Upcoming · Sep 7, 2026 · Dayton, OH

The Italian Fall Festa returns to Bella Villa Hall & Grounds in Kettering, Ohio, September 11–13, celebrating 49 Years of Italian Tradition. Hosted by the John Pirelli Lodge #1633 of the Order Sons and Daughters of Italy in America and sponsored by the Società di Mutuo Soccorso Italiana, the Italian Fall Festa has welcomed generations of families for nearly five decades with delicious Italian food, outstanding entertainment, heritage, and warm Italian hospitality. Guests can enjoy a wide variety of Italian specialties prepared by lodge members and volunteers, including calzones, cannoli, sfingi, meatball sandwiches, Italian beef, muffaletta, pizza, pasta fagioli, gelato, Italian ice, homemade cakes, cookies, and many other Italian favorites. Festival weekend kicks off Friday with the popular Friday Lunch-to-Go, available from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Advance ordering is available online and by phone. Throughout the weekend, visitors can enjoy live performances by Ray Massa, Aaron Caruso, and Happy Days, watch bocce, browse Italian merchandise, and visit the Heritage Booth to explore Italian genealogy and place a pin on the map of Italy showing their family's ancestral hometown. Sunday's festivities begin with the Meatball Madness 5K Run/Walk before another full day of festival activities. Admission is free. Free parking and continuous shuttle service are available from Reynolds & Reynolds. All food, beverage, and merchandise booths accept cash and credit cards. For complete information, entertainment schedules, Friday Lunch-to-Go ordering, race registration, and more, visit www.italianfallfesta.com. Festival Hours • Friday, September 11: 6:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m. • Saturday, September 12: 12:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m. • Sunday, September 13: 12:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.

HBA of Dayton 2026 Fall Parade of Homes is an upcoming family-friendly listing at Touring Edition in Dayton. The listed price is 0. Use the official event link for current details before you go.

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2026 “Imagine” Celebration, fundraising gala. This elegant evening is not merely a celebration, but a gathering to raise funds, to continue our commitment to providing quality care, services, and life enrichment for the residents of our communities. We are planning an unforgettable night of purpose and generosity, including dinner, drinks, auction items, dancing, and fun for all.

$150 person

Welcome! If you’ve found your way here, you’re probably just like us. Someone who believes anime is a community, a culture, a reason to gather. Looking to attend Tsukicon? Head over to our Attendance page for more information! We’re proud to introduce Tsukicon! A love letter to the city of Dayton, to the culture of fandom, and to the moments that bring people together. Tsukicon is not just another anime convention. It's an event that reflects the soul of our local community, while still delivering the scale and magic fans expect from a major convention. Tsukicon is Dayton’s own anime convention inspired by the spirit of Tsukimi. Held October 16–18, 2026, Tsukicon blends a traditional anime convention experience with the feel of a seasonal festival. Featuring artist alley, cosplay showcases, panels, Itasha car displays, and outdoor performances. Day programming takes place at the newly renovated Dayton Convention Center, while nighttime energy shifts to Levitt Pavilion for live music and performance under the sky, followed by a late-night afterparty. Created by the team behind IZAKAYA and ISEKAIYA, Tsukicon is built with love, for the community that calls this city home. It’s a place to gather, to celebrate, and to feel seen... together, under the moonlight. About Tsukicon The name Tsukicon (月コン) is drawn from Tsukimi (月見), the traditional Japanese autumn festival of moon-viewing. It’s a time of reflection, togetherness, and celebration. Often accompanied by food, poetry, music, and offerings like dango, susuki grass, and seasonal harvests. It’s both a personal and collective experience, a moment to pause and take in something ephemeral. That’s the energy we’re aiming to deliver. Rather than just another convention packed with back-to-back events and sensory overload, Tsukicon is curated to breathe. We want guests to flow between vibrant high-energy moments and slower intimate experiences. Whether that’s watching a cosplay exhibition in a theater setting, strol

Weekend and single day badges are available. Visit the Tsukicon website for pricing and details.

Quilts are America’s great art experiment: monumental compositions in color, pattern, geometry and representation, and traditionally, quilts are made mostly by women. The American Folk Art Museum has been at the forefront of the movement to bring recognition to quilts as a major art form with deep roots in American life and experience. Their collection is distinctive for highly individualized expressions in this medium that is both yielding and unforgiving, challenging the maker to test the limits imposed by cutting and piecing bits of fabric. The quilts on view range from the mid-nineteenth to late twentieth centuries, from Alabama to Pennsylvania. A selection of American quilts from the DAI's extensive textile collection will also be presented. Plan your visit to see these and other incredible works! Go to: https://www.daytonartinstitute.org/visit/

Free for members; included with admission fee for non-members

For more than three decades, wildlife filmmaker and National Geographic explorer Casey Anderson has walked toward what most people run from: grizzlies, mountain lions, tigers, and other dangerous predators. He has been charged, bitten, clawed, and stung by countless creatures and has actually raised a grizzly bear. In AMONG WILD PREDATORS, Casey takes us on a powerful visual and emotional journey into the hearts of these animals, and into our own hearts as well. Through breathtaking encounters and deeply personal stories, he dismantles the myths that have fueled humanity’s fear of predators and reveals what they truly are: mirrors of our own courage, empathy, and survival. By challenging audiences to confront their assumptions about the wild, Casey invites them to see predators, and themselves, through new eyes, finding beauty where fear once lived.

The Wild Kratts LIVE! stage show that has kids across North America buzzing is coming to Dayton with an ALL-NEW show: WILD KRATTS LIVE 2.0 – ACTIVATE CREATURE POWER! Get ready to dive into another classic Wild Kratts adventure with the Kratt brothers as they combine live action and animation, with Martin and Chris LIVE on stage and the rest of the Wild Kratts team on screen, at the Tortuga HQ. Which creature powers will they activate and what new and amazing “WOW!” facts will you learn? Experience, live-on-stage, the electrifying excitement and the inspiring quest of the Kratt Brothers that make the hit television series Wild Kratts a family favorite time and time again! VIP Tickets are available.

The 14th annual AcadeCon, taking place November 13-15 at the Dayton Convention Center, is an opportunity for gamers of all ages, types and experiences to unite, play and connect with fellow enthusiasts and industry professionals. This three-day tabletop gaming convention fosters a welcoming and inclusive atmosphere, making it a must-attend for role-playing game (RPG) fans. AcadeCon 14 will lean into swashbuckling and adventure style events but as always it’ll be family friendly and support ALL games and gamers. Single day and three-day admission badges are available, with discounted admission available for young adults and children (13 and younger). Visit the website for event details!

3-Day and Single Day Badges available. Visit the Acadecon website for options and pricing.