icon
2025-07-12 | 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.

Exhibit: Crosstown Connection
2025-07-11 12:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Dayton Society of Artists, 48 High Street, Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Crosstown Connection
July 11th – August 23rd
The Dayton Society of Artists (DSA) and the African American Visual Artists Guild (AAVAG) are thrilled to present Crosstown Connections: A Collaborative Exhibition. This group exhibition brings together two of Dayton’s vibrant art organizations in a celebration of shared creativity, artistic mediums, and the connections that unite us. Through this partnership, we honor our commonalities, reflect on past collaborations, and look forward to future opportunities to uplift and support artists in our community. Showcasing a collection of works from both organizations, this exhibition will be held at both galleries, celebrating the rich artistic talent within our community. Make sure to visit the other half of this exhibition at AAVAG! Their gallery is located inside the CSU Dayton Campus on the second floor at 840 Germantown St.
Opening Reception: Friday, July 11th 5 – 8 PM, Free and open to the public.
Closing Reception: Sunday, August 24th, 2 – 5 PM at AAVAG gallery

Guided Downtown Dayton historic walking tours
2025-05-02 17:30 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Dayton Arcade, 35 W. Fourth St., Dayton, OH, 45402
Many of the places that helped make Dayton a center of innovation were lost to history, while others survived and adapted, representing the city’s spirit of revitalization. Some of the city’s distinctive and significant structures were demolished, while others, including the Dayton Arcade and Centre City Building, saw challenging times but now await redevelopment. Explore and learn about the diverse selection of retail, industrial, entertainment, and residential sites on this guided walking tour of Downtown Dayton.
Tours are available on Fridays beginning May 2 and run through October 2025. The cost is $10 per person and reservations are required to attend.
Our guided downtown walking tours will launch promptly at 5:30 p.m. from the Dayton Arcade entrance on Fourth Street. This 90-minute, 1.5-mile tour may be deemed strenuous by some, and patrons should be able to walk/navigate city sidewalks and streets. Please wear comfortable walking shoes and bring a water bottle if needed. Tours will launch rain or shine, except in the event of thunder or lightning.

Friday Night Patio Parties
2025-06-13 17:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | THE NEON, United States
THE NEON – Dayton’s independent, arthouse cinema – will soon be hosting “Friday Night Patio Parties” on their recently renovated patio. Beginning June 13 and running through August 15, each week’s party, hosted by “Celebrity Guest Hosts,” goes from 5:30 -7:30 p.m. and features music, à la carte drinks from THE NEON’s patio bar and food from a local food truck. These weekly patio parties are made possible by the generous sponsorship of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Professional Realty.
Guest hosts for these parties include team members from Berkshire Hathaway, representatives from Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce and Generation Dayton, The RubiGirls, Discover Classical – Dayton Public Radio, Amelia Robinson & Anthony Shoemaker, representatives from various local theatre groups, and former Dayton Mayor Rhine McLin. DJs spinning music throughout the summer will include DJ Luke Tandy, man dies., J[REDACTED], and Mike7. And lastly, food will be available each week via local food trucks including Bourbon On The Street, Freakin’ Rican, Bald Head Tone’s, Showdog Hotdogs, and De’Lish. THE NEON’s social media pages and weekly newsletter are the best places to find up-to-date details about each week’s party.
In May, THE NEON announced the name of their expanded patio – “The Eichelberger Foundation Patio.” This expansion received a lead grant of $75,000 from Jack W. and Sally D. Eichelberger Foundation of the Dayton Foundation.
Improvements included:

The expansion of the ground level patio and the building of an upper-level terrace
An awning to provide shade (Tensile Structure Systems, Inc – Baltimore, Maryland)
A new sound system, security cameras and improved lighting
New patio furniture

These improvements will enhance the outdoor experience for THE NEON’s patio guests and have already created an attractive addition to a busy downtown intersection.
Jonathan McNeal, THE NEON’s General Manager, expressed his thanks for the grant. “Because of the generosity of Jack W. and Sally D. Eichelberger Foundation of The Dayton Foundation, THE NEON patio experience will only get better and allow us to expand our programming.” Besides the Friday parties in the summer, the patio hosts numerous events tied to special screenings and a welcoming place to enjoy a drink and popcorn before or after seeing a film.
This is the second grant made by the Foundation to THE NEON. The previous grant was $50,000 in 2021 to replace the cinema’s two projectors and sound system with new state-of-the-art laser projectors.

To learn about THE NEON, visit the website at: https: www.neonmovies.com
THE NEON can be found on InstaGram and Facebook at “neonmovies.”

United Irish of Dayton Celtic Fest
2025-07-25 17:30 - 23:00 (America/New_York) | RiverScape MetroPark, 237 E Monument Ave, Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Saturate your senses in the sights, sounds, and tastes of Celtic heritage. Discover the magic that keeps people returning to Dayton’s Celtic Festival year after year. Experience the rich traditions that Celtic folk hold dear to their hearts. The festival offers plenty of food, beer, workshops, Celtic Marketplace, Gaelic Mass, parade of kilts, music, culture, a children’s area, and three stages of continuous live entertainment. Rain or shine – lots of covered seating. Free admission. For more info, visit daytoncelticfestival.com
Festival Hours:
Friday, July 25, 5.30 p.m -11 p.m
Saturday, July 26, 11.30 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Sunday, July 27, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Admission is FREE

An “Evening with the Ohio Sports Legends”
2025-07-25 18:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Dayton Convention Center, 22 East 5th Street, Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
On Friday July 25th, 2025 Come Experience an unforgettable evening as 10 Ohio Sports Legends will give accounts of their Playing Days and Coaching Careers. Spectacular Sports Memorabilia Silent Auction. Pre function VIP Party
Tables of 10 $350 Kid Friendly Individual Tickets $40
VIP Party Tickets 1 VIP Ticket for $100 5 VIP Tickets for $500 and 10 VIP Tickets for $1,000
Call or Text 812-430-2725 to reserve your Table or Seats Today.
Speakers: Former Bengals QB Ken Anderson, Eva Jones Young (3 Time World Boxing Champion, Former Bengals RB Icky Woods, Former MLB All Star Josh Harrison, Black Women In Sport Founder Dr. Alpha Anderson, The College of Wooster AD Brenda Meece, Former Voice of the Tennessee Volunteers Bob Kesling, Special Guest TBA More to Come

Dayton Silent Disco in Space
2025-07-25 20:00 (America/New_York) | Dayton Arcade, 35 W. Fourth St., Dayton, OH, 45402
Dayton Silent Disco, a three station dance party featuring live DJs and headphone receivers, is set to return to The Dayton Arcade this Friday, July 25th. This month they’re hosting a “Space” themed event, encouraging attendees to dress the part, alongside lighting and projection effects to transport party goers to outer space.
Silent Discos are a popular way for attendees to choose and flip through multiple stations of dance music broadcast from multiple DJs. Dayton Silent Disco features John Chapel on the red station with modern pop music, Sexbox on the blue station with throwback hits, and Kim L on the green station with Electronic Dance Music.

Inaugural Ohio Sports Hall of Fame Induction Banquet
2025-07-26 | Dayton Convention Center, 22 East 5th Street, Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
On Saturday July 26th, 2025 we will have the Inaugural Ohio Sports Hall of Fame Induction Banquet at the Dayton Convention Center
Tables of 10 $900 Individual Seats $95 Kids 8 & Under Free
Call 812-430-2725 or email timturp15@aol.com for more information

Family Summer Film Series
2025-06-14 11:00 (America/New_York) | THE NEON, United States
Dayton Metro Library has partnered with The Neon and ThinkTV PBS to host a free Family Summer Film Series on Saturday mornings at The Neon. Each screening will include a read-along video, a PBS Kids program, and an activity on The Neon’s patio.

Here’s the schedule:

June 14: Be My Neighbor: A Daniel Tiger Friendship Celebration, followed by a hands-on activity (Ages 2-4)
June 21: Carl the Collector, followed by creating collection jars (Ages 4-8)
June 28: Puppy Love: Tales of Tails, followed by visiting pups from Adopt-A-Pit (Families)
July 5: Dinosaur Adventures followed by digging for fossils and making dinosaur footprints (Ages 3-5)
July 12: Work it Out Wombats: Solving Problems Together, followed by making a whirligig (Ages 3-6)
July 19: The Wild Kratts: Wild Cats & Planet Heroes, followed by a visit from Five Rivers MetroParks and some of their special friends (Ages 6-8)

Doors to The Neon will open at 10:30 am each Saturday, with showtimes at 11 am. Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis.

The Family Summer Film Series is sponsored by Dyer, Garofalo, Mann & Schultz and FLOC (For Love of Children).

The Neon is located at 130 E. 5th Street. Free ground-level parking is available across the street. For more information, visit neonmovies.com or DaytonMetroLibrary.org, or contact the Library’s Ask Me Line at 937.463.2665.

Exploring Poetry and Creative Writing for Emotional Wellness
2025-07-26 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Dayton Metro Library – Main Library, 215 E. Third Street, Dayton, OH, 45402
Come join us for an engaging workshop where you’ll learn the basics of poetry and creative writing from experienced writers. This isn’t just about improving your craft; it’s about using writing as a way to process your experiences, reflect on your life, and nurture your emotional wellness. Writing can help you heal, make sense of the past, and find clarity for the future. We’re here because we believe in the power of creative expression to unlock deeper understanding and foster personal growth. So, come practice, explore, and discover the healing potential of your own words.
Brought to you by Sinclair College Department of English Professors
