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Start: 2025-05-02T18:00:00-04:00
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Location: Sedalia Park/ Pocket Park

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How Dayton became the funk capital of the world

By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
Posted on: Thursday, February 27, 2025

DAYTON, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — In the mid-1960s, James Brown was creating a new style of music — funk. It would one day make its home in Dayton, Ohio…. Read More

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