Upcoming Events: Dec 13

It’s going to be another busy weekend! The Dayton Ballet opening of The Nutcracker is Friday, and Sunday there will be a special Sugarplum Tea by the Dayton Ballet Barre at The Dayton Women’s Club before the matinee performance! Other performances include Elf! at La Comedia, Charlie Brown Christmas at Sinclair, and the Air Force band’s “Holiday in Blue” concert. There are workshops for kids to create handmade gifts, photo ops with Santa, and special shopping occasions. So much to do, so little time…. Where will you start?

FRIDAY, DEC 13

Dayton Ballet’s The Nutcracker @ The Schuster Center
Cookies With Santa @ The Estate at Sunset Farm
“Holiday in Blue” Concert @Air Force Museum – FREE
Christmas Tour @ St. Anne’s Hill – Sold Out
A Charlie Brown Christmas @ Sinclair
MOMologues & Improv Jam @ Black Box Improv 
Happy Hour @ Basil’s 
Cosmic Bowling @ Poelking Lanes  
Second Street Farmers Market 

SATURDAY, DEC 14

Christkindlmarkt German Bazaar @ Dayton Liederkranz Turner
Dayton Ballet’s The Nutcracker @ The Schuster Center
Salt Block Biscuit Pop-up @ Reza’s Dayton
4^th Annual Elf Workshop @ SPARK Art Studio
“Holiday in Blue” Concert @Air Force Museum – FREE
Christmas Tour @ St. Anne’s Hill – Sold Out
A Christmas Story @ The Neon
Kid’s Workshop @ AR Workshop, Centerville
A Charlie Brown Christmas @ Sinclair
Christmas in the Park @ Bellbrock Park, Bellbrook
Chestnut Roasting @ Dorothy Lane Market, Washington Square
Family Game Night @ Reza’s Downtown
Bikes, Bevies, & Brunch @ Pedal Wagon Dayton
Brunch @ Fifth Street Brewpub
ARTventures @ Dayton Art Institute
Hawthorn Hill Tours @ Carillon Historical Park
Guardians of the Glen @ Glen Helen
Brewery Tours @ Warped Wing
Live Jazz @ Coldwater Café, Tipp City
Second Street Farmers Market – Santa Visits the Market

SUNDAY, DEC 15

Christkindlmarkt German Bazaar @ Dayton Liederkranz Turner
Dayton Ballet’s The Nutcracker @ The Schuster Center
The Sugarplum Tea @ The Dayton Women’s Club
Terrarium Workshop @ Now & Zen DIY Studio
A Charlie Brown Christmas @ Sinclair
Bikes, Bevies, & Brunch @ Pedal Wagon Dayton 
Trivia Trolley @ Pedal Wagon Dayton 
Brunch @ Fifth Street Brewpub 
Brunch @ The Trolley Stop 
Sunday Movies @ Main 
Brewery Tours @ Warped Wing 
Second Street Farmers Market 

MONDAY, DEC 16

A Charlie Brown Christmas @ Sinclair
Trivia Trolley @ Pedal Wagon Dayton 
Food Truck Mondays @ the Ronald McDonald House, Dayton 
Pizza Specials @ The Oregon Express 
Happy Hour @ The Trolley Stop 
BOGO Mondays @ Laser Web

TUESDAY, DEC 17

Suds and Succulents: Holiday Centerpiece Workshop @ Branch & Bone Artisan Ales
Turkish Tuesday @ Reza’s Downtown
Trivia Trolley @ Pedal Wagon Dayton  
Bingo @ Luckys Taproom 
Trivia with a Twist @ South Park Tavern 
Taco Tuesday @ Basil’s 
Game Night @ Star City Brewing, Miamisburg 
$5.50 Movie Day @ The Neon 
$2 Tuesdays @ Poelking Lanes 
Wacky Mac-N-Cheese @ The Trolley Stop

WEDNESDAY, DEC 18

Trivia Trolley @ Pedal Wagon Dayton 
Trivia Night with DJ Bear @ Eudora Brewing Company, Kettering 
Trivia with a Twist @ Milano’s, Brown Street 
The Wednesday Stack @ Black Box Improv 
Open Mic Wednesday @ South Park Tavern 
Old Time Acoustic Jam @ The Trolley Stop 
Wine Down Wednesdays @ Coldwater Café

THURSDAY, DEC 19

Winter Farmer’s Market @ Benham’s Grove, Centerville
Skinner Pipe Organ Performance @ Dayton Art Institute
Tiny Thursdays @ Dayton Art Institute 
Second Street Market 

ON GOING ACTIVITIES

Ice Skating @ Riverscape MetroPark
Polar Bear Express @ Pedal Wagon Dayton
Wintergarden Wonderland @ the Schuster Center
Virginia Kettering’s Holiday Train Display
A Carillon Christmas
Clifton Mill Christmas Lights
William Preston Mayfield Photographs @ Dayton Art Institute

Did I miss anything?

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