Dayton Music

Cincinnati’s Mambo Combo return to The Hidden Gem for an awesome night of Latin Jazz. Featuring Mike Sharfe, John Zappa, Brian Bachelor-Glader, Tim McCord, Jeff Mellott, and Baba Charles Miller.

Doors open at 5pm

all ages show

Hear the museum’s restored Skinner pipe organ and see the beautifully renovated Mimi and Stuart Rose Auditorium. Matt Dierking from the Dayton Chapter of the American Guild of Organists will perform on the 1st & 3rd Sunday of each month at 2 pm.

These informal performances are open to the public and included in the museum’s general admission. You don’t have to stay for an entire performance; feel free to come and go as you like during that time.

The Skinner pipe organ was installed when the museum building was constructed in 1928-29, and it is one of only a handful of such instruments still in existence!

 Dayton Art Institute
456 Belmonte Park North
Dayton, OH 45405

Upcoming performances:

Oct 1, 15 and Nov 5 at 2pm

Get ready to escape to the tropical paradise of your dreams as we pay homage to the legendary Jimmy Buffett and his iconic island-inspired tunes! 🌴

We’re thrilled to announce that the sensational Parrots of the Caribbean will be taking the stage to transport you straight to the beaches of Key West with their incredible renditions of Jimmy Buffett’s greatest hits! 🏖️🎵

Mark your calendars, folks! This is one event you won’t want to miss.

Friday, September 29th | 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM | Wandering Griffin Brewery & Restaurant

Kick-Off the 2023-2024 APAC Season with this tantalizing tribute to 70s supergroup ABBA! The talented musicians of ARRIVAL from Sweden deliver the most authentic ABBA show, complete with exact replicas of ABBA’s famous staging and iconic costumes. Audiences worldwide shout a resounding “Thank You for the Music” to ARRIVAL from Sweden for keeping the music of ABBA alive.

Break out your groovy leisure suits, your bell bottom jeans, and your glitter and sparkle, and get ready to dance the night away under the disco ball, with a costume contest and a dance party in the APAC lobby before the show even begins! Doors will open at 6:00pm for pre-performance fun, and ARRIVAL from Sweden takes the APAC stage at 7:00pm for a perfect evening fit for every “Dancing Queen!”

A poignant yet high-spirited reflection on love, loss and resilience, Lend Me A Hand emerged as SCI coped with such life-changing events as the sudden death of their close friend Jesse Aratow (a member of their management team for most of the band’s history). As they dreamed up a batch of songs firmly centered on their storytelling, the band joined forces with Brad Cook (Bon Iver, Hiss Golden Messenger, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, Waxahatchee), a producer whose distinct vision helped SCI to fully embrace the album’s rootsy simplicity.

A musical pioneer, having been credited as one of the prominent creators of the Latin Alternative Rock sound of the late 90’s in the USA, this eclectic and unconventional musician has cemented his artistic fingerprints in the music industry for over 3 decades now. Elsten is a multicultural bilingual artist who has performed on stages all over the world as well as an award-winning songwriter with major international hits. He has earned two GRAMMY nominations, two BMI songwriting awards, and six Billboard top ten hits throughout his career.

Soul singer and songwriter Erica Falls credits her unique vintage sound to her childhood growing up in New Orleans’ 9th Ward, where her parents introduced her to Roberta Flack, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Sarah Vaughn, and Whitney Houston.  Whether on stage or in the studio, she channels a sassy, soulful tone that recalls an earlier era. But Erica cautions her fans: “Vintage soul is not about bringing the listener back to a time of authentic music, it’s about reminding them that it never went anywhere.” Crabswithoutlegs: Projects Unlimited Gem Series Opener

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 2014 Bulletproof 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 11^th studio album, AM Gold, was released on May 20, 2022.

Dayton Metro Library has joined as a partner to offer additional elements to the World Music Series. Grammy award-winning Indian vocalist Falu, known for her “Indie Hindi” sound, blends traditions of Indian classical and folk music with western pop, rock and electronic styles to create songs that explore themes of womanhood, romance, longing, love, and loss. Seamlessly able to vacillate between 5 different South Asian languages while backed by her award-winning band, Falu’s sound has been called “Ethereal and Transcendent” by Billboard Magazine, and “reflects a rare brand of timelessness and Avant-guard charm” (Vogue India).

Noah Wotherspoon is an absolutely phenomenal and captivating musician, who found his calling at a young age, and made a name for himself as one of the leading musicians, and blues guitarists, to rein from Dayton, Ohio. Eric Jerardi is a talented musician, singer, and songwriter who has been making waves in the music industry for many years. With his unique blend of blues, rock, and soul, Jerardi has carved out a place for himself in the music industry and is sure to continue making an impact for years to come.