Events in Dayton Ohio
Our daily calendar of events, entertainment and activities in Dayton. Includes festivals, concerts, comedy, theater, arts, live music, outdoor events, sports and more.
Events in Dayton
Level Up: 30+ pinball machines 30+ arcades!
Friday, October 16 2026 1:00pm
Level Up Pinball Bar in Beavercreek near Dayton features 30+ modern and classic coinless pinball machines and 30+ arcade games. Reloadable RFID cards, Stern Insider Connect tracking and nonstop competition!
Fairborn Halloween Festival
Friday, October 16 2026 4:00pm
One of the largest Halloween Festivals in Downtown Fairborn. Numerous food and craft vendors, Spooktacular Parade and Costume Contest, beer garden, live music, trick or treat at the vendor booths on Sunday, and much more.
Bradford Pumpkin Show
Friday, October 16 2026 4:00pm
The Bradford Pumpkin Show is a fun-filled, family-friendly, community festival. Join us for daily parades, delicious fair-style food and the thrill of amusement rides. Make sure you come join us October 7-11! 🎃
Niederman Family Farm Fall Festival
Friday, October 16 2026 5:00pm
Fall activities including a 14 acre corn maze and pumpkin patch! September & October in Liberty Township.
"Something Rotten"
Friday, October 16 2026 5:30pm
Something Rotten! is a laugh-out-loud musical comedy, show-within-a-show hailed by Time Out New York as “The funniest musical comedy in at least 400 years.”
Halloween Haunt at Kings Island
Friday, October 16 2026 6:00pm
Roller coasters won't be the only attractions conjuring up screams during the fall at Kings Island. Halloween Haunt comes screaming back select Nights Fall 2026
Polish Club Dayton Fish Fry
Friday, October 16 2026 6:00pm
Polish Club Fish Fry. No carryout. Must be 21 to attend.
LIVE TRIVIA with Trivia Shark at Miami Valley Sports Bar
Friday, October 16 2026 6:00pm
Join us every Friday night at 6pm for Dayton's Best LIVE TRIVIA with Trivia Shark at Miami Valley Sports Bar! We have FREE CHIPS AND SALSA for our Trivia Players and a Mystery Box full of prizes for our winners!
History Mystery, Mayhem & Murder Lantern Tour at Woodland Cemetery
Friday, October 16 2026 6:30pm
Inventors, bank robbers, counterfeiting and murder - tour off the beaten path among the gravestones you've probably never stopped to look at.
Lewisburg Haunted Cave
Friday, October 16 2026 7:00pm
World's Longest Haunt! Plus 30,000 live bats! What's Scarier than a REAL CAVE? SEPTEMBER 12th – October 31st 2026
Wilmington Haunted Hollow Ride
Friday, October 16 2026 7:30pm
Each and every fall the fields of Clinton County come alive with screams of horror as Fire Breathing Semi's chase unsuspecting victims on a Haunted Bus Ride.
Haunted Wagon Rides at Youngs Dairy
Friday, October 16 2026 7:30pm
Things are going to get a little scary 🎃 Friday & Saturday Nights this Fall! 🍂 Our Haunted Wagon Ride and Scary Stories are designed for families with children. 🌩️ Weather permitting.
Salem: Blood to Drink
Friday, October 16 2026 7:30pm
Play by Maggie Rou Rader. A WORLD PREMIERE. "If it's all a witch hunt, who are the real victims?"
The Rocky Horror Picture Show Spooktacular Tour With Nell Campbell
Friday, October 16 2026 7:30pm
The Rocky Horror Picture Show Spooktacular Tour With Nell Campbell is coming to the Victoria Theatre in Dayton, Ohio on October 16, 2026!
Social Vintage Dance Lessons Friday Nights
Friday, October 16 2026 7:45pm
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.
Dayton Scream Park
Friday, October 16 2026 8:00pm
Dayton's premier outdoor haunted trail with 4 haunted attractions to SCARE THE YELL OUT OF YOU!
Haunted Castle of Carnage and Trail
Friday, October 16 2026 8:00pm
We have been scaring the YELL out of you since 1986 one of the longest running haunt in the area!
Face Your Fears: Hotel of Terror
Friday, October 16 2026 8:00pm
Face your fears is an intense haunted house, that will take you back in time to a hotel from the 1850's. Truly haunted. What's your phobia?
Dixie Drive-In Movies
Friday, October 16 2026 8:00pm
Step back in time at the Dixie Twin Drive-In Theater. Join us for an unmatched outdoor movie theater experience.
Hell's Dungeon
Friday, October 16 2026 8:00pm
Haunted Houses Hell's Dungeon is Dayton Ohio's top indoor haunted attraction. If you're afraid of hell, wait until you see what lies beneath hell.
Dayton Theatre Guild presents The Thin Place
Friday, October 16 2026 8:00pm
Everyone who ever died is still here, just in a different part of here, and Linda can communicate with them.
The LM&M Pumpkin Express
Saturday, October 17 2026
Join LM&M in celebration of all things autumn as we kick off our return to operations with The Pumpkin Patch Express!
Whispers in the Dark: The Trebein-Flynn House Investigation
Saturday, October 17 2026
An exclusive, late-night paranormal hunt at one of Xenia's most historic haunts.
Greene County Farmers Market of Beavercreek
Saturday, October 17 2026 8:30am
Farmers Market on Indian Ripple Rd in Beavercreek Saturday's 8.30-1pm
2nd Street Market
Saturday, October 17 2026 9:00am
Reminiscent of European markets, 2nd Street Market is alive with local growers, bakers, culinary specialists, artisans, people, and activity during market hours. OUTDOOR MARKET NOW OPEN!
Bradford Pumpkin Show
Saturday, October 17 2026 9:00am
The Bradford Pumpkin Show is a fun-filled, family-friendly, community festival. Join us for daily parades, delicious fair-style food and the thrill of amusement rides. Make sure you come join us October 7-11! 🎃
Bradford Pumpkin Show
Saturday, October 17 2026 9:00am
The Bradford Pumpkin Show is a fun-filled, family-friendly, community festival. Join us for daily parades, delicious fair-style food and the thrill of amusement rides. Make sure you come join us October 7-11! 🎃
