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Totally 80s karaoke!

Go back to a simpler time and let loose with an 80's themed karaoke night! We'll have an 80's themed menu and cocktails! Prizes for best 80's outfit, and performances.  It's gonna be a silly night so come and have some fun with your friends! Steve Del Ray hosts this event and you know we'll have fun/no judgement!

The Muncie Makers Market is a community farmers market with fresh homemade food, locally grown produce, live plants, beautiful art, and handmade crafts of all kinds! You’ll find the Muncie Makers Market at the corner of Adams & Walnut in Downtown Muncie for the monthly First Thursday Gallery Walk (5-8p) and at special events like ArtsWalk, Fire Up DWNTWN, Light Up DWNTWN, and more throughout our community all year! 

Please JOIN us on Instagram! 

All Vendors must register in advance - email MissMoth@Gmail.com, thank you! 

111 Arts Gallery Eugene Boyd and Jasen Combs at Cornerstone Center for the Arts Eugene Boyd and Jasen Combs at Cornerstone Center for the Arts Laura Conley at Fox and Sparrow Tattoo Casey Leigh at Fox and Sparrow Tattoo Shonet Martin at Gordy Fine Art and Framing, Co. The Muncie Makers Market Alison Beam-Hindman, Muncie Artist Guild's "Artist of the Month" for July Alison Beam-Hindman, Muncie Artist Guild's "Artist of the Month" for July

Downtown Development
Thursday evening will kick off at 5 pm with an on-street, after-hours Thursday shopping experience with downtown merchants. Then, at 6 pm, rockabilly band The Naptown Hepcats will open for the Dave Bennet Quartet on the Canan Commons stage. The concert, sponsored by the City of Muncie, is free and open to the public.

111 Arts Gallery 
111 E. Main
111 Arts Gallery/ Tattoo Museum is hanging vintage tattoo flash from collection of N8harmon, Fred Clark photos, Kobel photos, Indiana tattoo artifacts as featured @ Indianapolis tattoo convention, tattooing in Indiana from the past to the present, art show, and live tattooing. 5-8pm. 

Cornerstone Center for the Arts
520 E. Main
Cornerstone Center for the Arts (CCA) July SECOND THURSDAY is excited to feature a pottery arts exhibit showcasing Eugene Boyd and Jasen Combs CCA ceramics instructors in the Judith Barnes Memorial Gallery(2). This featured display will also include work by their spring and summer semester ceramic students. Local musician and talented singer-songwriter Nash Hammond will provide music for the evening. 

Artist in residence and Muncie arts advocate Debra Gindhart Dragoo is grateful for the growing CCA arts community of popup artists, makers, and creator. “We believe it is important to encourage the creative paths of our artists. We also celebrate the youth who are creative artists in the CCA community,“ says Dragoo. Come and meet our incredibly talented artist community and support local artists. Our list of popup artists includes Mikell Vawter, Stefan Mckell, Angel Gillette, Will Britton Jr., Belinda Gray, Tom Stader, Melissa Wright Davis, Val Kelley, Maya Doss, and Debra Gindhart Dragoo. You will find paintings, prints, drawings, pottery, wearables, jewelry design, photography, and more. Second floor/Great Room, 5-8 pm.

Fox & Sparrow Tattoo
304 S. Walnut
Fox & Sparrow Tattoo will be hosting local artists Laura Conley of Cokarille Print Co. selling their adorable prints & handkerchiefs, and Casey Leigh of Creative Chaos selling their magical handmade earrings clay creations! The Tattoo Artists at F&ST will also be accepting walk-ins 1pm-8pm. 

Gordy Fine Art & Framing Co. 
224 E. Main
The Art of Nurturing: Shonet Martin & Abby Wagner: Gordy Fine Art & Framing is proud to exhibit artworks that connect these artists, and even the viewers, to the nurturing role we all play in raising families and helping care for parents as they age. Refreshments will be served.

Harmony Movement Studio
312 E. Main
Harmony Movement Studio will be dancing in Dave's Alley! Anyone can join to watch the fun or get a quick crash course.

Muncie Artist’s Guild
Various locations
Alison Beam-Hindman is our Muncie Artists Guild's Artist of the Month for July 2024: Alison Beam-Hindman gained an appreciation for nature on the farm where she grew up in Northwest Indiana and from her father who sparked her early interest in the science of astronomy by pointing out stars by name in the clear, night skies. Beam-Hindman holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Purdue University North Central and a Master of Arts from Ball State University. 

A self-taught painter, Alison found more time for her hobby after retiring from Ivy Tech Community College East Central. She joined the Muncie Artists Guild in 2015 and credits the other members with providing mentoring and friendship that she needed to hone her skills as an artist. 

In competition with astrographic photographers, Beam-Hindman’s painting, “A Closer Look…”, won 2nd place for Imaging and also won the Judge’s Choice Award at the Great Lakes Astronomical League’s competition. Alison’s triptych paintings of Comet McNaught won first place for Imaging at the Annual Indiana Family Star Party in Frankfort, IN. Her acrylic paintings and one photograph have also won awards at the Muncie Artists Guild’s Annual Shows. 

Beam-Hindman’s lifelong interest in astronomy and space exploration inspires much of her work as do space artists Chesley Bonestell, and astronaut/artist Alan Bean. Beam-Hindman is also a charter member of the Muncie Astronomy Club since 2000 and is active in the Club’s community outreach program on science education. 

Her work will be shown at the following locations: Northwest Bank (E Charles), Old National Bank (S Madison), Rosebud Coffee House, Vera Mae's Bistro, and Parlour Salon. 

Muncie Makers Market
Corner of Walnut and Adams
Come see the Growers & Makers of your community from 5-8p at Adams & Walnut in Downtown Muncie! The Muncie Makers Market is a community farmers market with fresh homemade food, locally grown produce, live plants, and handmade arts of all kinds. Please JOIN us on Facebook and Instagram and please SHARE our posts

REVEREND PEYTON’S BIG DAMN BAND TO HEADLINE FREE CONCERT IN MUNCIE, INDIANA

Acclaimed country blues group The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band will be performing in a FREE outdoor concert as part of the 2024 Muncie Three Trails Music Series. The concert will take place at 7:00 PM on Saturday, July 27th at Canan Commons (500 South Walnut Street) in the heart of Downtown Muncie! Muncie's own Lovesick Moan will open the show. Lawn chairs, picnic blankets, and dancing are always welcome! We encourage you to come early, and to come hungry and thirsty to enjoy local food and beverage vendors before the show. This concert is sponsored by DeFur Voran, thank you!

RSVP that you are "Going" to the show here:

The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band at the 2024 Muncie Three Trails Music Series

There aren’t a lot of Warped Tour veterans who can claim proficiency in the use of bottleneck slides, washboards, and five-gallon buckets. Most didn’t spend their teens playing along to Charlie Patton and Bukka White albums. And just about none are fronted by a commissioned member of the Honorary Order of Kentucky Colonels. Say hello to Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, the greatest front-porch blues band in the world!

Reverend Peyton is recognized as one of the world’s foremost country blues finger-style pickers, playing the bass with his thumb while picking the lead at the same time. His prowess has been recognized with multiple Blues Music Awards nominations, including in 2021 for “Best Blues Rock Artist”, as well as being the cover subject for Vintage Guitar magazine. But the Big Damn Band isn’t just about the Reverend. Beside him on stage are his wife, “Washboard” Breezy Peyton, playing with all the nuance and percussive power of a New Orleans drum line, and keeping the train moving is Max Senteney on a lean drum kit that includes a 5-gallon maple syrup bucket. But one listen will convince you that there's nothing dusty or sentimental about Peyton's music. There's no songs about picking cotton. They aren't a museum piece. The Big Damn Band have taken nearly a century of country blues history and crafted a thing all their own. “I like songs that sound happy but are actually very sad,” Peyton says. “I don’t know why it is, but I just do.”

The Big Damn Band has built its reputation the long, slow, hard way. After 12 years of playing as many as 300 shows each year, in a total of 37 countries, the biggest little band in the country has pieced together one of the most dedicated followings out there. As audiences everywhere will tell you, there is not another band out there that sounds like this or has a stage show of this caliber. So get ready to celebrate, because that is what you will end up doing when Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band graces the Canan Commons stage!

The Muncie Three Trails Music Series is a non-profit partnership between Muncie Downtown Development Partnership, Muncie Arts and Culture Council, and Rick Zeigler, series founder and organizer. The mission of the series is to bring critically acclaimed, national recording artists to perform at Canan Commons, Muncie’s premier outdoor performance venue, located in the heart of Downtown Muncie. A second mission is to promote the many recreational, artistic, and cultural attractions located along, or in close proximity to, Canan Commons and Muncie’s popular “Three Trails” -- The White River Greenway, Cardinal Greenway, and Muncie Arts and Culture Trail. We hope attendees will heed our slogan, “Explore the Trails, Enjoy the Music!”

A BIG thank you to Ball State University for sponsoring the entire 2024 series! Complete information about the Muncie Three Trails Music Series can be found at our website here:

https://www.munciethreetrails.com

The Muncie Makers Market is a community farmers market with fresh homemade food, locally grown produce, live plants, beautiful art, and handmade crafts of all kinds! You’ll find the Muncie Makers Market at the corner of Adams & Walnut in Downtown Muncie for the monthly First Thursday Gallery Walk (5-8p) and at special events like ArtsWalk, Fire Up DWNTWN, Light Up DWNTWN, and more throughout our community all year! 

Please JOIN us on Instagram! 

All Vendors must register in advance - email MissMoth@Gmail.com, thank you! 

Add a smooth finish to your weekend!

Stage Dive Promotions presents
Cafe Sunday!

Doors open at 6pm, we will be spinning acid jazz, chill hop, and more!

Performances start at 7pm

Live performances by:

• The S3 Band https://thes3.bandcamp.com/album/the-37th-parallel
• Admen
• Five Ever https://fiveever.bandcamp.com/album/eraepsekahs
• Alex Moss Misses: Six Exciting Swing Songs From Yesteryear | Alexander Moss (bandcamp.com)

Open mic after the performances!
Sign up at diveoffthestage@gmail.com

For our third show of our 2024 Season, we are very happy to announce the return of The Sensational Barnes Brothers to our stage at Canan Commons in Downtown Muncie! We know you will enjoy openers @Doc Peterson's Club Band as well! Our Muncie Three Trails Music Series concerts are FREE, held outdoors, and lawn chairs are welcome! Come early and come hungry for the local food/drink vendors!

The Sensational Barnes Brothers are a melting pot of the old and the new, effectively capturing the sound of Memphis during the heyday of Stax Records, the Bar-Kays, and Booker T. & the M.G.s, while also drawing modern-day gospel and soul sounds into the mix. Fueled by harmonies that resonate with both their blood ties and their kindred souls, this is a show you will not want to miss.

This show is sponsored by The Community Foundation of Muncie & Delaware County, thank you!

Our 2024 Season is sponsored by Ball State University, thank you!

🎶 Explore The Trails, Enjoy The Music! 🎶

Learn more about the band here:

https://thesensationalbarnesbrothers.com

And learn more about the Muncie Three Trails Music Series here:

https://www.munciethreetrails.com

Barbecue at The Muncie Three Trails Concert Series - The Sensational Barnes Brothers

Meet the Farmers who raise  our pasture raised  chicken (and more)!!

Sylvester and Sabrina Friend!!

Menu:

Jamaican Jerked Chicken

Caribbean Slaw

Roasted Potato Salad

Cocktails and

Lemonade

The Muncie Makers Market is a community farmers market with fresh homemade food, locally grown produce, live plants, beautiful art, and handmade crafts of all kinds! You’ll find the Muncie Makers Market at the corner of Adams & Walnut in Downtown Muncie for the monthly First Thursday Gallery Walk (5-8p) and at special events like ArtsWalk, Fire Up DWNTWN, Light Up DWNTWN, and more throughout our community all year! 

Please JOIN us on Instagram! 

All Vendors must register in advance - email MissMoth@Gmail.com, thank you! 

A celebration of the Muncie Gas Boom Era! The Old Washington Street Festival is a showcase for regional artisans and artists that connects the history of Muncie to the modern era. Join us for arts and crafts vendors, food, and free entertainment!

Gracing our Canan Commons stage in Downtown Muncie for our final show of our 2024 Season, we are excited to host Sybarite5! Don't miss returning MTTMS favorites Ball State University Jazz Ensembles opening up the show! Our Muncie Three Trails Music Series concerts are FREE, held outdoors, and lawn chairs are welcome! Come early and come hungry for the local food/drink vendors!

Comprised of Sami Merdinian and Sarah Whitney, violins; Angela Pickett, viola; Laura Metcalf, cello; and Louis Levitt, bass. Sybarite5 has taken audiences by storm all across the US, forever changing the perception of chamber music performance. Dubbed the “Millennial Kronos,” Sybarite5’s eclectic repertoire includes music with roots in classical, rock, jazz, hip-hop, Armenian folk, and the avant-garde. From Bowie to Radiohead, Coltrane to Piazzolla, Pete Seeger to the Punch Brothers, and Akiho to Komitas, their selections, when combined with their commanding performance style, are turning heads throughout the music world.

Our 2024 Season is sponsored by Ball State University, thank you!

🎶 Explore The Trails, Enjoy The Music! 🎶

Learn more about the band here:

www.sybarite5.org

And learn more about the Muncie Three Trails Music Series here:

https://www.munciethreetrails.com

A celebration of the Muncie Gas Boom Era! The Old Washington Street Festival is a showcase for regional artisans and artists that connects the history of Muncie to the modern era. Join us for arts and crafts vendors, food, and free entertainment!

Free Saturday

Visit the Muncie Children’s Museum at no charge on the 3rd Saturday of each month thanks to our generous sponsors!

Interested in how you or your company can sponsor a Free Saturday to allow everyone to visit the Muncie Children’s Museum? Please contact Kira Childers, Interim Director of Development at 765-286-1660, ext. 13 or kchilders@munciemuseum.com

Fire Up DWNTWN is the summer event you don't dare miss! 🔥 This festival is presented by Muncie Downtown Development Partnership and Ivy Tech Community College and will be held in the streets of Downtown Muncie from 1-10p on Saturday, September 21st. Packed with engaging activities and attractions for the whole family, this all-day event will be fun and over-the-top-hot! A mixture of hot air balloons, spicy foods, smokin’ ribs, vendors, games, and live entertainment, this peak extravaganza offers something for everyone!

• Tethered Hot Air Balloon Rides
• Special Shape Hot Air Balloon Glow
• BBQ Ribs + Food Trucks 
• Get Revved Up Motorcycle Show
• Liquid Fire Iron Pour
• The Human Library
• Live Music + Two Stages
• Dave’s Alley Dancing
• Kid’s Area Activities: Toy Story Bounce, Fire Combo, Wall of Fire, Red Hot Children’s Express Train
• Euro Bungee + Rock Wall
• Just Jeepin’ Smokin’ Hot Cruise-In
• Yard Games with EGTI
• Aerial Annex Performance
• Water Balloon Fight: Police vs. Fire + Kids
• Inflatable Costume Relay
• Muncie Civic Theatre Performance
• Rock Star Bingo
• Street Survivor Show Off (Van Show)
• DWNTWN IDOL
• Line Dancing
• Hot Pepper Eating Contest
• Fire Spinners + LED Dancers
• Muncie Makers Market
• And, You Guessed It, MORE! 

Explore and play with medical equipment (real and pretend) using a stuffed animal as the patient. Participate in medical play opportunities, crafts and activities with BSU Child Life students. Free stuffed animals for participating children thanks to Petsmart-Anderson & Muncie.

(while supplies last)

Admission to Muncie Children’s Museum is FREE for all visitors on Saturday, September 21,  from 10am-5pm thanks to our September sponsor, Progress Rail.

Get out your Lederhosen and Steins--a taste of Germany is coming back to Muncie!

ecoREHAB is once again in partnership with Indiana On Tap, and is excited to present our 3rd annual signature 21+ "FUN"-DRAISER, Munich to Muncie Oktoberfest at The Yard (formerly McCarty Lumber) on:

Saturday, Sept. 28th from (4pm VIP Entry) 5pm - 8pm.

‘Munich to Muncie’ Oktoberfest will again have something for everyone.

We will have breweries, distilleries, and wineries from all over the state. Attendees will be allowed UNLIMITED SAMPLE POURS from more than 20+ craft beverage vendors!

Live music will be provided~~ Stay tuned to find out exactly who will be bringing in the tunes!

The event will also play host to a:

- "Masskrugstemmen" (stein-holding)

- "Bierfass Werfen" (keg-tossing)

- Best Lederhosen contest

- & MUCH more!

*Prizes will be awarded to the winners in separate categories!

**Proceeds from this event will benefit ecoREHAB of Muncie's efforts of rehabbing vacant homes and training youth for careers in the construction industry.

Learn more about ecoREHAB at www.ecorehab.org%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR1rG0BWXGYsBWdgHWaoaT9wHbXwtPi8JSZYm_zRE-gLhSWoV4_bBnpgPg8_aem_g5t2uaZNb3NEqsAZmcQTyA&h=AT2xHhsiti9HlsdSglyORkZE1OErJt6nf1uzkd2mIKZx0NiVJLNpj44OFF3YrZ1UbaewHQ1_nU_jAVQyKCJYtbQ8yAEhjrPGkQBnjRPLh1xQvXOwXjVmycapsqP5gMsu13uEAvg13ueHYqWUVc06xew&__tn__=q&c[0]=AT1R6h9zrSWXyvSzg8_vsSz0hOQDXFjWMjFi-B6x0UYU4F1SFr89rMFRceXdaFcPL6UD1qCC0euBZ0LFTSA7zyCwU_TarfYxMhh5KvPlHtsGH6-R1jSyzRKDFmwjXs8CkAxXUF9KNShF4TEsRCTgA52llWfTqr2M7fsDOrOM9XsjiDQRJTTq">www.ecorehab.org

VIP Tickets ARE available!

VIPs get...
- an EXTRA HOUR! Entry at 4:00pm

- Pretzel Necklace

- Special discounts

- Access to VIP LOUNGE

- and MORE!

Our "Liquid Gold" Beverage Vendors Will Be Announced Soon, So Check Back!

SAVE! SAVE! SAVE!
Early Bird ticket prices will end on Aug. 21st. Buy online before then and save!

General Admission ONLY tickets at the gate the day of are $43.00

{VIP will not be available day of}

**Designated Driver tickets will be for sale at the gate on the day of the event only. DD tickets can be purchased for $10.

BRING YOUR OWN BEER STEIN! While tasting cups will be provided to all attendees upon entry, we encourage all attendees to bring their favorite stein or beer mug to the event if you like.

This is a rain or shine event

Artswalk 2024 Soup Crawl Art at 111 Arts Gallery Craft-tacular at CARS/Beyond I Can Vendors, art, and music at Cornerstone Center for the Arts Craft cocktails, BBQ, and more from Downtown Farm Stand (outside Dandelions Flowers) Toren Scott and Scott Millben at Gordy Fine Art and Framing Co. Muncie Artists Guild at the Delaware County Historical Society Terri Best, Muncie Artist Guild "Artist of the Month" showing at various locations Muncie Makers Market Cajun Night at Vera Mae's 2024 Muncie Yart

DWNTWN Muncie is getting ready to welcome ArtsWalk to town as a special addition to First Thursdays! Come on out for art, culture, and community in Canan Commons sponsored by the The Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County, Inc. Take a stroll DWNTWN on October 3 from 5-8 pm and enjoy a variety of events and activities: 

- YART: Yard Sale for Art
- Live performances including the American Hometown Jazz Band and the Ball State a cappella group “Listen Closely A Cappella.” 
- Small business and artist vendors 
- Food and drink vendors 
- A Soup Crawl benefiting Second Harvest Food Bank of East Central Indiana. Tickets for the Soup Crawl are available at give.curehunger.org/event/soup-crawl/e553306 

111 Arts Gallery 
111 E. Main
111 will hold a group show featuring Jamie Noggle, Daniel Bunker, Ivan Harmon, and Nate Harmon. Outside the shop, Riot Girl Press will have a tent set up with t-shirts, prints, and feminist power art works. 

C.A.R.S. / Beyond I Can Boutique
515 E. Main St.|
CARS/Beyond I Can is hosting a Halloween Craft-Tacular this First Thursday! Come paint your own wooden keychain or magnet for only $3 and check out some of our spooky pottery as well!

Cornerstone Center for the Arts
520 E. Main
Join us at Cornerstone Center for the Arts from 5 - 8 pm and shop from our arts vendors, enjoy music by Barry Banks, and taste some delicious creamy pizza soup by Once Upon A Plate during the Soup Crawl!

Downtown Farm Stand
125 E. Main
The Downtown Farm Stand and the Farm Stand Second Story Lounge will be in front of Dandelion Flowers (120 S. Walnut) with craft cocktails, farm to table barbecue, and more. Stay tuned to our Facebook page for more details! 

Fox & Sparrow Tattoo
304 S. Walnut
Fox & Sparrow Tattoo will be accepting walk-ins from 1-8pm.

Gordy Fine Art & Framing Co. 
224 E. Main
Gordy Fine Art and Framing is proud to highlight the art of two artists, Toren Scott and Stephen M Millben II at ArtsWalk, Thursday October 3 from 5- 8 pm. Light refreshments will be served, and the public is invited to attend. 

Toren Scott is a ceramic artist and owns Made in Muncie Pottery in downtown Muncie. Stephen M Millben II is a digital media artist and owns Screenbroidery, a silkscreen and embroidery shop located in the Village near Ball State University. 

The exhibit will remain on view through November 2, 2024. 

Muncie Artists Guild
Various locations
Muncie Artists Guild will present an art show at Delaware County Historical Society in the Moore Youse home located at 122 East Washington Street. The show will feature paintings, drawings, and other artwork by local artists.

MAG will also feature their Artist of the Month, Terri Best. Terri is president of the Muncie Artists Guild 2024-2026 and owner of leadership consulting business The Best Life, LLC, has always been a creative person. Crafting kept Terri busy exploring new and different media until February 2020 when she decided to attempt acrylic paints. This became her main interest and she has since painted over five hundred paintings including angels, barns, dogs, buildings, and waterfalls. Her work will be shown at Northwest Bank (E Charles), Old National Bank (S Madison), Rosebud Coffee House, Vera Mae's Bistro, and Parlour Salon.

Muncie Makers Market
Corner of Walnut and Adams
The Muncie Makers Market is a community farmers market with fresh homemade food, locally grown produce, live plants, and handmade arts of all kinds! We'll be at Adams & Walnut from 5-8p at ArtsWalk!

Vera Mae’s Bistro
207-209 S. Walnut
Artswalk Cajun Night at Vera’s! Featuring Fresh Oysters and other Cajun fixin’s.

YART
Canan Commons, 500 S. Walnut St.
The Fall 2024 Muncie YART is a Yard Sale for Art! ALL NEW ART sold by over 200 Artists OUTDOORS with ALL ART priced under $40! Follow South Walnut Street to Canan Commons and shop 5-8p at ArtsWalk!