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Entertainment Lineup for Friday Nights Announced

May 29, 2024 By admin

Dayton Friday Nights 2024 kicks off with The Boondock Boys on June 28th! Always fun, energetic, and talented, this band from the hills of Grand Ronde, Oregon to the deep south of Loreauville Louisiana, this southern style rock and country band has everything to satisfy your musical palate with heartfelt originals and explosive covers from the past. From a small town to a big sound. The Boondock Boys are committed to making every show a guaranteed great time for all!

Our Dayton Fire District volunteers will be providing a FREE Bike Helmet Giveaway, with fittings and bike safety tips (adults must accompany the child)! Come visit some wonderful makers in Vendor Row; you’ll definitely find the perfect treasure! Make sure you take a stroll through all the beautiful Classic Cars on 4th Street!

Come make a night of it with food, wine and shopping found around the park at our local businesses and restaurants.
Complemented by food trucks, each business offers special deals every Dayton Friday Night.

Your entertainment lineup for the 10th Anniversary of Dayton Friday Nights in our beloved Courthouse Square Park.
All bands will play 6-8:30pm. Share this info with all your friends because we’d love to celebrate with all of you!

June 28 – Update: The Boondock Boys, Southern Style Rock and Country
July 5 – Second Winds Community Band, Big Band (Fireworks Show after at the grade school)
July 12 – The Bartolotti Brothers, Blues/Rock
July 19 – Mark Seymour & Friends, Folk Rock/Country/Blues
July 26 – TBD (Old Timers Weekend)
Aug 2 – Wild Ride, Country Rock
Aug 9 – Robert Meade Music, Folk Rock
Aug 16 – Roudhouse Band, Southern Rock/Folk/Blues/Bluegrass
Aug 23 – Austin Sweeney, Americana (Dayton’s own)
Aug 30 – Crooked Corner Band, Acoustic Light Rock

Learn more about Friday Nights at https://www.daytonoregon.org/fridaynights/

Community & Highway Clean-Up Day

April 1, 2018 By admin

Adopt A Highway Clean-Up and Community-Wide Clean-Ups
Saturday, April 28, 2018

City Wide Clean-Up

8:00 am to 12:00 noon
Behind City Hall
416 Ferry Street, Dayton, OR 97114
No charge for City of Dayton Residents (proof will need to be provided).
Suggested Donation: 1 can or non-perishable food item for the Dayton Community Food Pantry.

Bring your unwanted items to Dayton City Hall for recycling or discard. For more info, see City of Dayton Website.

Please NO:

Appliances
Computers
Tires
Batteries
Monitors/TVs
Pesticides or Insecticides
Paint
Motor Oil
Propane Tanks
Liquid Waste

Adopt a Highway Clean-Up

8:00 am – 10:00 am
Meet at the Block House Cafe, 301 Main Street, Dayton, OR

It’s time again for the semi-annual highway cleanup of Highway 221 (Third St.) from Highway 18 to Stringtown Rd. Two miles toward Salem.

Fittingly, we’ll hold it on the same day as Dayton’s city cleanup, Saturday, April 28.

Join your civic-minded friends for a couple of hours making your assigned section of 221 trash-free.

We’ll set out from the Blockhouse Café at 8 a.m. and normally finish around 10.

Dayton’s Adopt-A-Highway project was started by John Francis and Caye Poe about six years ago and soon became supported by DCDA.

If you’d like to volunteer for the cleanup contact the organizers so they can plan out assignments in advance.
503 864-3933, johnfrancis757@gmail.com

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Old Timers Weekend

June 5, 2014 By admin

Celebrate old friendships and new at the Dayton Fire District’s annual Old Timers Weekend Chicken Barbecue. Held on the last weekend of July in Dayton’s Courthouse Square Park, this annual celebration began in 1934 as a town potluck and has continued through the years to become a time of celebration and family and class reunions.

This year the festivities will begin on Friday, July 25th as part of the Friday Nights downtown events, with a Cruise In on Fourth Street from 5-9 pm, vendors in the park, a bike decorating event from 4-5:30 pm, followed by the Community Parade at 6 pm, the Senior Court Coronation at 7 p.m., and live music by Bill Lasslett’s band starting after the Coronation until 9 p.m.

On Saturday, family and class reunions occur in the Park, and on Sunday, enjoy a wonderful chicken dinner with all the fix ins’. This Sunday fundraiser is the Fire District’s main fundraiser to help support Fire Prevention Education.

Olive Oil Festival 2013

November 2, 2013 By admin

The Oregon Olive Mill at Red Ridge Farms will hold its 5th Annual Olio Nuovo Festa from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday-Sunday Nov. 22-24.

Guests can view and learn how olive oil is made on the Italian olive press. Samples of Arbequina from Spain and Koroneiki from Greece, as well as a blend of Italian varietals will be available for tasting.

This is your first opportunity to sample and purchase the newly-milled oils right at the source. Enjoy traditional Italian bruschetta and their latest Durant Vineyards Pinot Noir.

All ages welcome.

Red Ridge Farms is at 5700 NE Breyman Orchards Road in Dayton. Admission is free. For more information, call (503) 864-8502 or go to http://redridgefarms.com/oregon-olive-mill.

Amity Dayton Bingo Night

August 21, 2013 By admin

Bring your friends, family and neighbors for action-packed Bingo excitement on Wednesday, August 28th at the McMinnville Elks. Winners will receive prizes. The doors open at 6:00 p.m., sales start at 6:30, and the games begin at 7:00pm. Coffee will be provided and refreshments will be available for purchase. Kids are welcome and a supervised kids’ area will be available.

The cost is $12 to play plus $1 for a bingo dobber, then extra cards for an additional dollar.

A portion of the proceeds will go to the community project being done by the Amity-Dayton Ford Family Leadership Program which will install a “Gathering Place” with artistic bike racks, bench and information kiosk in
Amity and Dayton.