If you follow this “things to do” list for June, one of the first choices you’ll have to make is whether to belly dance or practice your typewriting skills.
Our list covers the big essentials: Indy Pride, Juneteenth, Summer Solstice and Father’s Day. Plus, the local favorites: Indian Market, Italian Fest and the Woodruff Place Flea Market. We have lots of book events, free movies and game nights, and family-friendly opportunities to be outside.
On June 29, we will also have what the “Old Farmer’s Almanac” calls a Strawberry Moon — it’s totally free for all of us wherever we happen to be at 7:57 p.m.
June 1-7 🔝
Type-In at Irvington
🗓️ 6-7 p.m. Monday, June 1
📍 Irvington library branch, 5625 E. Washington St.
🎟️ Free but registration required
Type something clever or write a letter to a lost love, but do it with the clickety clackety sound of the keys hitting paper.
Belly Dancing
🗓️ 6-7 p.m. Monday, June 1
📍 Glendale Branch, 3660 E. 62nd St.
🎟️ Free but registration required
Instructor Judy Hanna invites you to have some fun while shaking your hips!
Paige Lewis with special guests Kaveh Akbar, John Green and Sarah Urist Green
🗓️ 7:30-9 p.m. Tuesday, June 2
📍 Indiana Landmarks, 1201 Central Ave.
🎟️ $37.01, includes book
Tomorrow Bookstore and Indiana Humanities are celebrating Paige Lewis’ new book “Canon” with special guests Kaveh Akbar (“Martyr!”), John Green (“Everything is Tuberculosis”) and Sarah Urist Green (“You are an Artist”).
Lyric, Wonder and Revision
🗓️ 6:30-8 p.m. Wednesday, June 3
📍 Virtual
🎟️ Free but registration required
Poet and Proof: A Midwest Lit Fest co-organizer Chantel Massey will lead a virtual poetry workshop.
Summer Movie! ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’
🗓️ 1-3 p.m. Thursday, June 4
📍 Central Library, 40 E. St. Clair St.
🎟️ Free
Rain or shine, the library’s screening room will be comfy and cool. Can’t make it to this one? Check out their June calendar of family-friendly free movies.
Credit: WaZeil DeSutter
Plants to Paint: a public workshop by WaZeil
🗓️ 5-7 p.m. Thursday, June 4
📍 RE:PUBLIC, 2301 E. 10th St.
🎟️ Free, but must RSVP by June 1
Artist WaZeil will show you how to transform fresh plants and natural materials into brilliant watercolor paint.
Mirror Indy Half-Birthday Celebration
🗓️ 6-8 p.m. Thursday, June 4
📍 Guggman Haus Brewing Co., 1701 Gent Ave.
🎟️ Free
Celebrate Mirror Indy’s half birthday and meet the Mirror Indy team with a special member-only gathering. To become a member and support our journalism, donate any amount today.
Grapevine: Naptown’s Kickback for Local Jams
🗓️ 6-10 p.m. Friday, June 5
📍 Cleo’s Bodega, 2432 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. St.
🎟️ Free
Live DJs, local vendors, great food and good Naptown energy. Show up to support Black-owned businesses, stay for the right vibe to kick off your weekend.
Indianapolis Men’s Chorus: Pride on the Lawn
🗓️ 7-9 p.m. Friday, June 5
📍 Taggart Memorial Amphitheater, 1856 Burdsal Parkway
🎟️ Free
Celebrate Pride Month with upbeat, outdoor music and a vibrant summer atmosphere.
Grupo Bryndis, Industria Del Amor, Guardianes Del Amor-Romanticos
🗓️ 8 p.m. Friday, June 5
📍 Old National Centre, 502 N. New Jersey St.
🎟️ $41 and up
A throwback concert with romantic hits for Mexicans who danced cheek-to-cheek in the ’80s and ’90s.
Let There Be Light: An Exhibition by Kyng Rhodes (opening reception)
🗓️ 6-9 p.m. Friday, June 5
📍 Gallery 924, 924 N. Pennsylvania St.
🎟️ Free
God’s first words in the book of creation bring inspiration to Kyng Rhodes’ new paintings. The show is on display through July 23.
‘Vestige’ by Eric Lubrick (opening reception)
🗓️ 6-9 p.m. Friday, June 5
📍 Harrison Center, Harrison Gallery, 1505 N. Delaware St.
🎟️ Free
Eric Lubrick presents over 90 photographs, plus a multimedia inflatable sculpture inspired by 17th-century Dutch still lifes and contemporary artists like Wayne Thiebaud and Harold Edgerton. The show is on display through June 26.
Pike Farmers Market opening day
🗓️ 8:30 a.m. to noon on Saturday, June 6
📍 5429 Lafayette Road
🎟️ Free
Explore what the Earth has given farmers in the Pike area and find some handsome veggies to take home with you.
Indiana-Kentucky All-Star Games
🗓️ 5 p.m. Saturday, June 6
📍 Gainbridge Fieldhouse, 125 S. Pennsylvania St.
🎟️ Tickets start at $18.55
Indiana’s top high school graduating seniors face their counterparts from Kentucky in an All-Star basketball doubleheader.
Summer Stock Stage: ‘Grease’
🗓️ June 3-7
📍 Schrott Center for the Arts, 610 W. 46th St.
🎟️ Tickets start at $31.55
“What’s the matter with me, baby, what’s the matter with you?” Watch Olivia Broadwater as Sandy and Mabry Smith as Danny Zuko, plus the whole gang singing bangers like “Summer Nights,” “Greased Lightnin’,” “Hopelessly Devoted to You” and “You’re the One That I Want.”
Mad Farmer’s plant sale
🗓️ 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 6
📍 Mad Farmers Collective Nursery, 2048 S. Meridian St.
🎟️ Free
Shop for farmer-grown veggies, herbs and berry plants for your garden. Plus, Indiana native trees, shrubs, grasses and flowers for your home landscape.
62nd Annual Woodruff Place Flea Market
🗓️ June 6-7
📍 Woodruff Place neighborhood
🎟️ Free
Since 1975, on the first weekend of June, Woodruff Place neighbors find all the stuff they no longer want or need and invite you to go through 80 acres and more than 200 yards filled with goods for sale. The flea market also has food vendors and is a place for running into everyone you know.
Mushrooms Music & More Festival
🗓️ 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, June 7
📍 Stage Door Irvington, 5635 Bonna Ave.
🎟️ Free but speaker series tickets start at $5.
A festival that has everything from live performances, vendors and a speaker series with medicinal and foraging experts.
Spring Bonsai Show
🗓️ June 6-7
📍 Garfield Park Conservatory, 2519 Garfield Plaza Drive
🎟️ $7 per person or $15 per family
If you dream of tending to your very own small tree, this is your chance to make it real. The Indianapolis Bonsai Club will display bonsai grown by its members alongside bonsai from the Garfield Park Bonsai Collection. If you get there early, you’ll be able to buy your own as well.
Miss Indy Juneteenth Scholarship Pageant
🗓️ 5:30-8 p.m. Sunday, June 7
📍 Indiana Historical Society, 450 W. Ohio St.
🎟️ $20
Celebrate scholarship and culture, and uplift young Black women.
Monument Circle Historic District Walking Tour
🗓️ 1:30-2:30 Sunday, June 7
📍 125 Monument Circle
🎟️ $10
Learn about the art, architecture and stories of the Soldiers & Sailors Monument, Christ Church Cathedral, Hilbert Circle Theatre and other downtown landmarks. If you can’t make it, the tour has additional dates.
June 8-14 🔝
‘The M Factor’ screening
🗓️ 6-7:30 p.m. Monday, June 8
📍 Haughville Branch, 2121 W. Michigan St.
🎟️ Free
Join WFYI for a screening of a documentary about menopause, followed by a discussion with local health experts.
Los Mirlos concert
🗓️ 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 10
📍 The Vogue, 6259 N. College Ave.
🎟️ Tickets for the 21+ show start at $36
Enjoy the sounds of Peruvian psychedelic cumbia. Los Mirlos have been performing for over 50 years.
Dads to Doulas
🗓️ 5:30-9:30 Thursday, June 11
📍 Martin Luther King Community Center, 40 W. 40th St.
🎟️ Free but registration required
This is a safe space to learn about maternal health, infant mortality, partner advocacy and the birthing process. Women and children are welcome to join, too.
Virtual Author Talk with Matt Dinniman
🗓️ 7-8 p.m. Thursday, June 11
📍 Online
🎟️ Free
Matt Dinniman, the New York Times-bestselling author of the “Dungeon Crawler Carl” series, joins the library video chat to talk about his latest book, “A Parade of Horribles.”
‘Entangled’: artist talk with Beatriz Vasquez
🗓️ 7-9 p.m. Friday, June 12
📍 Storage Space Gallery, 121 E. 34th St.
🎟️ Free
Hear artist Beatriz Vasquez talk about her new sculptural paper works and her pages for her upcoming papel picado children’s book.
Juneteenth Foodways Festival
🗓️ 4:30-8 p.m. Friday, June 12; early access starts at 3:30 p.m.
📍 Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site, 1230 N. Delaware St.
🎟️ Free, but early access costs $20
This one is sponsored by us, Mirror Indy. The 5th annual Juneteenth Foodways Festival celebrates the legacy of chef Dolly Johnson by inviting food lovers to enjoy dishes by great Black-owned restaurants, listen to music and watch historical reenactments by Freetown Village.
Colonial Fair 2026
🗓️ June 12-13
📍 Caroline Scott Harrison DAR Chapter House, 4635 N. Illinois St.
🎟️ Free
This two-day living-history event offers the opportunity to step back to 1776 in celebration of America’s 250th birthday.
Italian Street Festival
🗓️ June 12-13
📍 Holy Rosary Catholic Church, 520 Stevens St.
🎟️ Free
Fried ravioli, giant meat balls, tiramisu and lots of red wine under the Hoosier sun.
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue with special guest Tank and The Bangas at Rock the Ruins
🗓️ 7 p.m. Saturday, June 13
📍 Holliday Park, 6363 Spring Mill Road
🎟️ $56
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, with special guest Tank and The Bangas, will bring rock, funk, soul, jazz, blues, hip-hop and Caribbean influences to Indy.
Indy Pride Festival 2026
🗓️ Noon on Saturday, June 13
📍 Military Park, 601 W. New York St.
🎟️ Tickets start at $15
After the parade, the Indy Pride Festival is a chance to celebrate queer vendors and performers.
Community Sale Along the Monon Trail
🗓️ 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 13-14
📍 Monon Trail between 46th Street and Kessler Boulevard
🎟️ Free
Neighbors will be hauling their goods to the trail, so expect lots of treasure, but also food specials and goodies from nearby restaurants.
Speak the Speech
🗓️ 7 p.m. Sunday, June 14
📍 2717 Rader St.
🎟️ Free
Get groovy with a free evening of poetry brought to you by Indy Shakes. There will be free food and drink.
Pet Pride
🗓️ 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, June 14
📍 White River State Park, 801 W. Washington St.
🎟️ Free; $15 with swag
Only for fabulous doggies in cute fits, tail-wagging baddies and little monsters with tiny teeth but big personalities.
June 15-21 🔝
An evening with Mitchell L.H. Douglas
🗓️ 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 18
📍 Golden Hour Books, 5208 N. College Ave.
🎟️ Free but reservation encouraged
Author Mitchell L.H. Douglas and Indianapolis-based teacher and poet David Strange will discuss Douglas’ new poetry collection, “Universal Corner.”
Nights on Lockerbie Presents Midnight Drive
🗓️ 5:30 p.m. Friday, June 19
📍 James Whitcomb Riley Museum Home, 528 Lockerbie St.
🎟️ $17.85
Relax, grab a drink and listen to the band Midnight Drive perform outside on the beautiful lawn of the museum home.
JUMP – America’s Van Halen Experience w/ Maciann
🗓️ 7 p.m. Friday, June 19
📍 HI-FI Annex, 1067 St. Patrick St.
🎟️ $26.26
The internationally acclaimed tribute band recreates the high-energy, classic David Lee Roth-era of Van Halen.
Juneteenth Block Party
🗓️11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, June 19
📍Ujamaa Community Bookstore, 2424 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. St.
🎟️Free
Celebrate Black food, literature, music and art with Ujamaa Community Bookstore.
Cottage Home Neighborhood Association Home & Garden Tour
🗓️ 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 20
📍 Cottage Home neighborhood, 714 N. Highland Ave.
🎟️ Tickets are $22, free for children under 12
Cottage Home is known for its tree-lined streets, eclectic charm, and beautifully preserved 19th-century cottages. Proceeds from the tour support neighborhood beautification and community programs and preservation.
Summer Solstice Community Picnic at Garfield Park
🗓️ Noon to 6 p.m. Satuday, June 20
📍 Garfield Park Conservatory, 2505 Conservatory Drive
🎟️ Free
Central Indiana Pagan Pride invites you to grab a picnic blanket and celebrate the longest day of the year. There will be a potluck, some vendors and ceremonies.
Madam Walker Legacy Center’s 4th Annual Legacy Fest Block Party
🗓️ 1-7 p.m. Saturday, June 20
📍 Madam Walker Legacy Center, 617 Indiana Ave.
🎟️ Free
This festival honors Madam C.J. Walker, the historic Madam Walker Building and the month of June, nationally recognized as Black Music Month.
25th annual Bloombox Festival
🗓️ 1-7 p.m. Saturday, June 20
📍 Harrison Center, 1505 N. Delaware St.
🎟️ Free
The annual event celebrates musicians and artists with two stages and craft vendors throughout the Harrison Center grounds.
Steppin’ Out With Dad
🗓️ 1 p.m. Saturday, June 20
📍 Alice’s Garden, 3205 W. 71st St.
🎟️ $44.52
A fun, hands-on event where you and dad can make a personalized stepping stone together.
June 22-28 🔝
Intro to Watercolor
🗓️ 5:30-7 p.m. Monday, June 22
📍 Franklin Road library, 5550 S. Franklin Road
🎟️ Free
Learn the basics about watercolor painting with an instructor from the Indy Art Center.
Ink and Quill – a monthly writing circle
🗓️ 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, June 23
📍 Central Library, 40 E. St Clair St.
🎟️ Free
Ink and Quill meets once a month in the Central Library Makerspace. In these sessions, you can meet other writers, do some independent writing and ask for feedback on a work-in-progress.
Dance Kaleidoscope’s NOW VOL. 4: INFINITY ENGINE
🗓️ June 26-28
📍 The Tobias Theater at Newfields, 4000 N. Michigan Road
🎟️ Tickets start at $15.75
“INFINITY ENGINE” is a multimedia dance experience and world premiere for artistic director Joshua Blake Carter, featuring the music of composer Jordan Munson.
Aurora with SPARK on Monument Circle
🗓️ 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, June 26
📍 Monument Circle
🎟️ Free
Aurora PhotoCenter will be at the SPARK art kiosk, the pop-up park on Indy’s Monument Circle, hosting a cyanotype session.
Mahong
🗓️ 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, June 27
📍 Spades Park library, 1801 Nowland Ave.
🎟️ Free
In this two-hour session, you will learn about the history and mechanics of Riichi, or Japanese Mahjong.
Tai Chi
🗓️ 2-3 p.m. Saturday, June 27
📍 Glendale library, 3660 E. 62nd St.
🎟️ Free
An energizing low-impact workout for improving your balance, coordination and well-being.
Irvington Pride
🗓️ 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
📍 5515 E. Washington St.
🎟️ Free
Over 20 businesses throughout Irvington invite everyone to enjoy sales, live performances, drag shows and great food.
Recorder Community Picnic
🗓️ Noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 27
📍 501 Indiana Ave.
🎟️ Free
For generations, the Indianapolis Recorder’s community picnic has been one of the most-anticipated gatherings in the city’s Black community. It’s a big picnic, so there will be food, good vibes and great food.
Arts For Learning Open House
🗓️ 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 27
📍 Arts for Learning Indiana, 3328 East 10th St.
🎟️ Free
Explore a building-wide exhibition with artwork by current students, alumni and teaching artists. See live performances by Cathy Morris, Village of Stories and Squirrel Butter, and participate in a community mural and other activities. There will be food.
2026 Eiteljorg Museum Indian Market & Festival
🗓️ June 27-28
📍 Eiteljorg Museum, 500 W. Washington St.
🎟️ $33 but free for museum members
This festival brings Native cultures together for a weekend of performances, art and jewelry shopping and delicious food.
‘This is Home: Preserving Queer Families in Indianapolis’
🗓️ 6-9 p.m. Sunday, June 28
📍 Patina Gallery, 2201 E. Michigan St.
🎟️ Free
Jasmine and Brit Indwell of Jasmine Tafoya Photo present a deeply personal collection of immersive set design and visual storytelling celebrating queer families in Indianapolis.
5th Annual Meat Cake Invitational
🗓️ 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
📍 Half Liter BBQ, 5301 Winthrop Ave.
🎟️ $55.20
Ten of Indy’s best chefs have one rule: To make their cake with meat. You can taste every creation and vote to decide the winner.
Pug Meetup!
🗓️ 2-4 p.m. Sunday, June 28
📍 414 Dorman St.
🎟️ Free
This event is for pug people who love pug people. Pug-inspired apparel is encouraged and any breed is welcome. There will be beverages and food available for purchase.
June 29-30 🔝
Guggman Haus Craft Club: Wire Suncatchers
🗓️ 6-9 p.m. Tuesday, June 30
📍 Guggman Haus Brewing Co., 1701 Gent Ave.
🎟️ $23.69
Led by artist Dani Pugel, this workshop will teach you how to use sparkling, light-catching beads to create sun catchers for your windows.
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