This weekend in Indianapolis music, the Circle City gears up for the Indianapolis 500, and radio rock will pack the house in Noblesville. As we inch closer and closer to the most insane Indianapolis event to grace Central Indiana, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway will be coming alive with the sounds of revving engines, cheering fans, and screaming electric guitars. Indianapolis is hosting several musical events in conjunction with Indy 500 events, two of which are this weekend.
First is the Indy 500 Fast Friday Practice, in which all the Indy 500 racers come together to test their mettle on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway before the big run next weekend. Sharing the Speedway with these Indianapolis sports stars will be Seymour, Indiana based The Elms; their hit single, “Back to Indiana,” first aired during the 2009 Indianapolis 500, so it’s only fitting that they’ll play at Fast Friday. Also playing at Fast Friday will be the John E. Gee Band, headed by the former Ted Nugent bassist. Then, on Sunday, you can see which drivers will make the Indy 500 cut while listening to local Indianapolis bands No More Goodbyes and Rapid Fire during the Indy 500 Bump Day.
On Saturday, radio rock fans will have a ball at the Verizon Wireless Music Center, which will likely see its largest crowd in the past several months. Nickelback’s Dark Horse Tour will be taking the stage for several hours of repetitively anthemic choruses, predictable solos, and faux-heavy riffs. Playing with Nickelback will be fellow nu-metal bands Breaking Benjamin, Shinedown, and Sick Puppies. The whole deal promises to be a pretty lucrative affair; listeners of X103 will be out in droves, while rock fans everywhere will likely make the trip up from downtown Indianapolis to see their favorite radio stars in the flesh.
Check out our handy show calendar below to see which Indianapolis music venues you should be making tracks toward this weekend!
Thursday, May 20 |
|||
Tyler Mack and Paxton Norris @ The Slippery Noodle Inn
|
|||
Scott Stowe @ Britton Tavern in Fishers, Indiana
|
|||
Julie Forester @ The Rathskeller Restaurant
|
|||
| Four on the Floor @ Champps Americana Bar and Grill in Carmel, Indiana | |||
Seneca, Spaceship Boombox, Dutch Rudder @ The Melody Inn
|
|||
| Voodoo Rose Productions @ Rock Bottom Restaurant and Brewery | |||
The Front Porch Swingers @ The Monkey’s Tale
|
|||
Friday, May 21 |
|||
Earth Crisis, Thick as Blood, Deceiver @ The Emerson Theater
|
|||
| El Movimiento @ The Jazz Kitchen | |||
The English Beat @ Radio Radio
|
|||
Confederate Railroad @ 8 Seconds Saloon
|
|||
The Elms, John E. Gee @ Indianapolis Motor Speedway
|
|||
| Bryan Hodge @ Indianapolis Artsgarden | |||
Gaither Homecoming Tour @ Conseco Fieldhouse
|
|||
The Leisure Kings @ Rathskeller Restaurant
|
|||
A Film and Some Funk w/ “Soul Power,” MetroGnome, Salad Bar @ ARTBOX
|
|||
Blonde Sonja @ Champps
|
|||
Head First @ Pinheads Entertainment Center in Fishers, Indiana
|
|||
Matt Mitchell Project, Perfect Timing, Jon Overton Project @ Birdy’s Bar & Grill
|
|||
The Stereo Flys, The Goodnight Process, God Made Robots @ The Melody Inn
|
|||
Lemon Wheel @ Mo’s Irish Pub in Noblesville, Indiana
|
|||
Matt Roberts Trio @ Chatterbox Jazz Club
|
|||
Saturday, May 22 |
|||
Lurking Corpses, B-Movie Monsters, Black Cat Rebellion, Reanimated @ Melody Inn
|
|||
Eddie Money, Healing Sixes @ Indianapolis Motor Speedway
|
|||
Shirock, Take Cover, Skies Alive, The Gnashers, Second Story Skyline, All This Time @ Emerson Theater
|
|||
Nickelback, Breaking Benjamin, Shinedown, Sick Puppies @ Verizon Wireless Music Center
|
|||
| Farrelly Markiewicz Quartet @ Jazz Kitchen | |||
The Village People @ Hoosier Park Casino
|
|||
Jai Baker @ 8 Seconds
|
|||
Junk Box, Sugar Moon Rabbit, New Addiction, Whiskey Ninjas @ Birdy’s Bar
|
|||
Loo Abby @ Champps Americana
|
|||
| Big City Steel @ Kelly’s Pub Too | |||
| Bleu Django @ Chatterbox | |||
American Cheese @ Indiana Live Casino in Shelbyville, Indiana
|
|||
Gary Applegate @ Buck Creek Winery
|
|||
| Straying from Daylight, With Honors @ Rock Lobster | |||
Sunday, May 23 |
|||
Johnny Rawls Revue, Dicky James and the Blue Flames @ The Slippery Noodle
|
|||
Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, The Heavy @ The Vogue Theater
|
|||
Paul Holdman Group @ Slippery Noodle
|
|||
Monika Herzig Acoustic Project @ Artsgarden
|
|||
Country Throwdown Tour w/ Montgomery Gentry, Jamey Johnson, Little Big Town, Jack Ingram, Eric Church, and the Eli Young Band @ Verizon Wireless Center
|
8 Seconds Saloon | Big Car Gallery | Birdy’s Bar & Grill | Chatterbox Jazz Club | Emerson Theater | Jazz Kitchen | Old National Centre | Radio Radio | The Vogue | More Indianapolis Music Venues
Amanda Overmyer | Cathy Morris | Flynnville Train | Gwen Stacy | The Elms | Haste the Day | Jennie DeVoe | Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s | Mudkids | Murder by Death | Sloppy Seconds | Straight No Chaser | More Indianapolis Bands
Indianapolis Musical Organizations
Arts Council of Indianapolis | Capital City Chorus | Ensemble Music Society | Philharmonic Orchestra of Indianapolis | Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra | More Indianapolis Musical Organizations
Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds | Freddy Hubbard | Wes Montgomery | Cole Porter | James Spaulding | More Indianapolis Musicians
Avon Music | Brownsburg Music | Carmel Music | Danville Music | Fishers Music | Greenfield Music | Greenwood Music | Martinsville Music | Mooresville Music | Noblesville Music | Plainfield Music | Westfield Music | Zionsville Music | More Indiana Music
