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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

Second Saturday Poetry Salon

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

A comfortable environment to share your work or talk about poems and poets who interest you. Poets of all levels ...

Terrapin Moon

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

A night of Grateful Dead music for your dancing pleasure! This show will be a musical tribute to the memory ...

AcadeCon

Dayton Convention Center 22 East 5th Street, Dayton, OH, United States

AcadeCon sounds like a fantastic opportunity for gamers to come together, play, and connect with each other and with industry ...

Sinclair Jazz Ensemble and Youth Jazz Concert

Blair Hall Theatre - Sinclair 444 W. Third St., Dayton, OH

Sinclair celebrates our local Hidden Jazz Gems with the Sinclair Jazz Ensemble, Youth Jazz Ensemble, and guest vocalist, Laney McCormick.

First Baptist Sings

First Baptist Church 111 Monument Ave, Dayton, OH

First Baptist Church of Dayton presents First Baptist Sings on Sunday, November 10 at 4 p.m. The program entitled  “Oratorio ...

Community Enterprise Legal Clinic

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

Community Enterprise Legal Clinic, Tuesday, November 12, 6-8 pm, Main Library, Opportunity Center: Advocates for Basic Legal Equality (ABLE), with ...

Community Enterprise Legal Clinic

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

Community Enterprise Legal Clinic, Tuesday, November 12, 6-8 pm, Main Library, Opportunity Center: Advocates for Basic Legal Equality (ABLE) will ...

The Harlem Hellfighters’ Great War

Sinclair College 444 W. Third St., Dayton, OH

Join us for a discussion and screening of the 2017 documentary directed by Francois Reinhardt. The 15th regiment of the ...

Mean Girls Movie Party

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

Come celebrate the original Mean Girls and appreciate the fact that you survived your glorious/awkward/scary high school days. Dayton Dinner ...

How to Make Learning as Addictive as Social Media

Sinclair College 444 W. Third St., Dayton, OH

Join Sinclair’s Associate Provost Lisa Mahle-Grisez & Assistance Provost, Jared Cutler, for a discussion and viewing of the pre-recorded TedTalk ...

Reading Railroad: Read in Black Book Club

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

Reading Railroad: Read in Black Book Club, Main Library, room location TBA, Thursday, November 14, 5-7 pm: This club focuses ...

Human Race Theatre Creative Writing Workshop

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

Human Race Theatre Creative Writing Workshop, Main Library: Receive a crash course in writing therapy while exploring themes for The ...

Crochet 101: Star Ornament

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

Crochet 101: Star Ornament, Thursday, November 14, 6:30-8 pm, Main Library, Conference Room 3A: Learn a few basic crochet stitches ...

An Evening with Nick Cassarino

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

Nick Cassarino is starting his first ever solo tour, and we are thrilled to be involved! Nick, a renowned guitar ...

Tai Chi & Qigong at the Market

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

Offered by Immortal Tree Qigong. Each hour-long Tai Chi & Qigong session will start with breathing exercises, warm up, and ...

First Peoples’ Fashion Show

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

First Peoples’ Fashion Show, Friday, November 15, 5-8:30 pm, Main Library, Atrium: Jillian Waterman will debut collections of contemporary fashion ...

The Piano Guys

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

Since their serendipitous inception in a Southern Utah piano shop, THE PIANO GUYS have established themselves as an unstoppable musical force. At ...

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