Picture Yourself Downtown
Picture Yourself Downtown is your invitation to celebrate and be a part of the reopening of Main Street in Downtown Akron. Look for Picture Yourself Downtown programs for everyone, with opportunities to enjoy new, iconic sights and experiences you can only have downtown. Share your experiences in downtown with #PictureYourselfOnMain or #PictureYourselfAkron.
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Picture Yourself in Lock 3
Summer Downtown
Check out what there is to do and see in downtown Akron, all summer long.
Downtown Akron Partnership summer fitness classes
Rollerskating on Cascade Plaza
Downtown Tours by foot, bike and scooter
Live music in the Northside Green on Saturdays
Recurring Events
Through June 30 | On Your Own Book Club: Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Tuesdays | 2 - 8 p.m. | Treatery Taco Tuesdays
Tuesdays | 7 p.m. | Justin Curry on the patio at DBA
Tuesdays | 7 - 9 p.m. | Tuesday Night Trivia (Speedquizzing) at the Barley House
Wednesdays and Fridays | 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. | Recess on Main at Lock 3
Wednesdays and Sundays | 7 p.m. | Live Streaming Claim Sale at Rubber City Comics
Wednesdays | 7 - 9 p.m. | Sporcle Live Trivia at Akronym Brewing
Sundays | 10 a.m. | Yeti Squad Rides with Dirty River Bicycle Works
Sundays | 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. | Sunday Brunch and Brews at Akronym Brewing
Sundays | 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. | NOMZ Brunch in Northside Marketplace with Live Music from 1 - 2 p.m.
Wednesday, June 23 | 6 - 8 p.m. | Live Contactless Trivia at NOMZ
Wednesday, June 23 | 6:35 p.m. | Akron RubberDucks vs Erie Sea Wolves
Thursday, June 24 | 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Downtown Taiji (Tai Chi) on Cascade Plaza
Thursday, June 24 | 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. | Downtown Kickboxing
Thursday, June 24 | 6 - 8 p.m. | "Witchy Woman" Full Moon Event with Tarot Cards
Thursday, June 24 | 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. | Downtown Line Dancing with Just Us Line Dance Crew
Thursday, June 24 | 6:35 p.m. | Akron RubberDucks vs Erie Sea Wolves
Thursday, June 24 | 7 - 9 p.m. | Alternative Summer Nights with JENY 107.3
Friday, June 25 | 7 - 10 p.m. | Mike Dunfee Live at Akronym Brewing
Friday, June 25 | 7:05 p.m. | Akron RubberDucks vs Erie Sea Wolves
Saturday, June 26 | 10 - 11 a.m. | FamilyFit on Cascade Plaza
Saturday, June 26 | 11 - 11:45 a.m. | ArtSparks Pop Up Dance Class
Saturday, June 26 | 2 - 5 p.m. | Make Your Own Waves Cornhall Tournament at Barley House
Saturday, June 26 | 2 - 5 p.m. | Downtown Akron Residential Open House
Saturday, June 26 | 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. | Discover Downtown Walking Tour
Saturday, June 26 | 4 - 5 p.m. | Discover Downtown Bke Ride
Saturday, June 26 | 6:30 p.m. | Akron Pride Festival presents Drag Battle
Saturday, June 26 | 7 - 10 p.m. | Old School Soul presents Midnight Star Live at Lock 3
Saturday, June 26 | 7:05 p.m. | Akron RubberDucks vs Erie Sea Wolves
More things to see in downtown Akron
The finest independent and world cinema from the Nightlight Cinema's Virtual Screening Room
Through May 29 | Alice in Wonderland Nocturnes, Akron Soul Train
Through Jun. 25 | The Art of a Pandemic
Through Jun. 25 | Akron Artist Danny Ratcliffe at Summit County Courthouse
Through Jun. 26 | Art of Y, Summit Artspace
Through Jun. 26 | Ohio Collage Society 15th Annual Member Show, Summit Artspace
Through May 22 | Artists of the Rubber City Members Show, Summit Artspace
Through Aug. 22 | Reconsidered: Works from the Collection, Akron Art Museum
Through Sept. 19 | Totally Rad: Bold Color in the 1980s, Akron Art Museum
Through Sept. 19 | Totally Radical: Art and Politics in the 1980s, Akron Art Museum
Through May 31 | Tune In, Akron Art Museum
Shop local
Eat local
The rooftop patio at The Lockview has reopened and was named to this list of the county's best places to eat outdoors.
The rooftop patio at El Patrón Tequilería & Cuisine is open.