48 upcoming events with the nightlife tag
403 past events with this tagOct 29, 2026
Thursday
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Ball State Symphony Orchestra - Damnation to Redemption
7:30pm @
Sursa Performance Hall, Ball State University
Corner of Riverside and McKinley
Cost: $10 advance, $12 at door The Ball State Symphony Orchestra is a flagship ensemble of the School of Music that performs orchestral music from a wide variety of backgrounds and time periods.
Program to include March from Damnation of Faust by Hector Berlioz, Sinfonia Concertante for Winds by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lyric for Strings by George Walker, and Finale from Symphony no. 2 by Jean Sibelius.
Tickets available through the College of Fine Arts Box Office located at Sursa Hall.
Nov 5, 2026
Thursday
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Muncie Makers Market @ First Thursday
5pm to 8pm @
Adams & Walnut
Sidewalk Shopping
The Muncie Makers Market is a retail business incubator presented to the public through a community farmers market with fresh homemade food, locally grown produce, live plants, and handmade arts of all kinds. This is our ten year anniversary and we are happy to have had over 600 small businesses work with us. You’ll find the Muncie Makers Market outdoors every First Thursday at Adams & Walnut AND indoors every Third Thursday at MadJax Maker Force. We also set up at special annual events like Magic City Sip & Savor, Brink of Summer ArtsWalk, Fire Up DWNTWN, ArtsWalk, and Light Up Muncie. We develop local small business through education, connections, and events! Please join us on Facebook and Instagram and please share us: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1627047027524961/ ;
Nov 7, 2026
Saturday
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University Choral Union, Vox Anima, and Cardinal Chorus
7:30pm @
Sursa Performance Hall, Ball State University
Corner of Riverside and McKinley
Cost: $10 advance, $12 at door Under the direction of Andrew Crow and Kerry Glann, the Ball State Choirs present a series of concerts each year featuring a wide range of music from around the world and across the centuries. Learn more about University Choral Union, Vox Anima, and Cardinal Chorus.
Vox Anima and Cardinal Chorus bring together students from across our campus who represent the ideals of education and beneficence. Their fall choral concert is always a lively celebration, including the iconic Cardinal Call.
Tickets available through the College of Fine Arts Box Office located at Sursa Hall.
Nov 8, 2026
Sunday
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University Singers Fall Concert
3pm to 4:30pm @
Sursa Performance Hall, Ball State University
Corner of Riverside and McKinley
Cost: $15 The University Singers, also known as "Indiana’s Official Goodwill Ambassadors," celebrate their 63rd season this year! Under the direction of Jodi Cotton-Street, the ensemble kicks off the season with its annual Fall Concert featuring songs of faith, hope, laughter, and love.
Learn more about the Ball State University Singers.
This year's show will feature songs from movies. Our 3pm show will feature an opening number with our "Singer-For-A-Day" participants. Please check out our social media if you would like to participate in "Singer-For-A-Day" and have the opportunity to perform with us! The Fall Concert is a one-hour sneak peek of what is to come in our 63rd Annual Spectacular Performance. Please join us for this tribute to the magic of Hollywood!
Tickets available through the College of Fine Arts Box Office located at Sursa Hall.
- University Singers Fall Concert 6pm to 7:30pm @ Sursa Performance Hall, Ball State University Corner of Riverside and McKinley
Cost: $15 The University Singers, also known as "Indiana’s Official Goodwill Ambassadors," celebrate their 63rd season this year! Under the direction of Jodi Cotton-Street, the ensemble kicks off the season with its annual Fall Concert featuring songs of faith, hope, laughter, and love.
Learn more about the Ball State University Singers.
This year's show will feature songs from movies. Our 3pm show will feature an opening number with our "Singer-For-A-Day" participants. Please check out our social media if you would like to participate in "Singer-For-A-Day" and have the opportunity to perform with us! The Fall Concert is a one-hour sneak peek of what is to come in our 63rd Annual Spectacular Performance. Please join us for this tribute to the magic of Hollywood!
Tickets available through the College of Fine Arts Box Office located at Sursa Hall.
Nov 13, 2026
Friday
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Wild Kratts Live 2.0 – Activate Creature Power
6:30pm @
Emens Auditorium, Ball State University
1800 W Riverside Ave
Cost: Tickets start at $37 
WILD KRATTS – LIVE is a theatrical stage show based on the hit animated television series, Wild Kratts. Martin and Chris Kratt, stars of the Emmy-nominated Wild Kratts, step out live on stage to engage the audience in a classic Wild Kratts story! Martin and Chris are sure to keep you entertained as they activate some fan favorite Creature Power Suits and go "Off to the Creature Rescue!"
With the help of the Wild Kratts team – and their audience members – the Kratt Brothers confront a comic villain and help bring the creatures of the animal world to safety once again! Experience, live on stage, the astounding "creature" fundamentals, and the infectious excitement and inspiring quest of the Kratt Brothers that make the hit television series Wild Kratts so popular with kids and their families.Brothers, Chris Kratt and Martin Kratt, zoologists by training, have built a family entertainment brand based on their enthusiasm for animals and their wild popularity with a family audience. Since founding their production company Kratt Bros. Co. in 1993, they have created and executive produced over 200 episodes of four successful television series: Kratts' Creatures, Zoboomafoo with the Kratt Brothers, Kratt Bros. Be The Creature, and Wild Kratts. They star in these programs playing themselves and also perform as directors, scriptwriters, authors, and wildlife cinematographers –ever in the pursuit of "creative adventure".
Get tickets here: https://www.ticketmaster.com/the-wild-kratts-live-muncie-indiana-11-13-2026/event/0500648AD27BDCBF
- Ball State Campus Band 7:30pm to 9pm @ Sursa Performance Hall, Ball State University Corner of Riverside and McKinley
Cost: $10 advance, $12 at door The Ball State Campus Band is a traditional concert band that provides an opportunity for music and non-music majors to participate on a limited rehearsal and performance schedule. The Campus Band is under the direction of Jeremy Harmon, director of athletic bands.
Learn more about the Ball State University Bands.
Tickets available through the College of Fine Arts Box Office located at Sursa Hall.
Nov 18, 2026
Wednesday
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Ball State Wind Symphony and Wind Ensemble
7:30pm @
Sursa Performance Hall, Ball State University
Corner of Riverside and McKinley
Cost: $10 advance, $12 at door The Wind Ensemble is under the direction of LaToya Webb. Wind Symphony are under the direction of Jeremy Harmon, director of athletic bands.
The Wind Ensemble will feature music by Bakhari S. Nokuri, Yukiko Nishimura, Eric Whitacre, Kevin Day, and Benjamin Horne, as well as Kevin Day's Harp Concertino.
Kevin Day's Harp Concertino was commissioned by a consortium led by the United States Coast Guard Band, and the Ball State Wind Ensemble is proud to be a consortium member. The work honors principal harpist MUC Megan Sesma's retirement. It is a celebratory, reflective work, and we are honored to feature our own harp professor, Joanne "Annie" King, as soloist.
The Wind Ensemble will close the program with Benjamin Horne's Spiritual Symphony — winner of the National Band Association's William D. Revelli Memorial Composition Contest. This work draws on four African American spirituals: "Follow the Drinking Gourd," "Motherless Child," "Deep River," and "What a Morning."
Tickets available through the College of Fine Arts Box Office located at Sursa Hall.
Nov 19, 2026
Thursday
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Third Thursdays with the Muncie Makers Market
5pm to 8pm @
Madjax Maker Force
515 East Main Street Muncie, In 47305
THIRD THURSDAYS! 🌱 Join our local Growers & Makers of the Muncie Makers Market for a really fun "night market" vibe EVERY MONTH for Third Thursdays at MadJax Maker Force! ALL INDOORS! While you enjoy shopping for our homemade, handmade, and locally grown goods, you can also have a great time throwing axes and nerf football bowling with a beer at Max Axe Muncie, have a delicious dinner and brews at The Guardian Brewery Co., and explore the HUGE MadJax Maker Force facility! WE are soooo excited to partner with MadJax Maker Force for a NEW NIGHT OUT in Downtown Muncie!
The Muncie Makers Market is a retail business incubator presented to the public through a community farmers market with fresh homemade food, locally grown produce, live plants, and handmade arts of all kinds! You’ll find the Muncie Makers Market monthly during the First Thursday & Third Thursday community events in Downtown Muncie, and at special annual events like the Magic City Brewfest, Brink of Summer ArtsWalk, Fire Up DWNTWN, ArtsWalk, and Light Up DWNTWN throughout our community all year! We develop local small business through education, connections, and events! Please JOIN us on Facebook and Instagram and please SHARE: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1627047027524961/
MadJax Maker Force:
Mad Axe Muncie:
The Guardian Brewing Co.:
Nov 20, 2026
Friday
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Broadway in Love
7:30pm @
Pruis Hall, Ball State University
Located behind Bracken Library
1000 N McKinley Ave, Muncie, IN 47306
Cost: $19.50 advance, $24.50 at door, Youth $10 
Prepare to be swept off your feet by Broadway in Love, the concert experience that’s been energizing audiences around the United States. Discover the laughter, the thrills and the chills of Broadway’s greatest songs as shared by real-life Broadway married couple, Libby Servais (Glinda from Broadway’s “Wicked”) and Stephan Stubbins (from Broadway’s “Mary Poppins”).
With their undeniable chemistry and award-winning talent Libby and Stephan weave together an unforgettable experience of songs, laughter, stories and show-stopping moments. The show features songs from “Wicked,” “Frozen,” “Mamma Mia,” and “The Phantom of the Opera,” to name a few, and features music by Carole King, Dolly Parton, Neil Diamond, Billy Joel and more.
And yet, in addition to their stellar vocals, it's Libby and Stephan's energy, warmth and humor that make Broadway in Love a sensational experience you'll never forget!
Tickets go on sale Friday, August 7 at 10 a.m. Get tickets here: https://www.ticketmaster.com/ball-state-university-pruis-hall-tickets-muncie/venue/41609
Nov 21, 2026
Saturday
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Fall Opera
7:30pm to 10pm @
Sursa Performance Hall, Ball State University
Corner of Riverside and McKinley
Cost: $18 advance, $20 at door Enjoy a brilliant performance from Ball State's Opera Theatre program in Sursa Performance Hall! Director Jon Truitt will be stage directing and vocal coach Cara Chowning will conduct.
This concert is “The Barber of Seville”, one of the most popular operas in the world. It’s a hilarious Rossini comedy that features many of operas greatest arias all in one show.
Learn more about the Ball State Opera Theatre program.
Tickets are sold through the College of Fine Arts Box Office located at Sursa Hall.
Nov 22, 2026
Sunday
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Fall Opera
3pm to 5:30pm @
Sursa Performance Hall, Ball State University
Corner of Riverside and McKinley
Cost: $18 advance, $20 at door Enjoy a brilliant performance from Ball State's Opera Theatre program in Sursa Performance Hall! Director Jon Truitt will be stage directing and vocal coach Cara Chowning will conduct.
This concert is “The Barber of Seville”, one of the most popular operas in the world. It’s a hilarious Rossini comedy that features many of operas greatest arias all in one show.
Learn more about the Ball State Opera Theatre program.
Tickets are sold through the College of Fine Arts Box Office located at Sursa Hall.
Dec 2, 2026
Wednesday
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Ball State Jazz Ensembles
7:30pm to 9pm @
Sursa Performance Hall, Ball State University
Corner of Riverside and McKinley
Cost: $10 advance, $12 at door Enjoy a concert with Ball State Jazz! The ensembles are under the direction of Mark Buselli.
This night is dedicated to the memory of the great Fort Wayne tenor player Morgy Craig. The Craig family has set up a scholarship fund in Morgy's name for a deserving BSU jazz student. The music will feature classic arrangements from the great big bands.
Learn more about the Ball State University Jazz Ensembles.
Tickets available through the College of Fine Arts Box Office located at Sursa Hall.
Dec 3, 2026
Thursday
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Muncie Makers Market @ First Thursday
5pm to 8pm @
Adams & Walnut
Sidewalk Shopping
The Muncie Makers Market is a retail business incubator presented to the public through a community farmers market with fresh homemade food, locally grown produce, live plants, and handmade arts of all kinds. This is our ten year anniversary and we are happy to have had over 600 small businesses work with us. You’ll find the Muncie Makers Market outdoors every First Thursday at Adams & Walnut AND indoors every Third Thursday at MadJax Maker Force. We also set up at special annual events like Magic City Sip & Savor, Brink of Summer ArtsWalk, Fire Up DWNTWN, ArtsWalk, and Light Up Muncie. We develop local small business through education, connections, and events! Please join us on Facebook and Instagram and please share us: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1627047027524961/ ;
Annual Holiday Gift Market
5pm to 8pm @
Canan Commons
In the Heated Tent!
500 South Walnut Street
#ShopSmall at Muncie’s annual Holiday Gift Market! 🎁 Light Up Muncie will be on Thursday, December 3rd from 5-8p! Follow the Lighted Parade to Canan Commons! Enjoy Ice Skating, the Community Tree Lighting Ceremony, Performers, Food Trucks, Santa, our Holiday Gift Market, & MORE at Canan Commons in Downtown Muncie!
The Muncie Makers Market is a retail business incubator presented to the public through a community farmers market with fresh homemade food, locally grown produce, live plants, and handmade arts of all kinds. You’ll find the Muncie Makers Market outdoors every First Thursday at Adams & Walnut AND indoors every Third Thursday at MadJax Maker Force. We also set up at special annual events like Magic City Brewfest, Brink of Summer ArtsWalk, Fire Up DWNTWN, ArtsWalk, and Light Up Muncie! We develop local small business through education, connections, and events - please JOIN us on Facebook and Instagram!
Dec 4, 2026
Friday
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University Singers Holiday Festival
7pm to 8:30pm @
Sursa Performance Hall, Ball State University
Corner of Riverside and McKinley
Cost: $15 The University Singers, also known as "Indiana’s Official Goodwill Ambassadors," celebrate their 63rd season this year! Under the direction of Jodi Cotton-Street, the ensemble is ringing in the holiday season with its 4th annual Holiday Festival featuring special guests and songs of faith, hope, laughter, and love.
University Singers strives to connect with the Muncie community by inviting several choirs from the area to perform their own selections and also perform a group piece with all participating ensembles. In addition, University Singers will perform their own holiday set, and it will prove to be a night filled with holiday cheer! We invite you to enjoy this inspiring event as we usher in the holiday season.
Learn more about the Ball State University Singers.
Tickets available through the College of Fine Arts Box Office located at Sursa Hall.
Dec 6, 2026
Sunday
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Holiday Choral Concert (Afternoon)
3pm to 4:30pm @
Sursa Performance Hall, Ball State University
Corner of Riverside and McKinley
Cost: $10 advance, $12 at door For our annual holiday concerts, Ball State Choirs will feature 250 choral singers to honor the country's 250th with an All-American musical celebration of holiday traditions throughout our history and around our nation. Five choirs combine to surround the audience in a feast for the eyes, the ears, and the heart.
Learn more about the Ball State University Choirs and conductors Andrew Crow and Kerry Glann.
Tickets available through the College of Fine Arts Box Office located at Sursa Hall.
- Holiday Choral Concert (Evening) 6pm to 7:30pm @ Sursa Performance Hall, Ball State University Corner of Riverside and McKinley
Cost: $10 advance, $12 at door For our annual holiday concert, Ball State Choirs will feature 250 choral singers to honor the country's 250th with an All-American musical celebration of holiday traditions throughout our history and around our nation. Five choirs combine to surround the audience in a feast for the eyes, the ears, and the heart.
Learn more about the Ball State University Choirs and conductors Andrew Crow and Kerry Glann.
Tickets available through the College of Fine Arts Box Office located at Sursa Hall.
Dec 17, 2026
Thursday
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Third Thursdays with the Muncie Makers Market
5pm to 8pm @
Madjax Maker Force
515 East Main Street Muncie, In 47305
THIRD THURSDAYS! 🌱 Join our local Growers & Makers of the Muncie Makers Market for a really fun "night market" vibe EVERY MONTH for Third Thursdays at MadJax Maker Force! ALL INDOORS! While you enjoy shopping for our homemade, handmade, and locally grown goods, you can also have a great time throwing axes and nerf football bowling with a beer at Max Axe Muncie, have a delicious dinner and brews at The Guardian Brewery Co., and explore the HUGE MadJax Maker Force facility! WE are soooo excited to partner with MadJax Maker Force for a NEW NIGHT OUT in Downtown Muncie!
The Muncie Makers Market is a retail business incubator presented to the public through a community farmers market with fresh homemade food, locally grown produce, live plants, and handmade arts of all kinds! You’ll find the Muncie Makers Market monthly during the First Thursday & Third Thursday community events in Downtown Muncie, and at special annual events like the Magic City Brewfest, Brink of Summer ArtsWalk, Fire Up DWNTWN, ArtsWalk, and Light Up DWNTWN throughout our community all year! We develop local small business through education, connections, and events! Please JOIN us on Facebook and Instagram and please SHARE: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1627047027524961/
MadJax Maker Force:
Mad Axe Muncie:
The Guardian Brewing Co.:
Jan 14, 2027
Thursday
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Josh Sneed
7:30pm @
Pruis Hall, Ball State University
Located behind Bracken Library
1000 N McKinley Ave, Muncie, IN 47306
Cost: $19.50 advance, $24.50 at door, Youth $10 
Josh Sneed has been on Last Comic Standing and Comedy Central and is one of the most played artists on Sirius X/M radio. Clips from his Dry Bar Comedy specials have accumulated over 50 million views. His hilarious stories contain a bold honesty on everything from tours of the Jelly Belly factory to his unflattering resemblance to a famous Ryan on the husky side. His sharp wit & keen insights have brought gales of laughter to the Montreal’s Just For Laughs Festival, The Aspen Comedy Festival and The South Beach Comedy Festival.
In 2008 his album Unacceptable was selected by iTunes as one of the Top 10 comedy albums of the year. He was a regular on the nationally-syndicated The Bob & Tom Show, and performed on their sold-out theater tours. Josh has appeared with Dave Chappelle, Jim Gaffigan, Ron White, and Kevin Hart. “A Stand-up Guy” in now touring nationally.
Tickets go on sale Friday, August 7 at 10 a.m. Get tickets here: https://www.ticketmaster.com/ball-state-university-pruis-hall-tickets-muncie/venue/41609
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- Holiday Choral Concert (Evening) 6pm to 7:30pm @ Sursa Performance Hall, Ball State University Corner of Riverside and McKinley
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Holiday Choral Concert (Afternoon)
3pm to 4:30pm @
Sursa Performance Hall, Ball State University
Corner of Riverside and McKinley
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Ball State Jazz Ensembles
7:30pm to 9pm @
Sursa Performance Hall, Ball State University
Corner of Riverside and McKinley
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Fall Opera
3pm to 5:30pm @
Sursa Performance Hall, Ball State University
Corner of Riverside and McKinley
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Fall Opera
7:30pm to 10pm @
Sursa Performance Hall, Ball State University
Corner of Riverside and McKinley
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- Ball State Campus Band 7:30pm to 9pm @ Sursa Performance Hall, Ball State University Corner of Riverside and McKinley
- University Singers Fall Concert 6pm to 7:30pm @ Sursa Performance Hall, Ball State University Corner of Riverside and McKinley
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University Singers Fall Concert
3pm to 4:30pm @
Sursa Performance Hall, Ball State University
Corner of Riverside and McKinley
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University Choral Union, Vox Anima, and Cardinal Chorus
7:30pm @
Sursa Performance Hall, Ball State University
Corner of Riverside and McKinley
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