Downtown Dayton Partnership

Pumpkin Decorating and Trick or Treating at the Market
2025-10-26 11:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | 2nd Street Market, 600 E. Second St., Dayton, OH, 45402, USA
Join us at the Market as we celebrate Halloween! We have free pumpkins and supplies to decorate a pumpkin, then trick or treat with our vendors for special treats.

Exhibit: The Triumph of Nature: Art Nouveau from the Chrysler Museum of Art
2025-10-26, 2025-10-25, 2025-10-24 | The Dayton Art Institute, 456 Belmonte Park N, Dayton, OH, 45405, United States
October 18, 2025–January 11, 2026
The Triumph of Nature presents the refined, ever-popular and elegant curvilinear designs and nature-based motifs of Art Nouveau. From the rich holdings of the Chrysler Museum of Art, more than 120 turn-of-the-20th century treasures are included, with works by Tiffany, Mucha, Gallé, Beardsley and many others. Furniture, paintings, sculpture, mosaics, books, posters, prints, lamps, glass art and more highlight the innovative ways artists made harmonious visual arrangements. The DAI is the exclusive Ohio venue for this major traveling exhibition.

Water Street District Pint Path
2025-10-26, 2025-10-25 | Water Street District
Sip your way through local brews, grab a bite at buzzworthy spots and discover why Water Street District is where Dayton comes to play. Pick up a free Water Street District Pint Path passport from any participating business. Once a passport has been picked up, purchase a menu item of choice at each stop to receive a stamp on the passport. Once you’ve sipped and stamped at all 14 locations, turn in your passport to Water Street District’s leasing office (115 Madison Street) to claim your prize. Pint Path Passport stops can be completed at the leisure of each participant. Cheers! Please remember to drink responsibly. Find a list of participating businesses and more details here: https://www.waterstreetdayton.com/wsdpintpath

Vinyl Vinyl Sundays
2025-10-26 | The Barrel House, 417 E. Third St., Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Sunday – Vinyl Vinyl Sunday – bring your records, we’ll play ’em

Reflections
2025-10-25 19:30 | Victoria Theatre, 138 N. Main St., Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Dayton Contemporary Dance Company (DCDC) – Dayton’s internationally celebrated cultural gem – presents REFLECTIONS, a concert of dances that illuminate the drive, passion, and joy of what it means to be uniquely and proudly African American.
Placing another Dayton and world premiere under its belt, DCDC presents Promised Land, a layered, complex, and hopeful reflection on the African American journey through movement. Taking inspiration from a speech given by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the University of Dayton in 1964, Promised Land encourages an examination of our relationships and responsibilities to democracy.
Returning to the stage is Sir Warren Spears’ powerful tribute to the Tuskegee Airmen, On the Wings Of Angels. Seven young men, hopeful and determined to be part of the USA war effort, as dignified, patriotic Americans, are seen training, dreaming, buddying up, and, finally, flying. Spears’ work is full of sweeping ensembles, sinewy supports, and bounding leaps that never seem to touch the ground.
Opening DCDC’s season of Dancing In Our Light, REFLECTIONS is storytelling in motion, memory, and meaning. Whether you’re discovering DCDC for the first time or have followed the company for years, this is the kind of performance that leaves you changed.

Hauntfest
2025-10-25 18:00 - 23:59 | Oregon District, Fifth Street, Dayton, OH, 45402
39th Annual Hauntfest in the Oregon District
Saturday, October 25th 6:00 PM – Midnight (the witching hour!) Oregon District, Dayton OH
The streets of the Oregon District transform once again for the 39th Annual Hauntfest – the biggest Halloween party in Dayton!
This year’s theme: Witches! So grab your broomsticks & cauldrons and tell your coven—it’s going to be a magical night.
What to Expect:• Live street entertainment• Delicious eats from food trucks & the districts eateries• DORA cocktails served from every Oregon District bar• A wickedly fun Costume Contest with cash prizes: Best Witch Best Group Best Overall Costume
Whether you come dressed to scare, slay, or enchant, Hauntfest is the place to be this Halloween season.
Hosted by the Oregon District Business Association
Don’t miss Dayton’s most legendary Halloween tradition.Tag your crew, plan your costumes, and we’ll see you on October 25th under the moonlight!
No weapons real or fake will be permitted. This is a 21+ eventGet your pre-sale tickets now before the price goes up at the gate!

DLCA Performance: Beetlejuice JR.
2025-10-25 17:00, 2025-10-25 13:00, 2025-10-24 19:00 | PNC Arts Annex, 46 N. Ludlow St., Dayton, OH, 45402
A Dayton Live Creative Academy production!
It’s our show now, kid. The ghost-with-the-most comes to the stage in BEETLEJUICE JR., the frightfully funny musical based on the beloved motion picture turned Broadway phenomenon. Lydia Deetz is a strange and unusual teenager, still grieving the loss of her mother and obsessed with the whole “being dead thing.” Lucky for Lydia, she and her father move to a new house haunted by a recently deceased couple and Beetlejuice, a delightful demon with a real zest for life. When Lydia calls on Beetlejuice to scare away anyone with a pulse, this double-crossing specter shows his true stripes, unleashing a (Nether)world of pandemonium.
There are four performances of this show: Friday evening, Saturday afternoon, Saturday evening, and Sunday afternoon.

Dial ‘M’ for Murder
2025-10-25 17:00, 2025-10-24 20:00 | Dayton Theatre Guild, 430 Wayne Avenue, Dayton, OH, 45410, USA
A cunning husband. A flawless plan. One fatal call. In this razor-sharp, midcentury mind game of deadly charm, calculated lies, and impetuous greed, the plot to commit the perfect murder begins to unravel. What follows is a taut and twisted Hitchcockian thriller—where life and death hang on the line.

Healing Sound Bath
2025-10-25 15:00 - 16:30 | Dayton Metro Library – Main Library, 215 E. Third Street, Dayton, OH, 45402
Healing Sound Bath
Saturday, October 25, 3-4:30 pm, Main Library, Bassani Theater Off Third, 3rd Floor: All ages are invited to experience a meditative sound bath using gongs and hand-crafted Tibetan singing bowls. The vibrations will harmonize with the body’s internal system, promoting physical and mental relaxation.

Family Open Studio
2025-10-25 15:00 - 16:30 | The Dayton Art Institute, 456 Belmonte Park N, Dayton, OH, 45405, United States
Join us in Studio A in the Education Wing of Rike for a time of open-ended creativity and art making. Browse our weekly selection of open studio materials and unleash your inner artist. No Signup Necessary. Drop-ins Encouraged! Sponsored by AES Ohio Foundation. Free with museum admission.

Spooky Wine Tasting with Dani
2025-10-25 14:00 - 17:00 | The Barrel House, 417 E. Third St., Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Dani’s popping up 2-5pm and sampling out spooky season wines – pull through and get a fill! Sip and shop Gypsy Vibes Pop-Up Shop’s goods!

Every Body ~Rainbow Reels~
2025-10-25 13:30 - 16:30 | Dayton Metro Library – Main Library, 215 E. Third Street, Dayton, OH, 45402
Observe Intersex Awareness Day with a screening of Every Body (2023, Rated R), a Rotten Tomatoes Certified Fresh documentary by Julie Cohen, Academy Award-nominated director of RBG (along with Betsy West). This film follows intersex activists in a battle to live life on their terms.
Rapid HIV testing with quick results via a finger stick will be available before, during, and after the screening, through Public Health Dayton Montgomery County. (Adults)

DAI Dialogues Tour
2025-10-25 13:00 - 14:00 | The Dayton Art Institute, 456 Belmonte Park N, Dayton, OH, 45405, United States
Connect with your community in an enriching way through DAI Dialogues. DAI Dialogues is a tour experience led by a member of the Dayton community where art exploration meets storytelling. Engage in open dialogue and leave feeling more unified. Sponsored by AES Ohio Foundation. Members: Free, Non-members: Included with the price of admission. Register here: https://dai.ticketapp.org/portal/product/66/events

Saturday Community Tours
2025-10-25 11:30 - 12:30 | The Dayton Art Institute, 456 Belmonte Park N, Dayton, OH, 45405, United States
Explore the museum and learn more with a guided tour! Come to the DAI for weekly tour themes like: Dayton History, Art and Architecture, Global Celebrations, and Art Basics for Everyone. Free with museum admission! Sponsored by AES Ohio Foundation. Register here: https://dai.ticketapp.org/portal/product/115/events

Saturday Art Workshops
2025-10-25 11:00 - 13:00 | K12 Gallery & TEJAS, 341 S. Jefferson St., Dayton, OH, 45402
Saturday Art Workshops for Kindergarten-12th Grade and Adults. Each month explore a different art medium (Clay, Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture, Mosaics, Drawing, Photography, in a different theme/artistic style (K-12th grade). For Adults classes in Mosaics, Stained Glass, and Glassblowing. Saturday Classes run from September 2025-May 2026. 11:00am-1:00pm. Call for Costs.

Exhibit: Beyond Guilt
2025-10-25 10:00 - 17:00, 2025-10-24 10:00 - 17:00 | The International Peace Museum, 10 N. Ludlow St., Dayton, OH, 45402
Beyond Guilt is a compelling visual experience that tells the powerful and redemptive stories of those impacted by over-sentencing and over-punishment. This exhibit will be available for public view during our normal operating hours from August 15, 2025 through November 9, 2025. In their stories we learn about the human consequences of second chances and the ethical necessity to see and treat people beyond their guilt. The exhibition features a growing collection of work, including thirteen short films, a powerful photo series by Cincinnati artist, Harriet Kaufman, and works of art across visual, written, andother media by incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals whose stories embody the mission of Beyond Guilt. The exhibition is a collaboration with the International Peace Museum and the Ohio Justice & Policy Center’s Beyond Guilt project – a state-wide advocacy project that serves incarcerated people who have been over-sentenced and demonstrate the ability to be safely released from prison. Materials were created in collaboration with Northern Kentucky University and The Ohio State University. Learn more about the Beyond Guilt project at: ohiojpc.org/our-work/beyond-guilt

Ding Chao and John Tronsor Exhibit
2025-10-25 08:00 - 17:00, 2025-10-24 08:00 - 17:00 | Galleries at Sinclair College, 444 W. Third St., Bldg. 13, Dayton, OH, 45402
The Sinclair Community College Art Department is pleased to present The Dialogue by Chao Ding in the Burnell R. Roberts Triangle Gallery and limen series by John Tronsor in the Works on Paper Gallery. The Dialogue is a visual diary of paintings exploring evocative moments and fragments of time in the artist’s life. Ding explores loneliness and mystery through textural layers and subtle colors, focusing on revealing forgotten beauties and poetic significance through deserted spaces in the work. Tronsor’s limen series is a collection of photographs created during a period of self-quarantine focusing on his apartment windows, which were sealed shut and covered with a white semi-opaque film. The resulting photos reflect landscapes paralleling tundras or oceans with their own depth and singularity. There will be a virtual artist talk via Zoom on Friday, October 3, 2025, at 12pm. Visit www.sinclair.edu/artgalleries for details. The exhibitions will be on display from September 29–October 28, 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. Free and accessible parking is located in Parking Lot K.

Jazz Night with George Balog Three Year Anniversary
2025-10-24 19:00 - 23:00 | The Barrel House, 417 E. Third St., Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
What started as a one-off DJ set on a Tuesday night has blossomed into one of our most coveted recurring events. We’re thrilled to celebrate three years of George sharing his favorite music with all of us. Join us as he spins an all-vinyl set of Jazz Night With George Balog’s greatest hits.

Guided Downtown Dayton historic walking tours
2025-10-24 17:30 - 19:00 | 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.

Boo & Brew
2025-10-24 17:00 - 21:00 | Water Street District
Water Street District will be hosting its third annual Boo & Brew event on Friday, October 24 from 5-9pm. The Halloween-themed crawl will feature stops throughout Water Street District with specials along the way and a chance to win raffle prizes. To participate, begin at Pins Mechanical Co. to pick up a koozie and a Water Street District Pint Path Passport, then visit five of the businesses listed below, taking a photo at each location and tagging @waterstreetdayton on Instagram or Facebook story as you go. After completing all five stops, check in your passports at Pins Mechanical Co. by 9:00pm to claim a 2025 Boo & Brew t-shirt and be entered to win exciting prizes. *Please note: Want to get a head start on completing the entire Pint Path Passport? No problem! Participants can hold onto the passport after checking it in at Pins Mechanical Co. See below for a full list of the Water Street District Pint Path locations: Brixx Ice Company Dayton Barrel Works Dayton Beer Company Little Fish Brewing Company Sueno Tender Mercy Southern Belle The Foundry Rooftop Warped Wing The Barrel House The Silos Pins Mechanical Co. Mikey’s Late Night Slice Joui

Water Street District Boo & Brew
2025-10-24 17:00 - 21:00 | Water Street District
Boo & Brew is back at Water Street District on Friday, October 24 from 5-9pm! This Halloween-themed bar crawl will feature stops throughout Water Street District with plenty of haunted specials along the way. Grab your ghouls and join us for a night of chilling cocktails and ghostly good fun… if you dare. Starting at Pins Dayton, pick up a koozie and Pint Path Passport! Then, make your way to the bars listed on the passport, taking a photo at each location and tagging @waterstreetdayton on your Instagram or Facebook story as you go. Make it through every haunt? Head back to Pins to claim your 2025 Boo & Brew t-shirt!
