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Theatre, Music & Art

Dayton Live

Dayton Live elevates a thriving downtown experience as the primary host and presenter for performing arts in the region. Their mission is to strengthen community engagement in the arts through inspiring performances, educational opportunities, and world-class venues. Tickets range from

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Dayton Playhouse

The Dayton Playhouse is a community theatre providing outstanding theatrical productions to Miami Valley audiences of all ages for more than fifty years. The Playhouse is nationally recognized for FutureFest, a festival of new plays

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Sinclair College Art Galleries

The Sinclair Community College Art Galleries promote the development of professional and student artists and serve as an educational resource for the entire community. The mission of the gallery program is to advocate and encourage the practice and appreciation of the various forms, media, and artistic expressions open to the contemporary artist and viewer. Criteria for acceptance include embodiment of formal artistic concepts, innovative approaches, and professional presentation. The Art Department aims to present to students and the community as many styles and concepts as possible.

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Sinclair College Music Performances

Sinclair's Music Department works to consistently offer students, faculty and staff, as well as the community, a wide variety of musical performances and events. Throughout the year, the Arts Calendar is filled with student choir performances, guest artists, symphonies, and much more.

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Sinclair College Theatre Productions

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Dayton Art Institute

Founded in 1919, The Dayton Art Institute is one of the region’s premier fine arts museums. Visit us often to enjoy our diverse collection galleries, world class special exhibitions, interesting educational programs and unique special events. The museum’s collection spans 5,000 years of art history, including important American, Ancient American, Asian and European fine and decorative art collections, and numbers more than 27,000 objects. The Dayton Art Institute also hosts concerts, family and youth programs, classes, social events and more.

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The Neon Movie Theatre

The Neon is an independent movie theater in Dayton, Ohio.

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Troy-Hayner Cultural Center

Formerly the home of Mary Jane Hayner, the 1914 Romanesque mansion houses a lively community arts center. Classes in art and a variety of other subjects are offered for adults and children. Year-round art and local history exhibits are offered free of charge in the Fulker-Nichols Gallery and halls. Enjoy a wide variety of free musical concerts in the Ballroom, the Eastroom, Courtyard and Prouty Plaza. Make the Hayner part of your family traditions with holiday and special events throughout the year. Plan a visit to discover historic furnishings, works of art, a Victorian doll house and a permanent exhibition of the historic Pre-Prohibition Hayner Distillery Company.

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Outdoor Activities

Aviation Trail Sites

The Dayton Aviation Trail is a self-guided tour of selected, aviation-related sites open to the public. The trail follows Dayton's unique aviation heritage, starting with the invention of the airplane by Wilbur and Orville Wright, on to today's aeropsace projects of the future under development at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

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City of Dayton Department of Recreation

Are you looking to feel and look your best? The Department of Recreation provides you and your family with conveniently located, affordable leisure and athletic activities, indoors and out. You’ll find fitness activities from structured programs to DIY workouts, plus competitive sports and league play. Our aquatic programs are family favorites, and our three public golf courses and tennis center are a short drive from nearly anywhere in the region. Stop by a recreation center and check out the pools and gym. Be sure to ask our staff about upcoming events and fitness opportunities

Five Rivers Metroparks

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Miami County Park District

The mission of the Park District is to conserve natural resources and enrich the quality of life for the people of Miami County through stewardship, environmental education, outdoor experiences and passive leisure activities

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Lost Creek Reserve & Knoop Agricultural Heritage Center

Lost Creek is the largest park with 457 acres of landscape. It has 5.75 miles of trail that takes you past farm fields, through wooded areas and along Lost Creek making this Reserve a great place for hiking, cross country skiing and viewing wildlife.

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Visit the Ohio State Parks

Ohio State Parks offers a variety of ways to connect with family and friends while discovering the outdoors. Open every day and always free, Ohio's 75 state parks provide a refuge from daily life.

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Monthly Event Calendars

Montgomery County Fairgrounds Events

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Miami County Fairgrounds Events

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Dayton Local

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Downtown Dayton Events

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Museums

America's Packard Museum

Come visit the largest public collection of Packard automobiles and memorabilia in the world. Adults $10, Students free with photo ID Open Wednesday - Sunday 12-5 pm

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Boonshoft Museum of Discovery

The Boonshoft Museum of Discovery is the premier regional provider of interactive science learning experiences which enrich the lives of children and adults, enhance the quality of life in our community, and promote a broad understanding of the world. The dedicated staff preserves, protects, and enhances the Museum's anthropology, geology, paleontology, and biology collections, and makes these collections available for exhibition, education, and research purposes. Ages 3-17 $11.50, Adults $14.50, 60+ $12.50 Open M-Sa 9 am - 5 pm, Su 12 pm - 5 pm

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British Transportation Museum

The British Transportation Museum (BTM) is an all volunteer 501c3 non-profit charity located in Dayton, Ohio dedicated to preserving our British motoring heritage through education and vehicle preservation.

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Carillon Historical Park

Carillon Historical Park is a 65-acre open-air history museum that serves as the main campus for Dayton History. We share the amazing stories of how Dayton changed the world!

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Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historic Park

Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park preserves and interprets the history and legacies of the Wright Brothers and Paul Laurence Dunbar. Learn more about these extraordinary men and the story of the park when you explore this website.

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Dayton's Old Court House

Completed in 1850, Dayton’s Old Court House is considered one of the finest examples of Greek-Revival architecture in the nation. U.S. Presidents Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, James Garfield, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard M. Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, and William J. Clinton have all campaigned on the building’s storied limestone steps.

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Hawthorn Hill

Hawthorn Hill is Orville Wright’s success mansion. Join the ranks of Charles Lindbergh, Henry Ford, and Thomas Edison as visitors to the world’s first pilot’s last home. With its white pillars and twin porches, Hawthorn Hill has long been synonymous with Orville Wright and the Wright family. After purchasing property at the corner of Salem Avenue and Harvard Boulevard in Dayton, the Wright brothers’ younger sister, Katharine Wright, soon cajoled her world famous brothers to move construction to Oakwood’s rolling, idyllic hills. Although both Orville and Wilbur were involved in planning the home, Wilbur died of typhoid fever on May 30, 1912, at age 45.

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Memorial Hall

Dedicated on January 5, 1910, Memorial Hall was conceived as a tribute to local Civil and Spanish-American War veterans. After a competitive search, two Dayton architects—William Earl Russ and Albert Pretzinger—were selected to design the French Renaissance building. The memorial itself consists of the soaring front entrance atrium (filled with bronze plaques), relief sculptures, and regional military history paintings. Inscribed on the building’s facade are Civil War battles where Montgomery County soldiers saw action. On the steps leading up to Memorial Hall, two sculptures depict soldiers from the Spanish-American War and World War I.

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Mound Cold War Discovery Center

From 1948–2003, the scientific work of Mound Laboratory was so top secret that some remains classified to this day. Named for the neighboring Adena earthwork—one of the two largest conical mounds in eastern North America—this government facility revolutionized Cold War, Nuclear Age, and Space Race history.

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National Museum of the USAF

Since 1923 the museum has grown from a small engineering study collection to the world's largest military aviation museum and is a world-renowned center for air and space power technology and culture preservation. The museum is home to countless one-of-a-kind objects. Our once small engine collection now includes more than 350 aerospace vehicles and missiles, thousands of artifacts, and spans 20 indoor acres with additional outdoor Air and Memorial Parks that continue to grow every year.

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Paul Laurence Dunbar House

The Paul Laurence Dunbar House is located at 219 N. Paul Laurence Dunbar Street (formerly N. Summit) in Dayton, Ohio. The two-story brick house was built in 1887-1888. In 1904, the house was purchased by Matilda J. Dunbar, the mother of poet Paul Laurence Dunbar. Paul Laurence Dunbar is generally recognized as the first African American to become widely known for literary accomplishments, and the house has long been celebrated for its association with him.

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Patterson Homestead

Constructed in three major components between 1816–1850, this legendary home raised three generations of Pattersons, including legendary industrialist John H. Patterson who founded his National Cash Register enterprise on the family’s land—roughly a half-mile northwest of Patterson Homestead.

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Sunwatch Indian Village/Archaeological Park

SunWatch Indian Village / Archaeological Park, previously known as the Incinerator Site, and designated by the Smithsonian trinomial 33-MY-57, is a reconstructed Fort Ancient Native American village next to the Great Miami River on West River Road in Dayton, Ohio.

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The Dayton Art Institute

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The Funk Music Hall of Fame & Exhibition Center

The Funk Music Hall of Fame & Exhibition Center is a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and promoting the legacy of Funk Music. Through community engagement and a commitment to bringing arts education to today’s youth.

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The International Peace Museum

Founded in 2004, The International Peace Museum raises awareness of nonviolent strategies for achieving peace now and in the future. It honors the 1995 Dayton Peace Accords that ended the war in Bosnia. The Dayton International Peace Museum was founded by J. Frederick Arment, Ralph and Christine Dull, Steve Fryburg and Lisa Wolters.

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Digital Activities

Discover a hobby together

Find local food trucks to visit

Take an online art class

Learn about ballet

Take a tour of the Notional Museum of Natural History

Hike the grand canyon

Take a virtual tour of the national parks

Learn some soccer skills

Learn some basketball skills

Learn about engineering together

Make some origami animals

Discover the beauty of space

Explore Mars

Tour the Egyptian Pyramids

Sports Activities

UD Composite Schedule

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Dayton Dragons

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Wright State Composite Schedule

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Dayton Dutch Lions

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Wilberforce Composite Schedule

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