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Learn to Ice Skate! Children’s Course

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

Learn to Ice Skate! Children's Course 10:00am - 10:30am AGE: 5-8 | $50.00 Learn the basics of skating so that you can get out ...

Breakfast with Santa

2nd Street Market 600 E. Second St., Dayton, OH, USA

Breakfast with Santa 9:00am - 10:00am AGE: All ages | $15.00 Join Santa and his Elves for a tasty buffet breakfast prepared by 2nd ...

Learn to Ice Skate! Youth/Teen Course

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

Learn to Ice Skate! Youth/Teen Course 10:30am - 11:00am AGE: 9-17 | $50.00 Skills include skating forward and backward edges on a circle, three-turns, ...

Pizza with Santa

Uno Pizzeria & Grill 126 N. Main St., Dayton, OH

Dec. 9, 10, 16, & 17 • Uno’s Pizza with Santa Uno Chicago Grill, 126 N. Main St.; 11a.m.-12:30 p.m. ...

Native Christmas Tree Sale

2nd Street Market 600 E. Second St., Dayton, OH, USA

Native Christmas tree sale 11:00am - 3:00pm AGE: All ages | FREE Native Ohio Christmas tree sale. Pines, Firs and Spruce will be available. ...

Santa visits the Market

2nd Street Market 600 E. Second St., Dayton, OH, USA

Santa visits the Market 10:00am - 2:00pm AGE: All ages | FREE Join us today at the Market and meet the jolly old elf ...

Sugar Plum Tea

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

You're invited to the Dayton Ballet Barre's annual Sugar Plum Tea - a tea party before the matinee performance of The Nutcracker by ...

Vintage Art & Décor Show

Edward A. Dixon Gallery 222 N. St. Clair St., Dayton, OH

Browse dozens of potential new pieces for your home or business at the Vintage Art & Decor Show in Suite ...

Vinyl Vinyl Sunday

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

Sundays are for taking it slow with a killer beer, your favorite LP, and a free donut. We’ve got the ...

Reindeer Sessions

The Human Race Theatre Company 126 N. Main St., Dayton, OH

DECEMBER 13 - 23, 2023 Reindeer Sessions BY ERIC ULLOA DIRECTOR IGOR GOLDIN After a fight that left history’s most ...

Cirque Dreams Holidaze

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

CIRQUE DREAMS HOLIDAZE dazzles with a brilliant and whimsical family holiday spectacular. This annual tradition wraps a Broadway-style production around an ...

Skinner Pipe Organ Performance

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

Hear the museum’s restored Skinner pipe organ and see the beautifully renovated Mimi and Stuart Rose Auditorium. Matt Dierking from ...

The Nutcracker

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

DEC 8 - DEC 17, 2023 Create a lifetime of memories with family and friends at The Nutcracker. Performed with live ...

Cirque Dreams Holidaze

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

CIRQUE DREAMS HOLIDAZE dazzles with a brilliant and whimsical family holiday spectacular. This annual tradition wraps a Broadway-style production around an ...

A Christmas Story – Dayton Dinner Theater

The Brightside 905 E. Third St., Dayton, OH

Journey back to the innocence of pre- war suburban Americana and celebrate the holidays in semi-functional family style with A ...