Events on August 24, 2019
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Farmers Market
8am to 12pm @
Minnetrista Museum & Gardens
1200 North Minnetrista Parkway
Join your family and friends for Farmers Market at Minnetrista! It’s here you can connect with vendors to discover fresh produce and plants. Don’t forget to stop in The Orchard Shop during your next visit.
- Ukulele Sing-along 10am @ Community Garden behind Maring-Hunt Library 2005 S. High Street
Join us to sing a variety of songs. Ukulele not required. Other instruments welcome. For more information, visit http://tinyurl.com/munciesings
Free drum circle
10am to 12pm @
Muncie Friends Church
Corner of Cherry and Jackson streets
418 W. Adams Street
Steve Lange from Shamaniacs Drum Troupe will lead an open drum circle from 10 a.m. to noon. No prior experience or instruments are needed! Great fun! Come join in our circle!
- Old West End Arts Festival 10am to 3pm @ Muncie Friends Church: A Quaker Meeting 481 W. Adams Street,Muncie, IN
Old West End Neighborhood Association will collaborate with Muncie Friends Church to offer a free, family-oriented arts festival from 10 to 3 on the church grounds and Cherry Street on Saturday, Aug. 24. There will be a city-wide art exhibit, a chalk-walk art competition, "It Takes a Child to Build a Village" cardboard box construction project for kids, community mural creation, a presentation on artist Bob Ross by Jim Needham, painting classes with Denise King and Sheila Piazza, music by "Married Folk," and other presentations and performances TBA. Quaker Women will serve lunch in the dining room in the basement of the meeting house. We are hoping for a community drum circle, too.
Old West End Arts Festival
10am to 3pm @
Muncie Friends Church
Corner of Jackson and Cherry streets
418 W. Adams Street
Free make and take art!
Free family fun starting with drum circle, sidewalk chalk art competition, Bob Ross presentation, art exhibit, painting class, free Kindermusik class, Married Folk singers, Denise King mural event, Madjax piano, lunch, and more!
Meridian's Fam Fest and Ducky Derby
10am to 1pm @
Meridian's Suzanne Gresham Center
3620 W. White River Blvd
Fam Fest is 2 events, 1 great day! Join us for the Ducky Derby followed by the Health and Fun Fair at Meridian's Suzanne Gresham campus.
Meridian's Ducky Derby features over 20 corporate sponsors racing giant inflatable duck rafts down the White River! the race starts at 10:00am just west of the Tillotson Avenue Bridge on White River.
After the duck race, "duck pluck" raffle winners are “plucked” from a large pool for over top prizes! You could win great raffle prizes including a 3-day Bahamas cruise, family meals for a month from Once Upon a Plate, or a new set of tires from Midas!
At FamFest's Health and Fun Fair (located across the street from the Ducky Derby) at the Suzanne Gresham Center, we’ll have a Health Hub set up for all your wellness needs. The area's best health and safety exhibitors are conveniently arranged so that you can get the information quickly and efficiently. Complete all available health screenings and YOU could WIN a special prize including autographed Indianapolis Colts items!
New this year – SAFETY TOWN! This miniature version of Muncie will focus on teaching kids how to be a safe citizen. Kids will cruise through the Safety Town on Greg Hubler Ford tricycles while learning about traffic safety, internet safety, financial wellness, and being safe from drugs.
FamFest will have HOURS of FREE entertainment!
The Berenstain Bears LIVE!
LIVE music
Games, prizes, and inflatables
FREE food and drinks (while they last)
Health screenings and resources- Glass Workshop: Pendants 1pm to 4pm @ Minnetrista Museum & Gardens 1200 N. Minnetrista Pkwy. IN 47303
Cost: $55; member discounts apply Registration deadline: August 22
Create your very own glass pendant along with family and friends at Minnetrista. This workshop is open to beginner and intermediate glass artists alike. Equipped with a wide selection of unique colors to choose from, you will learn how to grind, and cut beautiful glass that you can take home and wear with pride.
Muncie Makers Market
4pm to 7pm @
Muncie Makers Market @ Books & Brews
2100 West White River Boulevard
Our outdoor season is here for the Muncie Makers Market! Come join our community of Growers and Makers for fresh homemade food, locally grown fruit and vegetables, live plants, beautiful art, and handmade crafts, all weekly from May-October at the Muncie Makers Market on Saturdays from 4-7p outside of Books & Brews in the White River Plaza!
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- Muncie Three Trails Music Series Tommy Castro (Blues) 7pm @ Canan Commons 500 S. Walnut St
Free Blues concert featuring Tommy Castro.
Old West End Arts Festival at the Meeting House
10pm to 3pm @
Corner of Jackson and Cherry streets
In the street, in the parking lot and in the Quaker meeting house
Fun family art activities!
Art exhibit open to all Muncie artists, Bob Ross presentation, Sidewalk Chalk art competition, painting classes, Married Folk singers, chicken and noodle supper, free Kindermusik class, make and take art, "ItTakes a Child to Build a Village" cardboard box construction project, community mural. Details and artists guidelines are at intrepidartist.com
- Ukulele Sing-along 10am @ Community Garden behind Maring-Hunt Library 2005 S. High Street
