Sidney Alive

10/15/2026

We are rescheduling our Downtown Clean Up for Friday, October 30th!

10/15/2026

🎸 REMINDER! THIS SATURDAY! 🍻

Don’t miss Visitor LIVE this Saturday night! 🎶 Grab your friends and come hang out for a great night of live music!

Saturday, October 17th | 8–10 PM
No cover charge

See you there! 🤘🔥

10/15/2026

40 years is surely something to celebrate! Sidney is lucky to have Ron & Nita's as a longtime fixture in the community!

Nita McCrum, left, stands with L’Artiste representative John Dhondt, of Detroit, next to a table of L’Artiste shoes. Dhondt came from Detroit to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Ron and Nita’s Shoe and Clothing Store on Wednesday morning. Food and drinks were served during the party. Dhondt h...

10/14/2026

Be sure to grab your tickets!

We still have a few tickets left for Wednesday night at 6:00 & 7:00 PM as well as Thursday night at 5:30, 6:00, & 6:30 PM!

Get your tickets and enjoy an evening filled with stories about some of Sidney's darker moments in history. Who knows what ghosts you may meet along the way?

10/12/2026

🎈 Stop into Ron & Nita's this week and congratulate them on 40 years of business in downtown Sidney!

Did you know that Ron & Nita's is the oldest shoe store in Ohio? It was Burkheart for 99 years. Then Kayser for 23 years but for the last 40 years it has been Ron & Nita’s!

They will be celebrating all week. Check it out!

Cheers to 40 years Nita! 🎈

10/12/2026

Thank you to everyone who purchased tickets to last Friday's Chocolate Walk! We hope you had a great time and got to visit long time businesses and maybe discovered some new downtown businesses for the first time!

Thank you to all of our particpating businesses for providing chocolates for our ticket holders:
Filthy Fizz Co.
Namaste body contouring and Wellness
Moonflower Effect
Wellspace Therapeutics
Shelby County Libraries
Shelby County Historical Society, Sidney, Ohio
Wallace Family Learning & Innovation Center
The New Rainbow Bar & Grill
Rooted Life Collective - Sidney
Lily & Birch Co.
K & J's Icecream
samozrejme
Magnum Music Center
Austeria W**e Boutique
KB's Tap House
Ashley Himes - State Farm Insurance
F&M Bank
The Ivy Garland
Farmers Agency - Doll Agency
Shelby County CASA/GAL
Ron & Nita's

Thank you to The Window Guy & Co. for putting on the craft show portion, the food trucks, and Dominic Reese for taking wonderful photos of the event!

Finally thank you our event sponsors for helping us put this event on and giving us an opportunity to showcase downtown businesses and organizations, we appreciate your support!

Presenting Sponsor: F&M Bank
Supporting Sponsors: Sidney Visitors Bureau Chesrown Ford of Sidney

Want to see what's coming up next?
Visit our event calendar at sidneyalive.org/events!

10/12/2026

Check out what's happening downtown!

Celebrate Ron & Nita's on 40 years with a weeks worth of things happening at the store!

Music on Tuesday & Thursday KB's Tap House

Shelby County Historical Society, Sidney, Ohio hosts their annual ghost walks

The fall downtown clean-up will happen this Friday anyone is welcome to come help from 12-2:30. Meet in front of the chamber building!

Check out the details of the event here: sidneyalive.org/events

10/12/2026

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10/12/2026

Evan and Maya Diller, of Minster, pick out mums for sale on the last day of the Great Sidney Farmer’s Market on Saturday.