Hva som skjer i Indianapolis, United States gjennom året

Toppsesong — Circle of Lights, Winter / Christmas break i United States

Ingenting nytt starter i januar.

Fortsatt på gang: Circle of Lights (24. nov – 12. jan (vanligvis))

Rolig — en av de dårligste månedene værmessig

Ingenting nytt starter i februar.

Toppsesong — St. Patrick's Day Parade, Spring break i United States

• Festival

  St. Patrick's Day Parade

  13.–14. marStor festivalMye folk

  Downtown closes for an Irish-themed parade the Friday nearest March 17, with a canal-lighting event and a shamrock run around it through the weekend. Kilde ↗

Skuldersesong — en helt vanlig måned

• Fare

  Spring storm season

  1. apr – 30. jun · vanligvis

  Central Indiana's severe weather builds through spring and peaks in May and June: squall lines, hail and tornado warnings that can halt practice at the Speedway. An afternoon lost here and there rather than a washed-out trip. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — 500 Festival Mini-Marathon, Indianapolis 500

• Festival

  500 Festival Mini-Marathon

  1.–10. mai · vanligvisSportsarrangementMye folkStengninger

  The first Saturday of May, one of the largest half marathons in the country, and the only day of the year 30,000 amateurs get to run a lap of the Speedway oval. Downtown closes for the morning. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Indianapolis 500

  24. maiMotorsporthelgMye folkBestill tidlig

  Memorial Day weekend, the largest single-day sporting crowd anywhere, and the fortnight of practice and qualifying before it. Rooms within twenty miles are booked a year out and priced accordingly. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Spring storm season (1. apr – 30. jun (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Indy Pride, Summer break i United States

• Festival

  Indy Pride

  13.–14. junMye folk

  A morning parade up Massachusetts Avenue and a weekend festival across Military Park and White River State Park, usually on the second weekend of June. Mass Ave's bars carry it on into the night. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Spring storm season (1. apr – 30. jun (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Independence Day, Brickyard 400

• Helligdag

  Independence Day

  3.–5. julNasjonaldagMye folkStengninger

  The Fourth of July is a federal holiday: banks and government offices close, fireworks draw large crowds to parks and waterfronts after dark, and roads and flights are busy over the long weekend. Claim a viewing spot early. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Brickyard 400

  15. jul – 5. aug · vanligvisMotorsporthelgMye folk

  NASCAR's Cup Series race on the oval, back on the oval since 2024 after three years on the road course, and usually run in late July. Smaller than May but it still fills the hotels on the west side and in town. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Gen Con

  30. jul – 2. augStor festivalMye folkBestill tidlig

  Four days at the turn of August that take over the convention centre, the stadium and every downtown hotel for tabletop gaming. Book before Christmas or plan on staying in Carmel. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — Brickyard 400, Gen Con

• Festival

  Indiana State Fair

  7.–23. augStor festivalMye folk

  Seventeen days on the old fairgrounds north of downtown, closed Mondays and Tuesdays. It is a working agricultural fair before it is anything else, and the livestock barns are the reason to go. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Brickyard 400 (15. jul – 5. aug (vanligvis)), Gen Con (30. jul – 2. aug)

Travelt — Summer break i United States

• Festival

  Indy Jazz Fest

  22.–26. sepMusikkfestival

  A week of concerts in the city's clubs, from the Jazz Kitchen to the Vogue, closing with an outdoor finale in Broad Ripple. A reminder that Indiana Avenue once had a jazz scene to rival the big cities. Kilde ↗

Travelt — en av de beste månedene værmessig

• Natur

  Fall colour

  10. okt – 5. nov · vanligvisHøstfarger

  The canal, Holliday Park and the Central Canal towpath turn through the second half of October. Brown County, an hour south, is the version people drive for and the reason the road there crawls at weekends.

Toppsesong — Thanksgiving, Circle of Lights

• Helligdag

  Thanksgiving

  25.–29. novNasjonaldagMye folkStengninger

  Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November, is the country's biggest travel holiday: airports and highways are at their busiest on the Wednesday before and the Sunday after, and on the day itself offices, banks and many shops close. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Circle of Lights

  24. nov – 12. jan · vanligvisJul og nyttårMye folk

  Monument Circle's war memorial is strung with thousands of lights and switched on in front of a crowd the evening after Thanksgiving. The display stays lit into January as the centrepiece of downtown's winter programme. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Fall colour (10. okt – 5. nov (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Circle of Lights, Winter / Christmas break i United States

Ingenting nytt starter i desember.

Fortsatt på gang: Thanksgiving (25.–29. nov), Circle of Lights (24. nov – 12. jan (vanligvis))