Some downtown roads closed this weekend

Credit: Amelia Robinson

Credit: Amelia Robinson

It is going to be a big weekend downtown.

As my cohort Vivienne Machi explains, the 17th annual Alefest featuring more than 400 beers will be held 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at Dave Hall Plaza on South Main Street.

But that's far from all.

Credit: Amelia Robinson

Credit: Amelia Robinson

John Drake will host Drake's Downtown Gym's Hot Summer Nights Knockout Alumni Boxing Extravaganza beginning at 5:30 p.m. in the old Greyhound Bus Station,

Kamron Taylor has the 411 on the Taste of all things Oregon District 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday.

Why Taste of the Oregon is a must-go←

All that fun means road closures — a few anyway.

Here is the road closure info the city posted on the Nextdoor app used by neighborhoods:

Beginning Friday evening, Aug. 28 (until Saturday evening, Aug. 29):

• Jefferson Street between Fourth and Fifth streets

• Fourth Street between Main and Jefferson streets

From noon until 7 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 30:

•Fifth Street between Patterson Boulevard and Wayne Avenue

The Dayton Beer Pride Parade kicked off Dayton Beer Week, which is highlighted by AleFest. (Staff photo by Amelia Robinson)

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