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Festivals and Events! Festival Fun and Special Events are perfect reasons to schedule motor coach tours, and you’ll find no shortage of options in Dayton! The Dayton Convention & Visitors Bureau’s professional and knowledgeable staff is eager to customize a special tour for your group around any of these events! JANUARY first responders to assist in any Flyin’ To The Hoop Basketball natural disaster. This 20,000+ Tournament – CBS Sports names person convention has been this event as one of the nation’s hosted in Greater Dayton for top two high school basketball over 60 years. Contact the Dayton showcases. This four day event, Convention & Visitors Bureau for Flyin’ To The Hoop Basketball Tournament held over Martin Luther King assistance with group discounts weekend each year, features and customized itineraries - top talent as well as scouts and 937-226-8292, hamvention.org coaches from Division I, II and III universities. Contact the Dayton Aullwood’s Farm Babies Fest Convention & Visitors Bureau for Enjoy a full day of baby animals, group discounts and schedules – farm adventures, great food and 937-226-8292, James S. Trent Arena, old fashioned fun at the annual 937-704-9670 Aullwood’s Farm Babies Fest. Delight in a wealth of things FEBRUARY to see and do, and animals Broadway Shows at the Schuster to encounter. Meet adorable Performing Arts Center – Each baby farm animals. Take in live year Dayton and the Schuster demonstrations of beekeeping, dog training, butter making and Schuster Performing Arts Center—Broadway Shows Performing Arts Center host popular touring Broadway duck herding. Purchase great Shows that occur at varying herbs and flowers to brighten times throughout the year. up your backyard. Visit the Contact the Dayton Convention & century-old bank barn and see Visitors Bureau for group discounts live shows throughout the day. and detailed schedules - 937-226-8292, Savor delicious foods and home- 937-228-3630 baked goodies. Contact the Dayton Convention & Visitors Bureau for MARCH assistance with group discounts and customized itineraries - Schuster Performing Arts Center March Madness NCAA® Men’s Division I 937-226-8292, Aullwood Farm, Basketball, First Four® Tourna- 9101 Frederick Pike. ment—March Madness® and the Road to the Final Four® start in Dayton with two nights of games featuring eight Division I basketball teams. Come watch this thrilling start of “the big dance!” University of Dayton Arena, 877-NCAA-TIX.
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JUNE AUGUST Vectren Dayton Air Show Day- Annual Germanfest Picnic Get ton, the Birthplace of Aviation out the lederhosen! This free, and So Much More, and home annual two day festival held to Wright-Patterson Air Force in downtown Dayton along Base, boasts one of the nation’s the Great Miami River brings premiere air shows (typically the the community together with third weekend in June). Static music, a biergarten, Weingarten, displays of commercial and schnitzel dinners and a Bavarian military aircraft, a midway, fashion show. Contact the Dayton aerobatic acts, and typically Convention & Visitors Bureau for performances such as WWII assistance with customized Tora! Tora! Tora! Reenactments, itineraries - 937-226-8292, US. Army Golden Knight par- Germanfestdayton.com achutists, and often a jet team such as the U.S. Air Force Giant Scale RC Model Aircraft Thunderbirds or the U.S. Navy Show at the National Museum of Blue Angels are among many the U.S. Air Force This free event thrilling exhibitions. General is offered every other year (on admission, special Pavilion, and the odd years) and showcases air-conditioned Chalet tickets daring aerobatics performed are available. Contact the Dayton by large model jets, helicopters Convention & Visitors Bureau for and warbirds during a three- assistance with group discounts day show of giant scale radio- and customized itineraries - controlled aircraft on the runway 937-226-8292, daytonairshow.com behind the museum from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. each day. Contact JULY the Dayton Convention & Visitors Montgomery County Fair Bureau for assistance with customized Nothing says summer like a itineraries - 937-226-8292, Vetren Dayton Air Show county fair! Share in the excite- National museum.af.mil ment of farm demonstrations, livestock competitions, tasty eats, rides, entertainment and games at the Montgomery County Fair. Contact the Dayton Convention & Visitors Bureau for assistance with group discounts and customized itineraries - 937-226-8292, Montcofair.com Giant RC Model Aircraft Show Dayton Celtic Festival Get your Irish on and celebrate all things SEPTEMBER Celtic at this free, annual, three day festival held in downtown WWI Dawn Patrol Rendezvous at Dayton. Multiple stages featuring the National Museum of the U.S. Irish musicians and dance, Air Force This free two-day flying authentic food, beer and vendor event of authentic and replica booths and a fun children’s area World War I aircraft is offered Dayton Celtic Festival Montgomery County Fair every other year (on the even entertain kids of all ages! Contact years) by the museum and the the Dayton Convention & Visitors Great War Aeroplanes Associ- Bureau for assistance with customized ation. The event includes WWI itineraries - 937-226-8292, living history re-enactors in a Daytoncelticfestival.com war encampment area, radio- controlled model aircraft, period vehicles, music and a collector’s show of WWI era items. The event includes guest speakers on WWI topics as well as many family hands-on and educational activities. Contact the Dayton Convention & Visitors Bureau for assistance with customized itineraries - Germanfest Picnic Giant RC Model Aircraft Show Dayton Celtic Festival 937-226-8292, Nationalmuseum.af.mil Dayton Convention & Visitors Bureau Dayton Convention & Visitors Bureau
SEPTEMBER unique ethnic foods, craft and Dayton Greek Festival Celebrate international beers, entertainment Greek traditions at this annual activities, authentic goods and cultural event held on the juried artisans crafts. Multiple grounds of the beautiful popular bands and live polka music Annunciation Greek Orthodox add to the festive celebration. Church overlooking the Great Contact the Dayton Convention & Visitors Miami River and downtown Bureau for assistance with group Dayton. Three days of festivities discounts and customized itineraries - include exhilarating dances and 937-226-8292, Daytonartinstitute.org music, delicious authentic fare like gyros and moussaka, and import OCTOBER boutiques where attendees can Wagner Subaru Outdoor purchase lovely traditional Greek Experience Dayton is known as goods. Guided tours of the the Outdoor Adventure Capital European-style Greek Orthodox of the Midwest. Dayton’s Church are available as well. nationally recognized Five Rivers Contact the Dayton Convention & MetroParks organization hosts Visitors Bureau for assistance with this free annual premiere outdoor customized itineraries - 937-226-8292, adventure festival at Eastwood Daytongreekfestival.com MetroPark. Held the first weekend of October this event provides Dayton Concours d’ Elegance attendees with the opportunity This invitational event brings 200 to try outdoor activities such of the finest historic cars and as slack lining, rope climbing, motorcycles together inside the kayaking, canoeing, cycling, fishing, grounds of the 65-acre Carillon camping and more. Races, dock- Historical Park. See cars from the jumping dog competitions, music, early 1900s displayed alongside exhibitions and entertainment the classics of the ‘50s and ‘60s. round out this weekend of out- WWI Dawn Patrol Rendezvous While you’re at the park, visit the door activities. Contact the Dayton museum’s permanent display on Convention & Visitors Bureau for Daytonian Charles Kettering’s assistance with customized itineraries invention of the electric car - 937-226-8292, Outdoorx.org starter, or explore the nearly 30 historic buildings and enjoy live NOVEMBER demonstrations. Contact the Dayton Veteran’s Day We like to say that Convention & Visitors Bureau for every day is Veteran’s Day in assistance with customized itineraries Dayton! Home to Wright-Patterson - 937-226-8292, Daytonconcours.com Air Force Base, the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force and Dayton Greek Festival Dayton Art Institute Oktoberfest many defense-related industries, Set on the grounds of the Daytonians have a special respect majestic Italian-renaissance styled for the military and veterans. . Dayton Art Institute, overlooking Explore the 19 acres of enclosed the Great Miami River and down- exhibits featuring over 340+ town Dayton; the annual Dayton aerospace vehicles at the free Oktoberfest is a must-do event. National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, the world’s largest and Concours d’ Elegance Dayton Art Institute Oktoberfest Enormous tents are filled with oldest military aviation museum. Reflect in the museum’s Memorial Park. Watch a movie on the giant screen in the 3-D theater, dine in the cafeteria or stop in the museum store for a souvenir. Veterans will also appreciate Dayton’s Korean War Memorial, Vietnam Memorial, and the Dayton V.A. Center, one of the country’s three oldest veteran’s affairs facilities dating back to the mid 1800s. Contact the Dayton Wagner Subaru Outdoor Experience Convention & Visitors Bureau for assistance with customized itineraries - 937-226-8292. Dayton Convention & Visitors Bureau Dayton Convention & Visitors Bureau
DECEMBER Prior to the concert in the stunning A Carillon Christmas Experience Schuster Performing Arts Center, the magical wonder of A Carillon guests can purchase delicious Christmas at Carillon Historical appetizers and sweets. During Park throughout December. intermission the audience can Experience holiday magic as you toast one another with flutes of gaze at Ohio’s tallest tree of light champagne. The festivities (over 151 feet!) consisting of over begin at 8 p.m. with a balloon 20,000 light bulbs on nearly 100 drop at 10 p.m. By ending at 10 separate strands. Listen to Carillon p.m., you’ll still have time to get to Bell Tower Christmas concerts and your hotel party in time to watch be enchanted by 15 miles of the ball drop. Contact the Dayton Korean War Memorial Christmas lights throughout the Convention & Visitors Bureau for Park’s 65-acre campus which has assistance with group discounts and been transformed into a winter customized itineraries - 937-226-8292, wonderland of sparkle, magic, and Daytonperformingarts.org holiday cheer. Available festive holiday activities include, but are Numerous New Year’s Eve Hotel not limited to, photos with Santa, Packages Each year Greater historic hearth cooking demon- Dayton’s area hotels offer a strations, puppet shows, Victorian variety of New Year’s Eve packages carolers, print shop demonstrations, including live entertainment, letters to Santa and a model train champagne and festive parties to display. Experience The Midnight ring in the New Year. Contact the Express Train Ride, Carousel of DaytonConvention & Visitors Bureau Dayton Innovation Ride, or Main for assistance with celebratory options Street Wagon Ride. Grab some and group discounts. 937-226-8292. National Museum of the U. S, Air Force hot chocolate in Culp’s Christmas Café or a special gift in the Sparkling Woodland Lights museum store. Contact the Dayton Display Experience the beauty Convention & Visitors Bureau for of lights sparkling along a half- assistance with customized itineraries - mile wooded path and reflecting 937-226-8292, Daytonhistory.org against a woodland pond at the Woodland Lights display. View Dayton Ballet Nutcracker Dayton whimsical characters and Ballet’s beloved The Nutcracker at illuminated critters preparing for the stunning Schuster Performing the holidays or visit Santa Claus Carillon Historical Park Arts Center is a holiday tradition in his cozy historic log cabin. you’ll treasure. The dancers Amusement rides, live animals, perform to music played live by carriage rides, colorful costumed the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra. characters, bonfires and The Schuster Center Wintergarden concessions round out the is bustling with excitement. Find holiday fun. Washington Township the perfect holiday gift at the Woodland Park. Contact the Dayton Dayton Ballet Boutique, peer into Convention & Visitors Bureau for the famous whimsical, historic assistance with group discounts and Rike’s department store window customized itineraries - 937-226-8292. displays, or treat yourself with candy and ice cream at the Dayton Ballet Carousel of Dayton Innovation Ride Graeter’s Sweet Shoppe. Ten different performances are offered throughout December. Contact the Dayton Convention & Visitors Bureau for assistance with group discounts and customized itineraries - 937-226-8292, Daytonperformingarts.org
Woodland Lights Dayton Philharmonic Dayton Philharmonic New Year’s Eve Celebration The Dayton Performing Arts Alliance’s annual New Year’s Eve celebration features CONTACT Crystal Walker, Interim Director of Sales & Services dancers from the Dayton Ballet, Dayton Convention & Visitors Bureau vocalists from the Dayton Opera, 937-226-3162 | 800-221-8235 and the instrumentalists of the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra. [email protected]