- 04/04/2025 to 10/31/2025 – Every Friday from 11 am – 9 pm, enjoy Bloomington's best food trucks in one place: Switchyard Park! This family-friendly event is one of the most beloved B-Town traditions and a must-attend event for
- 05/09/2025 to 05/11/2025 – Come out and cheer for the IU Baseball team, go Hoosiers!
- 05/09/2025 to 05/09/2025 – Live music!
- 05/09/2025 to 05/11/2025 – Craft Night: IU Graduation Celebration at GatherCelebrate the Class of 2025 in style at Gather, your go-to local handmade gift store, with a special craft night honoring IU Graduation! Whether you’re
- 01/17/2025 to 05/09/2025 – Kick off your weekends with live music at The Vault every Friday! Join us for a fun evening featuring incredible local talent on our main stage (or patio stage, weather permitting), signature drinks,
- 05/09/2025 to 05/10/2025 – Moshe Kasher is the Co-host of the Endless Honeymoon Podcast, and author of the 2012 memoir "Kasher in the Rye: The True Tale of a White Boy from Oakland Who Became a Drug Addict, Criminal, Mental
- 05/09/2025 to 05/09/2025 – Morgenstern Books is excited to welcome author Sarah Maria Griffin for the release of her latest book, Eat the Ones You Love! Join us for an evening in our café on Friday, May 9th at 6:00 pm for a
- 05/09/2025 to 05/09/2025 – Join us this May at the Pillar Arts Alliance Center for a solo exhibition by talented local artist Sara Steffey McQueen!Sara’s work is inspired by nature, spirituality, and decades of creative
- 05/08/2025 to 05/08/2025 – Live comedy!
- 04/03/2025 to 10/30/2025 – Join us Thursday evenings at RCA Park for our Outdoor Partner Ladder event!This is a great way to experience structured doubles play, connect with other BPC members, and enjoy friendly competition on
- 05/08/2025 to 05/08/2025 – Doors open at 8 show at 9, 21+ show.
- 05/08/2025 to 05/08/2025 – Live comedy!
- 05/08/2025 to 05/18/2025 – After suffering trauma while on a cross-country bike trip, entitled, 21-year-old Leo seeks solace from his feisty 91-year-old grandmother in her Greenwich Village apartment. As his visit expands to a
- 05/08/2025 to 05/08/2025 – Kick off your summer with a free outdoor concert at the Museum featuring your favorite local artists including Rain on the Rocks, Welby June, and Prairie Scout.In addition to live music, we will have
- Noise & Experimental Night @Walkover Sounds: KBD // Completely Dead // Lather + The City Underground05/08/2025 to 05/08/2025 – Show starts when the shop closes. Music starts by 7:30PMALL-AGES /// $5-15 PWYC. N.O.T.A.F.L.O.F.________________________KBD is the improvisational electroacoustic trio comprising Michael Kimaid,
- 01/09/2025 to 05/08/2025 – Got the knowledge? Prove it by getting your think on with Pub Trivia at The Vault!From 8:30–10 p.m. every Thursday, you get to impress your friends with those random facts that you know. Plus, we’ll
- 05/01/2025 to 05/22/2025 – The Legacy of Ousmane Sembène & Paulin S. Vieyra is a film series which celebrates the crucial role these two pioneers played in the formation of early African cinemas. In collaboration with
- 01/09/2025 to 05/08/2025 – Let us jazz up your week! Jacobs School of Music Jazz Studies students will perform original compositions and classics from the Great American Songbook.No cover charge · Fun for all ages · 5:30–7:30
- 05/08/2025 to 05/08/2025 – Interested in learning more about the trees that surround you and how you can help care for them? Join a tree walk lead by CanopyBloomington! Learn about the diversity in your local park trees, how to
- 01/08/2025 to 05/28/2025 – Live music!
- Multiple Locations Wednesday, May 28, 4pm – Saturday, May 31, 2025, 11:30pm The Greatest Weekend of Your Life, Vol. XIIOver 25 stand-up comedy shows, events and parties throughout downtown Bloomington, IN.Featuring:RORY SCOVEL, LAURA PEEK, DANIEL VAN KIRK, RIVER BUTCHER, ALI KOLBERT, BRITTANY CARNEY, CURTIS COOK, CHRIS FLEMING, Got the Light podcast, and more!BADGE CHOICES :$200 ($4+ fees), VVIIPP Badge– All the same benefits of a three-day badge (see below), PLUS:– Up front, right by the stage, reserved seats for the Buskirk-Chumley Theater shows of your choice.– Up front, right by the stage, reserved seats for every small venue show you choose. […]
- Eskenazi Museum of Art1200 E. 7th Street Wednesday, May 28, 2025, 2 – 4pm BLEMF 2025: Early Music in the African Diaspora2:00 PM WorkshopAfrican Art & Mask Making – Take an Exclusive Tour & Create Your Own African MaskExperience an exclusive tour of the Eskenazi Museum’s African art & textiles, and craft your own African mask to take home! Get a sneak peek at some behind-the-scenes artwork and artifacts and an in-depth guide to the exhibits before making your own work of art that reflects what you’ve just seen & learned. We will explore how masks are created, what different designs and […]
- FAR Center for Contemporary Arts505 W. 4th Street Tuesday, May 27, 2025, 6:15 – 8:30pm BLEMF 2025: Early Music in the African Diaspora7:00pm | Live Concert6:15 | Pre-Concert DiscussionThe Lisette Project – A Song’s Journey from Haiti & Back(Ithaca, NY & Oakland, CA) Inspired by the history of a popular song written in Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti) that endured across centuries and continents, this deeply researched program explores how the melodies and lyrics of “Lisette quitté la plaine” underwent significant changes in the midst of the Haitian Revolution, accompanying migrants to the United States and specifically to New Orleans and reflecting their lived […]
- Monroe County Public Library — DowntownAuditorium303 E. Kirkwood Avenue Tuesday, May 27, 2025, 5 – 6:15pm BLEMF 2025: Early Music in the African Diaspora5:00 PM Public Screening with Pre-Concert DiscussionThe New York Baroque Dance Company – Francis Johnson's New Cotillions, in Honor of Our Illustrious Guest General Lafayette(New York, NY) Credited as the leader of the Philadelphia School of composers, Francis Johnson (1792-1844) was the first African American to publish sheet music, producing a catalog of more than two hundred pieces; he was the first Black musician and possibly the first American musician to tour Europe with a band; and one of […]
- Theatre BuildingMovement Studio – A350Lee Norvelle Theatre & Drama Center 275 N. Eagleson Avenue Tuesday, May 27, 2025, 2 – 4pm BLEMF 2025: Early Music in the African Diaspora2:00 PM WorkshopSword Fighting on the High Seas – A Pirate’s Life for Me! Thrust and slash your way to victory in our most active and popular workshop, at BLEMF for a fourth year. With our favorite certified, professional stage combat instructor, kids and adults learn moves and postures, get comfortable with basic dueling choreography, and engage in battle with a partner. History tells us that Black mariners—men escaped from slave ships who sought […]
- FAR Center for Contemporary Arts505 W. 4th Street Monday, May 26, 2025, 6:15 – 8:30pm BLEMF 2025: Early Music in the African Diaspora7:00pm | Live Concert6:15 | Pre-Concert DiscussionTonos del Sur – José Maurício Nunes Garcia: The Sound of Brazil's Classical Legacy(Bloomington, IN) Born in Rio de Janiero, the descendant of enslaved Black grandmothers on both sides of his family, José Maurício Nunes Garcia (1767-1830) earned lasting renown as a celebrated composer, conductor, teacher, Catholic priest, and Chapelmaster of the Rio de Janeiro Cathedral. Known today as one of the greatest exponents of Classicism in the Americas both for his own compositional […]
- Downtown Bloomington Meeting point: People's Park 501 E Kirkwood Ave, Bloomington, IN 47408 Monday, May 26, 2025, 2 – 4pm BLEMF 2025: Early Music in the African DiasporaWalk the Walk: A Tour of Bloomington’s African American HistoryStart your week of celebrating African American musical achievements with a walking tour of historical sites in our own town! Black Americans have been an integral and important part of the Bloomington community since its very founding in 1818, and has since then been a site of both racial progress and discrimination; an active stop along the Underground Railroad in the mid 19th century, just over […]
- Morgenstern Books & Café, 849 S Auto Mall Rd Sunday, May 25, 2025, 7 – 8:30pm The Writers Guild at Bloomington presents Last Sunday Poetry, featuring John Dorsey and Jonathan S Baker.JOHN DORSEY is the author of over ninety collections of poetry. Former Poet Laureate of Belle, Missouri, he is the recipient of the 2019 Terry Award, given at Poetry Rendezvous. He is also a founder and co-editor of the Gasconade Review, with Jason Ryberg, and River Dog Press, with Victor Clevenger. Dorsey is known for his prolific writing career as a poet, and as a major influence on small press, grassroots […]
- FAR Center for Contemporary Arts505 W. 4th Street Sunday, May 25, 2025, 6:15 – 8:30pm BLEMF 2025: Early Music in the African DiasporaOpening Night!7:00pm | Live Concert 6:15 | Pre-Concert DiscussionIntense Serenity: Music of Vicente Lusitano (Indianapolis, IN) Sixteenth-century Portuguese composer and music theorist Vicente Lusitano—whom contemporary sources describe as “pardo” (Portuguese for mixed race)—has long been known to music historians, but only over the past few decades has his Blackness been recognized, and even more recently, celebrated. Alongside a well-deserved spotlight on his remarkable works of music and musical theory, Lusitano is now considered the first published Black composer in the […]
- Musical Arts Center, 101 N. Eagleson Ave, Bloomington Saturday, May 24, 2025, 9:30 – 10:15pm The USAIHC is widely regarded as the most prestigious harp competition in the world, taking place every three years at the Jacobs School of Music in Bloomington, Indiana. Cost: free More info: events.iu.edu…
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