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A Taste of Huber Heights: Celebrating America 250
Celebrate America 250 with A Taste of Huber Heights! Discover local restaurants, enjoy great food, and support the businesses that bring flavor to our community all October long. Try something new and find a local favorite!
Fall Spirits: Tito’s Tasting at Wild Axe Throwing
Fall Spirits at Wild Axe: 1 hour of axe throwing and four cocktails for $50 plus fees. Thursday, November 5, 7–9 PM. Ages 21+. Only 25 tickets!
Wild Axe Throwing OPEN in Beavercreek
Get your axe to Beavercreek and experience Dayton's first axe throwing bar. Perfect for date night, team building, corporate parties, or fun outings with friends and family.
Covering the Vote: Reporting on the 2026 Elections
Join us for a panel discussion on election reporting, the state of play in Ohio, and what’s at stake this November.
Enon Apple Butter Festival
Enjoy the pleasant aroma of cooking apples, spices, and wood smoke at the festival where everything still revolves around apple butter!
WPAFB Pumpkin Chuck -2026
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE Annual Pumpkin Chuck! Watch in awe as pumpkins soar through the sky, thanks to some seriously cool science! Entrance at the Spinning Road gate on Airway.
The Carpenters Songbook: A Live Celebration
THE CARPENTERS SONGBOOK: A LIVE CELEBRATION, brings the icon’s extraordinary voice and the brother-sister duo’s unforgettable music to the Schuster Center stage this Fall.
OPE! Murder Mystery: A Killer Halloween
Someone is dead. Five suspects are hiding secrets. And somewhere inside On Par Entertainment, a killer is waiting to be uncovered. Can you find the murderer before they get away with it?
Pumpkin Glow
Follow the trails of Caesar Ford Park October 21–24, 2026 and be mesmerized by the hundreds of hand-painted pumpkins in black light-reflective paint! Bring a blacklight flashlight, or borrow one for the walk.
Vintage Market Days® Dayton-Cincinnati
Vintage Market Days returns to the Greene County Fairgrounds for "Collected & Curated" themed Fall Holiday market. The place to find what you're looking for and fabulous gifts. Grab your tickets early!
Pumpkin Glow on Stoddard Ave.
Come to Grafton Hill to view an amazing display of almost 1,000 unique jack-o-lanterns! A fun event for the whole family! No ticket necessary!
Small Scale Train Rides at Carillon Park Railroad
Take a ride on the mini-railroad at Carillon Park with the Carillon Park Rail & Steam Society.
