Downtown Dayton Partnership

GREAT Miami Smallmouth Bass Fishing Challenge
2025-06-22, 2025-06-23, 2025-06-24 | Great Miami River
The 2025 GREAT Miami Riverway Smallmouth Bass Fishing Challenge June 13 – July 20, 2025 Hosted by the Great Miami Riverway, the 2025 GREAT Smallmouth Bass Fishing Challenge is a family-friendly, virtual fishing tournament. This is a catch and release tournament only. Anglers can fish anywhere on the Great Miami River. There is no better river for smallmouth bass fishing! Win prizes for your record catch. During the tournament, anglers will use the iAngler Tournament app to photograph their catch and record basic information while on the water. All Ohio fishing regulations apply. Unlimited number of fish entries. Thanks to a generous sponsorship from the International Game Fish Association, we are able to offer FREE IGFA Digital Memberships* ($20 value per membership) for all registrants! Exclusive “Members Only” online access to: IGFA World Record database, Exclusive How-To & Historical Videos, World Record Game Fishes archives The monthly International Angler digital publication Members Only discounts on tackle, trips, charters and more from IGFA partners PRIZES TO BE ANNOUNCED! Read the Rules and Regulations below. Awards event date, time and location will be announced prior to the end of the tournament.

Exhibit: Living Color
2025-06-22 | Edward A. Dixon Gallery, 222 N. St. Clair St., Dayton, OH, 45402
Artwork presented to you in Living Color from this group exhibition. Vibrant and colorful artworks fill the gallery from June 5th through July 11th. Make plans to attend the Opening Reception on 6/5 from 6pm-9pm at the gallery.

Dayton Dragons vs. Fort Wayne Tincaps
2025-06-22 13:05 (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.

Dayton Jewish International Film Festival
2025-06-22 15:15, 2025-06-22 19:15 (America/New_York) | THE NEON, United States
The Dayton Jewish International Film Festival offers outstanding world cinema that promotes awareness, appreciation and pride to the diversity of the Jewish people and to the community at large. Our goal is to educate and entertain through evocative, narrative and documentary films that portray the Jewish experience from historic to current global perspectives. See website for schedule and films: https://jewishdayton.org/program/dayton-jewish-film-festival/

Kokedama & Macrame Workshop
2025-06-22 16:30 (America/New_York) | Now and Zen DIY Studio, 121 E. Third St., Dayton, OH, 45402
Kokedama (Ko-ka-DAH-ma) is a unique and beautiful Japanese garden art where moss and soil are sculpted into a round shape around a plant or tree. It is associated with the beauty and tranquility of bonsai. Join us for this hands-on, workshop where you’ll create a beautiful and tranquil Kokedama along with beginner friendly macrame hanger to display your macrame, taught by macrame artist Cortney of Curious Creations Macrame. $45.00. Register today: Shopnowandzen.com. Questions? Events@nowandzendiy.com

Reni Gower and Kate Santucci Exhibit
2025-06-23 | Galleries at Sinclair College, 444 W. Third St., Bldg. 13, Dayton, OH, 45402
The Sinclair Community College Art Department is pleased to present “GEOmatrix: a Perfect Proof” by Reni Gower in the Burnell R. Roberts Triangle Gallery and “Waxing On” by Kate Santucci in the Works on Paper Gallery. Gower’s “GEOmatrix: a Perfect Proof” recognizes geometric perfection as the matrix of humanity and the blueprint of the cosmos. Large hand-cut papercuts, stencil-masked pulp paintings, and machine cut vinyl decals are imbued with repetitive, geometric pattens. These tessellations, similar to decoration across many cultures, offer a calming, luminous, and contemplative respite from these unprecedented times. Working with colored beeswax and resin layered with pigments and oil paint, Santucci reveals and obscures symbols and images formed through drawing, mark making and hand-cut stencils. The multi-layered encaustic works exhibited in “Waxing On” explore themes such as communication, time, place, and the perception of the way things change, both in the short and long term. There will be a virtual artist talk via Zoom on Friday, May 23, 2025, at 12pm. Visit www.sinclair.edu/artgalleries for details. The exhibitions will be on display from May 19–June 23, 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.

Peace Camp
2025-06-23 09:00 - 12:00, 2025-06-24 09:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | The International Peace Museum, 10 N. Ludlow St., Dayton, OH, 45402
The Peace Camp offers youth a dynamic, hands-on experience to explore peacebuilding, conflict resolution, and empathy. Through workshops and activities, campers learn skills to create positive change. This years theme: The Power of Words. Recommended for ages 6-12. $175 (scholarships are available)

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Registration for Peace Camp 2025 is open now!
June 23 – June 27, 2025
Daily from 9am – 12pm(Early Drop-off begins at 8:30am)

Community Fitness – BootyMix
2025-06-23 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | RiverScape MetroPark, 237 E Monument Ave, Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Learn to love the raw, unedited version of yourself through dance fitness. BootyMix is a mixture of booty-centric experiences that make you feel alive and give you the confidence to take back your life through community, movement, and music. When you walk out of class, you’ll feel more connected to your body, more confident in your worth, and ready to take on the world like the unstoppable force you are!

Community Fitness – Bootcamp
2025-06-23 18:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | RiverScape MetroPark, 237 E Monument Ave, Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Join The Unit for an exciting bootcamp workout that will take you through RiverScape in a whole new way. Whether you’re running the stairs, doing push-ups near the reflecting pools, or stretching along the levee, this effective workout will keep you moving. Combined with the uplifting support of the community members that make up The Unit, this is a workout you will want to make part of your weekly routine. All fitness levels welcome and encouraged!

Exhibit: Enduring the Seige of Sarajevo – Snapshots of Survival
2025-06-24 | The International Peace Museum, 10 N. Ludlow St., Dayton, OH, 45402

CURIO: Lunch Box
2025-06-24 12:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Courthouse Square, Third & Main Streets, Dayton, OH, 45422, USA
Throughout the summer months, fun, out-of-the-box entertainment can be found on Courthouse Square, with CURIO serving as the hub of community, connection, and collaboration!
Big ideas can come in small packages, and CURIO is the first step in a larger, longer-term plan to revitalize Courthouse Square. This shipping container transformed into an event hub has been combined with new outdoor seating and other touches to create downtown’s newest summer hotspot! CURIO is part of Summer in the City, presented by AES Ohio.
We can hardly contain our excitement for a summer schedule featuring:
CURIO: Lunch Box
Free lunchtime entertainment Tuesdays-Thursdays, 12-2 p.m.
Trivia Tuesdays – bring your team to win prizes
ZENsdays – Unwind. Decompress. Read. Play a game. Relax and zen out on your lunch break.
Unplugged Thursdays – live acoustic music or DJs
Bring your friends and coworkers for a midday break outside!
CURIO: Lunch Box features free lunchtime entertainment from noon to 2 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays each week during the summer months.
Food vendors also set up on Courthouse Square each weekday, allowing downtown workers and others to grab lunch from a vendor or a downtown restaurant and take in the entertainment while enjoying the outdoors downtown.
Be sure to “Like” CURIO at Courthouse Square on Facebook to get the latest updates on upcoming entertainment and more. You can also request to receive regular emails about what’s planned for CURIO.

Kayak Rentals at RiverScape with Taiter’s Kayak Solutions
2025-06-24 14:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | RiverScape MetroPark, 237 E Monument Ave, Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Part of RiverScape Kayak Rentals series
Kayak Rentals at RiverScape with Taiter’s Kayak Solutions
2:00pm – 6:00pm
AGE: 10 and up | $15.00

Paddle under the fountains with Taiter’s Kayak Solutions all summer long at RiverScape MetroPark! Kayakers launch from under the Riverside Bridge along the Great Miami Recreational Trail, and the cost to participate is $15 per person per hour. Taiter’s Kayak Solutions staff will provide participants with brief instructions prior to entering the water – including a safety tutorial – and will help participants get into their vessels. All participants will be required to wear a properly fitted life jacket. Swimming is prohibited in the Great Miami River, but participants should come prepared to get wet. Participants will also not be permitted to go through the RiverScape River Run whitewater feature. No lifeguards are on duty, and paddling is at all participants’ own risk. All participants will be required to sign a waiver before entering their vessel, and all minors must have a parent/guardian present. Regular walk-up rental hours take place Tuesdays from 2-6PM and Thursdays from 4-8PM, June-October. Visit Facebook.com/TaitersKayak or TaitersKayak.com for more information. Weather Dependent.
Paddle under the Fountain of Lights with Taiterâ’s Kayak Solutions all Summer Long at RiverScape MetroPark.

Community Fitness – Tai Chi & Qigong at the River
2025-06-24 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | RiverScape MetroPark, 237 E Monument Ave, Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Offered by Immortal Tree Qigong. Each hour-long Tai Chi & Qigong session will start with breathing exercises, warm up, and gentle stretching. You will then be guided through flowing movements mixed with short standing meditations. We will end with a slightly longer guided standing (or sitting) meditation. This should leave a few minutes to answer questions or discuss any insights. Qigong doesn’t require any special skills (other than breathing) or equipment (other than your body).

Trivia Tuesday
2025-06-24 19:00 (America/Detroit) | OH
Trivia Tuesdays are fun for everyone at The Dayton Beer Company! Get $3.50 DBC Pints every Tuesday with trivia starting at 7:00 p.m. Cheers!
