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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!
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.
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.
Taco & Nacho Fest **NEW DATE**
Taco & Nacho Fest- Nacho Typical Food Fest - returns to Austin Landing October 24 with food, music, kids activities and fireworks! New date to be announced next week.
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!
A Midsummer Night’s Dream & Force Flux
Dayton Ballet brings Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream to life in a captivating collaboration with the Philharmonic.
Terracotta Towers Workshop
Create a striking stacked succulent planter that's sure to become a conversation piece!
INVINCIBLE: A Glorious Tribute to Michael Jackson
Join us for an unforgettable evening with Invincible: A Glorious Tribute to Michael Jackson at the Arbogast Performing Arts Center on Oct 24 at 7 PM. As part of our Signature Series, this exciting event promises great talent!
Fall Farm Fest at Lost Creek Reserve
Annual Fall Farm Fest with corn maze and corn shooter, music, hayrides, games, farm animals and more.
The Notebook
Broadway in Dayton ✨ THE NOTEBOOK is a deeply moving portrait of the enduring power of love. THE NOTEBOOK is at The Schuster Oct 6 - Oct 11, 2026
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.
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
