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Beavercreek Popcorn Festival
Over 300 booths with festival foods, tantalizing treats, special services, creative crafts, and sensational specialties made with Popcorn.
The Lebanese Festival
Traditional Lebanese food, cold beer and beverages, ethnic music, dance, rides and games for the kids and more!
Rocket Day at the National Museum of USAF
Come have a blast with us at the Air Force Museum's 🚀 Rocket Day (did we mention it's FREE?)
Preble County Pork Festival
The Preble County Pork festival is packed with things to do and see, and the food is always out-of-sight awesome!
Lantern Fest in Washington Twp
Join us for an enchanting evening of magic, laughter, and community at Lantern Fest in Countryside Park!
Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month w/ Son del Caribe
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with a free evening of salsa and Latin music featuring Son Del Caribe. Bring a lawn chair or blanket and enjoy music, dancing, and community in downtown Dayton.
Retrobution at Riverscape
It's 80's Night under the RiverScape pavilion! Break out the big hair and denim jackets for a funtastic evening featuring the biggest hits of the decade, performed by Retrobution.
Oktoberfest at the Dayton Art Institute
A Dayton tradition established in 1971, Oktoberfest is the museum’s largest annual fundraiser and vital to everything we do at the Dayton Art Institute. The fall festival takes place the fourth full weekend of September.
WACO Fly-In 2026
Come see the Golden Age of Aviation - family fun at the Historic Airfield in Troy all weekend!
Summer Steam Train — Lebanon Mason Monroe Railroad
Experience a historic train ride on the Lebanon Mason Monroe Railroad behind a real working steam engine.
