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This Thursday
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Muncie Makers Market • Sidewalk Shopping • Light Up Muncie
5pm to 8pm @
Adams & Walnut in Downtown Muncie
Adams & Walnut in Downtown Muncie
FIRST THURSDAYS! 🌱 Join our local Growers & Makers of the Muncie Makers Market for a really fun community experience EVERY MONTH for First Thursdays in Downtown Muncie! ALL OUTDOORS! While you enjoy shopping for our homemade, handmade, and locally grown goods, you can also have a great time with live geode/rock cutting with Wook's Workshop, check out Kat's Crystals & Curiosities along the path of our Market, and explore the many arty opportunities throughout Downtown Muncie's First Thursday Gallery Walks! The Muncie Makers Market is so happy to get back outside with the First Thursday community events, a popular local tradition, going many years back, with all sorts of vendors, artists, and entertainers set up throughout all of Downtown Muncie. Come shop with us and enjoy your community!
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/
First Thursday Gallery Walks:
https://www.downtownmuncie.org/first-thursday
Kat's Crystals & Curiosities:
https://www.katscrystalsandcuriosities.com
Advance Vendor Registration is required to be a Vendor at each selling event with the Muncie Makers Market. 🌿
December's First Thursday (full listing)
5pm to 8pm @
Muncie, Indiana
downtown Muncie
Light Up Muncie!
Jamie Noggle at 111 Arts Gallery
Art at the Murray
6 x 6 Art Sale at Cornerstone Center for the Arts
Holiday Music by Raven and Rose at Cornerstone Center for the Arts
DWNTWN Wonder Hunt: Mousecapades
Gordy Fine Art and Framing Holiday Open House (image by Art Hazelwood)
Kat's Crystals and Curiosities 11% off sale
Kat's Crystals and Curiosities 11% off sale
Kat's Crystals and Curiosities 11% off sale
Jessica Maxwell, Muncie Artists Guild "Artist of the Month"
Jessica Maxwell, Muncie Artists Guild "Artist of the Month"
Volunteer Call-Out, Muncie Arts
Muncie Makers Market, corner of Walnut and Adams
Muncie Makers Market at the Holiday Gift Market, heated tent at Canan Commons
Muncie Makers Market Sidewalk Shopping at Canan Commons
Debra Gindhart Dragoo at RoHo's Muncie
Debra Gindhart Dragoo at RoHo's Muncie
Light Up Muncie
Canan Commons
Hey Muncie! Join us for Light Up Muncie, Wednesday, December 4th. The fun starts with the Lighted Parade that rolls out at 5:30, heading down Walnut Street to Canan Commons where the stage will be rockin’ from 5 to 8pm. Also at Canan Commons is the Holiday Makers Market, ice skating rink, bounce houses, Rudolph the Mechanical Reindeer, and tons of DORA drinks along with food trucks. Don’t miss the lights, the music, the memories and that magical Muncie spirit!111 Arts Gallery
111 E. Main
December Artist-in-Residence Jamie Noggle will have a one-day only pop art show and sale! They will have prints, original shirts, buttons, and stickers.Art at the Murray
405 S. Walnut
Carrie Wright Silk Gifts & Gallery is stocked full of gifts with many treasures to suit the under $50 budget. You can make a watercolor portrait and check out the new Cotton Candy-themed Black girl art series from Robin Phelps-Ward's Viola Lou Studio down the hall. On the third floor, you'll want to see the gorgeous holiday set at Dunckel Haus Photography, Kerry Shaw Fine Art next door, and Gallery Flaneur (aka Mark Sawrie) exhibiting photographs from several different projects with all art discounted 25%!Cornerstone Center for the Arts
520 E. Main
Celebrate the arts with us at Cornerstone from 5–8 PM on the 2nd Floor. Enjoy live holiday music by Raven & Rose as you shop handmade items from local artisan vendors. We’re excited to introduce our first-ever 6x6 Art Sale, featuring original artwork created by local artists, students, and community members—each piece only $20! Make the night even more festive with a fun DIY ornament activity.DWNTWN (Downtown Development)
Various Locations
DWNTWN Wonder Hunt is Here for the Holidays with $100 Prize Giveaways
Here’s your chance to win $100 during the holiday season! New this year, DWNTWN Wonder Hunt is featuring Mousecapades: Tiny Tails & Holiday Trail—a festive downtown adventure perfect for families, friends, and holiday explorers of all ages.Meet Chester the Cheese Mouse, Murray the Firefighter Mouse, Chef Enzo Mouse, and their furry friends, who are hiding out in 50 DWNTWN Muncie storefront windows. Each adorable mouse window decal is waiting to be discovered. Find at least 35 and you could win $100!
Wonder Hunt brings whimsical mice to life right on your phone. A QR code located on each mouse window decal can be scanned to play a unique animation and sound experience created in collaboration with the IDIA Lab at Ball State University, making your hunt even more magical and interactive.
The Wonder Hunt runs November 28 through January 5. To get started, grab your Mouse Tracker at downtownmuncie.org/wonder or stop by the Muncie Downtown Development Partnership office at 120 W Charles Street. Find at least 35 mice and return your completed Mouse Tracker to be entered to win one of five $100 cash prizes (one entry per person).
While you’re exploring, be sure to take in the creativity of the DWNTWN Holiday Trail window decorating contest and cast a vote for your favorite storefront display on the DWNTWN Muncie Facebook page from December 4 through January 1. Each display adds to the festive atmosphere, making DWNTWN Muncie sparkle with holiday spirit. The winning window will earn a digital screen logo loop for their business at 2026 MDDP signature events—a $1,500 value!
“It’s festive, fun, and full of surprises,” said Cheryl Crowder, event organizer. “Bring your family and friends and experience the wonder of DWNTWN during the holidays while supporting local businesses.”
For all the details, official contest information, and ways to vote, visit downtownmuncie.org/wonder.
ECAP Gallery
306 S. Walnut
Ball State University’s IDIA Lab from the College of Architecture and Planning will be exhibiting a winter-themed interactive gestural installation during Muncie’s First Thursday on December 4th, from 5-8 at the new BSU Downtown CAP Walnut Building at 306 South Walnut. Stop by to play and interact!Also at 306 Walnut, IDIA will be exhibiting the augmented reality versions of the three lost downtown buildings launched during Artswalk - Echoes of Muncie: AR Architectural Heritage Tour. Use your mobile device as a window into the past to learn about several historic buildings, including the Wysor Block Building, the Wysor Grand Opera House, and the former Delaware County Courthouse - experienced as virtual 3D reconstructions on their former sites. This project is made possible by Muncie Downtown Development and the Ball Brothers Foundation.
CAP Libraries Pop-up
Join us for a pop-up library hosted by Ball State University's Andrew Seager Archives of the Built Environment, Architecture Library, and Building Materials Samples Collection! The pop-up will feature architectural drawings of historic Muncie storefronts and commercial buildings, samples of typical storefront building materials, and books on the architecture and design of stores and commercial buildings from the University Libraries collections. Stop by the pop-up library and pick-up a postcard of a historic Muncie storefront or one of the Architecture Library's coloring bookmarks.Gordy Fine Art & Framing Co.
224 E. Main
Gordy Fine Art and Framing Holiday Open House from 5-8PM for holiday shopping of paintings, prints, mugs, plates, and much more. All framed artwork is 10% off, all shirts are marked down to $15, and selected artworks are 25% off. Refreshments will be served.Kat’s Crystals & Curiosities
111 E Adams St
Join us at Kat’s Krystals and Curiosities from 5-8 PM for 11% off our entire store, free hot cocoa and refreshments, tarot readings, and holiday gift shopping!*must mention promotion at checkout to receive discount
Muncie Artists Guild
Various locations
Jessica R Maxwell is the Muncie Artists Guild’s Artist of the Month for December 2025. “I am a graphite artist,” states Jessica. “My primary focus is on portraitures that captures the human experience. My art leans more towards realism with an artistic freedom that captures the emotions within the piece. My focus is on creating depth within my shadows and highlights, and capturing the movement within my portraits. Jessica's work will be on display at the following locations: Vera Mae’s, Rosebud Coffee House, Old National Bank, Patterson Building, and Haul’n Oats.MuncieArts
216 E Main St., 2nd Floor Boardroom
Join Muncie Arts and Culture Council staff to learn about how to volunteer to support the mission and growth of arts and culture in Muncie! Snacks and drinks provided.Muncie Makers Market
The Muncie Makers Market will beat three locations for December’s First Thursday!
Corner of Walnut and Adams
Bundle up for Sidewalk Shopping with the Muncie Makers Market from 5-8pm at Adams and Walnut! Enjoy our Local Artisans and Shop Small in DWNTWN Muncie!Canan Commons- Heated Tent
Come to the big heated tent at Canan Commons from 5-8p for our Annual Holiday Gift Market with the Muncie Makers Market! This special evening is always filled with fabulous fun - wait 'til you see it this year!Canan Commons- Sidewalk Shopping
Stroll around Canan Commons for LOTS of family fun! Sidewalk Shopping - 'tis the season! Food Trucks, Ice Skating, Performances, and the Muncie Makers Market from 5-8p!RoHo’s Muncie
308 S. Walnut St.
RANDOM WORDS ON RANDOM ART: Altered thrift store art, found objects, text on found art, also known as objet trouvé or assemblage art. Local artist, curator, arts advocate and Artist in Residence at Cornerstone Center Center for the Arts; Debra Gindhart Dragoo creates using everyday, often random, objects that a she finds and incorporates into her work. because of an intrinsic interest. Random words on random art presented in a new way to provoke thought or emotion. This exhibit will hang the month of December check out the contemporary artwork.
5-8pm.
