Things to do in Dayton Ohio

Wondering what to do this weekend? Dayton Local has the most comprehensive list of local events, concerts, festivals, and other activities in Dayton. If you're looking for places to go and fun things to do in Dayton and around the Miami Valley, we've always got plenty of suggestions!

Dayton Events Calendar

Upcoming Featured events around Dayton

Collab Fest at the Dayton Art Institute (DAI)

Collab Fest at the Dayton Art Institute (DAI)

Join us for the official kickoff party for Miami Valley Craft Beer Week! Only available at the DAI, we will be featuring products from 14 local craft breweries and13 never-before-poured collaboration beers.

First Friday Art Hop and Saturday Open Studios at Front Street

First Friday Art Hop and Saturday Open Studios at Front Street

Explore 150+ artists, studios, vintage vendors, food trucks, and more at Front Street's First Friday Hart Hop and Saturday open studios

Voices of America Country Music Festival

Voices of America Country Music Festival

Country Music Festival - West Chester - August 6 - 9, 2026.

Shelby County Fair

Shelby County Fair

The Great Shelby County Fair July 26 - August 1, 2026.

Art For All Day - FREE ADMISSION at Dayton Art Institute

Art For All Day - FREE ADMISSION at Dayton Art Institute

During “Art For All” Days, the Dayton Art Institute offers free admission to all museum guests, including special and focus collections.

Earth, Wind & Fire Tribute with Let's Groove Tonight

Earth, Wind & Fire Tribute with Let's Groove Tonight

Experience the magic ✨ Join us under the pavilion as the RiverScape Summer Music Series features an Earth, Wind & Fire Tribute with Let's Groove Tonight!

Dayton Porchfest 2026

Dayton Porchfest 2026

Come out for free mini concerts held on porches throughout St. Anne's Hill.

Preble County Fair

Preble County Fair

The Famous Preble County Fair is August 1, 2026 - August 8, 2026

Lebanon Blues Festival

Lebanon Blues Festival

In historic downtown Lebanon, Ohio! Enjoy blues bands, your favorite foods, and deluxe beer garden. Admission is FREE!

Dayton Horse Show

Dayton Horse Show

The Dayton Horse Show is gearing up for another top notch show! August 5th -August 8th, 2026

Wild Axe Throwing OPEN in Beavercreek

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.

St. Brigid Parish Festival

St. Brigid Parish Festival

We invite our friends and neighbors to come and enjoy good food and family fun at our annual three-day community festival.

Places to go around Dayton

Things to do around Dayton

Laser Web

Laser Web

Laser Web is Dayton's Premier Laser Tag facility. Also, a Laser Maze, Virtual Reality, Arcade, and Snack Bar. Birthday parties, group events or just a great time for friends and family.

Community Golf Course

Community Golf Course

Nestled in the rolling hills south of Dayton is the Gem of the Dayton public golf system.

Springboro Community Theatre

Springboro Community Theatre

Springboro Community Theatre (SCT), formerly Playhouse South.

Hobart Arena

Hobart Arena

Hobart Arena offers a wide variety of the very best in live entertainment.

Black Box Improv Theater

Black Box Improv Theater

The Black Box Improv Theater is a long form improv theater located downtown Dayton in The Cannery Building on Third Street.

Armstrong Air & Space Museum

Armstrong Air & Space Museum

The museum is a monument to the achievements of not only Neil Armstrong but all Ohioans who have attempted to defy gravity, as well as to the history of the space program itself.

YMCA of Greater Dayton

YMCA of Greater Dayton

Health and wellness, exercise and wellness programs as well as child care, day camp and family programs.

Greater Dayton Recreation Center

Greater Dayton Recreation Center

City of Dayton Recreation and Youth Services.

Cox Arboretum

Cox Arboretum

This beautiful 189-acre facility is a special place for visitors to escape among trees, shrubs, specialty gardens, mature forests, and prairies.

Clark State Performing Arts Center

Clark State Performing Arts Center

Located in downtown Springfield, the Performing Arts Center houses the beautiful Kuss Auditorium as well as the black box Turner Studio Theatre.

Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway

Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway

Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway is the premier entertainment choice in the Dayton area, offering gaming and racing with sincere customer service in an enjoyable, friendly and relaxed atmosphere.

Dixie Drive-In Movie Theater

Dixie Drive-In Movie Theater

The grounds of the Dixie Twin Drive-In offer an asthetic view back to the 1950's. Holding confortably up to 900 vehicles enjoy our tree enclosed grounds. We have two HUGE movie screens!

Fraze Pavilion

Fraze Pavilion

Fraze Pavilion is southwest Ohio’s premiere neighborhood outdoor entertainment venue, where we celebrate “Summer’s Best Live Music Under the Stars” ever since Marvin Hamlisch christened the 4300-seat amphitheater in 1991

Mengs Martial Arts & Mile High Karate

Mengs Martial Arts & Mile High Karate

Mile High Karate and Meng's Martial Arts of Centerville is a full-time, professional school focused on working with youth, teens, and families in Southern Dayton, Centerville, Oakwood, Springboro, Kettering, and Washington Township.

Rose Music Center

Rose Music Center

The Stuart & Mimi Rose Music Center at the Heights is a 4,200 seat fully covered outdoor amphitheatre.

Air Force Museum Theatre

Air Force Museum Theatre

Digital 3D Theatre located in the National Museum of the US Air Force.

Dayton Metro Pickleball

Dayton Metro Pickleball

Dayton Metro Pickleball is an indoor pickleball facility located on Miller Lane.

Poelking Bowling

Poelking Bowling

We feature (4) modern bowling centers complete with state-of-the-art scoring and bumpers on every lane.

Idle-Hour Ranch

Idle-Hour Ranch

An animal sanctuary dedicated to providing family-friendly fun, education, and hands-on interaction; to promote loving care for animals of all species and to encourage conservation on a global scale.

Beaver-vu Bowling

Beaver-vu Bowling

Beaver-vu bowl in Beavercreek - Your neighborhood family fun center dedicated to making fun bowling memories for the whole family!

Piatt Castles

Piatt Castles

Piatt Castles has been a popular destination for over 100 years. We all have family history and it is the first history we ever learn.

Sky Zone Dayton

Sky Zone Dayton

Jump into Sky Zone - the world's first all-walled trampoline playing court!

Cedarville University Theatre

Cedarville University Theatre

The Theatre Program at Cedarville University offers a B.A. in Theatre (design or performance concentration), theatre minor, and three fully-produced shows a year. Check us out online!

XD MAX

XD MAX

Video Arcade Room, 6D Motion Simulation Theater Ride, Birthday Party Room, EAT and PLAY Pizza Dining, Ticket redemption

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