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Find something fun to do with our calendar of downtown events.

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

Nature Adventures Family Program

Dayton Metro Library – Main Library 215 E. Third Street, Dayton, OH

Wednesdays, 2:30-3:30 pm, Main Library, Children’s Creativity Space: Participate in arts and crafts, activities, and experiments that focus on the ...

CURIO Midweek Mix

Courthouse Square Third & Main Streets, Dayton, OH, USA

Throughout the summer months, fun, out-of-the-box entertainment can be found on Courthouse Square, with CURIO serving as the hub of ...

Stay Fit with DCDC

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

Part of RiverScape Community Fitness series Stay Fit with DCDC 6:00pm - 7:00pm AGE: All ages | FREE Get fit the DCDC way. You've ...

Bootcamp with The Unit

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

Part of RiverScape Community Fitness series Bootcamp with The Unit 6:00pm - 7:30pm AGE: All ages | FREE Join The Unit for an exciting ...

Wu-Tang Wednesday

The Barrel House 417 E. Third St., Dayton, OH, United States

Come to The Barrel House every Wednesday for Wu-Tang Wednesday! What could be better than beer and hip hop? Every ...

Exhibit: What’s New?

Dayton Metro Library – Main Library 215 E. Third Street, Dayton, OH

As part of Dayton Metro Library’s celebration of Juneteenth, the Library welcomes a traveling exhibit, What’s New?, from the African ...

The Quiet World of Edward Hopper

The Dayton Art Institute 456 Belmonte Park N, Dayton, OH, United States

June 15–September 8, 2024 Few artists have been able to convey a distinct vision of the world as directly as ...

Exhibit: Andy Snow: Time Mends, Space Blends

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

The Contemporary Dayton presents a series of blended photographs from the Flood of 1913 and present day Dayton, Ohio by ...

Exhibit: Tess Cortés: Vanishing Point

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

Using digitized family movies, photographs, and computer-generated 3D models of heirloom objects, Cortés invites viewers to contemplate the intersection of ...

CURIO Lunch Box

Courthouse Square Third & Main Streets, Dayton, OH, USA

Throughout the summer months, fun, out-of-the-box entertainment can be found on Courthouse Square, with CURIO serving as the hub of ...

Chapel Hart

Levitt Pavilion Dayton 134 S. Main St., Dayton, OH

Lights, cameras, microphones, a prayer & HERE THEY GO! Danica and Devynn Hart along with their cousin Trea Swindle, make ...

Father Son and Friends

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

Part of RiverScape Summer Music series Father Son and Friends 7:00pm - 9:00pm AGE: All ages | FREE Dust off those kilts and come ...

Jazz at Gather

Gather by Ghostight 37 W. Fourth St., Dayton, OH

Every Thursday evening, Gather at the Dayton Arcade hosts live jazz from 7:30-9:30pm. 1st Thursdays - The Kelli Campbell Quartet ...