Things to do in Dayton | Restaurants, Theatre, Music and More
Carmichael’s Pub wants to start your St. Patrick’s Day off right.
From 6am – 11pm they’ll be serving up biscuits w/your choice of gravy, scrambled eggs, potatoes O’Brien and your choice of bacon or sausage fro just $6.
They are also offering $1 off all breakfast shots and domestic beer bottles for just $2.75
Carmichael’s Pub 
Registration is now open for the Miami Valley Cycling Summit hosted by Bike Miami
Valley and the City of Dayton. This free, regional event will be held in person on May 19th from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM at the downtown branch of the Dayton Metro Library. The event welcomes elected officials, government staff, local leaders and cycling advocates to participate. Registration is open at www.CyclingSummit.com.
A keynote by former Dayton local, and founder of the Miami Valley Cycling Summit, Andy Williamson is sure to inspire. Today, Andy supports West Virginia’s efforts to attract and retain talent and build a stronger, more vibrant outdoor economy and communities through his role as the Director of Outdoor Community Development at the Brad and Alys Smith Outdoor Economic Development Collaborative. In his keynote, Andy will detail why outdoor recreation infrastructure and trails are the key foundational element to building a vibrant, active, healthy community, resilient economy, and quality visitor experience.
The MVCS aims to use the power of cycling to drive economic development in communities, both large and small, throughout the Miami Valley region. This year’s theme is “Cycling Builds Community.” Content experts will detail how cycling can improve the transportation, health, and economic vitality of the Miami Valley. Sessions will occur following the morning keynote and will cover a variety of topics including, but not limited to: a regional bikeways update, a bike tour of cycling infrastructure, equity in engineering, and a review of new bike parks.
The Miami Valley Cycling Summit begins with the Bike to Work Day Pancake Breakfast at RiverScape MetroPark (7-9am) before the formal program begins at 9am at the Dayton Metro Library’s Eichelberger Forum. Registration includes lunch, breakout sessions, and a post-reception.
Go to www.cyclingsummit.com for details about the event and all it has to offer.
Sixteen year-old Rachel Stein is having a bad year. Her father hasn’t changed out of his pajamas since 9/11. Her mother has begun a close, personal relationship with Jesus. Her new neighbor, a sixteen-year-old Elvis impersonator, has fallen for her hard. And the Apocalypse is coming Wednesday. Her only hope is that Stephen Hawking will save them all.
Relix and Music & Event Management, Inc. are proud to presentYonder Mountain String Band, Railroad Earth, and Leftover Salmon live on stage at Rose Music Center at The Heights on Friday, August 11. Come see three legendary bands together each playing full sets. The order of the bands changes every night and is not announced in advance, so be sure to arrive early for the not-to-be-missed jam-grass event of the summer!
YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND
Innovative and exuberant, controversial and uncompromising, Yonder Mountain String Band spearheaded a musical movement in Colorado and carried its new language of progressive roots music to countless fans worldwide in a 25-year career that shows no signs of slowing down.
With one foot in the bluegrass world and the other in the jam-band world, the band has weathered the scrutiny of the bluegrass establishment and come full circle with a Grammy Nomination for Best Bluegrass Album for their 2022 release, Get Yourself Outside, co-written by founding members Adam Aijala (guitar), Ben Kaufmann (bass), Dave Johnston (banjo) and newest member, Nick Piccininni (mandolin, fiddle, banjo), who joined the band in early 2020.
Artistic collaboration and musical discovery are a thick thread of inspiration and ambition within Yonder Mountain and in recent years, the band has tapped into an energy, reminiscent of the early years, when they changed the bluegrass landscape.
No one band can be said to have invented jam-grass, but the movement and sound – the most commercially successful vein of bluegrass music over the past 25 years wouldn’t exist as it does today without them.
RAILROAD EARTH
For over two decades, Railroad Earth has captivated audiences with gleefully unpredictable live shows and eloquent and elevated studio output. The group introduced its signature sound on 2001’s The Black Bear Sessions. Between selling out hallowed venues such as Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, CO, they’ve launched the longstanding annual Hangtown Music Festival in Placerville, CA and Hillberry: The Harvest Moon Festival in Ozark, AR—both running for a decade-plus. Sought after by legends, the John Denver Estate tapped them to put lyrics penned by the late John Denver to music on the 2019 vinyl EP, Railroad Earth: The John Denver Letters. Beyond tallying tens of millions of streams, the collective have earned widespread critical acclaim from David Fricke of Rolling Stone, American Songwriter, Glide Magazine, and NPR who assured, “Well-versed in rambling around, as you might expect from a band named after a Jack Kerouac poem, the New Jersey-built jam-grass engine Railroad Earth has let no moss grow under its rustic wheels.”
LEFTOVER SALMON
Few bands stick around for thirty years. Even fewer bands leave a legacy during that time that marks them as a truly special, once-in-lifetime type band. And no band has done all that and had as much fun as Leftover Salmon. Since their earliest days as a forward thinking, progressive bluegrass band who had the guts to add drums to the mix and who was unafraid to stir in any number of highly combustible styles into their ever evolving sound, to their role as a pioneer of the modern jam-band scene, to their current status as elder-statesmen of the scene who cast a huge influential shadow over every festival they play, Leftover Salmon has been a crucial link in keeping alive the traditional music of the past while at the same time pushing that sound forward with their own weirdly, unique style.
In their fourth decade as a band, Leftover Salmon is showing no signs of slowing down, continuing to create new music in the studio. The band now features a lineup that has been together longer than any other in Salmon history and is one of the strongest the legendary band has ever assembled. Built around the core of founding members Drew Emmitt and Vince Herman, the band is now powered by banjo-wiz Andy Thorn, and driven by the steady rhythm section of bassist Greg Garrison, drummer Alwyn Robinson, and dobro player & keyboardist Jay Starling. The current lineup is continuing the long, storied history of Salmon which found them first emerging from the progressive bluegrass world and coming of age as one the original jam bands, before rising to become architects of what has become known as jam-grass and helping to create a landscape where bands schooled in the traditional rules of bluegrass can break free of those bonds through nontraditional instrumentation and an innate ability to push songs in new psychedelic directions live. Salmon is a band who for more than thirty years has never stood still; they are constantly changing, evolving, and inspiring. If someone wanted to understand what Americana music is they could do no better than to go to a Leftover Salmon show, where they effortlessly glide from a bluegrass number born on the front porch, to the down-and-dirty Cajun swamps with a stop on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, to the hallowed halls of the Ryman in Nashville, before firing one up in the mountains of Colorado.
Tickets will go on sale to the public beginning at 10am on Friday, March 17 atTicketmaster.com and RoseMusicCenter.com.
St. Patrick’s Day originated in Ireland but today is celebrated around the world. Every March 17th, people gather to pay homage to the Irish patron saint with parades, parties, pints of Guinness beer, and all the wonderful traditional foods of the Emerald Isle.
Whether you’re craving authentic Irish fare like corned beef and cabbage, Irish Stew and bangers and mash around town.
1400 Valley St, Dayton
Available Thurs, March 16th – Sat, March 18th
In addition to their full menu, the following specials will be available
Reuben Chowder
$4/cup, $6/bowl
Patty Melt with Pub Fries
Fresh Angus beef patty smothered with Swiss cheese, grilled onions and topped with Thousand Island dressing on grilled ry bread. Served with cole slaw and pub fries. $15
Fish & Chips
Hand bettered and fried crisp, Served with cole slaw and pub fries. $17
Corned Beef & Cabbage
served with redskin potatoes. $22
1001 S. Main St., Englewood
This Friday March 17th & Saturday, March 18th all day enjoy our St Patrick’s Day Corned Beef Entrée w/2 Sides,or Choose from our St. Patrick’s Day QUE Menu our Corned Beef Sandwich. Enjoy our Shepherd’s Pie, or our Cabbage Side, & don’t forget our Corn Bread! Your Cabbage can be ordered as a Dinner Side!
Doors open at 11:30am
Banger and Mash: Rosemary garlic mashed potatoes, house-made corned beef, mushroom gravy, and beer braised bangers. Finished with fresh parsley.
Corned Beef Hash: Corned beef, mixed potatoes, onion, house-made sauerkraut, scrambled egg, and spinach. Finished with drizzles of sweet potato ranch and Irish stout ranch.
Irish Stout Ranch Salad: Chopped romaine, cabbage, onion, and carrot tossed in an Irish Stout ranch. Finished with croutons and an Irish cream aioli.
Irish Stew: Slow braised beef, roasted potatoes, onion, and carrot in an Irish stout and red wine beef broth. Finished with fresh parsley and served with homemade Irish soda bread.
Irish Sunrise Burger: Smash burger patty cooked in house-made herb compound butter. With bacon, Limburger cheese, Irish whiskey blackberry preserve, sunny side up egg, and seasoned arugula. Drizzled with Irish Stout ranch and served with a side of tots and Irish Cream aioli.
936 Brown St, Dayton
Special St. Patrick’s Day Menu on Friday 3/17
Guinness Beef Stew $18
Shepard’s Pie $18
Fish & Chips $16
Pub Burger $15
Will be opening at 11am on Friday, March 17, and serving up Kegs & Eggs alongside a limited brunch menu until 2pm.
Mr. Boro’s Tavern
495 N. Main St., Springboro,
Doors open at 11am!
BANGERS & MASH (ALWAYS A FAVORITE!!)
IRUSH PIZZA 
REUBEN
VFW Beavercreek Memorial Post 8312
Saint Patty’s Day Celebration
12p – 6:30p: Corned beef and cabbage – $12
We’ll be opening early at 10am at our Dayton, Springboro, and Mason Taprooms for a Kegs & Eggs all you can eat breakfast buffet from 10am-12pm! Breakfast buffet includes scrambled eggs, hash browns, bacon, & sausage – only $10 while supplies last.
Ghostlight Coffee will be opening a new coffee bar and bagel shop within the brand new Dot’s Market at Cross Pointe Center on Tuesday, March 14th. The Centerville coffee bar will be open 7 am – 5:30 pm Tuesday through Friday and 7 am – 4 pm on Saturdays. Ghostlight Centerville will be closed on Sundays & Mondays until additional staff are hired and trained.
The new coffee bar will feature coffee, tea, espresso drinks, cold brew and pour-over coffee. A new bakery case will feature made-from-scratch pastries, muffins, and the popular hand-pies affectionately known as “GhostTarts.”
In the coming weeks, a breakfast and lunch sandwich menu will be added, featuring beer-boiled bagels and handmade breads that Ghostlight has become well known for.
“I was approached by Dot’s owner Nick Moshos in recent months about operating the coffee bar in his new store,” said Ghostlight Coffee owner Shane Anderson. “I was convinced it would be a strong collaboration when I overheard Nick and his management team discussing their philosophy of ‘Local People Doing Local Things’.”
“Dot’s is excited to partner with Ghostlight Coffee at our new Centerville location,” said Dot’s Market owner Nick Moshos. “Ghostlight offers friendly customer service and a top-quality menu to enjoy. They have earned multiple ‘Best of Dayton’ awards, and our customers deserve the best!”
Fresh off the heels of their incredible sold out Sail Across the Sun cruise, Train is set to light up summer stages, bringing fans an epic night of music filled with the band’s most iconic hits spanning nearly three decades. The Diamond-selling band will return to Huber Heights, OH for a performance at Rose Music Center on Tuesday, August 29 with support from very special guest Parmalee.
Train is a multi-GRAMMY and Billboard Award-winning band from San Francisco that has had 14 songs on Billboard’s Hot 100 list since the release of their debut self-titled album. Train’s climb to the top began in 1994, as the original 5-member band tenaciously built a loyal hometown following, leading up to their debut album, released by Columbia in 1998. The tumbling wordplay of “Meet Virginia” gave them their first unlikely radio hit and 2001’s Drops of Jupiter broke them to multi-platinum status thanks to the double-Grammy Award-winning title song that spent 10 months in the Top 40, has been certified 7x platinum in the US, and earned the 2001 GRAMMY Award for Best Rock Song. The group won another GRAMMY Award in 2011 for their global hit “Hey, Soul Sister” from their multi-platinum album Save Me, San Francisco. “Hey, Soul Sister ” was the No.1 best-selling smash and most downloaded single of 2010, achieved RIAA Diamond status in 2021 and now 11x platinum, and in 2022 surpassed one billion streams on Spotify. Train has sold more than 10 million albums and 30 million tracks worldwide, with multiple platinum/gold citations, including three GRAMMY Awards, two Billboard Music Awards and dozens of other honors. They’ve had 12 albums on the Billboard 200 albums chart with their 2014Bulletproof Picasso reaching No. 4 in 2012 and 2017’s a girl a bottle a boat debuting at No. 8. “Play That Song,” the lead single from a girl a bottle a boat, went platinum in four countries including the U.S., hit Top 5 on the US iTunes chart, Top 10 at Hot AC radio, and charted at Adult Top 40. Train’s highly anticipated 11th studio album, AM Gold, was released on May 20, 2022.
Train frontman, Pat Monahan, partakes in other ventures outside of music, including his award-winning wine portfolio, Save Me, San Francisco Wine Co, which was created in 2011 and has sold over 10 million bottles and won over 100 medals. Proceeds from his wine business support Family House, a San Francisco charity that supports families of children with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses. Monahan has appeared on television and in film with credits that include the 2021 Hallmark Channel original movie, Christmas in Tahoe, inspired by Train’s album of the same name, which he executive produced and starred, Dr. Ken, 90210, CBS’s Hawaii Five-0 and Magnum P.I., The Voice, American Idol, and The Bachelor.
Also on the show, ACM “New Vocal Duo/Group of the Year” nominee Parmalee is one of Country music’s most successful acts: the Platinum-selling band of brothers is one of only four groups since 2001 to earn three consecutive Top 10 singles from a debut Country album. Since their debut at Country radio, Parmalee has earned over 1 billion on-demand streams. Heralded as “Country Music’s Breakout Stars” by MSN Entertainment, Parmalee has supported Brad Paisley and Jake Owen on national tours while finding time to perform on NBC’s TODAY show, The Kelly Clarkson Show, The Late Late Show, FOX & Friends All American Summer Concert Series, MLB Central’s Studio 21, The Queen Latifah Show, and more. Comprised of brothers Matt and Scott Thomas (lead vocals/guitar and drums, respectively), cousin Barry Knox (bass), and life-long friend Josh McSwain, the North Carolina natives had a legendary return to the top of the charts with their PLATINUM-certified No. 1 single with Blanco Brown, “Just the Way,” with their follow up single, “Take My Name” from their new album For You, then becoming a multi-week No. 1 hit at Country radio. Their latest single “Girl In Mine” is available now.
Tickets will go on sale to the public beginning at 10am on Friday, March 17 atTicketmaster.com and RoseMusicCenter.com.
After a year of struggles, contractor issues and waiting on equipment, Chef Suwapat is finally ready to open her third restaurant, Hello Thai, in the Miami Valley! On Wed at 11am the doors will open at 3301 Dayton Xenia Road.
Applications are now being accepted for the 38th Neighborhood Leadership Institute, presented by the City of Dayton. The Neighborhood Leadership Institute is a 10-week, 13-session program educating Dayton residents about local government, City of Dayton resources, and community leadership.
The 2023 program will kick-off on Tuesday, April 25. It is comprised of workshops, skillbuilding components and a day-long bus tour of Dayton neighborhoods. Participants hear presentations from community, business and government leaders on topics such as Dayton history, the role of city government, the criminal justice system, and cultural diversity. Class members also complete field assignments and a practicum requiring development of a grassroots project within their community.
Anyone interested in participating must apply no later than Friday, April 7. Applications are available at www.daytonohio.gov/nli and from the Department of Planning, Neighborhoods and Development, 101 W. Third St., sixth floor. For more information, call 937-333-3203.
Have you ever thought about going on a bicycle touring trip, but aren’t sure where to start? In this program, learn about opportunities right here in the Miami Valley to take a trip on your bicycle. We’ll cover local routes, resources and where to stay.
Featuring America’s Hottest New Blues Man
Who said math wasn’t fun? To celebrate everyone’s favorite math and pie themed holiday, Pi Day, all Old Scratch Pizza locations will be offering $3.14 Margherita pizzas and OSPils Italian-style Pilsner pints, Tuesday March 14, 2023.
The Old Scratch take on this classic Neapolitan-style pizza is topped with crushed San Marzano tomatoes, fresh and dry-aged mozzarella cheese, basil, olive oil, and romano cheese all on house-made dough. Baked quickly in a hot woodfired oven, each 12 inch pizza comes out ready to share (or not).
OSPils, is a light and crisp Italian-style pilsner, brewed in collaboration with Warped Wing Brewery.
The Pi Day promotion will run from 11am – 9pm Tuesday, March 14. It is available for dine-in only orders, no substitutions or modifications. Limited to one Margherita per guest.
440 Miamisburg Centerville Rd, Centerville · (937) 886-4513
812 S Patterson Blvd, Dayton · (937) 331-5357
2450 Dayton-Xenia Rd, Beacercreek · (937) 331-5357
The Sweets & Spirits Trail is a great way to explore Miami County and find some of your favorite things, like candy and cocktails, cookies and craft beer, or even brownies and bourbon. Use the mobile check in when you visit any of the 15+ locations along the trail and earn points towards amazing prizes. Must be 18 years of age or older to participate, minors are not permitted at certain locations. You’ll have until March 1st of 2024 to complete the trail.
As you visit businesses on the trail, you’ll earn points. Tier one prizes achieved at 350 points include a shot glass or beer tasting glass. At 750 points you qualify for a pine glass or stemless wine glass and when you get to 1100 points you can earn a baseball cap or T-shirt.Questions?
250 South Mulberry St. in Troy
What’s Included
BREAKFAST 7–11AM
LUNCH 11–5
123 N. Main Street, Piqua
Wed- Fri 4-10pm (Kitchen Closes at 10pm)
Sat: 1-10pm (Kitchen Closes at 10pm)
Sun: 1-8pm (Kitchen Closes at 8pm)
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1 East Main St
Troy, OH 45373
619 Lincoln Ave
Troy, Ohio 45373.
Hayner Distilling grew into one of the largest distilleries in Ohio and the largest mail-order whiskey business in America. Known for their superior Bourbon and Ryes, Hayner was shipped directly to doorsteps all across America. Like all distilleries, Hayner Distilling closed in 1920 with prohibition. 100 years later, Hayner Distilling has been reborn! From a few surviving bottles we analyzed the original whiskey and working with Bardstown Bourbon Company created a blend complementary to the original Hayner.
We know Lewis would be proud as we share Hayner’s history with a new generation of whiskey drinkers and once again bottle incredible tasting whiskey near those same river banks.
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An Ohio Frontier Whiskey Experience!
Step back in time with a visit to Indian Creek Distillery, Ohio’s oldest distillery! Come visit the farm where it all began 2 centuries ago…
A “true sip of history”, our award-winning LEGENDARY OHIO FRONTIER WHISKEYS are handcrafted one bottle at a time. Authentically crafted small batch double-copper pot distilled!
We offer whiskey sales, StillHouse tours & tastings of our LEGENDARY OHIO FRONTIER WHISKEYS.
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214 W Main S
Troy, Ohio 45373
Tues- Thurs | 3-10PM
Fri & Sat | 11AM-11PM
Sun | 11AM-9PM
79 Foss Way,
Troy, OH, 45373
4199 S Iddings Rd
West Milton, OH 45383
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Winans is a coffee shop with a chocolate heart. We bring moments of joy to people’s lives through locally-roasted coffee and the hand-crafted chocolate we’ve been making since 1961.
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In a Gotham-like city, a terrible water shortage, caused by a 20-year drought, has led to a government-enforced ban on private toilets. The citizens must use public amenities, regulated by a single malevolent company that profits by charging admission for one of humanity’s most basic needs. Amid the people, a hero decides that he’s had enough and plans a revolution to lead them all to freedom! Winner of three Tony Awards, three Outer Critics Circle Awards, two Lucille Lortel Awards and two Obie Awards, URINETOWN is a hilarious musical satire of the legal system, capitalism, social irresponsibility, populism, environmental collapse, privatization of natural resources, bureaucracy, municipal politics, and musical theatre itself!
This show has the following trigger warnings: self harm, death, and foul language.
If purchasing a VIP ticket, please arrive 10 minutes before house opening as you will have early seating and a URINETOWN swag bag.
