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As we begin to safely resume gathering and rediscovering all the great things downtown has to offer, we’re especially excited to get back to all the fun events we’ve missed so much!
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.
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Downtown Events Calendar
July 2022
Mike Mains & the Branches
July 7 @ 7:00 PM FREE ADMISSION / GENRE: ROCK/POP Join us as part of the 2022 Eichelberger Concert Season on the CareSource lawn at the Levitt Pavilion in downtown Dayton! Bring your lawn chair, cooler, and picnic basket, and get ready for a night of free music under the stars! Plan your visit HERE Mike Mains and The Branches is a pop-rock band based in Michigan. Since their conception in 2012, the group has built a reputation for their fantastical…
Find out more »The Tillers (Opening: Stringus Khan)
July 8 @ 7:00 PM FREE ADMISSION / SERIES: TIM TYE'S MIDNIGHT SKY COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS SERIES GENRE: COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS Join us as part of the 2022 Eichelberger Concert Season on the CareSource lawn at the Levitt Pavilion in downtown Dayton! Bring your lawn chair, cooler, and picnic basket, and get ready for a night of free music under the stars! Plan your visit HERE The Tillers have been thumping their own distinctive sound of string band-style folk music for a decade, riding it…
Find out more »Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience
July 9 @ 7:00 PM FREE ADMISSION / GENRE: ROOTS/ZYDECO Join us as part of the 2022 Eichelberger Concert Season on the CareSource lawn at the Levitt Pavilion in downtown Dayton! Bring your lawn chair, cooler, and picnic basket, and get ready for a night of free music under the stars! Plan your visit HERE For 40 years, two-time GRAMMY award winning artist Terrance Simien and 8th generation Louisiana Creole, has been shattering the myths about what his indigenous Zydeco roots…
Find out more »Luke Winslow-King
July 14 @ 7:00 PM FREE ADMISSION / GENRE: BLUES Join us as part of the 2022 Eichelberger Concert Season on the CareSource lawn at the Levitt Pavilion in downtown Dayton! Bring your lawn chair, cooler, and picnic basket, and get ready for a night of free music under the stars! Plan your visit HERE Luke Winslow-King is a guitarist, singer, producer, and songwriter. Having spent more than fifteen years in New Orleans, his work is an eclectic mix that combines delta…
Find out more »Will Hoge
July 15 @ 7:00 PM FREE ADMISSION / SERIES: TIM TYE'S MIDNIGHT SKY COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS SERIES GENRE: COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS Join us as part of the 2022 Eichelberger Concert Season on the CareSource lawn at the Levitt Pavilion in downtown Dayton! Bring your lawn chair, cooler, and picnic basket, and get ready for a night of free music under the stars! Plan your visit HERE For two decades, Will Hoge has carried the torch for American rock & roll, carving out his own blue-…
Find out more »Sarob
July 16 @ 7:00 PM FREE ADMISSION / GENRE: R&B/SOUL Join us as part of the 2022 Eichelberger Concert Season on the CareSource lawn at the Levitt Pavilion in downtown Dayton! Bring your lawn chair, cooler, and picnic basket, and get ready for a night of free music under the stars! Plan your visit HERE Sarob blends hip hop and neo-soul with earnest self-reflection and radiant sensuality. A vocal style reminiscent of Dweleand D’Angelo and a rap proficiency inspired by J.…
Find out more »Puzzle of Light with the Elements
July 21 @ 7:00 PM FREE ADMISSION / GENRE: FOLK/AMERICANA Join us as part of the 2022 Eichelberger Concert Season on the CareSource lawn at the Levitt Pavilion in downtown Dayton! Bring your lawn chair, cooler, and picnic basket, and get ready for a night of free music under the stars! Plan your visit HERE “Puzzle of Light . . . is a world-flavored quintet with roots reaching deep into jazz, blues, folk, African Rhythms, Middle Eastern harmonies, Brazilian chords, and…
Find out more »Jimmy Leach Jazztet
July 22 @ 7:00 PM FREE ADMISSION / GENRE: JAZZ Join us as part of the 2022 Eichelberger Concert Season on the CareSource lawn at the Levitt Pavilion in downtown Dayton! Bring your lawn chair, cooler, and picnic basket, and get ready for a night of free music under the stars! Plan your visit HERE Trumpeter and singer Jimmy Leach plays and sings the great jazz standards of the 20th century. With a lyrical tenor voice and flawless trumpet technique, Jimmy…
Find out more »Miller and the Other Sinners (Opening: Bohemian Funk)
July 23 @ 7:00 PM FREE ADMISSION / GENRE: R&B/SOUL Join us as part of the 2022 Eichelberger Concert Season on the CareSource lawn at the Levitt Pavilion in downtown Dayton! Bring your lawn chair, cooler, and picnic basket, and get ready for a night of free music under the stars! Plan your visit HERE During the recording of his solo album, Poisons Sipped, David Michael Miller, members of the world-famous Campbell Brothers and a small ensemble of both internationally known…
Find out more »Davy Holt
July 28 @ 7:00 PM FREE ADMISSION / SERIES: DAYTON METRO LIBRARY WORLD MUSIC SERIES GENRE: WORLD Join us as part of the 2022 Eichelberger Concert Season on the CareSource lawn at the Levitt Pavilion in downtown Dayton! Bring your lawn chair, cooler, and picnic basket, and get ready for a night of free music under the stars! Plan your visit HERE Currently residing in Inverness Scotland, Davy has sung and played guitar since he was seven years old and first…
Find out more »Incendio
July 29 @ 7:00 PM FREE ADMISSION / GENRE: JAZZ Join us as part of the 2022 Eichelberger Concert Season on the CareSource lawn at the Levitt Pavilion in downtown Dayton! Bring your lawn chair, cooler, and picnic basket, and get ready for a night of free music under the stars! Plan your visit HERE The acclaimed Los-Angeles-based group INCENDIO performs original “world guitar” compositions, featuring incredible guitar-playing across a variety of genres: Latin, Middle-Eastern, and Celtic Grooves. Formed in 1999,…
Find out more »Empire Strikes Brass (Opening: Intergalactic Space Force)
July 30 @ 7:00 PM FREE ADMISSION / SERIES: TRICOMB2B FUNK SERIES GENRE: FUNK Join us as part of the 2022 Eichelberger Concert Season on the CareSource lawn at the Levitt Pavilion in downtown Dayton! Bring your lawn chair, cooler, and picnic basket, and get ready for a night of free music under the stars! Plan your visit HERE Asheville, NC-based Brass Funk Rock band Empire Strikes Brass has a lot to say with a big sound. Full of serious groove…
Find out more »August 2022
The Deron Bell Smooth Jazz Band
August 4 @ 7:00 PM FREE ADMISSION / GENRE: JAZZ Join us as part of the 2022 Eichelberger Concert Season on the CareSource lawn at the Levitt Pavilion in downtown Dayton! Bring your lawn chair, cooler, and picnic basket, and get ready for a night of free music under the stars! Plan your visit HERE Deron Bell is a Music Director, Keyboardist, Bass Player, Producer, Composer, and Recording artist with an amazing band that has shared the stage with many national…
Find out more »The Foxies (Opening: Clemmer)
August 5 @ 7:00 PM FREE ADMISSION / GENRE: ROCK/POP Join us as part of the 2022 Eichelberger Concert Season on the CareSource lawn at the Levitt Pavilion in downtown Dayton! Bring your lawn chair, cooler, and picnic basket, and get ready for a night of free music under the stars! Plan your visit HERE With their uniquely feral brand of rock ‘n’ roll, The Foxies are a Nashville-based power trio built on thrashing punk energy and the hypnotic pageantry of…
Find out more »Tony Terry & Vibe 5
August 6 @ 7:00 PM FREE ADMISSION / GENRE: R&B/SOUL Join us as part of the 2022 Eichelberger Concert Season on the CareSource lawn at the Levitt Pavilion in downtown Dayton! Bring your lawn chair, cooler, and picnic basket, and get ready for a night of free music under the stars! Plan your visit HERE Tony Terry is an American R&B Singer/Actor who was born March 12, 1964, in Pinehurst, NC. By the time he was seven he began realizing that…
Find out more »John King
August 11 @ 7:00 PM FREE ADMISSION / SERIES: TIM TYE'S MIDNIGHT SKY COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS SERIES GENRE: COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS Join us as part of the 2022 Eichelberger Concert Season on the CareSource lawn at the Levitt Pavilion in downtown Dayton! Bring your lawn chair, cooler, and picnic basket, and get ready for a night of free music under the stars! Plan your visit HERE Drive, paired with raw talent and business savvy took award-winning #1 songwriter and breakout county artist, John King, out of a…
Find out more »Jackie Venson
August 12 @ 7:00 PM FREE ADMISSION / GENRE: R&B/SOUL Join us as part of the 2022 Eichelberger Concert Season on the CareSource lawn at the Levitt Pavilion in downtown Dayton! Bring your lawn chair, cooler, and picnic basket, and get ready for a night of free music under the stars! Plan your visit HERE Jackie Venson is a multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter known for her beautifully complex music and blazing guitar skills. Born and raised in Austin, Texas, Jackie has played to…
Find out more »Freekbass & The Bump Assembly
August 13 @ 7:00 PM FREE ADMISSION / SERIES: TRICOMB2B FUNK SERIES GENRE: FUNK Join us as part of the 2022 Eichelberger Concert Season on the CareSource lawn at the Levitt Pavilion in downtown Dayton! Bring your lawn chair, cooler, and picnic basket, and get ready for a night of free music under the stars! Plan your visit HERE Freekbass has cemented himself as a groundbreaking bass player and funk guru. His innovative styling including his signature double thumb strumming technique…
Find out more »Lee Rocker (of the Stray Cats)
August 18 @ 7:00 PM FREE ADMISSION / SERIES: ALTAFIBER ROCK/POP SERIES GENRE: ROCK/POP Join us as part of the 2022 Eichelberger Concert Season on the CareSource lawn at the Levitt Pavilion in downtown Dayton! Bring your lawn chair, cooler, and picnic basket, and get ready for a night of free music under the stars! Plan your visit HERE Lee Rocker made his mark singing, playing, standing on, spinning and rocking his giant upright bass as a founding member of the…
Find out more »The Nth Power
August 19 @ 7:00 PM FREE ADMISSION / GENRE: R&B/SOUL Join us as part of the 2022 Eichelberger Concert Season on the CareSource lawn at the Levitt Pavilion in downtown Dayton! Bring your lawn chair, cooler, and picnic basket, and get ready for a night of free music under the stars! Plan your visit HERE Proving that soul music can be exponentially greater than the sum of its parts, The Nth Power is on a mission to share the light. Formed…
Find out more »Black Opry
August 20 @ 7:00 PM FREE ADMISSION / SERIES: TIM TYE'S MIDNIGHT SKY COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS SERIES GENRE: COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS Join us as part of the 2022 Eichelberger Concert Season on the CareSource lawn at the Levitt Pavilion in downtown Dayton! Bring your lawn chair, cooler, and picnic basket, and get ready for a night of free music under the stars! Plan your visit HERE Black Opry is a home for Black artists and Black fans of country, blues, folk, and Americana music. Country…
Find out more »Jenny and the Mexicats
August 25 @ 7:00 PM FREE ADMISSION / SERIES: DAYTON METRO LIBRARY WORLD MUSIC SERIES GENRE: WORLD Join us as part of the 2022 Eichelberger Concert Season on the CareSource lawn at the Levitt Pavilion in downtown Dayton! Bring your lawn chair, cooler, and picnic basket, and get ready for a night of free music under the stars! Plan your visit HERE Jenny and the Mexicats are a fusion of nationalities and personalities, a band that has a very particular history.…
Find out more »NexLevel
August 26 @ 7:00 PM FREE ADMISSION / GENRE: JAZZ Join us as part of the 2022 Eichelberger Concert Season on the CareSource lawn at the Levitt Pavilion in downtown Dayton! Bring your lawn chair, cooler, and picnic basket, and get ready for a night of free music under the stars! Plan your visit HERE In 2000, Columbus, Ohio based guitarist Mark Jackson and Keyboardist Jesse Thompson were asked to play at his nephew’s wedding—a gathering that gave rise to one…
Find out more »Honey and Blue (Opening: Gabe Maas & the Bruins)
August 27 @ 7:00 PM FREE ADMISSION / SERIES: ALTAFIBER ROCK/POP SERIES GENRE: ROCK/POP Join us as part of the 2022 Eichelberger Concert Season on the CareSource lawn at the Levitt Pavilion in downtown Dayton! Bring your lawn chair, cooler, and picnic basket, and get ready for a night of free music under the stars! Plan your visit HERE Honey & Blue, a self-described blend of pop and soul, is fronted by singer/songwriters Adam Darling and Stephanie Amber. The band most…
Find out more »September 2022
Pimps of Joytime
September 1 @ 7:00 PM FREE ADMISSION / SERIES: TRICOMB2B FUNK SERIES GENRE: FUNK Join us as part of the 2022 Eichelberger Concert Season on the CareSource lawn at the Levitt Pavilion in downtown Dayton! Bring your lawn chair, cooler, and picnic basket, and get ready for a night of free music under the stars! Plan your visit HERE When it comes to throwing a party, the Pimps of Joytime raise the bar with swag and substance. Dubbed “raucous and captivating”…
Find out more »Zak Baalbaki & Band
September 2 @ 7:00 PM FREE ADMISSION / SERIES: DAYTON METRO LIBRARY WORLD MUSIC SERIES GENRE: WORLD Join us as part of the 2022 Eichelberger Concert Season on the CareSource lawn at the Levitt Pavilion in downtown Dayton! Bring your lawn chair, cooler, and picnic basket, and get ready for a night of free music under the stars! Plan your visit HERE Zak Baalbaki pours his entire heart and dedication into his work. That is why he is one of the…
Find out more »David Poe with Blake Morgan and Janita
September 3 @ 7:00 PM FREE ADMISSION / SERIES: ALTAFIBER ROCK/POP SERIES GENRE: ROCK/POP Join us as part of the 2022 Eichelberger Concert Season on the CareSource lawn at the Levitt Pavilion in downtown Dayton! Bring your lawn chair, cooler, and picnic basket, and get ready for a night of free music under the stars! Plan your visit HERE David Poe “David Poe gives the singer/songwriter genre a much-needed jolt.” – Rolling Stone “The majordomo of songwriters.” – Village Voice “Every…
Find out more »Jocelyn & Chris
September 8 @ 7:00 PM FREE ADMISSION / GENRE: ROCK/POP Join us as part of the 2022 Eichelberger Concert Season on the CareSource lawn at the Levitt Pavilion in downtown Dayton! Bring your lawn chair, cooler, and picnic basket, and get ready for a night of free music under the stars! Plan your visit HERE Volume… Loud. Hair… Long. Apologies… None. Think rock is dead? Meet Jocelyn & Chris. Two analog souls, hell-bent on inciting a new rock revival. Jocelyn &…
Find out more »Burnt Sugar Arkestra
September 9 @ 7:00 PM FREE ADMISSION / GENRE: R&B/SOUL Join us as part of the 2022 Eichelberger Concert Season on the CareSource lawn at the Levitt Pavilion in downtown Dayton! Bring your lawn chair, cooler, and picnic basket, and get ready for a night of free music under the stars! Plan your visit HERE Founded by Village Voice icon Gregory Stephen ‘Ionman” Tate (1957-2021) and now led by Dayton Ohio monster groove bassist Jared Michael Nickerson, Burnt Sugar The Arkestra…
Find out more »Carlene Carter
September 10 @ 7:00 PM FREE ADMISSION / SERIES: TIM TYE'S MIDNIGHT SKY COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS SERIES GENRE: COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS Join us as part of the 2022 Eichelberger Concert Season on the CareSource lawn at the Levitt Pavilion in downtown Dayton! Bring your lawn chair, cooler, and picnic basket, and get ready for a night of free music under the stars! Plan your visit HERE Carlene Carter comes full circle with her latest CD, Carter Girl, on Rounder Records. As the daughter of country…
Find out more »Music of India Ft TasteFull Band
September 16 @ 7:00 PM FREE ADMISSION / SERIES: DAYTON METRO LIBRARY WORLD MUSIC SERIES GENRE: WORLD Join us as part of the 2022 Eichelberger Concert Season on the CareSource lawn at the Levitt Pavilion in downtown Dayton! Bring your lawn chair, cooler, and picnic basket, and get ready for a night of free music under the stars! Plan your visit HERE This evening of locally curated music features saxophonist Aditya Phadke, Bollywood Playback singer Sanjeevani Bhelande, and Cincinnati rock band…
Find out more »Lakeside
September 17 @ 7:00 PM FREE ADMISSION / SERIES: TRICOMB2B FUNK SERIES GENRE: FUNK Join us as part of the 2022 Eichelberger Concert Season on the CareSource lawn at the Levitt Pavilion in downtown Dayton! Bring your lawn chair, cooler, and picnic basket, and get ready for a night of free music under the stars! Plan your visit HERE The Original LAKESIDE journey began when a group of High School students from DAYTON, OHIO formed a singing group and backup band…
Find out more »Blessing Offor
September 18 @ 7:00 PM FREE ADMISSION / GENRE: CHRISTIAN Join us as part of the 2022 Eichelberger Concert Season on the CareSource lawn at the Levitt Pavilion in downtown Dayton! Bring your lawn chair, cooler, and picnic basket, and get ready for a night of free music under the stars! Plan your visit HERE Sometimes all it takes is five minutes with someone to know they’re special. With his infectious joy that encourages a sense of contentment, thought provoking lyrics…
Find out more »PechaKucha Night Dayton Vol. 46
Save the date for September 22 at Levitt Pavilion. Our rain date is September 29. More information coming soon! Established in 2009, PechaKucha Night Dayton is a quarterly idea-sharing party and networking event for adults. PKs begin at 7:30 p.m. Free and not ticketed. Donations keep us going! Invite a friend! PechaKucha is a fast-paced style of presenting using 20 slides discussed for 20 seconds each (20x20). PechaKucha’s presentation format allows speakers to share their passions in a succinct format,…
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