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Centrally located within the city, The Fountain District is a Downtown Cincinnati destination. It is home to dozens of bars & restaurants, corporate offices, and arts organizations and provides easy access to some of Cincinnati’s most popular sports and entertainment venues. Check it out today!
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Light the Night
The Banks
At The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Light The Night we gather as a community to celebrate, honor, and remember those touched by blood cancers. Friends, families, schools, corporate teams, and sponsors join together to bring light to the darkness of cancer. The funds raised by this community fund lifesaving research, advocacy and support for blood cancer patients and their families. Join us in the fight to cure cancer!
Address: Sawyer Point and Yeatmans Cove , Cincinnati OH 45202
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Paint the Grail Pink
The Banks
October 5th | 5-8PM
We’re doing our part to end breast cancer as we know it – for everyone!
The evening includes:
- Live musical performance by Reds Hall of Famer Bronson Arroyo
- Live and silent auctions – bid on exclusive items
- Special celebrity guests and more!
$10 donation to enter
All proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society's Cincinnati Men Wear Pink campaignAddress: Holy Grail, Cincinnati OH 45202
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$uicideboy$: Grey Day Tour
Central Business District
September 17 | 6:30PM
G59 Record$ and New Orleans duo $uicideboy$ have announced their annual Grey Day Tour for 2023, which will include over 40 shows across the country. The tour starts on August 25th at Legacy Arena in Birmingham, AL and will visit CINCINNATI on SEPTEMBER 17, 2023. Support acts will include Ghostemane, City Morgue, Freddie Dredd (on select dates), Sematary and Ramirez. Ticket pre-sales will start on Thursday, May 18th at 10am local time with the general on-sale happening on Friday, May 19th at 10am local time. A complete list of tour dates and a link to purchase tickets is HERE. This month, the $uicideboy$ are releasing the Yin Yang Tapes, their 4-part conceptual EP series. Each Friday in May, a new 4-song EP named after one of the four seasons (spring, summer, fall and winter) will be unveiled. Accompanying the music releases is a Japan-inspired animated video series by Tristan Zammit, who has previously worked with Metallica, XXXTentacion, Lil Uzi Vert, Juice WRLD, and others. Tracks for the EPs have already landed on Spotify’s Top 10 US Song Debut Charts and videos from the EPs have landed on YouTube’s Top Trending Music Charts. A link to stream the EPs is HERE. The videos are on their YouTube channel HERE. $uicideboy$ are among the Top 100 highest-streaming artists of all time, according to ChartMasters. Their most-streamed track on Spotify has amassed over 500 million streams, while their two top-performing albums, I Want To Die In New Orleans and My Liver Will Handle What My Heart Can’t, have accumulated over 1.2 billion streams on the platform. These new tour dates come after a highly successful Grey Day Tour in 2022 took the group to arenas and amphitheaters across the US and Europe, followed by their first appearance as a top-billed act at the 2023 Coachella Music Festival.Address: Heritage Bank Ceter , Cincinnati OH 45202
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Workout on the Green
Over-the-Rhine
No contracts, no excuses, just free workout classes every Wednesday in Washington Park! September Workout Schedule 5-6p | Pilates with Mecca Freeman 6-7p | Qigong Yoga with Genevieve Washington, YMCA Qigong is a mind-body-spirit practice that improves one’s mental and physical health by integrating posture, movement, breathing technique, self-massage, sound, and focused intent. **Washington Park will not be providing any shared equipment for patrons. Please bring your own towel, water, mat, etc.
Address: Washington Park, Cincinnati OH 45202
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Salsa on the Square
Central Business District
Every Thursday | 7-10PM
Get ready to step and spin your way through the night at Salsa on the Square! Salsa on the Square, brought to you by P&G, is coming back to Fountain Square every Thursday from 7-10pm! This event features live local and regional Latin bands specializing in Salsa, Merengue, Cumbia, and Latin Jazz. In addition to the live music, local dance instructors host large dance classes teaching basic and intermediate Latin dancing. Come early for Happy Hour and get $1 off all alcoholic beverages! All Fountain Square performances are FREE and open to the public. No tickets required.Address: Fountain Square, Cincinnati Oh 45202
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Summer on the Square
Central Business District Fountain District
3CDC and Fifth Third Bank are excited to offer year round programming at Fountain Square. Enjoy a variety of events this Summer including Salsa on the Square, Strauss Tory Market, Jazz on the Square, and more! Thank you to our partners The City of Cincinnati, Visit Cincy, and Hamilton Country for enhancing programming on the Square in 2024.
Address: Fountain Square, Cincinnati OH 45202
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The Negro Motorist Green Book
The Banks
July 13- October 13, 2024
The Negro Motorist Green Book offers an immersive look at the reality of travel for African Americans in mid-century America and the annual guide that served as an indispensable resource for the nation’s rising African American middle class. The exhibition includes artifacts from business signs and postcards to historic footage, images and firsthand accounts. Together, they convey the apprehension felt by African American travelers but also the resilience, innovation and elegance of people choosing to live a full American existence. The Negro Motorist Green Book showcases the vibrant parallel world of African American business, the rise of the Black leisure class and the important role of “The Green Book” played in facilitating the second wave of the Great Migration. The Negro Motorist Green Book was developed by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) in collaboration with award-winning author, photographer and cultural documentarian Candacy Taylor. The exhibition was made possible through the support of Exxon Mobil corporation. The exhibition is supported locally by the Procter & Gamble Company.Address: National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Cincinnati OH 45202
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Jazz at the Square
Central Business District
Tuesday Evenings | 5-8PM
Visit the Square on Tuesday evenings for live Jazz music from local and regional acts, 5:00 – 8:00p! All Fountain Square performances are FREE and open to the public. No tickets required.2024 Performer Lineup
- April 2nd: The Tim McCord Quartet
- April 9th: Ed “Sax” Thomas
- April 16th: Emily Grace Jordan
- April 23rd: Keigo Hirakawa Quartet
- April 30th: Grace Lincoln & Brad Meyers
- May 7th: Sophia Troyer Duo
- May 14th: Dee Marie Quartet
- May 21st: Pamela Mallory Trio
- May 28th: Mandy Gaines
- June 4th: Chris Andrew Quartet
- June 11th: Phil DeGreg / Rick Van Matre
- June 18th: Michael Mavridoglou Quintet
- June 25th: Jamey Abersold Quartet
- July 2nd: Justin Dawson Quartet
- July 9th: Myles Ellington Twitty Quintet
- July 16th: Phil Tipton Quintet
- July 23rd: The Semaj’ A Consort
- July 30th: Mike Wade Quintet
- August 6th: Retro Nouveau
- August 13th: Marc Fields Quintet
- August 20th: Eric Wurselbacher Quartet
- August 27th: Eric Lechliter/Michael Mavridoglou Trumpet Summit
- September 3rd: Estrado do Sol
- September 10th: Ricky Nye, Inc.
- September 17th: Patsy Meyer
- September 24th: Hank Stephens & Erin Stuckey
- October 1st: Kelly Mackenzie-Thurley & Ben Tweedt Duo
- October 8th: Bobby Sharp Trip with Jennifer Ellis
Address: Fountain Square, Cincinnati OH 45202
Light the Night
At The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Light The Night we gather as a community to celebrate, honor, and remember those touched by blood cancers. Friends, families, schools, corporate teams, and sponsors join together to bring light to the darkness of cancer. The funds raised by this community fund lifesaving research, advocacy and support for blood cancer patients and their families. Join us in the fight to cure cancer!
Paint the Grail Pink
October 5th | 5-8PM
We’re doing our part to end breast cancer as we know it – for everyone!The evening includes:
- Live musical performance by Reds Hall of Famer Bronson Arroyo
- Live and silent auctions – bid on exclusive items
- Special celebrity guests and more!
$10 donation to enter
All proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society's Cincinnati Men Wear Pink campaign
$uicideboy$: Grey Day Tour
September 17 | 6:30PM
G59 Record$ and New Orleans duo $uicideboy$ have announced their annual Grey Day Tour for 2023, which will include over 40 shows across the country. The tour starts on August 25th at Legacy Arena in Birmingham, AL and will visit CINCINNATI on SEPTEMBER 17, 2023. Support acts will include Ghostemane, City Morgue, Freddie Dredd (on select dates), Sematary and Ramirez. Ticket pre-sales will start on Thursday, May 18th at 10am local time with the general on-sale happening on Friday, May 19th at 10am local time. A complete list of tour dates and a link to purchase tickets is HERE. This month, the $uicideboy$ are releasing the Yin Yang Tapes, their 4-part conceptual EP series. Each Friday in May, a new 4-song EP named after one of the four seasons (spring, summer, fall and winter) will be unveiled. Accompanying the music releases is a Japan-inspired animated video series by Tristan Zammit, who has previously worked with Metallica, XXXTentacion, Lil Uzi Vert, Juice WRLD, and others. Tracks for the EPs have already landed on Spotify’s Top 10 US Song Debut Charts and videos from the EPs have landed on YouTube’s Top Trending Music Charts. A link to stream the EPs is HERE. The videos are on their YouTube channel HERE. $uicideboy$ are among the Top 100 highest-streaming artists of all time, according to ChartMasters. Their most-streamed track on Spotify has amassed over 500 million streams, while their two top-performing albums, I Want To Die In New Orleans and My Liver Will Handle What My Heart Can’t, have accumulated over 1.2 billion streams on the platform. These new tour dates come after a highly successful Grey Day Tour in 2022 took the group to arenas and amphitheaters across the US and Europe, followed by their first appearance as a top-billed act at the 2023 Coachella Music Festival.Address: Heritage Bank Ceter , Cincinnati OH 45202
Central Business District
Workout on the Green
No contracts, no excuses, just free workout classes every Wednesday in Washington Park! September Workout Schedule 5-6p | Pilates with Mecca Freeman 6-7p | Qigong Yoga with Genevieve Washington, YMCA Qigong is a mind-body-spirit practice that improves one’s mental and physical health by integrating posture, movement, breathing technique, self-massage, sound, and focused intent. **Washington Park will not be providing any shared equipment for patrons. Please bring your own towel, water, mat, etc.
Address: Washington Park, Cincinnati OH 45202
Over-the-Rhine
https://washingtonpark.org/series/workout-on-the-green-2024/
Salsa on the Square
Every Thursday | 7-10PM
Get ready to step and spin your way through the night at Salsa on the Square! Salsa on the Square, brought to you by P&G, is coming back to Fountain Square every Thursday from 7-10pm! This event features live local and regional Latin bands specializing in Salsa, Merengue, Cumbia, and Latin Jazz. In addition to the live music, local dance instructors host large dance classes teaching basic and intermediate Latin dancing. Come early for Happy Hour and get $1 off all alcoholic beverages! All Fountain Square performances are FREE and open to the public. No tickets required.Address: Fountain Square, Cincinnati Oh 45202
Central Business District
https://myfountainsquare.com/series/salsa-on-the-square-2024/
Summer on the Square
3CDC and Fifth Third Bank are excited to offer year round programming at Fountain Square. Enjoy a variety of events this Summer including Salsa on the Square, Strauss Tory Market, Jazz on the Square, and more! Thank you to our partners The City of Cincinnati, Visit Cincy, and Hamilton Country for enhancing programming on the Square in 2024.
Address: Fountain Square, Cincinnati OH 45202
Central Business District
Fountain District
The Negro Motorist Green Book
July 13- October 13, 2024
The Negro Motorist Green Book offers an immersive look at the reality of travel for African Americans in mid-century America and the annual guide that served as an indispensable resource for the nation’s rising African American middle class. The exhibition includes artifacts from business signs and postcards to historic footage, images and firsthand accounts. Together, they convey the apprehension felt by African American travelers but also the resilience, innovation and elegance of people choosing to live a full American existence. The Negro Motorist Green Book showcases the vibrant parallel world of African American business, the rise of the Black leisure class and the important role of “The Green Book” played in facilitating the second wave of the Great Migration. The Negro Motorist Green Book was developed by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) in collaboration with award-winning author, photographer and cultural documentarian Candacy Taylor. The exhibition was made possible through the support of Exxon Mobil corporation. The exhibition is supported locally by the Procter & Gamble Company.Jazz at the Square
Tuesday Evenings | 5-8PM
Visit the Square on Tuesday evenings for live Jazz music from local and regional acts, 5:00 – 8:00p! All Fountain Square performances are FREE and open to the public. No tickets required.2024 Performer Lineup
- April 2nd: The Tim McCord Quartet
- April 9th: Ed “Sax” Thomas
- April 16th: Emily Grace Jordan
- April 23rd: Keigo Hirakawa Quartet
- April 30th: Grace Lincoln & Brad Meyers
- May 7th: Sophia Troyer Duo
- May 14th: Dee Marie Quartet
- May 21st: Pamela Mallory Trio
- May 28th: Mandy Gaines
- June 4th: Chris Andrew Quartet
- June 11th: Phil DeGreg / Rick Van Matre
- June 18th: Michael Mavridoglou Quintet
- June 25th: Jamey Abersold Quartet
- July 2nd: Justin Dawson Quartet
- July 9th: Myles Ellington Twitty Quintet
- July 16th: Phil Tipton Quintet
- July 23rd: The Semaj’ A Consort
- July 30th: Mike Wade Quintet
- August 6th: Retro Nouveau
- August 13th: Marc Fields Quintet
- August 20th: Eric Wurselbacher Quartet
- August 27th: Eric Lechliter/Michael Mavridoglou Trumpet Summit
- September 3rd: Estrado do Sol
- September 10th: Ricky Nye, Inc.
- September 17th: Patsy Meyer
- September 24th: Hank Stephens & Erin Stuckey
- October 1st: Kelly Mackenzie-Thurley & Ben Tweedt Duo
- October 8th: Bobby Sharp Trip with Jennifer Ellis
Address: Fountain Square, Cincinnati OH 45202
Central Business District
https://myfountainsquare.com/series/jazz-at-the-square-2024/
Choose a Downtown District
Our walkable, compact downtown is made up of several districts, brimming with character. What are you in the mood for? Start planning for a refreshing afternoon or evening. You’ll be supporting one of the hundreds of unique small businesses our Downtown has to offer.