Featured groups include the United States Air Force Thunderbirds, Breitling Jet Team and the U.S. Army Golden Knights. Music will be provided by the Air Force Band of Flight and featured vocalists Master Sergeant Alyson Jones and Staff Sergeant Kelly Perry.
Air Show hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day with feature shows from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Cost: General admission pricing is $21 adults, $16 seniors and youth (ages 6-11) and free for ages 5 and younger. Pavilion seating is $37 before June 19. Call 937-898-5901 or visit www.daytonairshow.com.
2) INDIGO GIRLS
The Indigo Girls have more than two dozen concerts on its summer tour but area fans will experience something no other audience gets this season: a symphonic show. The folk-rock duo from Georgia joins the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra for An Evening with Indigo Girls at the Schuster Center, Second and Main streets, Dayton, at 8 p.m. Saturday, June 20. The Grammy Award-winning group is currently on the road supporting the new album, "One Lost Day," which was released on June 2. Cost: $34-$86. Call 937-228-3630 or visit www.ticketcenterstage.com.
3) SOLSTICE CELEBRATION
Embrace the day and enjoy the longest continual dose of sunshine of the year during In Celebration of Solstice. The fundraiser, which includes a buffet-style dinner, drinks and Solstice ceremony, is presented at SunWatch Indian Village and Archaeological Park, 2301 W. River Road, Dayton, from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, June 20. Proceeds benefit Sunwatch's educational programs. Cost: $55 for Dayton Society of Natural History members and $65 non-members. Call 937-268-8199 or visit www.sunwatch.org.
4) “WEIRD AL” YANKOVIC
When "Weird Al" Yankovic released his album, "Mandatory Fun," last summer it was historic for several reasons. The album, the last one under his long-running record deal, was his first No. 1 album and the first comedy album to manage the feat since the early 1960s. "Mandatory Fun" also won a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album, his fourth such win, and also spawned his fourth Top 40 hit, "Word Crimes." The master of musical parody brings his Mandatory World Tour to Fraze Pavilion, 695 Lincoln Park Blvd., Kettering, at 8:30 p.m. Sunday, June 21. Cost: $30-$35. Call 937-296-3300 or visit www.fraze.com.
5) DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY
The students at Viki Lynn's School of Dance on Spinning Road in Dayton range in age from 3 years old to late teens. The latest crop of dancers studying ballet, tap, jazz, hip-hop and other styles with Lynn and fellow instructors Tammy Sagraves and Melinda Lackey, presents "Dance the Night Away" at Victoria Theatre, 138 N. Main St., Dayton, at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 20. Cost: $15. Call 937-228-3630 or visit www.ticketcenterstage.com.
6) MIAMI VALLEY BREWGRASS FEST
The region is already home to popular bluegrass festivals such as the Southern Ohio Indoor Music Festival in Wilmington in March and November and Canoegrass in Tipp City in August. Add to that list, the Miami Valley Brewgrass Festival, which is shaping up to be quite an event. Mountain Heart, Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers, Paleface, the Clay Hess Band, Nightflyer and the Repeating Arms are among the acts performing at this first-time festival at Riverfront Park, 3 N. Miami Ave., Miamisburg, at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 20. Cost: $10 advance, $15 day of show. Visit www.facebook.com/miamivalleybrewgrass.
7) VINE & CANVAS
An examination of the Dayton Art Institute's glass gallery and a discussion of pottery techniques will be featured in the latest installment of Vine & Canvas. This ongoing wine tasting series, which spotlights new trends in wine making and includes a tour of the contemporary art collection, returns to DAI's Shaw Gothic Cloister, 456 Belmonte Park North, Dayton, at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 25. Cost: $30 members and $35 nonmembers in advance. All tickets are $40 at the door. Reservations are recommended. Call 937-223-4ART (4278) or visit www.daytonartinstitute.org.
8) DAYTON DRAGONS
The Dayton Dragons were sitting comfortably in the middle of the highly competitive Midwest League Eastern at press time. Less than 10 games separated the last place Fort Wayne Tin Caps from the first place Lansing Lug Nuts. Those numbers will continue to change as the season progresses, which makes this weekend's series with the fourth place Dragons and the fifth place Lake County Captains a crucial matchup. The three-game home stand, at Fifth Third Field, 200 N. Patterson Blvd, Dayton, begins at 7 p.m. Friday, June 19. Action continues at 7 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, June 20 and 21. Cost: Single game tickets range from $8-$16. Call 937-228-BATS (2287) or visit www.daytondragons.com.
9) EASTON CORBIN
Country singer Easton Corbin has been on a roll since his 2009 debut reached No. 4 on Billboard's country album chart on the heat of two No. 1 singles. His 2012 follow up was even more successful, reaching number two on the country charts and yielding a pair of Top 10 singles. Corbin's third album, "About to Get Real," will be released June 30. The Florida native, on tour with special guests Scotty McCreery and Jana Kramer, performs at The Rose Music Center, 6800 Executive Blvd., Huber Heights, at 7 p.m. Friday, June 19. Doors open at 6 p.m. Cost: $35-$63.50. Call 937-228-2323 or visit www.ticketmaster.com.
10) JUNGLE JIM’S BEERFEST
Anyone who has been to Jungle Jim's International Market, 5440 Dixie Hwy., Fairfield, knows any visit to the store's coffee bar or beer-tasting bar can become a special occasion. The excitement will be magnified when the 10th annual Jungle Jim's International Beerfest hits the Oscar Event Center from 7 to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, June 19-20. This massive event features more than 400 beers to sample from all over the world, including craft beers from local producers and other national companies. Cost: $45-$55, $20 nondrinkers. Call 513-674-6000 or visit www.junglejims.com.
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