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Dayton Dia De Muertos Is Moving to Oct 31st

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ue to a wet weather forecast, the Dayton Day of the Dead Parade and Celebration has postponed until October 31st. All events are planned to take place as originally scheduled.
The Dayton parade and celebration returns this year, and will include all of these traditional Mexican traditions with some unique Gem City twists. This year, all activities will be outdoors.

Dia de Muertos is a unique and colorful holiday observed across Mexico, the southwestern United States, Latin America and right here in Dayton, Ohio. During Dia De Muertos people reminisce on the lives of loved ones who have died by creating and sharing ofrendas (Day of the Dead alters), food, sugar skulls, papel picado banners, processions, calaveras (skulls) music, traditional dance while wearing sugar skull painted faces and bright costumes.

The event begins at Fifth and Jefferson from noon – 2:00pm, where volunteers will be available to paint your face with a traditional sugar skull design!
The parade will kick off from Fifth and Jefferson at 2:00pm, traveling through the Oregon District, crossing Keowee and continuing to Dutoit St. The route is just under a mile, and all are welcome to join the parade at any point.

This year, our Grand Marshalls will be representatives from the Dayton Book Fair. Due to a generous community grant in 2019, we are able to continue the event despite limited fundraising opportunities over the past two years.

New for 2021 – prizes will be awarded for “Best Presentation”. Participants can choose traditional clothing/make up, puppets, hand-carried/wheeled floats. First prize will be $100 gift card for a local restaurant, with second and third prizes at $50 and $25. Criteria for award include Best Cultural Representation, Creativity, Execution.

  • 12 pm – 2 pm: Gather for the Pre-Parade activities at 5th and Jefferson. Expert face painting and the NEW 2021 Dayton Dia De Muertos T-shirt for sale. Food Truck, and Billie Gold Bubble Tea will be there for refreshments.
  • 2 pm – 3 pm The Dayton Dia De Muertos cdeparts 5th and Jefferson and proceeds through the Oregon District in Downtown Dayton to Dutoit St, with arrival at the Missing Peace Art Space.
  • 3 pm – 6 pm Music, food, and a celebration of the lives of our friends and family members who have passed. ORGULLO MEXICANO (student dancers), LESLIE PEREZ AND THE ALACRAN DE DURANGO (Mexican folk music), and TEAM VOID (Luche Libre Surf Rock) will perform. REV. COOL of WYSO’s Around the Fringe show will MC the event and DJ high energy traditional and not so tradition Latin dance beats between sets and to end up the evening.
  • Traditional foods available from vendors. New this year, a recreation of a Mexican cemetery, with community offrendas (alters).

WYSO’s Summer Concert celebrates Rev Cool and local music

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This Sunday, WYSO 91.3FM will be presenting a free summer concert at Carillon Park.  It’s going to be a night of music and dancing headlined by the Rev Cool Arkestra and Dance Ensemble.

If you aren’t a regular WYSO listener, you may be wondering about Rev Cool, whose name adorns a variety of bumper stickers around the Miami Valley. Jim Carter has been hosting Friday evening programming at WYSO for nearly 30 years under the name Rev Cool.  The show is called Around the Fringe and airs on WYSO every Friday night from 8pm until midnight.  It features music from “around the world and right here in your own backyard.”

The Rev Cool Arkestra and Dance Ensemble (Photo by Joey London)

Rev Cool’s local music connection predates his time on the WYSO airwaves.  In fact, by the time he started hosting Around the Fringe he was already president of his own record label, I WANNA.  The label was responsible for the very first Guided by Voices release and an Earth Island Orchestra release featuring Macarthur Genuis Grantee Regina Carter.

“He had already proven himself as a cutting-edge live music promoter. And he was already firmly established at the center of a Dayton’s vibrant local music scene,” says WYSO Music Director Niki Dakota.

In the past few years, Rev Cool has taken the great dance-able vibe from his radio show and turned into a live performance.  The Rev Cool Arkestra and Dance Ensemble features DJs accompanied by live musicians and dancers coordinated by Cityfolk’s Kelsa Rieger.

“Over the last two years, The Rev Cool Arkestra and Dance Ensemble have come to be nothing short of a live-music REV-o-lution.  It’s a sensation to the ears and the eyes, it lifts your spirits, and it leaves you powerless not to dance.  It just may be the perfect stage show.  Simply exhilarating,” says Dakota.

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This perfect stage show will be rounded out by two other great local acts, C. Wright’s Parlour Tricks and Ruckus Roboticus.

C. Wright’s Parlour Tricks has been making a splash around the Miami Valley with their unique brand of instrumental, guitar-driven boogie.  Featuring a stellar lineup of local musicians, their set promises to get the audience ready to dance.  Arrive at 5pm sharp so you don’t miss a minute of their set.

After Parlour Tricks, Ruckus Roboticus will be spinning a DJ set that promises to lots of fun.  If you didn’t make it to his EP release show I told you about a few weeks ago, now is the time to see him in action.

This is a family friendly event and should be wrapped by 9pm so bring the kids.  Hopefully they’ll be so worn out from dancing that you’ll have no problem getting them to bed when you get home.

For the rest of the details, check out the event listing on our calendar here at Dayton MostMetro.