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Dates to Know in Cincinnati: May 2026
May 1–31
AAPI Heritage Month
AAPI Heritage Month recognizes the contributions and influence of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islander Americans to the history, culture, and achievements of the United States. Click here to view Asianati’s community calendar, which includes AAPI Heritage Month activities all month long.
Zoo Babies
Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
Big babies and small are include in the Zoo Babies class of 2026.
Free admission for moms on Mother’s Day
Guide to Greater Cincinnati Farmers Markets
through Sunday
The House on Watch Hill
Ensemble Theatre
New musical full of nostalgia, heart, and a touch of the supernatural. Based on true events, it follows a group of teen misfits in the summer of 1984 who set out to build the ultimate haunted house in their Cincinnati suburb. A must see for fans of Stranger Things, The Goonies.
Thursday
Mahjong 101
High St, 5:30–8:30p
A glass of Champagne and lite bites will be provided with ticket price. Additional beverages available for purchase.
Tickets
Pop-Up Planetarium and Out of This World Trivia
MadTree Taproom, 6–9p
The Cincinnati Observatory will present planetarium shows in their inflatable planetarium, provide crafts and activities for kids, and run lightning-round trivia throughout the night.
Tickets (walk-ins welcome)
Friday
Grand Opening
FotoFocus Center (228 E Liberty Street)
The launch of its first permanent home in Cincinnati—a 14,700 sq ft, purpose-built space for exhibitions and year-round programming, featuring its inaugural exhibition Big Tent, on exhibition through August 22.
feat. Opening Reception: Big Tent
FotoFocus Center (228 E Liberty Street), May 29, 6–8p
Art After Dark: Queer Art Fest
Cincinnati Art Museum, 5–9p
Kick off Pride month by celebrating queer joy and resilience with Art After Dark: Queer Art Fest, featuring local LGBTQ+ artists, vendors, and drag performers. You can also test your trivia skills and dance to the beats of DJ Syimone. There will be cash bars and food available for purchase.
Free and family friendly
Pride Night at the Reds
Cincinnati Reds vs. Atlanta Braves
Great American Ball Park, 6:40p
Tickets (including Pride crossbody bag)
Free Summer Concert Series
Fountain Square, 7–10p
The Verve Pipe with Deep Blue Something
Free and open to the public
This is not love, An intimate performance about going no-contact
Contemporary Arts Center, 7:30p
SingOUT Salon Series. Join Anna Mosoriak for an intimate reflection on connection and love.
Tickets
Greater Cincinnati Pride Events
Opening Night: 23rd Annual Cincinnati Fringe Festival
Multiple Venues in OTR
Cincinnati’s summer theatre party is back for its 23rd year, complete with 13 days of theatre arts produced by Know Theatre. Learn more about the festival here. There will be FREE kids programming on weekend afternoons during the festival. Through June 13.
All-access passes now available
Friday–Sunday
CincItalia
Harvest Home Park
Live music, local Italian restaurants, wine and beer, games for all ages.
2026 Summerfair Cincinnati
Coney Island
For more than 50 years, this annual three-day fine arts fair has been dedicated to supporting visual and performing arts in Greater Cincinnati. This three-day fine arts fair raises enough funds to support awards, scholarships, and exhibitions.
Tickets
Saturday
Kickoff to Summer Reading: Camp Read
Kids and teens can earn prizes by reading and having fun all summer long. Click here for the full lineup of kickoff events across CHPL branches. Summer Reading will go through July 31.
Oakley’s Celebration of Community Day
9–11a: Community Cleanup at Eastside Rec Center
5–9p: Evening Celebration on Geier Esplanade at Oakley Square, with live music, face painting, balloon animals, and beverages available for purchase.
Every volunteer will be provided with a ticket that can be exchanged for a beverage of choice at the event/party on the Square that evening.
Instrument Drive
SCPA, 9a–5p
Music Matters Ohio is collaborating with local nonprofit Activities Beyond the Classroom for the Cincinnati arm of their statewide instrument drive. Countless instruments sit unused in closets, basements, and attics, while students with the desire to learn music lack the means to participate. Dust off that instrument and put it to better use.
Hyde Park Market
1345 Grace Avenue, 10a–3p
Local curated artisan market
Free admission
The Avenue Experience
Patrick’s Park, 10a–4p
College Hill festival to celebrate the community, complete with parade at 11a, family friendly games, music, food, and more.
Free admission
Cincy Style Meet-Up
Down to Mars Vintage, 1–3p
A third space for style enthusiasts. 20% discount and 10% off designer. Presented by Glow with Kayla.
No RSVP required
Season Opener
Riverfront Rink, 2–10p
Kick off the Sawyer Point Riverfront Rink’s 2026 season with the STEREO 26 DJ festival.
View the 2026 event lineup here
Queer Night Market
The Pitch, 6:30–10p
An evening to support local queer owned small businesses presented by Midwestern Lesbian.
Sunday
Super Heroines Con
Valley Temple (Wyoming), 9a–6p
Whether you’re a seasoned tabletop adventurer, a board game enthusiast, a creative crafter, or someone who’s always wanted to try a roleplaying game but didn’t know where to start, Super Heroines Con is designed to be welcoming, accessible, and fun for all experience levels.
Tickets
Workouts on the Plaza
Elm Street Plaza, 11a–1p
Featuring yoga with Brandi Bee.
Free
Weekly Sunday Drag Brunch
Bloom OTR, 11a–3p
OTR Performs: The Children’s Theatre
Washington Park, 6–8p
Showcasing a variety of local talent that lives in Over-the-Rhine.
Free and open to the public
7 Picnic in the Park Pairings
Sports
Cincinnati Reds vs. Atlanta Braves
Friday at 6:40p Fireworks Friday
Saturday at 7:15p Spencer Steer Bobblehead
Sunday at 1:40p Run the Bases Days
Watch: Reds TV, Listen: 700 WLW
Florence Y’alls vs. Schaumburg Boomers
Thomas More Stadium
Friday at 7:03p Wands and Wizards
Saturday at 6:36p Grateful Dead Night
Sunday at 1:07p Family Sunday + Bark in the Park
Ongoing
Union Terminal Rotunda Tours
Cincinnati Museum Center
Fridays at 1:30p, 2:30p, and 3:30p
Saturdays at 11:30a, 12:30p, and 1:30p
Sundays at 12:30p, 1:30p, and 2:30p
Free admission
Wild Rescue
OMNIMAX
Runtime: ~45 minutes
Recurring
Mon, Wed, Thurs, Fri
FSQ Eats
Fountain Square, 11a–2p
Food trucks daily (except Tuesdays) on the Square.
Through October 30
Tuesday
Strauss Troy Market
Fountain Square, 11a–2p
Alfresco lunch hour featuring live music and local food trucks.
Every Tuesday through October 27
Jazz at the Square
Fountain Square, 5–8p
Local and regional acts every Tuesday through October 27.
Free and open to the public
Cinema Tuesdays
Washington Park, 9–11p
Free admission
Thursday
Rockin’ the Roebling
Lager House Schmidlapp Event Lawn, 6–9:30p
Live music featuring local and regional acts every Thursday through September 10.
Free and open to the public; view the music lineup here
Femme Frequency
Nice Life OTR, 8–10p
Recurring nightlife experience that blends music, movement, and creative expression; highlighting a rotating lineup of femme-forward artists, makers, and performers, concluding with a set by DJ Ruze.
21+
Friday
Step by Step Dance Class
Fountain Square, 5–8p
Learn a new dance technique each week. For all ages and skill levels.
Free admission
Saturday
Fifth & Vine Live
Fountain Square, 7–10p
Cover and tribute bands from across the region every Saturday through October 3.
Free and open to the public
through May 31
Strawberry Days
Blooms & Berries
Fresh-picked berries, family-friendly farm activities (including play yard), and seasonal treats, as well as live music and food trucks on the weekends and on Memorial Day.
Berry picking included with ONLINE tickets
The House on Watch Hill
Ensemble Theatre
New musical full of nostalgia, heart, and a touch of the supernatural. Based on true events, it follows a group of teen misfits in the summer of 1984 who set out to build the ultimate haunted house in their Cincinnati suburb. A must see for fans of Stranger Things, The Goonies.
through June 7
Room 1132
Cobblestone OTR
Immersive prohibition-era speakeasy experience.
through June 14
Emma
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company
Click here for the 2025–26 season schedule
through June 21
Mermaids
Newport Aquarium
Meet and greet, stingray experience, underwater mermaid, and photo ops. Thursday–Sunday through June 21.
Mermaid encounters are included in Aquarium admission
through August 2
Elizabeth Hawes: Radical American Fashion
Cincinnati Art Museum
Featuring more than 50 garments made between the 1920s and 1960s as well as original sketches and illustrations, Elizabeth Hawes: Radical American Fashion tells the story of one of the women who helped to shape an American identity within fashion design and personal expression.
Free admission
through August 9
2026 Butterfly Show: Destination Monarch
Krohn Conservatory, 10a–8p daily
Follow the incredible journey of one of nature’s most iconic pollinators—the monarch butterfly. Trace their epic migration across the United States and into Mexico, where they find refuge in the Oyamel Fir Forests for the winter. Discover the science, beauty, and wonder behind this remarkable voyage.
through August 30
Gee Horton: Chapter 4, In Another Lifetime
Contemporary Arts Center
Through large-scale photorealist drawings, photography, collage, video, and installation, local artist Gee Horton reflects on Black masculinity, generational memory, and childhood, exploring themes of safety, vulnerability, and the fragile boundary between freedom and protection.
Michael Stillion: And then it was flowers
Contemporary Arts Center
Exploring the human condition through emotionally charged, visually layered compositions, featuring recent paintings, works on paper, ceramic sculptures, and an animation.
through January 4, 2027
LEGO® Jurassic World: The Exhibition
Featuring more than 50 massive dinosaurs, iconic scenes, and interactive props made from over six million LEGO® bricks. You can also build your own LEGO scene and add your own plate to a communal mystery mosaic. On view through January 4, 2027.
Exhibition ticket required
Tickets and Registration for Future Events
ArtWorks ArtDinner: In Living Color
Mercantile Immersive, June 1, 6–9:30p
Celebrating 30 years of transformational art featuring a cocktail hour , art auction , dinner, and toast after brand reveal.
Tickets
Ballet Buds Classes
Coomer Classique, 1641 Blue Rock Street (Northside)
June and July Class Sessions, 4:30–5:30p
Introducing young dancers (ages 4–6) to ballet.
Int/Advanced Workshop: Cross-Training Workshop
Coomer Classique, 1641 Blue Rock Street (Northside), June 2–6, 12–4p
Ballet, yoga, reformer pilates, ballet technique and cardio.
Throwback Thursday
Riverfront Rink, June 4, 6p (VIP admission), 7p (general admission)
A night of skating, dancing, nostalgia, and riverfront fun. All tickets include food from Fifty West and two beer/seltzer/soda tickets. There will also be Special appearance and skate lessons by Skate Downtown Cincy. All proceeds benefit Cincinnati Paraks through Cincinnati Parks Foundation and support vibrant, welcoming, and accessible public spaces for all.
21+; tickets
Doodle POP!
Emery Theater, June 4–7
Colorful live family show perfect for young audiences (ideal for ages 3–8).
Tickets
Voice of America Museum Tour
Voice of America Museum (8070 Tylersville Road), June 6, 10a–12p
Join Cincinnati Heritage Programs for a tour of VOA museum to hear the fascinating explanation as to how Powell Crosley made the most powerful transmitter in the world a reality with President Franklin Roosevelt in 1942.
Tickets
19th Annual Jungle Jim’s Craft Beer Festival
Jungle Jim’s Fairfield, June 6, 1–4p and 6:30–10p (early admission at 5:30)
Explore more than 400 beers from 100 local and national breweries. Free bus add-on is available from the Eastgate location (evening session only).
Tickets
Family Astronomy Night: Summer Constellations
Cincinnati Observatory, June 11, 7–8:30p
Interactive craft/activity night for families—geared for families with children 5–12 years old. Tickets include viewing through a telescope (if clear), a quick presentation on the theme for the evening, and a hands-on space activity or craft.
Artful Adventure: A Fundraising Playdate
Contemporary Arts Center, June 13, 10a–2p
The biggest playdate of the year: a celebration of creativity designed for the whole family, featuring classic, fan-favorite CAC programs like Family Fest, with special art activations and more throughout the day.
Save $10 on GA tickets with code TourDeCAC; children 2 and under free
Wigs & Waffles
Rhinegeist, June 14, 12–3p
Cincinnati’s largest drag brunch, complete with brunch, open bar, and drag show—all benefiting Queen City Charities and Greater Cincinnati LGBTQ+ causes.
Tickets; take 10% off tickets with code Lin10
Ballet Foundations Young Dancers Workshop: Technique and Strength
Coomer Classique, 1641 Blue Rock Street (Northside), June 15–19, 12–4p
Developing strong ballet technique for young dancers (ages 7–12).
BOOKED for the Evening: Black, White, and Read
Main Library, June 25, 6:30–10p
An after hours, adults only fundraiser that reimagines the Library as an immersive night out inspired by the world of periodicals and classic print culture.
Tickets
Artrageous
Emery Theater, June 26–28
High-energy visual concert blending the mesmerizing music of Artrageous’ original recording artists and composers with dynamic live painting by award-winning artists.
Tickets
Int/Advanced Workshop: Wellness Workshop
Coomer Classique, 1641 Blue Rock Street (Northside), July 13–17, 12–4p
Ballet, goal setting, yoga, improv, and nutrition.
OMNIMAX® Dinner Dates
Cincinnati Museum Center, 6:30p
July 17: Ohio: Wild at Heart
November 20: T.Rex
CMC’s take on an immersive “dinner and a date,” complete with a themed three-course menu (guiding you with the tools and skills to cook through it together). Registration includes cooking demonstration and OMNIMAX® screening.
21+
Tower A Tours
Cincinnati Museum Center, July 18, 10:30–11:15a | 12–12:45p | 1:30–2:15p
Cincinnati Heritage Programs invites you to visit Union Terminal’s Tower A, the command center for the daily 216 trains that brought thousands of travelers safely in and out of Union Terminal. Today, the room overlooks the active intermodal yard which brings cargo containers to our region. This tour is not ADA accessible and is recommended for ages 10+.
Tickets
Young Dancer Workshop: Developing Artistry & Performance Workshop
Coomer Classique, 1641 Blue Rock Street (Northside), July 20–24, 12–4p
Musicality, expression, and movement quality for young dancers (ages 7–12).
Int/Advanced Workshop: Contemporary Workshop
Coomer Classique, 1641 Blue Rock Street (Northside), August 3–7, 12–4p
Contemporary partnering and composition.
CMC After Hours: Sci-Fi Edition
Cincinnati Museum Center, August 6, 7–10p
Night of cosmic exploration and out-of-this-world experiences, complete with space-themed programming and interactive experiences. Food and drinks available for purchase; costumes encouraged.
Tickets
Tower A Tours
Cincinnati Museum Center, August 22, 10:30–11:15a | 12–12:45p | 1:30–2:15p
Cincinnati Heritage Programs invites you to visit Union Terminal’s Tower A, the command center for the daily 216 trains that brought thousands of travelers safely in and out of Union Terminal. Today, the room overlooks the active intermodal yard which brings cargo containers to our region. This tour is not ADA accessible and is recommended for ages 10+.
Tickets
CMC After Hours: Halloween Edition
Cincinnati Museum Center, October 22, 7–10p
21+ night at the museum, complete with themed programming and interactive experiences. Food and drinks available for purchase; costumes encouraged.
Tickets
New To Do
The Lonely Pine Steakhouse
Re-opened under chef ownership
Ziegler Park Pool
Season Passes on Sale Now. Pool season May 16–September 13.
THE ROLL
1426 Race Street
Cinnamon rolls (baked fresh daily) and coffee.
Blue Oven Bakery
1808 Elm Street
Knuckles Deli
3227 Riverside Drive
Italian beef sandwiches and more
Tue–Sun, 11a–9p (or sell-out)
Kings Island
Fri–Sat, 10a–9p; Sun, 10a–7p
Open daily beginning May 14
364-acre amusement and water park since 1972. New in 2026: Phantom Theater.
Cinsei
32 E 13th Street
Black-owned Manga and matcha shop.
Wed–Fri, 10a–4p
Sat, 11a–6p
Sun, 12p–4p
Urbana at Contemporary Arts Center
The coffee shop will temporarily relocate to the CAC’s lobby until renovations are finished at the Atlas Building in the summer of 2027.
Down to Mars Vintage
201 E 8th Street
LaRosa’s Taphouse
Skyridge Pavilion (5230 Beechmont Ave)
LaRosa’s opens a collaborative taproom with Big Ash Brewing, featuring a full dining hall, beer hall, and outdoor beer garden.
Dean’s Mediterranean Table
4024 Hamilton Avenue, Northside
Companion cafe to Dean’s Mediterranean Imports at Findlay Market, serving breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks along side a specialty retail space.
Override the Veto. Click here to support THC beverages in Ohio.
6 ‘N The Mornin’ to Open Location at Covington RiverCenter citybeat.com
2026 James Beard Nominees Announced cincinnatimagazine.com
Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati Brings in Two International Tours citybeat.com [ticket link posted above]
Cincinnati Named One of the Best Cities in the Midwest midwestliving.com
Covington Pizzeria Expands to New Downtown Location citybeat.com
Mita’s Named One of the 39 Best Restaurants in America by USA Today cincinnati.com
Why is an 80-Million Gallon Cistern Buried Underneath Eden Park’s Mirror Lake? cincinnatimagazine.com
