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Hauntfest

Tickets Now On Sale For Hauntfest on Fifth

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Come one, come all to the greatest annual spectacle in the Miami Valley, HAUNTFEST ON 5TH! This year is sure to be quite the circus, with oddities to behold, revelers, tremendous feats, and more! The event begins at 7pm on Saturday, Oct 29th and will end on Sun, Oct 30th at 1am.
More than just a huge Halloween festival, it’s also an opportunity to come together as a community and support the positive and cohesive spirit of our entertainment & entrepreneurial neighborhood!
In addition to being an amazing party, HAUNTFEST serves as a fundraiser for the Oregon District Business Association to cover improvement efforts in the District throughout the year.
Tickets are $10 and can be purchased online.
HAUNTFEST HAS A STRICT WEAPONS-FREE POLICY. NO WEAPONS—REAL OR FAKE—WILL BE PERMITTED.
VISITORS MUST BE 18 YEARS OLD TO ENTER, AND 21 TO DRINK

Oregon District’s Hauntfest Cancelled

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Out of concern for the health and safety of our guests and employees and local community, and with a deep appreciation for the financial soundness of our bars, restaurants, retails, and service businesses, the Oregon District Business Association will not be holding Hauntfest in any capacity this year.

Photo by Tom Gilliam

Out on 5th, the pedestrian mall created from the closure of 5th Street to vehicular traffic, will still be in place on October 31 to encourage safe practices related to COVID-19. We request strict adherence to social distancing and mask-wearing, every day and especially on celebratory holidays like Halloween.

DORA (designated outdoor refreshment area) will not be in effect per the City ordinance, therefore, there will be NO open containers permitted within the DORA boundary permitted on Oct. 31 and open container fines will be in effect.

We are disappointed that we must make this decision and announcement cancelling an event that has such a rich history and dedicated following. We must, however, focus on keeping our communities safe and as an organization, we must be mindful to not offer any services that compete with the permanent brick and mortar establishments in the Oregon District.

Jane’s Best Bets (10/26 – 10/30)

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Pumpkins Courtesy of My Mom

Halloween is right around the corner!  Hopefully you have your costume and are ready for some good scares this week…as well as some good fun!

On Wednesday, hang out in Oakwood for The Nights of the Arts.  Do all those political commercials have you confused on how to vote on election day?  If so, make your way to the Updayton Candidate Forum.  Or make your way to the Schuster Center for Tyler Perry’s ‘The Haves and the Have Nots’.

On Thursday, support a great cause by attending the Clothes That Work Fashioning Futures Modeling Success Luncheon at Sinclair’s Ponitz Center.  Get out that Halloween costume and join some great young professionals for the Generation Dayton Costume Party at The Moraine Embassy.  Enjoy Half-Price Wine Night at Coco’s Bistro…”wine not?”  At the Dayton Racquet Club, enjoy their Dinner & Goose Island Beer Tasting with New Chef Jack Skilliter.  And at the Victoria Theatre, you will be able to have An Evening with David Sedaris.

On Friday after work, participate in the Oregon Arts District Walking Tour.  There are plenty of spooky/Halloween-themed activities on Friday including the Halloween Party Wine Tasting at Emporium Wines/Underdog Cafe; Horrorama 2011 at Englewood Cinema; Ghosts, Cemeteries and Murders Walk at Courthouse Square; the Haunted Butcher House; Mayhem & Mystery Dinner Theatre: ‘Costume Carousing’ at the Spaghetti Warehouse; the Land Of Illusion Haunted Scream Park; and Slasher: A Horrifying Comedy at UD…I think I would need the comedy to put up with the horror.  And finally, in theater news, you will be able to see Lost in Yonkers (Dayton Theatre Guild) or Opera Theatre: Opera Scenes (Wright State).

On Saturday, if you’re a 5K runner with an extreme sense of adventure, then you will want to participate in the Swamp Stomp Mud Challenge Event.  You may not be able to afford a trip to Italy so instead, make your way to Jay’s Restaurant for their Italian Wine Luncheon.  Saturday is also all about Halloween, as it is the night for the famous Hauntfest in the Oregon District.  In addition to Hauntfest, there are many other Halloween-themed events/activities for Saturday including the  ‘PhilharMonster’ Halloween Concert at the Schuster Center; the 1st Annual Tailgate of Terror at the Yellow Cab Building; the 3rd Annual Boo & Bruise in the Oregon District; a Ghosts, Cemeteries and Murders Walk at Courthouse Square; Spooktacular at SideBar; the Dayton Philharmonic’s Bride of Frankenstein at the Schuster Center; and Howl-O-Ween at the Boonshoft Museum (a family friendly event).

On Sunday, make your back to the Oregon District (if you even left from Saturday night) for a Walking Tour.  Get a group together and enjoy a Segway Tour of Downtown Dayton.  (I was actually just talking to some people who went on one of these and said it was a fun experience!)  And if you enjoy theater, then check out Lost in Yonkers (Dayton Theatre Guild) or Monty Python’s Spamalot (Schuster Center).

And now it’s time for the Dumb Joke of the Week. Drum roll please…

What do you call a witch at the beach?  A sand-witch.

These are just a few best bets from the DMM Calendar.  There are plenty more events listed there, so if you haven’t, I encourage you to check it out today!  Also, if you have an event to share or promote, please submit it– it’s great marketing and better yet, it’s FREE!  And finally, if you have a dumb joke to share, I’m all ears!

Have a great week Dayton!

Hauntfest 2009

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It is that time of year again as Dayton’s Oregon District gears up for THE Halloween event of the year for the entire region – HAUNTFEST 2009!

OregonHauntFest2009Poster-FINAL-3OCTOBER 31st (Halloween night!)

Gates open at 7pm.  (enter at Fifth/Patterson or at Fifth/Wayne or Jackson/Wayne)
Beer sales are until 12:30am
Event closes at 1:00am
Entry fee is $5 (This represents a 50% reduction in cost from 2008!). 
Advance tickets available at all Oregon taverns as well as Coco’s Bistro and Fifth St Wine and Deli.
Purchase of advance tickets will allow speedy entry into the event as we will have special entrance for holders of advanced tickets.
AFTERHOURS will be at your choice(s) of Oregon’s Taverns until their closing times.  Most taverns are not charging a cover charge on the evening of Hauntfest (Sloopy’s, Tumbleweed will be charging an entry charge).
There will be food vendors, live music from The Story Changes and Skilless Villans until 1230 as well as music provided by Clear Channel’s The Kegger.   A costume contest will offer cash prizes.

There will be a Craft Beer and Wine Garden at Fifth and Pine Streets serving Redhook Longhammer IPA, Goose Island Honker’s Ale, Harvest Ale, 312 Urban Wheat, Widmer Drop Top Amber Ale, Jack’s Pumkin Spice Ale, Abbaye d’Leffe Belgian Blonde, Hoegaarden Witbier, Redhook ESB and Michelob Dunkel Weiss.

The Amazing Race
The Amazing Race is being presented by The Miami Valley Restaurant Association from 3pm until 7pm on Fifth / Wayne / Brown Streets as well that day.