66 past events with the america's hometown band tag

Hear much-loved  traditional Christmas favorites from AHB’s Concert Band, Jazz Band,  vocalists, soloists, and storytellers.

-FREE family fun for your 2019 holiday-

Big Christmas Sounds !!

This is BIG. Tuba-sized Big! 

Christmas Fun for the whole family - FREE

 TubaChristmas is a tradition shared in countries the world over. It's when tuba (& other low brass) players get together to create and share Christmas tunes with the holiday crowd - wherever they are.

In Muncie, this Christmas-only group is sponsored yearly  by America's Hometown Band musicians.        Don't miss out!

☘️Celebrate the Irish with food, drink, and especially Music!

AHB's Jazz Combo follows Will Frazier as he applies his jazz savvy to traditional Irish tunes - for the 'lucky' St Patrick's Day diners at Vera Mae's.  

Table Reservation highly recommended - at veramaes.com, or 765 747 4941

E.B. and Bertha C. Ball Center

Come hear America's Hometown Band perform “Jazz Under the Stars” on the lawn of the E.B. and Bertha C. Ball Center. Parking available across the street at the fairgrounds. Bring your own chairs!

AHB Big Band led by LarryMcWilliams

It's the summer’s first performance of the Big Band from America’s Hometown Band. The music lineup is a primer of hugely popular swing-band tunes & the bandleaders who made them great. From the Glen Miller Band’s 1945 hit, Leap Frog, to the Dean Martin vocal chart-buster in 1954, Sway, to the fabulous Ray Charles song released in 1962, I Can’t Stop Loving You – this is some of the most-loved American music ever.

Swing, Swing, Swing

       The sweet, sultry sounds of ‘Swing’  tunes are back in town — the evening of July 28, outdoors on the Ball State arts terrace lawn —  via  the Big Band musicians of America’s Hometown Band.  Free and open to all on the tree- covered quad lawn. 

  Pro jazz trumpeter Larry McWilliams leads the AHB Big Band musicians in this program of lively, lovely, romantic Swing sounds - under the trees and made-in-the-shade cool. 

Free, public Concert for Muncie -lawn seating

 free parking - BSU lots west & south of the quad (off University), on quad drive, and in the McKinley garage east of the quad.free parking - BSU lots west & south of the quad (off University), on quad drive, and in the McKinley garage east of the quad.

Jazz Combo from America’s Hometown Band entertains downtowners at lunchtime - outdoors, in the shade, on the plaza near the main entrance. 
FREE !  All are welcome … Bring your lunch! Enjoy the music! 🎵   

Muncie’s own musicians - America’s Hometown Band - is performing at the  closing ceremony of the week-long 9/11 Flags of Honor project, outdoors at Minnetrista. A half-hour of live patriotic tunes by the band precedes the 6:00 pm program of fallen hero remembrances. 

Light up Dwntwn! Hugh Syme at Gordy Fine Art and Framing, Co. Jingle & Mingle at Madjax for First Thursday Snowflake Ornament Workshop at Madjax Retirement Party for Debra Gindhart Dragoo at Madjax, 2nd floor Rosaline Franklin, Muncie Artist Guild's "Artist of the Month" Holiday Gift Market Carrie Wright Pop-Up Shop inside Olive & Slate

Downtown Development
Canan Commons
Light Up Dwntwn!

Spread the Christmas cheer with galleries, restaurants, retailers, and neighbors throughout DWNTWN during December’s First Thursday. At 6:00 pm, join us in Canan Commons as we officially kick off the holiday season with the tree lighting.

Then, every Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, at the top of each hour from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm, the animated Community Christmas Tree will feature a 15 minute music & light show you won't want to miss! Make it a part of your holiday tradition!

- Community Tree Lighting (6pm) with Animated Light Show Synchronized to Music 
- Santa & The Kiddie Express Train at Canan Commons
- Holiday Gift Market by the Muncie Makers Market (OPEN DOOR BUILDING, 220 S WALNUT)
- Holiday Gallery Walk

LIVE MUSIC & PERFORMANCES
- America’s Hometown Band Jazz Combo: 
George Wolfe (Sax) & Robert Willey (Piano) • 220 S Walnut
- Tree Lighting Performances by: Harmony Players, Code Red Dancers, Masterworks Chorale, MCS Elementary School Choirs, Charlie Cardinal and Rudy the Roadrunner

https://www.downtownmuncie.org/lightupdwntwn

111 Arts Gallery 
111 E. Main
111 arts gallery continues to showcase new art historic tattoo artists on daily basis for the past 17 years.

Gordy Fine Art & Framing Co. 
224 E. Main
Gordy Fine Art & Framing opening party for Hugh Syme: Hugh Syme is an artist with a long career designing album covers for bands such as Rush, Def Leppard, Dream Theatre, Megadeath and many others. He will open a new exhibit in Muncie, Indiana at Gordy Fine Art and Framing on Thursday December 1, 5 – 8 pm. The show of signed prints will include some of his most iconic album art together with rare originals.  Throughout the evening, he will be on hand to engage with viewers and answer questions.  Light refreshments will be served, and the public is invited to attend.  Live music by Dan Wright will be provided throughout the evening. 

At 6:15 there will be an informal Question and Answer period with Hugh.

The exhibit will be on view with framed works for sale in the gallery and at gordyframing.com through January 28, 2023. 

Originally from Toronto, Syme has lived in New Castle, Indiana off and on since 1987.  When working in Indiana, he collaborated with a Muncie-based photographer for set pieces, worked with local people as models, and used nearby architecture to construct the final images for his work. 

Syme began his career in the music business playing keyboards and creating the album art for the Ian Thomas Band.  The manager for the Thomas band also managed Rush. In 1975 he and Rush drummer Neil Peart asked Syme to do the album art for the Caress of Steel album. This launched Syme’s career, now spanning nearly 50 years.  In Peart’s introduction to Syme’s recent book Art of Rush, he said that Syme creates with “both talent and love.” He praised “Hugh’s eye for proportion and ‘negative space’ – seldom understood as luxury, as space always does to humans.”

Syme’s clients include Time Warner, Disney, Forbes, NFL, Virgin, David Geffen, Mercury, SONY and many record labels too numerous to list. Syme has been nominated for the Juno Award (Canadian equivalent of the Grammy) a total of 18 times. He won for Best Album Graphics or Design in 1982 for Rush’s Moving Pictures, 1986 for Rush’s Power Windows, 1989 for Ian Thomas’s Levity, 1990 for Rush’s Presto, and 1992 for Rush’s Role the Bones. 

Since 2020, he has co-hosted the popular “Music Buzz” podcast with fellow Hoosiers Dane Clark, drummer for John Mellencamp, and Andy Wilson, president of Elevate Entertainment.   musicbuzzzpodcast.com

Syme recently launched his gallery shop website: hughsymeartshop.com

Madjax Muncie
515 E. Main St.
DECEMBER 1, 2022 – FIRST THURSDAY AT MADJAX Visit Madjax during First Thursday for handmade goods and maker demonstrations and activities for all ages!

Lab Tech Olivia has been working on designs for our Snowflake Ornament workshop! Stop by the Design Lab on Thursday, Dec 1 anytime between 5 and 8 pm and personalize your ornament with a word, short phrase, or design. Cost is $5 per ornament. Register at madjax.as.me/snowflake-ornaments.

Local artist, educator, poet and arts advocate Debra Gindhart Dragoo is wondering if artists ever retire? Being an artist means no official retirement age. I choose SEVENTY. Farewell First Thursday and tah tah to Muncie Arts. Come send me off. Social commentary ART SALE. 5-8pm, second floor gallery 

Muncie Artist’s Guild
Various locations
The Muncie Artist Guild’s “Artist of the Month” for December 2022 is Rosaline Franklin

Rosaline’s artist statement:
"In my eyes there is nothing quite like looking out toward the horizon and taking in the beauty that can be found in nature!  In elementary school, I quickly fell in love with art class and always looked forward to painting.  I took this love home with me and begged my dad to buy me some paints!  I would try my best with my store brand water colors and put on little art shows for my family.  

When I was a little older I began to appreciate nature more and more before discovering “The Joy of Painting'' hosted on PBS by none other than Bob Ross.  The way he was able to create whole landscape paintings from nothing in the span of thirty minutes was inspiring!  I decided I wanted to try my hand at wet on wet but found oils too expensive and settled on some acrylic paints.  I can’t quite mimic the look of Bob Ross style paintings but I really enjoy trying my best to make acrylics look like oils! 

This particular series of paintings combined warm and cool colors!  Winter is my favorite season and I wanted to create snowy landscapes without using too much white.  I settled with multiple hues of grays and blues for my cool colors and exciting oranges and yellows for my warmer colors.  I love acrylic paints because little mistakes can be corrected quickly and I can come back sooner than with oils to add more to my canvas!" 

Rosaline Franklin will be displaying her work at the following businesses for the month of December: 
Northwest Bank, 110 E Charles St. Muncie, IN 47305
Old National Bank, 2401 S Madison St. Muncie, IN 47302
Parlour at Hazelwood Hair Salon, 1300 W University Ave, Muncie, IN 47303
Rosebud Coffee House, 1805 S Hoyt Ave. Muncie, IN 47302
Vera Mae’s Bistro, 207-209 S Walnut St. Muncie, IN 47305 

In addition to our “Artist of the Month” display, Muncie Artist Guild Members have artwork on Display for the month of December at the following businesses: 
Massage Therapy Associates of Muncie, 419 S Walnut St, Muncie, IN 47305 (members Pati Sparks, Lylanne Musselman and Jean McCauley)
Identity Salon, 3111 W Jackson St, Muncie IN 47304 (members Alison Hindman and Carla Corbin) 
Rosebud Coffee House, 1805 S Hoyt Ave, Muncie, IN 47302 (members Karen Fisher and Chicqiela Elbert-Velazo) 
George Insurance, 114 S Walnut St, Muncie, IN 47305 (members Marta Stephens, Jill Palumbo and Mazelle Rollins) 

Several Muncie Artists Guild members will have artwork for sale at both the Light Up DWNTWN Holiday Gift Market (December 1, 2022) and the Enchanted Luminaria Walk Holiday Market at Minnetrista (December 2-3, 2022).   

Muncie Makers Market
220 S. Walnut St.
It’s time, Muncie! The 2022 HOLIDAY GIFT MARKET, presented by the Muncie Makers Market, is kicking off the Winter shopping season and we invite you to celebrate with us! The next BIG event for the Muncie Makers Market is the Holiday Gift Market coming up SOON on December 1st, during December’s First Thursday, from 5-8p. There will be fun events all over Downtown Muncie that evening which are sponsored by the Muncie Downtown Development Partnership, and we are excited to be at the heart of it all! Every December’s First Thursday is branded as Light Up DWNTWN and we intend to show up BRIGHT and MERRY!

The Holiday Gift Market showcases local business and will feature a HUGE set-up with over FIFTY Vendors, all with handmade creations, homemade goodies, locally grown plants, and SO MUCH MORE! We’ll even have Gift Wrapping available from the Community of Hope fundraiser! Join your community at Light Up DWNTWN for a really fun evening of shopping in a fabulous environment - there is a three floor atrium above our heads and plenty of FREE parking right up to the door! We encourage folks to #ShopLocal on First Thursday, December 1, 2022 from 5-8p INDOORS with the wonderful local Growers and Makers of the Muncie Makers Market at Light Up DWNTWN in Downtown Muncie at our Holiday Gift Market! DO NOT MISS THIS! 

We will be celebrating the kick off of the season with a great night of shopping and entertainment in our wonderful host venue, the Open Door Health Services administration building at 220 South Walnut Street. This is the big glass building on the corner of Walnut and Adams in Downtown Muncie, formerly the Chase Bank building. Very easy to find! 

All Vendors must register in advance. 

More information here:
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Olive & Slate
304 S. Walnut St. 
Carrie Wright will be having a pop-up shop inside Olive & Slate for First Thursday! 

For the night of Light Up Downtown, they will be open until 8pm. She will be selling hand-painted silk gifts and art at every price point from $10 - $1000. Everything is handmade and one of a kind. 

Carrie Wright Silk Gifts & Gallery Pop-Up
Inside Olive & Slate
304 S. Walnut
First Thursday: 10am - 8pm
11/21 - 12/4, 10am-7pm 
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Sea Salt and Cinnamon
100 S. Walnut St.
Sea Salt and Cinnamon is having a kids holiday market from 5-8pm. We will have 5-6 kid makers with tables set up in the shop. 

Summer Nights with the AHB Big Band

“Love Is In the Air” – jazz up your summer night on June 8 with the fabulous Big Band musicians from Muncie's own America's Hometown Band. This group of top-notch performers is led by jazz trumpeter pro Larry McWilliams, also a BSU music professor, emeritus. 

Enjoy this program of treasured love songs done right – plus beautiful vocals by special guest artist, Cozette Myers, professional vocalist from Indianapolis.

It's all Free & open to the public, with plenty of lawn seating space.

Sing along with AHB at “Oh, What a Night!”

“Oh, What a Night!”

  Come join the AHB concert band on Thur , June 15, for some ‘8 o’clock’ rock’.  

Enjoy this evening of fun, familiar tunes from the classic rock era. FREE to all and plenty of lawn seating space for you and your kin!

The 2023 Holiday Gift Market at Light Up DWNTWN is SOON! PLEASE TELL EVERYONE! We are small businesses in a small town, your word of mouth referral will really help us, thank you!

We have  all been working very hard to bring this special event to you and we can’t wait to show you! You will find a great choice of high quality and unique gifts for your lists here! Presented by the Muncie Makers Market, your chance to shop early will be kicking off the Winter season in Downtown Muncie. We invite you to celebrate with us!

The next BIG event for the Muncie Makers Market is the Holiday Gift Market, on December 7th, during December's First Thursday, which is Light Up DWNTWN, from 5-8p, at the Royalty Event Center. There will be fun events all over Downtown Muncie which are sponsored by the Muncie Downtown Development Partnership, and we are excited to be at the heart of it all! Every December’s First Thursday is branded as Light Up DWNTWN and we will show up BRIGHT and MERRY!

The Holiday Gift Market showcases local business!  All with handmade creations, homemade delights, locally grown goodies, and SO MUCH MORE! We really hope that you will #ShopSmallFirst this season!

Our event location is the brand new Royalty Event Center at 227 South Walnut Street, right between Heorot Pub & Draughthouse and Lahody’s Trust Your Butcher Steakhouse, just North of the intersection of Walnut and Adams. Very easy to find, with lots of free parking all around! 

Join your community at Light Up DWNTWN for a fun evening of shopping in a festive environment. America's Hometown Band will have a Jazz Combo at our entrance and we’ll have All Out Productions inside with the holiday tunes! AND Royalty Event Center will host a cash Beer/Wine/Spritzer Bar all evening! We encourage folks to #ShopLocal on First Thursday, December 7, 2023 from 5-8p INDOORS with the wonderful local Growers and Makers of the Muncie Makers Market at Light Up DWNTWN in Downtown Muncie at our Holiday Gift Market! DO NOT MISS THIS! Please spread the word!

All Vendors must register in advance - currently this event is full with a Waiting List.

AHB Big Band leader Larry McWilliams

  The Big Band musicians from America’s Hometown Band are Playing for You — 

 Bandleader & trumpet guru Larry McWilliams calls it “Swingin’ In the Trees”, as he & the very special Big Band group takes their ‘cool’ swing tunes & improv talents to the park … so they - and the audience - can, well, … have it made in the shade with the music of Basie, Ellington, Miller, Strayhorn, and more. The concert is open to all, no ticket needed - pack up the lawn chairs, bring family & friends 🎵

Bad Weather Location - Cornerstone Center for the Arts, 520 E Main St — ck FB ‘America’s Hometown Band’  for confirmation status

Crooner Myles Ogea

   Former hometown Vocalist Myles Ogea revisits Muncie in July, and his vocal talents are really something to ‘croon’ about — especially when the America’s Hometown Band Concert Band plays for him. 
  Don’t miss the heart-felt lyrics of standards such as Come Fly with Me, Don’t Get Around Much Anymore, and I’ve Got You Under My Skin. No ticket needed, and lots of shaded lawn-chair space for your friends & family.

AHB full Concert Band at Westside Park

“Oh, the Places Music Takes Us”  is a bit of a time-travel concert mix of much-loved music … from a touch of Dixieland Jazz, to Michael Jackson tunes …  that’s sure to take you back to faces & places your heart remembers.              

   This AHB Concert Band program is open to the public, no ticket needed. Plenty of lawn-chair space, so bring friends & family.

    That’s August 15th - Come enjoy your hometown band players in the cool evening riverside shade at Westside Park. 

America’s Hometown Band Plays for You!  

Broadway in the Park

🎵 
   From ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ to ‘Les Miserable’, America’s Hometown Band plays for you a set of popular themes that celebrate the ups and downs of ‘Life’ and ‘Love’— as only Musical Theatre can express. 

   Vocalist for this concert is AHB songbird Mona Dale.  Meet us in the shade at Westside Park for this short trip to the theatre. No ticket needed, and lots of lawn chair space at 2400 W White River Parkway in Muncie. 

America’s Hometown Band Plays for You! 

AHB Big Band entertain at EB Ball Center

     The top-notch Big Band players from America’s Hometown Band will be wowing the crowd again with their performance of swing tunes and improvisation skills — all about romance. 
   Timeless tunes from the great ones - like Count Basie, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Les Brown — will fill the evening air.  The concert is open to all, no ticket needed - bring the lawn chairs, the friends, and the family.  THANK YOU, EB & Bertha C Ball Center!
America’s Hometown Band Plays For You!

Field of Flags closing ceremony & AHB

The AHB Concert Band plays prior to and during the closing of the week-long Field of Flags event staged annually on the Minnetrista greensward. This public program honors the sacrifices of the 9/11 victims & rescuers. 

A+ Xylophone soloist David Robbins

America’s Hometown Band and Old Washington St. Festival have been together entertaining Muncie for many trips around the Sun … continuing in 2024 with a Free Public concert that spotlights solo & small ensemble performers, accompanied by the full band. Come enjoy the variety!