Best of Dayton 2024 winners
Here are the winners and placers in the Recreation category:
Best Annual Festival
• First Place: Spring Fest In The Burg
• Finalist: Dayton Celtic Festival
• Finalist: Troy Strawberry Festival
Best Arcade/Gaming
• First Place: Canal Street Arcade and Deli
• Finalist: DK Effect
• Finalist: Round1 Bowling & Arcade
Best Art Gallery
• First Place: Darty Art
• Finalist: Art Has No Rules
• Finalist: Vagabond Studio & Gallery
Best Bowling Alley
• First Place: Poelking Bowling Centers
• Finalist: Beaver-Vu Bowl
• Finalist: Capri Bowling Lanes
Best Campgrounds
• First Place: Caesar Creek State Park
• Finalist: Dayton KOA Holiday
• Finalist: Fireside Resort Campground
Best Comedy Club
• First Place: Bricky’s Comedy Club
• Finalist: Funny Bone
• Finalist: Wiley’s Comedy Club
Best Concert Venue
• First Place: Rose Music Center at The Heights
• Finalist: Fraze Pavilion
• Finalist: Levitt Pavilion Dayton
Best Dance School/Studio
• First Place: Funk Lab Dance Center
• Finalist: Dance Etcetera
• Finalist: Celtic Academy of Irish Dance
Best Family Fun Destination
• First Place: Dayton Dragons Professional Baseball Team
Finalist: Boonshoft Museum of Discovery
Finalist: Carillon Historical Park
Best Golf Course
• First Place: Jasper Hills Golf Club
• Finalist: PipeStone Golf Club
• Finalist: The Golf Club at Yankee Trace
Best Indoor Play Area for Kids
• First Place: Capabilities - Play for All Abilities
• Finalist: Kid Clubhouse
• Finalist: Boonshoft Museum of Discovery
Best Karaoke
• First Place: The Reserve On Third
• Finalist: Nowhere in Particular Cabinet of Curiosities
• Finalist: The Barrel House
Best Movie Theater
• First Place: The Neon
• Finalist: The Plaza Theatre
• Finalist: Cinemark The Greene 14 and IMAX
Best Museum
• First Place: National Museum of the US Air Force
• Finalist: The Dayton Art Institute
• Finalist: Carillon Historical Park
Best Park
• First Place: Carillon Historical Park
• Finalist: Riverfront Park Miamisburg
• Finalist: Aullwood Garden MetroPark
Best Place for a Children’s Birthday Party
• First Place: Scene75 Entertainment Center
• Finalist: The Magic Castle
• Finalist: Mad Jumpz
Best Walking Path
• First Place: Cox Arboretum MetroPark
• Finalist: Aullwood Garden MetroPark
• Finalist: Riverfront Park Miamisburg