Zanesville Downtown Association

06/08/2026

Congratulations to The Downtown Exchange. Cheers to many more!

🎉🎂 WE'RE TURNING 3! 🎂🎉

Three years ago today, The Downtown Exchange opened its doors for the very first time.

Since then, we've welcomed hundreds of thousands of visitors, served countless meals and drinks, hosted live music, artisan markets, meetings, celebrations, and watched friendships, businesses, and community connections grow right here in downtown Zanesville.

What started as an idea became a destination. What started as a building became a community.

To every customer, vendor, musician, artisan, employee, community partner, and supporter who has been part of this journey—THANK YOU. ❤️

Today we're celebrating three incredible years of food, drinks, laughter, memories, and community, and we're excited for everything still to come.

🥂 Here's to the first three years...
🎉 And here's to many more.

Happy Anniversary, DTX!

05/29/2026

Ride easy and enjoy the music!
The first Secrest summer concert is on Thursday, June 11th at Zane's Landing Park.

Free rides begin at 5PM and will stop 45 minutes after the show ends.

DJ Adonis at 5 PM
Big Bad Stache at 6 PM
Use Your Illusion - The Guns N Roses Tribute Experience at 7:30

Exciting news! The Secrest Summer Concert Series will now include FREE shuttles to their new concert location at Zane's Landing Park!

The shuttle will have 4 different stops as pictured below. Rides begin at 5:00 PM and will run 45 minutes after the show ends.

05/28/2026

Thank you to the Muskingum Valley Garden Society for all the work you do to beautify Downtown Zanesville!

05/26/2026

Have you see "Luxfer" prism glass in our downtown? A pane of glass designed to "refract" light and often associated with Frank Lloyd Wright.

Frank Lloyd Wright

05/26/2026

04/29/2026

Happening this Friday!

The Muskingum County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society (MCCOGS) will be celebrating with the opening of the John McIntire Library on May 1st.

To celebrate, MCCOGS has reprinted Before Dillon: Memories of the Lost Villages of Nashport, Irville and Pleasant Valley. The books will cost $30 and the authors, Mari McLean and Rose Ellen Jenkins will be autographing copies of the book during the Open House from 4–7 pm on May 1. Only 50 copies are available.
If you have previously purchased a copy of Before Dillon, you may bring that book in for autographs as well.

MCCOGS will also be having a sale on Warning High Water Ahead. This is a photographic history of the 1913 flood in Zanesville compiled by Tom Brown. Copies are on sale for $15.

MCCOGS is entirely operated by volunteers and appreciates the space the Muskingum County Library System has given them for over thirty years. The Genealogy Library will be open on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday from 10 am to 5 pm and on Saturday from 10 am to 1:30 pm after the reopening.

04/28/2026

Enjoy a free trolley ride this Friday at the Downtown Zanesville Art Walk!
5-9 p.m.
Full route details below👇
https://www.visitzanesville.com/Explore/Destinations/608/

🚨 Reminder for First Friday Art Walk! 🎨🚋

Don’t forget, FREE trolley rides will be available this Friday, May 1st from 5 to 9 PM in Downtown Zanesville.

Skip the parking hassle and hop on the trolley as it loops to 6 gallery stops every 20 to 25 minutes throughout the evening.

✔️ No fare required
✔️ Wheelchair accessible
✔️ Driver gratuity is appreciated
✔️ Children are welcome aboard with an adult present

The complete route is linked below👇
https://www.visitzanesville.com/Explore/Destinations/608/

Grab your friends and make a night of it. We will see you Downtown! ✨

03/30/2026

Who's ready for great music and a night by the river?!

The Secrest Summer Concert Series begins on Thursday, June 11th with 5 additional concerts throughout June and July.

03/03/2026

************** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ****************
The Zanesville Civil War Roundtable will meet Tuesday March 17th at 7:00 pm. at the Stone Academy Museum, 115 Jefferson St. Zanesville.

West Virginia’s War was the Real War: Some Myths and Misunderstandings about the state created by the U.S. Civil War.
By Bill Kerrigan

West Virginia’s Civil War story is unique, and it is uniquely misunderstood. While it shares some common experiences with the border states of Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri, it was unique in that it was the only state created by the conflict. Questions remain about why Virginia’s northwest separated from the Old Dominion after it joined the Confederacy. And in older, traditional military histories of the Civil War, West Virginia is viewed as a sideshow to the real war, to the point where maps of the conflict often don’t assign it to a “theater” of war. This talk will explore some of the central questions about why West Virginia’s separation came to be, what role events in the region had in influencing the outcome of the larger conflict, and why West Virginian’s today still harbor ambiguous feelings about the state’s birth in wartime.

The program is Free and open to the public

For more information call Bob Crowder @ (740) 221-7388 or email [email protected]

02/10/2026

Apply now to be included in this year's festival. Indoor spaces will go quickly to the first 36 applicants.
https://artcoz.org/2026-festival-application