Front Street is celebrating sixty years as Dayton’s largest collective of artists, artisans, and small businesses. A campus of innovation and creativity, there is always something to explore throughout their three large buildings.
Founded in 1965 as an incubator for entrepreneurs and artists, Front Street has been a hub of art and culture for six decades. Current owner and property manager Richard Lundin has invested significant time and resources into restoring the compound and expanding it to full tenancy. Now home to over 150 artists, artisans, and entrepreneurs, Front Street is your gateway to downtown Dayton’s art and culture scene.
We refreshed our schedule for 2025 to make it easier for you to visit!
Art Hops are a great way to experience all that Front Street has to offer! We revamped the schedule – moving the Art Hop to one weekend – the First Friday & Saturday of each month.
Fridays – 5PM – 9PM // Saturdays 11AM – 4PM
Front Street is open daily, although artists maintain varying hours. Many artists hold special shopping hours Every Saturday from 11AM – 4PM.
Stop by and visit – there’s always something happening at Front Street!
FRONT STREET CELEBRATING SIXTY YEARS AS DAYTON’S ART & CULTURE HUB FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 6, 2025 CONTACT: SAMANTHA MANG937.660.9637frontstreetbuildingevents@gmail.com DAYTON, OHIO – Front Street, Dayton’s largest collective of artists, artisans, and entrepreneurs, is celebrating sixty years as Dayton’s hub for art and culture. Fueling innovation and creativity since 1965,
Front Street is a work space. It is a lot of other things too. It’s a landmark. An evolving artifact of several earlier ages. It’s a sort of village square, a gathering place. It’s been like that for different villages. Front Street is a backdrop, it’s the scene of memories ranging from assembly lines to political rallies, wild raves, rad tricks and wipeouts and blackouts and insights and flow. Front Street is experienced. The place is old. The sort of old that nobody alive remembers it being built. There are places inside that no one has seen since the last century and it’s likely that there are some hidden corners not seen since the century before that. But it is always lurching toward the future with different sorts of emerging energy. It is most certainly part of the now. But really, it’s just a work space.
