Make Cincinnati Weird!

Well, you wanted more flash mobs, and you got it. When does flash mob dancing jump the shark?  Just kidding.  Flash mobs will never stop being cool, because there’s so many different things you can do.  The Fine Arts Fund organized this second flash mob in recent memory, Splash Cincinnati.   
It started with just a [...]

Excited to see this happening, and hope to see more flash mob fun in the future!
Dance breaks out on Fountain Square
Just after 12:30 p.m., as the song “Bop ‘Til You Drop” by the Nylons blared from the square’s loud speakers, a few people emerged from the lunchtime crowd and began dancing.
More joined in. Then more, [...]

[ September 18, 2009; ] After a successful 2008 PARK(ing) Day in Cincinnati, it hopes to be even bigger this year!  Mark you calendars.  On Friday, September 18, 2009, creative types from all over the region will descend upon downtown and OTR to reclaim some of the parts of our concrete jungle dedicated to the automobile — at least for [...]

It looks like Cincinnati Santacon 2008 did not disappoint.  Dozens of boozing Santas hit Fountain Square and surrounding areas.  Hey, can you spot the Santa in black?  It’s like black Spider-Man.
You can see all pictures from Santacon on Zipscene.

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[ December 13, 2008; ] Be ready.

Design firm FRCH Worldwide staged a flash mob of sorts on Fountain Square.  The goal was to film it occurring and use the video for their annual holiday greeting.  You can see the raw video below.  You can also see some photos of the event on the company’s Flickr.
via 5chw4r7z.

Well, if you were like me, you didn’t make it out of the office at all during Cincinnati PARK[ing] Day 2008. I heard that all of the PARK[ing] spots were north of Central, with only one exception – at 5th and Walnut – right smack in the middle of the CBD!
This PARK[ing] spot lasted [...]

[ September 19, 2008; ] I have heard about PARK[ing] Day in other cities somewhere before.  So imagine my delight when I came across Cincinnati PARK[ing] Day scheduled for next month (I’m always the last to know)!

From the Cincinnati PARK[ing] Day blog:
“Cincinnati PARK[ing] Day” call for entries (Posted: Aug. 6, 2008) — Cincinnati PARK[ing] Day announces a call to citizens [...]

The world’s largest kazoo band and chicken dance has often been in Cincinnati, OH, at the annual OktoberFest-Zinzinnati!
Past leaders of the Chicken Dance include:

Crown Prince of Bavaria
Weird Al Yankovic
Davy Jones
Verne Troyer
Vince Neil

More info at Oktoberfest-Zinzinnati.

A.K.A. We’ll Turn Main Street into a Street Party Whether You Like It Or Not
Need:

 200 of your closest friends.
200 of your closest friends’ beers of choice.

Plan:
City Hall won’t block off Main Street to create an appealing and enjoyable downtown weekend entertainment area, so we’ll just have to do it ourselves. They’re too uptight to take [...]