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
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.
2024 Superhero Donut Run 5K/10K
Come out in your Superhero Costume and run to help grant the Special Wishes of Dayton area children who are battling life-threatening illnesses. Prizes, Shirts and Medals!
Adult Disney Karaoke Night at On Par
Take center stage and belt out timeless classics from beloved favorites like Aladdin, Frozen, Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, and many more, all on our complimentary public karaoke stage. 18 years and older only.
Windborne's Music of Whitney Houston
DPO Rockin' Orchestra: Celebrate Whitney Houston's extraordinary talent and dance the night away at the Schuster!
Brit Floyd - The World's Greatest Pink Floyd Show
P·U·L·S·E CELEBRATING THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DIVISION BELL - Brit Floyd- "The World's Greatest Pink Floyd Show" returns to the Rose
Downtown Dayton Housing Tour
Find out why downtown is the region's hottest, most in-demand address during our free Downtown Housing Tour.
Hamvention 2024
Hamvention, the world's largest amateur radio gathering at Greene County Fairgrounds.
Dayton Pizza Fest
Join us for Dayton Pizza Fest - Food Truck Foodie festival for at the Yellow Cab Tavern, downtown Dayton.
Cinco de Mayo Party at On Par!
Savor the Fiesta with 25% OFF Margaritas, available in Peach, Strawberry, Traditional, and Watermelon flavors. We're bringing back your favorite tacos: Pork Verde, Chicken Ranchero, Mexican Beef for two days!
Eastern European Heritage Experience
Fun-filled Family Event: Celebrating Eastern European culture through Music, Dancing, Story-telling, Singing, Demonstrations, and Food!
An Evening with Phil Rosenthal
An Evening With Phil Rosenthal Of "Somebody Feed Phil" LIVE at Victoria Theatre on May 5. Tickets on sale now, grab yours before they're gone.
Dayton Sideshow 2024
The Sideshow celebrates the local arts scene and is unique in Dayton for its variety and ambition.
Places to go around Dayton
Things to do around Dayton
Englewood Fun Center
Outdoor Miniature Golf, Indoor Batting Cages, Inflatable Bouncing Houses, Arcade, more...
Mike's Bike Park
Mike's Bike Park is Dayton's only INDOOR cycling facility! 50,000 square feet of riding for all ages and ability levels. Family friendly fun for everyone! We are open seven days a week!
YMCA of Greater Dayton
The Huber Heights YMCA is proudly serving Huber Heights and surrounding communities and is committed to providing excellence in both programming and membership. The Huber Heights YMCA will provide you and your family a place to belong for life. But the YMCA is more than a facility, it is a place where kids of all ages can come to have fun, and to grow in spirit, mind and body. At the Huber Heights YMCA, we are dedicated to building strong kids, strong families and strong communities.
Urban Krag Climbing Center
The Urban Krag is Ohio's premier indoor rock climbing facility. Featuring 8000 square feet of textured and sculpted vertical terrain with heights ranging from 28 to 56 feet. We have routes to accommodate everyone from novice to expert.
Miami Valley Military History Museum
The Miami Valley Military History Museum was established to perpetuate and preserve the memory of the veterans of our Armed Forces past, present, and future.
The Yard Sport Development
The Yard is an indoor baseball and softball batting cage facility, we also offer baseball and softball related training.
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.
Bonnybrook Farms
Located just 20 minutes east of Kings Island in southeastern Warren County. Chuck Wagon Dinner Rides, Weddings, Company Picnics, Country Fair, Fall Farm Day, Lantern Light Wagon Rides.
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.
The Schuster Center
Benjamin and Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center - providing a world-class facility for the best in local, national and international performing artists. Can accommodate up to 2,300 for meetings or 500 banquets.
Cardinal Hill Recreation Club
Are you tired of the kids saying I'm bored every summer? Check us out! We offer a private, family-friendly membership pool, picnic tables, concession stand and much more!
Waynesfield Motor Sports Park
Waynesfield Raceway Park is located 15 miles southeast of Lima's east side.
Soak City
More than 50 water activities at the Kings Island waterpark, including 30 water slides, tropical lagoons, rushing rivers, and surfable waves including a 650,000-gallon wave pool, Tidal Wave Bay.
Great Escape Game
Dayton's best escape room is now open in Beavercreek! You and up to 7 friends have one hour to solve the clues and puzzles in our rooms to escape!
GiYu Dojo
We teach the classical Japanese Martial Art of Kobudo, the fighting style used by the warriors of Japan, the Samurai and Ninja.
The Contemporary Dayton
The Contemporary Dayton is a non-profit gallery and artist resource that provides art for the community and a community for artists. (Formerly Dayton Visual Arts Center / DVAC).
Rose Music Center
The Stuart & Mimi Rose Music Center at the Heights is a 4,200 seat fully covered outdoor amphitheatre.
HartMan Rock Garden
The Hartman Rock Garden is one of the nation's most intriguing and revered works of in situ folk art, an outsider art phenomena where self-taught artists construct fascinating worlds out of concrete, metal, stone, and whatever else they can find.
