Celtic Festival transport

The Greater Dayton RTA will help thousands of people celebrate all that is Celtic this weekend by providing free shuttle service to the Dayton Celtic Festival. The three-day event features a 5K run, Irish food, artists and culture, Celtic music and dance performances.

The United Irish of Dayton Celtic Fest organizers encourage festival goers to park at the Transportation Center Garage at 101 E. Fifth Street or the Reibold Garage at 117 S. Main Street (enter from W. Fifth St.). There is a fee to park, but the shuttle ride to the festival is free.

RTA buses will operate in a continuous loop north on Jefferson, west on Second Street to Monument, south on Ludlow and east on 5th Street. The bus will take a small loop around Bainbridge, Hugo, Wayne Avenue, and travel back onto Fifth. Several temporary bus stops will be located all along the shuttle route; festival goers will only have to wait a few minutes at a stop to catch the next bus.

The hours of operation for the RTA shuttle are Friday, from 5:30 to 11:30 p.m.; Saturday, 11:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.; and Sunday, 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. All shuttle service will continue each night until the last customer is picked up.

Bus Reroutes: RTA is rerouting several regular bus routes starting Thursday through early morning Monday due to street closures and detours around the RiverScape area as a result of Celtic Fest.

At 9 a.m. on July 26, Patterson will close between First and Monument (affecting northbound Route 16 only).

All other reroutes will begin at 6 p.m. today when the following streets will be closed: southbound Riverside between White Allen and Monument, St. Clair between Monument and First, and Monument between Patterson and St. Clair.