Find something fun to do with our calendar of downtown events.
Find something fun to do with our calendar of downtown events.
There’s always something fun going on downtown! Below you’ll find a list of events scheduled for today. Use the filters at the top to find events by date, keyword, and more. You can also view the calendar by month or as a list of 20 events at a time.
Have an event to submit to our calendar? If it is located downtown (within our service area) and open to the public, it’s likely we’ll include it. Send us your event info using our event submission form.
Subscribe to our weekly “e-vents” emails to get downtown event information delivered straight to your inbox.
The premiere of Mac Kaplan’s latest film “Hawaii”, a Luminous Coast production, will take place at Gateway Film Center in Columbus on July 7th and The Neon in Dayton on July 21st.
“Hawaii” is a coming of age story that follows two high school sweethearts as they say goodbye to everything they have known during their last summer before college, playing music, making memories and chasing dreams, but ultimately learning how to say goodbye.
The leading roles, Sarah and Noah are played by Erika ierman (The Hunger Games, Dumb & Dumber To) and Stone Taul, (Good Kids), respectively. Other actors include Jake Kaufman, Tony White, Danielle Meyer and Christian Gentry. Director Max Kaplan partnered with cinematographer Luke Holliday, producer Savannah Webb and writer Jesse Wright on this film. Tickets are available online and at theaters. For theaters locations, showtimes, and to see the trailer for the movie and much more, visit https://linktr.ee/
Dayton Premire is 7:00 pm and 9:00 pm show times both last for 1 1/2 hours.
The film is based on Kaplan’s high school experience and his time playing in the Dayton psych band Nudists on Strike. “Hawaii” boasts an incredible compilation soundtrack by both popular and local artists including Summer Salt, King Shelter, Surf Team, Nudists on Strike, and Sister Owsley. Filming took place in the greater Dayton region in 2020 under Covid protocols.
“Hawaii” is Kaplan’s 14th movie, he has been releasing films since the age of 11 and is currently attending Ohio University’s Honors film program. Kaplan has previously premiered his films at The Neon and Gateway Film Center, most notably the award-winning Good Kids in 2018, also starring Stone Taul.