Active & Outdoor Events around Dayton
Outdoor events including walks, runs, hiking, biking, fishing, health and fitness and other outdoor-related activities and events around the Dayton area.
Active & Outdoors in Dayton
Cue the Hue! Color Fun Run
Saturday, April 26 2025
Colors everywhere! Learn about some of nature's most colorful and vibrant animals and plants. Visit color powder stations along the way! There will be a one-mile course plus a 100-meter dash option for ages 10 and under.
Day of Service: Planting Milkweed for Butterflies
Saturday, April 26 2025
🌱 Join us for Rotary Day of Service! Get your hands dirty for a good cause as we partner with the City of Miamisburg to plant milkweed and help save the monarch butterflies!
DH4 #1618 "Sugar Maple Festivus" (Run/Walk)
Saturday, April 26 2025
This is a fun run or walk where you will follow a trail of flour not knowing exactly where it will lead. Trail length ~3.5 miles. One or more beer/water stops along the way!
GCP&T Night Rides
Saturday, April 26 2025
Join the GCP&T Trail Sentinels for a moonlight ride along the region's bike trails. 18y+ 🚴🌙
Melody 49 Drive-In Movies
Saturday, April 26 2025
Melody 49 Drive-In movie theater on two outdoor screens each weekend
MetroParks' Adopt-a-Park 2025
Saturday, April 26 2025
Protect and clean green spaces in honor of Earth Day during Five Rivers MetroParks' annual Adopt-a-Park.
The Grazing Ground Market
Saturday, April 26 2025
Welcome to The Grazing Ground Market, your local destination for farm-fresh eggs, seasonal produce, and handcrafted items.
Wild Axe Throwing OPEN in Beavercreek
Saturday, April 26 2025
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.
Dye Hard 5K
Sunday, April 27 2025
The DYE HARD 5K - It's a RACE and a P*A*R*T*Y! Run or walk in the most colorful 5K ever! Sign up today for fun, food trucks, music, and TONS of color! Proceeds benefit ppl w/disabilities.
Free Your Sole 5K / 10K Run or Walk
Sunday, April 27 2025
Free Your Sole is a liberating 5K/10K Run or Walk through historic Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum. On a clear day you'll take in amazing views of Dayton!
Nature Walk at North Park
Sunday, April 27 2025
Experience the wonder of nature as the season changes during a walk at North Park: April 6, 13, 27 and May 4. 2 p.m. Meet at the concession stand.
Spring Yoga series with Lacey: Rain and Renew: Releasing Negativity
Sunday, April 27 2025
Join us for a rejuvenating yoga session designed to improve flexibility, strength, and mindfulness. Perfect for all levels, this class promotes relaxation and balance in both body and mind.
Scottish Country Dance Lessons
Tuesday, April 29 2025
Come learn the reels, jigs, and strathspeys of Scotland in a relaxed and fun atmosphere. No experience or partner are required. All you need are comfortable, soft-soled shoes.
Mayfair Plant Sale at 2nd Street Market
Friday, May 02 2025
Get a jump on spring and purchase unusual perennials, annuals and herb. Purchase plants for your home garden. Enjoy hanging baskets, just in time for Mothers Day!
Social Vintage Dance Lessons Friday Nights
Friday, May 02 2025
We socially dance many types of historical and modern dances. Our emphasis is typically on having fun with partnered social dances, but we also do set dances, circle dances, line dances, and solo dance as well.
Art on the Playground
Saturday, May 03 2025
Arts and Crafts Festival - Enjoy creative, hands-on art activities this spring at Art on the Playground, an award-winning, interactive art festival for kids of all ages. The event is free and all are welcome!
Cosmic Play Party: Beyond the Veil
Saturday, May 03 2025
Join us beyond for an enchanted evening of fantastical magic, seductive sounds and vibrations and a peek into portals of creativity and magic. Aura photography, readers, vendors, DJ's, live performers, fire dancers and more
Teddy Bear Brunch in the Park
Saturday, May 03 2025
Celebrate spring with a Teddy Bear Brunch! Spread out on the Smith House lawn to enjoy brunch in the fresh spring air with your family and your stuffed friends!
Flower Power Adapted Walk & Roll
Sunday, May 04 2025
Participants can enjoy the accessible paved path at the Activity Center Park while stopping at various booths along the way. Each booth will have interactive games, giveaways, and all things flowers!
Kettering Fairmont Band Boosters Band on the Run 5K walk/run
Sunday, May 04 2025
Kettering Fairmont Band Boosters will be hosting a fundraiser May 4, 2025 from 10 am to 1pm at KFHS. The goal is to raise funds to support the 800 band & color guard students involved in all aspects of band & guard all year.
The One with Goats & Meditation
Sunday, May 04 2025
🐐🧘♀️ Get ready for something beautifully different at The Grazing Ground! We’re teaming up with Sense of Healing to bring you a four-part meditation series like no other—The One with Goats & Meditation.🐐🧘♀️
Yoga – Arcade Arts & Wellness
Wednesday, May 07 2025
The 2025 Arcade Arts & Wellness Series is a rejuvenating journey with a variety of local yoga instructors amidst the timeless charm of this iconic landmark. Come and join us for these exciting FREE events!
Glow in the Park Pickleball
Friday, May 09 2025
Join us at the courts for a special glow-in-the-dark evening of pickleball! The court will be lit with fun colors and there will be light-up pickleballs!
Cars and Coffee at Austin Landing
Saturday, May 10 2025
Now's the time to detail, complete your build, finish your car, and plan to be there.
Healthy Kids Day
Saturday, May 10 2025
Hosted by the YMCA of Greater Dayton, Healthy Kids Day is all about keeping kids active, engaged, and thriving! Come join us at Riverscape MetroPark on May 10, 2025
Miamisburg Rotary Community Action Project in Support of New Sycamore Trails Park
Saturday, May 10 2025
🌳 Join the Miamisburg Rotary for a Day of Park-Building Fun! 🛠️ We’re teaming up to assemble picnic tables for the brand-new Sycamore Trails Park—and we need YOUR help!
Movie Party in the Park: Night at the Museum
Saturday, May 10 2025
Yankee Park comes alive at night with this screening of Night at the Museum! The evening will kick off with games, activities, and fun reminiscent of the various exhibits featured in the film.
Celebrating All Mothers
Sunday, May 11 2025
Celebrate all kinds of mothers with Mother Earth herself! This event will include flower bouquet making, floral photo opportunities and crafts made with love! Musical entertainment will be provided by pianist Jim Douglass.
