Community Fitness at the Market: Yoga
2025-03-14 11:30 - 12:30 (America/New_York) | 2nd Street Market, 600 E. Second St., Dayton, OH, 45402, USA
Aleasha with Passaddhi Yoga will lead you in all-levels yoga flow. If you’re a beginner, she will guide you through modifications to ensure you are comfortable to help you to become more familiar with poses. If you’re experienced, she will help grow your current practice. This class is truly for everyone!

Coffee Talk at the Market
2025-03-07 11:30 - 12:30 (America/New_York)
Join the Market’s Coffee Vendor, Caffeine Carl as they talk about their fair trade, shade grown and organic coffee beans. They will discuss what the difference is between these practices and why they are so important to fostering a sense of community. How these beans make an enjoyable cup of coffee. Samples of the brewed beans will be provided.

House Plant Success!
2025-02-28 12:30 - 13:30 (America/Detroit)
Join Betty Hoevel, Five Rivers MetroParks educational coordinator with your gardening questions. Betty will be at the 2nd Street Market discussing house plant care, bring samples if you have them so she can help you determine how best to care of your indoor plants.

Community Fitness at the Market: TaiChi & Qigong
2025-02-28 11:30 - 12:30, 2025-02-14 11:30 - 12:30 (America/Detroit)
Offered by Immortal Tree Qigong. Each hour-long Tai Chi & Qigong session will start with breathing exercises, warm up, and gentle stretching. You will then be guided through flowing movements mixed with short standing meditations. We will end with a slightly longer guided standing (or sitting) meditation. This should leave a few minutes to answer questions or discuss any insights. Qigong doesn’t require any special skills (other than breathing) or equipment (other than your body). Find “Immortal Tree Qigong” on Facebook or Instagram for more information!

Black History Month: Charles Young, Buffalo Soldier
2025-02-23 11:00 - 15:00 (America/Detroit)
Celebrate Black History Month. Visit with the National Park Service (NPS) rangers at the 2nd St. Market who will be on hand and learn about Charles Young, a Buffalo Solider who graduated from West Point in 1889. Buffalo soldiers were African American regiments in the U.S. Army that served in the 19th century on the American Frontier. Charles Young was the highest-ranking Black officer in the Regular Army until his death in 1922. The NPS maintains the Charles Young National Museum in Wilberforce, Ohio.

Storytime at the 2nd Street Market
2025-02-21 12:30 - 13:30 (America/Detroit)
Storytime at the market! Join Five Rivers MetroParks education specialist from either Possum Creek park or Wegerzyn’s as they read a story a about birds in the winter. You will also enjoy a craft and a fun activity relating to birds.

Community Fitness at the 2nd Street Market: Passaddhi Yoga
2025-02-21 11:30 - 12:30 (America/Detroit)

The Art of Juicing
2025-02-14 11:30 - 12:30 (America/Detroit)
Juice Journey! Join Donna Wilson owner of Choice Juice Boxx as she discusses the importance of daily juicing and demonstrates the different fruits and vegetables in her juices that promote a better, healthy you! Samples provided.

Culture Kitchen: Chocolate Tasting
2025-02-13 17:00 - 20:00 (America/Detroit)
From Bean to Bar with Love! If you ever wanted to learn more about chocolate in a fun informal way then join us at the 2nd Street Market. Chocolate, the “food of the gods”, has captured the world’s heart just being delicious. Join chocolate educator London Coe and a team of chocolate makers and farmers to talk single origin bean to bar craft chocolate from Haiti! Enjoy an evening of exploring chocolate from the flower to the pod, the bean to bar with love. The night will include a chocolate tasting of different chocolate varieties grown in Haiti and a chocolate station where you get to build your own chocolate goodie bag to take home.

TeaTime at the 2nd Street Market
2025-02-07 11:30 - 12:30 (America/Detroit)
Join Michael Thomas of Poppets Coffee and discover the essence of True Tea versus Herbal Tea. Explore, sample and discuss the nuances that set them apart. (Poppets Coffee is also a purveyor of fine teas.)

Wellness Fridays at the Market – Sound Healing
2025-01-31 12:30 - 13:30 (America/Detroit)
Wenches of Wormwood (a 2nd Street Market vendor) is offering a sound healing session. Learn how it is a transformative experience designed to promote relaxation, balance and overall well being. Sound healing uses vibrational frequencies from crystal singing bowls, percussive instruments and chimes to guide the body and mind into a state of deep relaxation.

Wellness Fridays at the Market
2025-01-31 11:30 - 12:30, 2025-01-24 11:30 - 12:30, 2025-01-17 11:30 - 12:30, 2025-01-10 11:30 - 12:30, 2025-01-03 11:30 - 12:30 (America/Detroit)
During January on Fridays visit the Market for Wellness Fridays 1/3/25 Join the Market book club as they read “How Not to Die” by Michael Greger M.D. 1/10/25 Benefits of Elderberry Syrup: Make your Own Kit 1/17/25 Herbal Teals: How herbs support your overall health 1/24/25 Take a Tai Chi & Qigong class taught by Monica Shultz 1/31/25 Enjoy Passaddhi Yoga with Aleasha Smith

CSA Fair at the 2nd Street Market
2025-01-26 11:00 - 15:00, 2025-01-23 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Detroit)
Every January the 2nd Street Market holds a Virtual Consumer Supported Agriculture (CSA) Fair and an on site Fair at the Market. A CSA is a partnership between one of the Market’s farmers and a community of members who support the farm’s operations by purchasing weekly share of the farms produce during the growing season. The Virtual CSA Fair usually has 4 to 5 farmers available to chat for 15 minutes about their farm and their CSA membership. This occurs on 1/23/25, registration requested through the 2nd Street Market. Then on Sunday, 1/26/25 stop by the Market from 11am to 3pm and meet some of the farmer’s in person.

Juice Journey: Next Year & Beyond
2024-12-27 11:30 - 12:30 (America/Detroit)
Join Donna Wilson owner of Choice Juice Boxx as she kicks off the new year a few days early and demonstrates the different fruits and vegetables in her juices that promote a better, healthy you! Learn to live a healthy life. Samples provided.

Breakfast with Santa
2024-12-22 09:45, 2024-12-22 08:30, 2024-12-15 09:45, 2024-12-15 08:30 (America/Detroit)
Join Santa and his Elves for a tasty buffet breakfast obtained from and prepared by 2nd Street Market vendors. This is a registration only event, please see the Market’s webpage to register. There are two dates available, December 15th or December 22nd.

Sunset at the Market: Holiday Magic
2024-12-12 17:30 - 20:30 (America/Detroit)
The Market will open for an evening of Holiday shopping and entertainment this Thursday evening. Roaming Carolers, Artisan, specialty and prepared food will be in a attendance. We will be teaming up with the Arcade and their Holly Days programming and free RTA buses will be available to visit both locations.

Tea Time at the Market
2024-12-06 11:30 - 12:30 (America/Detroit)
Join Pat Frock with Sweet Emmy Herbals, a Market vendor, as she instructs you how to use base, additions and your own special blends to make a tea that represents you. She will bring herbs to discuss and recipes to hand out.

Tai Chi & Qigong at the Market
2024-11-29 11:30 - 12:30 (America/Detroit)

Stock-up Wednesday at the Market
2024-11-27 11:00 - 15:00 (America/Detroit)
The holidays are here! Stop by the 2nd Street Market to support your favorite small businesses. Whether you’re shopping for fresh produce or kitchen staples for a meal or looking for a one-of-a-kind gift from one of the Markets artisans, the Market is your one-stop destination for the holidays this year.

Global Artisan Fair
2024-11-24 11:00 - 15:00 (America/Detroit)
The Market has partnered with Welcome Dayton and other partner agencies in inviting special guest artisans who recently arrived in this country to share their cultures with the Market community. Join us for music, culture sharing and artisan wares to kick off the Holiday shopping season.

Yoga at the Market
2024-11-22 11:30 - 12:30 (America/Detroit)
