Published August 9, 2024
Festival Season Continues at RiverScape MetroPark this August
Festival Season Continues at RiverScape
African American Cultural Festival
The 18th annual Dayton African American Cultural Festival is a two-day, family event which celebrates the richness of African American culture. This year, the festival will be held at RiverScape MetroPark.
Join us on Saturday to experience an African village with drumming and storytelling, explore displays of paintings, authors and illustrators, and learn about educational opportunities throughout the area. Live music performances will include R&B, hip hop, jazz and blues. Then, come back on Sunday for the Gospel Explosion.
- Saturday, August 17 – noon to 8 p.m.
- Sunday, August 18 – noon to 6 p.m.
Hispanic Heritage Festival
The Hispanic Heritage Festival invites you to come out and share your own cultural heritage, learn about other countries, support a good cause or simply enjoy some good food, good music and good times! Activities include live music, raffles, beer booths, educational cultural displays, dance troupes, craft and merchandise vendors, and amazing foods from Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Peru.
The Rubber Duck Regatta will also be swimming through the Great Miami River beginning at 4:30 p.m., so don’t forget to adopt your ducks!
- Saturday, September 21 – 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Win Like Never “B-4!” with RiverScape Bingo
We’re excited to share RiverScape Summer Bingo with all of our park guests. Head to the park to participate in a free fitness class, grab a treat from the RiverScape Café, dance at a festival or enjoy an evening on a swing by the Great Miami River. As you complete activities, mark off your Bingo squares by saving this photo, then submit your entry. Monthly Bingo participants will be entered for a chance to win $20 in MetroParks Money.
New Fitness Programs are Here
New Community Fitness classes started this month, so be sure to check out the calendar! We will be welcoming Aleasha with Passaddhi Yoga as she leads a new weeknight class and are also welcoming back MVP Dance Fit as they continue their popular SWERK class from last summer.
August Community Fitness Classes
- Mondays and Wednesdays: Bootcamp with The Unit
- Mondays: Yoga with Passaddhi Yoga
- Tuesdays: Tai Chi & Qigong at the River with Immortal Tree Qigong
- Wednesdays: SWERK with MVP Dance Fit
Fitness in the Park also continues with classes most Saturday mornings.
- Zumba in the Park with Meghan Millat: August 10 – 10 to 11 a.m.
- Zumba in the Park with Meghan Millat: August 24 – 10 to 11 a.m.
- Yoga in the Park with Tori Reynolds from Speakeasy Yoga: August 31 – 10 to 11 a.m.
To view a full list of our Fitness in the Park and Community Fitness offerings, please visit our website or Facebook page. All classes are free and no registration is required.
Fitness in the Park is presented by Kettering Health and sponsored by McGohan Brabender.
August Activity Calendar
- Rock/Americana Night featuring Ludlow Creek: Aug. 8 – 7 to 9 p.m.
- Tuesday Night with Patrick Arnold: Aug. 13 – 7 to 9 p.m.
- Big Band Night featuring Central Jazz Big Bandgo: Aug. 15 – 7 to 9 p.m.
- Tuesday Night Music BINGO: Aug. 20 – 7 to 9 p.m.
- 80s Night featuring Retrobution: Aug. 23 – 7 to 9 p.m.
- Tuesday Night with Reyna Spears: Aug. 27 – 7 to 9 p.m.
- Funk/R&B Night featuring Big Gil & His Funky All-Stars: Aug. 29 – 7 to 9 p.m.
RiverScape Summer Music is sponsored by the Jack W. & Sally D. Eichelberger Foundation and Enterprise Roofing.
Don’t forget to save the date for the Wagner Subaru Outdoor Experience presented by Huffy on October 5-6, 2024.
