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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

Handmade Holiday Dayton

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

Handmade Holiday returns to Yellow Cab Tavern this December 6 and 7th! Shop from 23 different vendors all selling handmade ...

John Lauer: Demon Heads

The Contemporary Dayton 25 W. Fourth St., Dayton, OH, United States

Drawing on fantasy, queer culture, and architecture, Lauer creates demon heads out of paper. Combining digital and manual techniques, he ...

CURTIS MANN: Precious Blood

The Contemporary Dayton 25 W. Fourth St., Dayton, OH, United States

CURTIS MANN: Precious Blood THE DR. ROBERT L. BRANDT JR. FAMILY GALLERY THE IRA & SUSAN THOMSEN FAMILY GALLERY SEP 6 ...

SEAN WILKINSON: Flora

The Contemporary Dayton 25 W. Fourth St., Dayton, OH, United States

SEAN WILKINSON: Flora THE MITOSIS GALLERY SEP 6 – DEC 21, 2024 Wilkinson’s ongoing series of photographs, Flora (2020-2024) are the ...

Guided House Tours

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

Dec. 4, 7, 11, 14, & 18 • Guided House Tours Dayton Woman’s Club, 225 N. Ludlow St.; Weds. 1 ...

Winter Wonderland at Rabbit Hole Books

Rabbit Hole Books 27 W. First St., Dayton, OH

December 7, 14, & 21; 1-5 p.m. Rabbit Hole Books, 27 W. First St. Santa's workshop is coming to downtown ...

Dayton Gay Men’s Chorus Holiday Concert

Westminster Presbyterian Church 125 N. Wilkinson St., Dayton, OH

Celebrate the season with holiday songs and frivolity, featuring the voices of area men who are sure to entertain. $30. ...

Guided House Tours

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

Dec. 4, 7, 11, 14, & 18 • Guided House Tours Dayton Woman’s Club, 225 N. Ludlow St.; Weds. 1 ...

Guided House Tours

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

Dec. 4, 7, 11, 14, & 18 • Guided House Tours Dayton Woman’s Club, 225 N. Ludlow St.; Weds. 1 ...

RTA’s Historic Christmas Trolley

Wright Stop Plaza 4 S. Main St., Dayton, OH

Dash away! Dash away! Dash away all—to see the Greater Dayton RTA’s historic Christmas trolley gracing local streets once more ...

The Woman in Black

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

A solicitor is sent to a remote estate to wind up the affairs of the late hermit. He soon discovers ...

Holiday Mini Market

RiverScape MetroPark 237 E Monument Ave, Dayton, OH, United States

Holiday Mini Market 5:00pm - 8:00pm AGE: All ages | FREE Head down to the MetroParks Ice Rink on the first three Saturdays in ...

Dayton Gay Men’s Chorus Holiday Concert

Westminster Presbyterian Church 125 N. Wilkinson St., Dayton, OH

Celebrate the season with holiday songs and frivolity, featuring the voices of area men who are sure to entertain. $30. ...

Season’s Greetings: A Holiday Cabaret

PNC Arts Annex 46 N. Ludlow St., Dayton, OH

SEASON’S GREETINGS is back! Once again, performers Gina Handy and Philip Drennen, along with Deron Bell and his Merry Melody Makers, ...

Christmas With The Petersens

Victoria Theatre 138 N. Main St., Dayton, OH, United States

CHRISTMAS WITH THE PETERSENS will be a concert full of Christmas classics you love, warm family moments of laughter, and a ...

Hometown Holidays

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

Associate Conductor Patrick Reynolds and the Philharmonic continue the 2024 holiday season with DPAA’s annual HOMETOWN HOLIDAYS concert! Full of sing-a-longs, toe-tapping ...