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Dayton Air Show 2026
The 2026 CenterPoint Energy Dayton Air Show featuring the U.S. Navy Blue Angels June 13-14
Pickle Fest - Just dill with it!
Pickle fest returns in 2026: The DILL-I-CIOUS festival is at Austin Landing June 20 🥒
Yellow Springs Pride 2026
Join us for the Annual YSPride 2026 in Yellow Springs. This year’s theme “More Than a Party—Pride is Protest!” 💪🏽🏳️🌈 Join us as we honor the roots of Pride and take to the streets in celebration, resistance, and unity
Lights Over Dayton: A Celebration of Flight
Join us for a free, family-friendly drone as we light up the night sky above the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force 🎇🛬
St. Helen Spring Festival
Family fun all weekend with rides for the kids, food, flea market, beer garden and more!
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
Friends of the Dayton Metro Library Book Sale
The Friends of the Dayton Metro Library book sales ℹ️ 9:30 am to 11:30 am for FOL Members & open to the public 11:30 am - 5pm 📚 Used book sale - books, music, movies, and audiobooks.
Rail Festival at Carillon Park
Dayton History and Carillon Park Rail & Steam Society are proud to present the Annual Rail Festival at Carillon Park 🚂
Beetlejuice: The Musical
It’s showtime! Dayton Live presents Beetlejuice: The Musical at the Schuster Center as Dayton as part of the Broadway Series.
Crush: The Bon Jovi Experience
Experience a high-octane tribute to Bon Jovi at Stubbs Park in Centerville. Part of the 2026 Centerville Summer Concert Series and Party at the Park series.
Shakespeare in the Heights presents a staged reading of Romeo and Juliet
A non-traditional staged reading of the classic Romeo and Juliet
Dayton Pride Festival 2026
The annual Pride Festival and parade that celebrates the diversity of the LGBTQ culture in Dayton. Events run Friday evening and Saturday afternoon.
