The year is almost over, but the family fun is just getting started! Here is your Dayton Dozen for December 2022 of family-friendly events and things to do this month.
Dayton Performing Arts Alliance :: The Nutcracker
Dates :: December 9-11 and December 16-18
Box Office
One West Second Street
Dayton, OH 45402
(937) 228-3630
Tues-Fri 10AM – 6PM
Sat 12PM – 4 PM
90 Minutes Before Performances
Dayton Ballet returns to the Schuster Center this holiday season for Dayton’s most beloved holiday tradition of The Nutcracker. Join Clara, accompanied by her gallant Nutcracker Prince, on a dreamy trip to the Land of Sweets, where she meets Mother Ginger, the Marzipan Shepherdesses, Ribbon Candy, the Dew Drops, and, of course, the Sugar Plum Fairy and her dashing Cavalier, as well as many other dazzling characters along the way. Dayton Philharmonic joins to perform Tchaikovsky’s sparkling score for a holiday event to enjoy with family and friends!
1) Trans-Siberian Orchestra – The Ghosts Of Christmas Eve
Sat, Dec 3, 2022 3 – 7 PM
Nutter Center
3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy, Fairborn, OH
2) The Nutcracker
Sun, Dec 18, 2022 2:30 – 5:30 PM
Benjamin & Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center
1 W 2nd St, Dayton, OH
*December 16, 2022 is a sensory-friendly performance of The Nutcracker.
3) Dayton Ballet
Sat, Dec 17, 2022 2:30 – 5:30 PM
Benjamin & Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center
1 W 2nd St, Dayton, OH
4) Baby Shark Live Photo Experience
Thu, Dec 22, 2022 6:00 – 7:30 PM
Benjamin & Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center
1 W 2nd St, Dayton, OH
5) Holiday Festival
Sat, Dec 3, 2022 4 – 6 PM
E Central Ave, West Carrollton, OH
6) Who’s Holiday!
Sat, Dec 10 & 18, 2022 5 – 8 PM
The Loft Theatre
126 N Main St, Dayton, OH
7) Children’s Christmas Market at Town & Country
Sun, Dec 11, 2022 11 AM – 3 PM
Town & Country Shopping Center
300 E Stroop Rd, Dayton, OH
8) Town of Dayton Christmas Parade
Fri, Dec 9, 2022 6 – 8 PM
Downtown, Dayton, OH
9) Kid’s Christmas Cookie Decorating Class
Sat, Dec 3, 2022 10:00 – 11:30 AM
Rachel Bakes & Co
101 E Alex Bell Rd #104c, Centerville, OH
10) Kids Holiday Hot Cocoa and Yoga with Elizabeth Hulsman
Sat, Dec 10, 2022 12:30 – 2:30 PM
Day Yoga Studio
1100 Brown St, Dayton, OH
11) A Charlie Brown Christmas
Thu, Dec 15 – Sun, Dec 18, 2022
Blair Hall Theatre
444 W Third St, Dayton, OH
12) A Very Electric Christmas
Sun, Dec 18, 2022 3 – 4 PM
APAC – Arbogast Performing Arts Center
500 S Dorset Rd, Troy, OH
